Category: World Gridiron

March 7, 2020

Continental Football Leagues Era Timeline 1960-1985

Continental Football League 1965-1969

Continental Football League Logo 1965-1969 [Ref: 9]

Number	Teams
	Atlantic North Division
1	Norfolk Neptunes
2	Hartford Charter Oaks
3	Montreal Beavers
4	Toronto Rifles
5	Providence Indians
6	Springfield Acorns
	Atlantic South Division
7	Akron Vulcans
8	Fort Worth Warriors
9	Orlando Panthers
10	Philadelphia Bulldogs
11	Alabama Hawks
12	Jersey Jays
	Central Division (North)
13	Indianapolis Capitols
14	Quad Cities Raiders
15	Michigan Arrows
16	Chicago Owls
17	Indianapolis Warriors
18	Tri-City Apollos
	Central Division (South)
19	Oklahoma City Plainsmen
20	Arkansas Diamonds
21	Omaha Mustangs
22	Charleston Rockets
	Pacific Division (North)
23	Seattle Rangers
24	Eugene Bombers
25	Victoria Steelers
26	Spokane Shockers
27	Portland Loggers
	Pacific Division (South)
28	Las Vegas Cowboys
29	Orange County Ramblers
30	Sacramento Buccaneers
31	Long Beach Admirals
32	Sacramento Capitols

Continental Football League Teams 1965-1969 [Ref: 9-11]

World Football Leagues Teams 1972-1975

World Football League Logo [Ref: 15]

Number	Teams
	Texas Football League 1968
1	West Texas Roughnecks
2	Texarkana Titans
3	Tulsa Thunderbirds
4	Fort Worth Braves
5	Mexico Golden Aztecs
	Southwestern Pro Football League (West) 1972-1973
6	Las Vegas Casinos
7	Phoenix Blazers
8	Southern California Razorbacks
9	New Mexico Thunderbirds
10	Denver Oilers
	Southwestern Pro Football League (East) 1972-1973
11	Dallas Rockets (CoFL)
12	San Antonio Toros (CoFL)
13	Oklahoma City Wranglers
14	Kansas City Steers
	World Football League (Eastern) 1974-1975
15	Florida Blazers
16	Charlotte Hornets
17	Philadelphia Bell
18	Jacksonville Sharks
19	New York Stars
20	Birmingham Vulcans
	World Football League (Central) 1974-1975
21	Birmingham Americans
22	Memphis Southmen
23	Chicago Fire
24	Detroit Wheels
25	Chicago Winds
26	Houston Texans
	World Football League (Western) 1974-1975
27	Southern California Sun
28	Hawaiians
29	Portland Storm
30	Shreveport Steamer
31	San Antonio Wings
32	Portland Thunder

World Football Leagues Teams 1972-1975 [Ref:

Note: The Texas Football League of the late 1960s joined the Continental Football League in 1969. San Antonio Toros and Dallas Rockets of the Texas League joined Southwestern Pro Football League in 1972.

American Football Association 1977-1983

American Football Association Logo [Ref: 23]

Number	Teams
	Eastern
1	Carolina Chargers
2	Jacksonville Firebirds
3	Alabama Vulcans
4	Kentucky Trackers
5	Virginia Hunters
6	Orlando Americans
	Southeastern
7	Georgia Pride
8	Alabama Magic
9	Tallahassee Statesmen
10	Carolina Storm
11	Florida Sun
12	Jacksonville Sunbirds
	Western
13	San Antonio Charros
14	Mississippi Stars
15	Arkansas Champs
16	Tulsa Mustangs
	American
17	Wichita Falls Steelers
18	Wichita Falls Roughnecks
19	Oklahoma City Warriors
20	Houston Seagulls
21	Forth Worth Texas Stars
22	Houston Titans
	Southwest
23	Austin Texans
24	Texas Wranglers
25	Oklahoma Thunder
26	San Antonio Bulls
27	Houston Armadillos
	Northeast
28	Racine Gladiators
29	Buffalo Geminis
30	Virginia Chargers
31	Roanoke Valley Express
32	Pittsburgh Colts

American Football Association teams 1977-1983 [Ref: 16-22]

United States Football Leagues 1961-1964 / 1983-1985

United States Football League Logo 1983-1985 [Ref: 30]

Number	Teams
	United Football League (Eastern) 1961-1964
1	Columbus Capitols
2	Syracuse Stormers
3	Quebec Rifles
4	Joliet Chargers
	United Football League (Western) 1961-1964
5	Grand Rapids Blazers
6	Grand Rapids Shamrocks
7	Louisville Raiders
8	Baton Rouge Red Wings
9	Houston Mustangs
10	Oklahoma City Drillers
	United States Football League (Atlantic) 1983-1985
11	Philadelphia Stars
12	New Jersey Generals
13	Pittsburgh Maulers
14	Washington Federals
15	Baltimore Stars
16	Boston Breakers
	United States Football League (Southern) 1983-1985
17	Birmingham Stallions
18	Tampa Bay Bandits
19	New Orleans Breakers
20	Memphis Showboats
21	Jacksonville Bulls
22	Orlando Renegades
	United States Football League (Central) 1983-1985
23	Michigan Panthers
24	Chicago Blitz
25	Houston Gamblers
26	San Antonio Gunslingers
27	Oklahoma Outlaws
	United States Football League (Pacific) 1983-1985
28	Oakland Invaders
29	Los Angeles Express
30	Denver Gold
31	Arizona Wranglers
32	Portland Breakers

United States Football Leagues Teams 1961-1964 / 1983-1985 [Ref: 1-8; 24-29]

Note: Indianapolis Warriors moved from United Football League (1961-1964) to Continental Football League (1965-1969)

Tom Furlong

Born: Daingean, Co. offaly

Career: Kicker on the Practice Squad of the New York Giants (NFL) 1965 / Pre-Season signing for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) 1966 (Cut after tearing cruciate ligaments) / Brooklyn Dodgers, Continental Football League 1966.

Biography: Tom Furlong was born in Daingean, Co. Offaly, and played Inter-County Football for Offaly, before being banned by the County Board for playing Soccer. Sitting in a bar in New York, he overheard members of the New York Giants Coaching Staff lamenting at the quality of their kickers (The Giants were having a woeful season) and having seen the game on TV, thought there was nothing to it a GAA player could not do, and volunteered to try out. He got on the Practice Squad for the Giants in 1965, leading to interviews with the New York Times and other newspapers with Irish-American connections.

The Giants brought in a new Kicker the following season, but the Irish-American Community Leaders, seeing the value of an Irish-born player in the NFL, arranged tryouts with the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. He was signed by the Falcons for $12, 000-a-yeat contract, but unfortunately tore his cruciate ligament in training four days before the start of the season.

He didn’t give up on a Pro Career, however, as he was only working as a carpet fitter at the time and signed for the Brookyn Dodgers in the Continental Football League, where he played the 1966 season before retiring, as he thought his kicking was never as good after the injury.

Reference: [2]

Adrian Young

Born: Albert Court, Dublin, Ireand.

Career: Linebacker Philadelphia Eagles (1968-1972), Detroit Lions (1972-1973), Chicago Bears (1973), The Hawaiians (1974-1975)

Biography: Adrian Young, born in Dublin, Ireland, played for the Hawaiians fro 1974-1975, as well as Philadelphia Eagles (1968-1972), Detroit Lions (1972) & Chicago Bears (1973) in the National Football League beforehand. [2]

He left Ireland with his family in the 1960s and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked in a meat-packing factory, but it wasn’t long before they headed off to California, the family and all their belongings packed in a car, and the traveled across the Appalachian Trail, settling in La Puente, Los Angeles.

He played on the Football team there for Bishop Amat High school, whose coach was ex-Notre Dame Fighting Irish. They won an Inter-State Championship, and Adrian got a scholarship to USC (the University of Southern California). Here he mingled with Hollywood Actors in the Acting department, as well as playing on the same team as O.J. Simpson, who won the Heisman Trophy (annually awarded to the Best College Player) during his time there and went on to become the NFL’s All-Time leading rusher.

He got picked up by Philadelphia Eagles out of College, but his time in the NFL wasn’t as successful as his time in College, as the Eagles were in a period of transition, and chhanging coaches regularly. He played for the Eagles from 1968-1972, and the the detroit Lions and Chicago Bears from 1972 to 1973, before finishing off his career with The Hawaiians of the World Football League in 1974 and 1975.

References

Websites

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1961 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1961.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[2] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1961 Season | Grand Rapids Shamrocks [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1961uflgr.html [Accessed 7 November 2019]

[3] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1962 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1962.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[4] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1962 Season Grand Rapids Blazers [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1962uflgr.html [Accessed 7 November 2019]

[5] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1963 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1963.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[6] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1963 Season | Toledo Tornadoes [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1963ufltol.html [Accessed 7 November 2019 ]

[7] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1964 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1964.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[8] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1964 Season | Canton Bulldogs [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1964uflcan.html [Accessed 7 November 2019 ]

Websites:

[9] Greater Northwest Football Alliance (2017) Continental Football League (1965-1969) [Internet] Available from: http://www.gnfafootball.org/continentalleague.htm [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Sources:

[10] Hannigan, Dara (1987) “Greening of the Gridiron” The Sunday Tribune , 27 July 1987. Sportweek, pg. 10 [Available online at the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ ]

Images:

[11] Greater Northwest Football Alliance (2017) Continental Football League Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.gnfafootball.org/photos/continental.jpg [Accessed 28 July 2019]

Bibliography

[12] Gill, Bob et al (2010) “Season-by-Season Listings- Other Leagues” Outsiders II – Minor League and Independent Football 1951-1985 pg. 120-121. St. Johann Press, Haworth, NJ (USA), 2010

Websites

[13] Bob Braunwart, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1988) WFL by Team Records [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/10-03-337.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

[14] Pro Football Archives (2019) Adrian Young [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/playery/youn00400.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

Images

[15] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) Birmingham Americans History | Logo World Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamamericans/logo%20world%20football%20league.jpg [Accessed 11 February 2019]

Websites

[16] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1977 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1977.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[17] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1978 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1978.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[18] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1979 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1979.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[19] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1980 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1980.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[20] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1981 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1981.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[21] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1982 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1982.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[22] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA 1983 [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/afatribute/afa1983.html [Accessed 25 November 2019]

Images

[23] Birmingham Pro Sports (2019) AFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/alabamavulcans/logo%20american%20football%20association.jpg [Accessed 25 November 2019]

Websites

[24] USFL.info (2017) 1983 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1983standings.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[25] USFL.info (2017) 1983 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1983playoffs.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[26] USFL.info (2017) 1984 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1984standings.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[27] USFL.info (2017) 1984 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1984playoffs.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[28] USFL.info (2017) 1985 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1985standings.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[29] USFL.info (2017) 1985 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: http://www.usfl.info/1985playoffs.html [Accessed 3 February 2017]

Images

[30] Sports Logos History (2018) USFL Logo 1983-1985 [Internet] Available from: https://sportslogohistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/united_states_football_league.png [Accessed 31 December 2019]

Websites

[31] O’Callaghan, Eoin (2020) “Hollywood, the NFL, and OJ – the remarkable tale of the Dublin kid who lived the American dream” The 42.ie. Suday, 2 February 2020. [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/adrian-young-nfl-4987121-Feb2020/ [Accessed 5 February 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael O’Callaghan.

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Last Updated: 7 March 2020

March 7, 2020

American Football Leagues Era Timeline 1920-1959

National Football League Teams 1920-1959

Number	Teams	Years Active
	Ohio League founding members of APFA
A	Akron Pros	1920-1922
B	Canton Bulldogs	1920-1926
C	Rock Island Independents	1920-1925
D	Dayton Triangles	1920-1929
	American Pro Football Association 1920-1921
1	Decatur Staleys	1920
2	Buffalo All-Americans	1920-1923
3	Chicago Cardinals	1920-1959
4	Rochester Jeffersons	1920-1925
5	Cleveland Tigers	1920
6	Chicago Tigers	1920
7	Muncie Flyers	1920
8	Chicago Staleys	1921
9	Cleveland indians	1921
10	Evansville Crimson Giants	1921-1922
11	Green Bay Packers	1921-present
12	Washington Senators	1921
13	Minneapolis Marines	1921-1924
14	Tonawanda Kardex	1921
15	Louisville Brecks	1921-1923
16	New York Giants	1921; 1924-present
17	Chicago Bears	1922-present
	National Football League 1922-1925
18	Racine Legion	1922-1924
19	Milwaukee Badgers	1922-1926
20	Oorang Indians	1922-1923
21	Duluth Kelleys	1923-1925
22	Columbus Tigers	1923-1926
23	St. Louis All-Stars	1923
24	Cleveland Bulldogs	1924-1925
25	Frankford Yellowjackets	1924-1931
26	Buffalo Bisons	1924-1925
27	Kansas City Blues	1924
28	Kenosha Maroons	1924
29	Pottsville Maroons	1925
30	Detroit Panthers	1925-1926
31	Providence Steam Roller	1925-1931
32	Kansas City Cowboys	1925-1926
	NFL Consolidation Era 1926-1932
33	Los Angeles Buccaneers	1926
34	Duluth Eskimoes	1926-1927
35	Buffalo Rangers	1926
36	Detroit Panthers	1926
37	Hartford Blues	1926
38	Brooklyn Lions	1926
39	Racine Tornadoes	1926
40	Louisville Colonels	1926
41	Detroit Wolverines	1926
42	Staten Island Stapletons	1929-1932
43	Orange Tornadoes	1929
44	Minneapolis Red Jackets	1929-1930
45	Brooklyn Dodgers	1930-1944
46	Portsmouth Spartans	1930-1933
47	Newark Tornadoes	1930
48	Boston Braves	1932
	NFL Championship Era 1933-1959
49	Philadelphia Eagles	1933-present
50	Pittsburgh Pirates	1933-1939
51	Cincinnati Reds	1933-1934
52	Boston Redskins	1933-1936
53	Detroit Lions	1934-present
54	St. Louis Gunners	1934
55	Cleveland Rams	1937-1944
56	Washington Redskins	1937-present
57	Pittsburgh Steelers	1940
58	Phil-Pitt Steagles	1943
59	Boston Yanks	1944-1948
60	Brooklyn Tigers	1944
61	Card-Pitt	1944
62	Los Angeles Rams	1946-1994; 2019-present
62	New York Bulldogs	1949
64	The Yanks (Boston-Brooklyn)	1951

National Football League teams 1920-1959 [Ref: 1]

American Football Leagues Timeline 1926-1959

Number	Teams	Years Active
	American Football League I 1926
1	Philadelphia Quakers	1926
2	New York Yankees	1926
3	Cleveland Panthers	1926
4	Los Angeles Wildcats	1926
5	Chicago Bulls	1926
6	Boston Bulldogs	1926
7	Brooklyn Horsemen	1926
8	Newark Bears	1926
	American Football League II 1934
9	St. Louis Blues	1934
10	Kansas City Blues	1934
11	Louisville Bourbons	1934
12	Dallas Rams	1934
13	Charlotte Bantams	1934
14	Tulsa Oilers	1934
15	Memphis Tigers	1934
	American Football League III 1936-1937
16	Boston Shamrocks	1936-1937
17	Pittsburgh Americans	1936-1937
18	Rochester Tigers	1936-1937
19	Brooklyn Tigers	1936-1937
20	Los Angeles Bulldogs	1936-1937
21	Cincinnati Bengals	1936-1937
	American Football League IV 1938-1939
22	East Chicago Indians	1938-1939
23	Louisville Tanks	1938-1939
24	Nashville Rebels	1938-1939
25	Cincinnati Blades	1938-1939
26	Dayton Rosies	1938-1939
27	Columbus Bullies	1938-1939
28	Dayton Bombers	1938-1939
29	Kenosha Cardinals	1938-1939
	American Football League V 1940-1941
30	Milwaukee Chiefs	1940-1941
31	Boston Bears	1940-1941
32	Buffalo Indians	1940-1941
	Pacific Coast Pro Football League 1940-1948
33	Hollywood Bears	1940-1942; 1948
34	Oakland Giants	1940
35	Phoenix Panthers	1940
36	San Diego Bombers	1940-1946
37	San Francisco Bay Packers	1941-1944
38	Los Angeles Mustangs	1942-1943
39	Richmond Boilermakers	1943
40	Alameda Mustangs	1943
41	San Jose Mustangs	1944-1945
42	Hollywood Wolves	1944
43	San Francisco Clippers	1945-1948
44	Tacoma Indians	1946
45	Sacramento Nuggets	1946-1947
46	Salt Lake City Seagulls	1946-1947
47	Hawaiian Warriors	1946-1948
48	Long Beach Bulldogs	1948
	American Football League VI 1944
49	Hollywood Rangers	1944
50	Seattle Bombers	1944
51	Portland Rockets	1944
52	San Diego Gunners	1944
53	Oakland Hornets	1944
	All-America Football Conference 1946-1949
54	Miami Seahawks	1946
55	Cleveland Browns	1946-present
56	San Francisco 49’ers	1946-present
57	Los Angeles Dons	1946-1949
58	Chicago Rockets	1946-1948
59	Brooklyn-New York Yankees	1949
60	Buffalo Bills	1947-1949
61	Chicago Hornets	1949
62	Baltimore Colts	1947-1951
	National-American Football League 1950-1954
63	New York Yanks	1950-1951
64	Dallas Texans	1952

American Football League 1926-1959 [Ref: 1-7]

Irish Born NFL & AFL players 1920-1959

Bertie Maher, DE, who was born in Co. Mayo, played Defensive End for the Detroit Heralds in 1920. [2][3]

Bob Nash, DE/OT, who was born in Collinstown, Ireland, Played Defensive End & Offensive Tackle for the Akron Pros in 1920 , Buffalo All-Americans in 1921-1923, Rochester Jeffersons 1924 , New York Giants 1925 [2][7]

Tom McGlaughlin, FB, who was born in Ireland, played Fullback for the Tonawanda Kardex in 1921.[2][4]

Con O’Brien, OT, who was born in Ireland, Played Offensive Tackle for the New York Giants in 1921 [2][8]

Brian McGrath, OG, who was born in Ireland, played Offensive Guard for the Louisville Brecks in 1922. [2][5]

Francis Fitzgerald, BB-DB, who was born in Co. Kerry, played Defensive Back for the Toledo Maroons in 1923 [2][6]

Note:

[1] New York Yankees moved from AFL to NFL in 1927.

[2] Cleveland Rams moved from AFL to NFL in 1937.

[3] Cincinnati Bengals and a number of other teams were in numerous AFL’s.

[4] Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49’ers and Baltimore Colts moved from AAFC to NFL in 1950.

[5] Buffalo Bills & Cincinnati Bengals not same teams as current NFL teams. NFL reused the names.

[6] National Football League known as National-American Football League from 1950-1952 following merger of National Football League and All-America Football Conference, with two Conferences (National & American) replacing Eastern & Western Division . Reverted to NFL name in 1953.

[7] Four teams – the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Rock Island Independents and Dayton Triangles were members of the Ohio League (1901-1919) and became founder members of the American Professional Football Association in 1920.

[8] The American Professional Football Association (1920-1921) changed its name to the National Football League in 1922.

[9] The National Football League operated as the only Pro Football League from 1922-1925, and in 1926 made the decision to consolidate its players on a smaller number of financially successful teams.

[10] The American Football League of 1926 was the first Major Rival to the NFL to use the AFL name.

[11] The first scheduled National Football League Championship Game took place in 1933.

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 350-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

Websites

[2] Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005) American Football League Standings (1936-37) [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballhof.com/news/american-football-league-standings-1936-37/ [Accessed 5 June 2017]

[3] Bob Gill, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1989) Back Before Bengalmania – Cincinnati’s First Brush with the Big Time – [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/11-05-379.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

[4] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1938 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1938.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[5] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1939 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1939.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[6] Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005) American Football League (1940-1941) [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballhof.com/news/american-football-league-1940-1941/ [Accessed 5 June 2017]

[7] Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005) All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Standings (1946-1949) [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballhof.com/news/all-america-football-conference-aafc-standings-1946-1949/ [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Images

[8] Wikipedia (2018) All-America Football Conference Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/All-America_Football_Conference_%28logo%29.png [Accessed 8 October 2018]

Websites

[9] The Growth of a Game (2015) The Complete List of European NFL Players [Internet] Available from: https://www.growthofagame.com/2015/03/the-complete-list-of-european-nfl-players/ [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[10] Pro Football Archives (2019) Detroit Heralds 1920 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1920apfadet.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[11] Pro Football Archives (2019) Tonawanda Kardex 1921 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1921apfaton.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[12] Pro Football Archives (2019) Louisville Brecks 1922 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1922nfllou.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[13] Pro Football Archives (2019) Toledo Maroons 1923 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1923nfltol.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[14] Pro Football Archives (2019) Bob Nash [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/playern/nash00200.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[15] Pro Football Archives (2019) New York Giants 1921 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1921apfany.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[16] Pro Football Archives (2019) Bert Maher [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerm/mahe00200.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[17] Pro Football Archives (2019) Brian McGrath [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerm/mcgr00400.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Decy Maher and John Kane.

About this document

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Last Updated: 7 March 2020

March 7, 2020

Canadian Football League Timeline 1869-present

Canadian Football League Logo 2003-2015 [Ref: 3]

Canadian Football Teams 1869-present

Number	Teams	Years Active
	Provincial Rugby Football Unions Era 1869-1908
1	Hamilton Football Club	1869-??
2	Montreal Football Club	1872-??
3	Toronto Argonauts	1873-??
4	Ottawa Football Club	1876-??
5	Winnipeg Football Club	1879-??
6	Hamilton Tigers	1907-1949
7	Ottawa Rough Riders	1907-1997
8	Calgary City RFC	1907-??
9	Edmonton City RFC	1907-??
	Canadian Rugby Union Era
10	Regina Rugby Club	1910-??
11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1930-present
12	Edmonton Eskimoes	1938-present
13	Hamilton Wildcats	??-1949
14	Calgary Stampeders	1945-present
15	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1946-present
16	Montreal Alouettes	1946-1981; 1996-present
17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1950-present
18	British Columbia Lions	1954-present
	Canadian Football League USA Era 1958-1999
19	Atlantic Schooners	1982-present
20	Montreal Concordes	1982-1986
21	Sacramento Gold Miners	1993-1995
22	Las Veags Passe	1994
23	Baltimore Football Club	1994
24	Shreveport Pirates	1994-1995
25	Baltimore Stallions	1995
26	Birmingham Barracudas	1995
27	Memphis Mad Dogs	1995
	Canadian Football League XFL Era 2000-present
28	Ottawa Renegades	2002-2006
29	Ottawa REDBLACKS	2014-present

Canadian Football League Timeline 1869-present [Ref: 1-3]

Note: The Atlantic Schooners were formed in 1982, but have had trouble building a stadium, and have focussed since then on promoting Canadian Football in the Maritime Provinces by hosting Preseason and Regular Season CFL games. Halifax City Council approved a plan for a stadium in 2019.

Note 2: The Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League Championship Game) has been played for since 1909.

Note 3: The Canadian Football Council broke away from the Canadian Rugby Union in 1958 and renamed itself the Canadian Football League.

Note 4: The CFL attempted to establish teams in the United States in the 1990s. Only the Baltimore franchise was successful, and was moved to Montreal and renamed the Alouettes after the other four teams folded after the 1995 season.

Bibliography

[1] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia Historical Highlights pg. 1-2. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Websites

[2] Canadian Football League (2019) Welcome to the new online home of the Atlantic Schooners [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/2019/03/22/welcome-new-online-home-atlantic-schooners/ [Accessed 6 March 2020]

Images

[3] Pinterest (2019) Canadian Football League Logo (2003-2015) [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/b4/41/a0b441a47f1f1b851d8a46b3412fe91a.png [Accessed 10 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns.

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National Football League Major League Teams Timeline 1920-present

National Football League Logo [Ref: 4]

NFL Major League Teams Timeline 1920-present

Number	Teams	Years Active
	American Pro Football Association 1920-1921
1	Chicago Cardinals	1898-1959
2	Chicago Bears	1920-present [1]
3	Green Bay Packers	1921-present
4	New York Giants	1921; 1924-1973 [2]
	National Football League Era 1922-1959
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	1930-1943
6	Portsmouth Spartans	1930-1933 [3]
7	Boston Braves	1932 [4]
8	Boston Redskins	1933-1936 [4]
9	Cincinnati Reds	1933
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	1933-1939 [5]
11	Philadelphia Eagles	1933-present
12	St. Louis Gunners	1933
13	Detroit Lions	1934-present [3]
14	Green Bay Packers (Milwaukee)	1935-1984 [6]
15	Phildelphia Eagles (Johnstown, PA)	1936 *
16	Washington Redskins	1937-present [4]
17	Cleveland Rams	1937-1944 [7]
18	Philadelphia Eagles (Buffalo)	1938 *
19	Philadelphia Eagles (Erie, PA)	1938 *
20	Pittsburgh Steelers (Charleston, West Virginia)	1938 *
21	Cleveland Rams (Colorado Springs)	1939 *
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	1940-present [5]
23	Cleveland Rams (Akron)	1942 *
24	Phil-Pitt Steagles	1943 [8]
25	Boston Yanks	1944-1948
26	Brooklyn Tigers	1944
27	Card-Pitt	1944 [9]
28	Los Angeles Rams	1946-1981 [10]
29	New York Bulldogs	1949
30	Cleveland Browns AAFC	1950-1995 [10]
31	San Francisco 49’ers	1950-2013 [10]
32	Baltimore Colts	1950-1951 [10]
	American Football League Era 1950-1988
33	New York Yanks	1950-1951
34	Dallas Texans	1952
35	Baltimore Colts	1953-1981 [11]
36	Dallas Texans	1960-1962 [12]
37	Denver Broncos	1960-present
38	Houston Oilers	1960-1995 [13]
39	Los Angeles Chargers	1960 [14]
40	New York Titans	1960-1962 [16]
41	Buffalo Bills	1960-present
42	Boston Patriots	1960-1969 [17]
43	Dallas Cowboys	1960-present
44	Oakland Raiders	1960-1981 [18]
45	St. Louis Cardinals	1960-1987 [19]
46	Minnesota Vikings	1961-present
47	San Diego Chargers	1961-2018 [20]
48	Kansas City Chiefs	1963-present
49	New York Jets	1963-present
50	Atlanta Falcons	1966-present
51	Miami Dolphins	1967-present
52	Boston Patriots (Birmingham)	1968 *
53	New Orleans Saints	1968-present
54	Cincinnati Bengals	1969-present
55	Miami Dolphins (Tampa)	1969 *
56	New England Patriots	1971-present [17]
57	New York Giants (New Haven, Conn.)	1973-1975 [21]
58	New York Giants (New Jersey)	1976-present [21]
59	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1976-present
60	Seattle Seahawks	1976-present
61	Indianapolis Colts	1982-present [22]
62	Los Angeles Raiders	1982-1994 [23]
63	Los Angeles Rams (Anaheim)	1982-1994 [24]
64	New York Jets (New Jersey)	1984-present [25]
	National Football League Europe Era 1988-2005
65	Phoenix Cardinals	1988-1993 [26]
66	Barcelona Dragons	1991-1992; 1995-2003
67	Birmingham Fire	1991-1992
68	Frankfurt Galaxy	1991-1992; 1995-2007
69	London Monarchs	1991-1992; 1995-1997
70	Montreal Machine	1991-1992
71	New York / New Jersey Knights	1991-1992
72	Orlando Thunder	1991-1992
73	Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks	1991
74	Sacramento Surge	1991-1992
75	San Antonio Riders	1991-1992
76	Ohio Glory	1992
77	Arizona Cardinals	1994-present [26]
78	Amsterdam Admirals	1995-2005
79	Rhein Fire	1995-2007
80	Scottish Claymores	1995-
81	Carolina Panthers	1995-present
82	Jacksonville Jaguars	1995-present
83	St. Louis Rams	1995-2018 [27]
84	Oakland Raiders	1995-2019 [28]
85	Baltimore Ravens	1996-present
86	Tennessee Oilers	1997 [29]
87	England Monarchs (Birmingham)	1998
88	England Monarchs (Bristol)	1998
89	England Monarchs (London)	1998
90	Tennessee Titans	1998 [30]
91	Berlin Thunder	1999
92	Cleveland Browns (AFC)	1999-present [31]
93	Houston Texans	2002-present
94	Cologne Centurions	2004-2007
95	New Orleans Saints (Baton Rouge)	2005 [32]
96	New Orleans Saints (San Antonio)	2005 [32]
	National Football League International Era 2005-
97	Arizona Cardinals (Mexico City)	2005 [33]
98	Hamburg Sea Devils	2006
99	Jacksonville Jaguars (London)	2007-present [34]
100	Buffalo Bills (Toronto)	2008-2013 [35]
101	San Francisco 49’ers (Santa Clara)	2014-present
102	Los Angeles Chargers	2019-present [20]
103	Los Angeles Rams	2019-present [36]
104	Las Vegas Raiders	2020-present [37]

National Football League Major Teams Timeline 1920-present [Ref: 1-7]

Notes:

[1] Originally founded as Decatur Staleys (1920). Became Chicago Staleys (1921) and Bears (1922)

[2] The NFL counts the New York Giants of 1921 and 1924 as separate teams.

[3] Portsmouth Spartans became Detroit Lions in 1934.

[4] Boston Braves became Boston Redskins 1933 and Washington Redskins 1937.

[5] Pittsburgh Pirates became Pittsburgh Steelers 1940.

[6] Green Bay Packers played around half their home games in Milwaukee from 1935-1984.

[7] Cleveland Rams became Los Angeles Rams 1945.

[8] Philadelphia and Pittsburgh played as joint team due to player shortage during WWII. Known as Phil-Pitt and knicknamed “Steagles” by fans.

[9] Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh played as a joint team in 1944 also due to a player shortage. Known as Card-Pitt.

[10] Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49’ers and Baltimore Colts joined NFL from All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)

[11] NFL considers Baltimore Colts of 1951 & 1953 as separate teams.

[12] Dallas Texans became Kansas City Chiefs in 1963.

[13] Moved to Memphis and became Tennessee Oilers in 1996. name retired by NFL.

[14] Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego in 1961.

[15] Minneapolis were awarded a team for the AFL in 1960, but later resigned from the League and were awarded a team for the NFL to begin play in 1961.

[16] New York Titans changed name to New York Jets 1963.

[17] Boston Patriots moved outside Boston in Massachusetts in 1970 and changed name to New England Patriots.

[18] Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles (Anaheim) in 1982.

[19] Chicago Cardinals became St. Louis Cardinals in 1960.

[20] San Diego Chargers moved back to Los Angeles in 2019.

[21] New York Giants moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1973, and East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1975.

[23] Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1982.

[24] Los Angeles Rams moved to Anaheim in 1982.

[25] New York Jets moved into Giants Stadium, New Jersey in 1984.

[26] St. Louis Cardinals moved to Phoenix in 1988 and then moved to Tempe, Arizona and became Arizona Cardinals in 1994.

[27] Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis 1995.

[28] Los Angeles Raiders moved back to Oakland 1995.

[29] Houston Oilers moved to Memphis becoming the Tennessee Oilers in 1997.

[30] Tennessee Oilers moved to Nashville becoming Tennessee Titans in 1998.

[31] The Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996, and were renamed the Ravens. The NFL placed a new team in Cleveland in 1999, and gave them the Cleveland Browns name and history.

[32] The New Orleans Saints played their Home matches in Baton Rouge (Louisiana) and San Antonio (Texas) in 2005 due to the Super Dome in New Orleans being unplayable as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

[33] The Arizona Cardinals were the designated Home Team for an NFL International Regular Season match in Mexico City in 2005.

[34] The Jacksonville Jaguars were the designated Home Team for NFL International Regular Season matches in London from 2007 to present. nicknamed the “Union Jags” by fans.

[35] The Buffalo Bills were the designated Home Team for NFL International Regular Season matches in Toronto from 2008 to 2013.

[36] St. Louis Rams moved back to Los Angeles in 2019.

[37] Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020.

*Single Home match played at the venue indicated.

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 350-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

Websites

[4] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1938 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1938.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[5] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1939 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1939.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[6] Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005) American Football League (1940-1941) [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballhof.com/news/american-football-league-1940-1941/ [Accessed 5 June 2017]

[2] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1998 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id173.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[3] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1999 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id174.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[4] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2000 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id175.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[5] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2001 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id176.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[6] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2002 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id177.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[7] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2003 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id178.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[8] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id179.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[9] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id180.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[10] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id181.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[11] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id182.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

Images

[8] National Football League (2019) Division Standings | 2019 | Preseason [Internet] Available from: https://www.nfl.com/standings/division/2019/PRE [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Decy Maher and John Kane.

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Last Updated: 7 March 2020

March 6, 2020

Canadian Football League Expansion 1869-present

CFL Expansion 1869-present

Number	Year	Team
	1869	Hamilton Football Club
	1872	Montreal Football Club
1	1873	Toronto Argonauts (as Toronto Argonaut Football Club)
	1876	Ottawa Football Club
	1879	Winnipeg Football Club
	1907	IRFU formed (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union – Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal FC)
	1907	Calgary City RFC
	1907	Edmonton City RFC
	1909	Grey Cup first played for
2	1910	Saskatchewan Roughriders (as Regina Rugby Club)
3	1930	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (as Winnipegs RFC)
	1936	WIFU formed (Western Interprovincial Football Union)
4	1938	Edmonton Eskimoes
5	1945	Calgary Stampeders
6	1946	Montreal Alouettes
7	1950	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (merger of Hamilton Tigers & Hamilton Wildcats)
8	1954	British Columbia Lions
	1956	Canadian Football Council is formed
	1958	CFC resigns from Canadian Rugby Union, and renames itself the Canadian Football League
9	1982	Montreal Alouettes renamed Concordes. Atlantic Schooners formed.
	1986	Montreal Concordes change name back to Alouettes
	1987	Montreal Alouettes fold
	1993	Sacramento Gold Miners
	1994	Las Vegas Posse, Baltimore FC and Shreveport Pirates
	1995	Birmingham Barracudas and Memphis Mad Dogs. Las Vegas Posse folds
	1996	Four of 5 US teams fold. The lone survivor, Baltimore Stallions moved to Montreal and renamed Alouettes.
	1997	Ottawa Rough Riders fold.
	2002	Ottawa Renegades
	2006	Ottawa Renegades fold
10	2014	Ottawa REDBLACKS

Canadian Football League expansion 1869 – present [Ref: 1-2]

Note: Atlantic Schooners were founded in 1982, but had trouble building a stadium, and have been promoting Canadian Football in the Maritime Provinces since then in the form of hosting Preseason & Regular Season CFL games. Halifax City Council voted in 2019 in favour of building a stadium.

Bibliography

[1] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia Historical Highlights pg. 1-2. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Websites

Images

[3] Kids Encyclopedia facts | Kiddle (2019) Canadian Football League League facts for Kids [Internet] Available from: https://kids.kiddle.co/images/a/a3/CFL_Logo_1960%27s.png [Accessed 9 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns.

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National Football League Expansion 1920-present

Expansion Timeline 1920-present

Number	Year	Team
1	1920	Chicago Cardinals (St. Louis 1960-1988, Arizona Cardinals 1988-present
2	1920	Chicago Bears (Decatur Staleys 1920, Chicago Staleys 1921)
3	1921	Green Bay Packers
4	1925	New York Giants
5	1930	Detroit Lions (Portsmouth Spartans 1930-1933)
6	1932	Washington Redskins (Boston Braves 1932-1936)
7	1933	Pittsburgh Steelers (Pirates 1933-1939)
8	1933	Philadelphia Eagles
9	1937	LA Rams (Cleveland 1936-1945, LA Rams 1946-1994, St. Louis 1995-2018)
10	1950	Cleveland Browns (AAFC team 1946-1949)
11	1950	San Francisco 49’ers (AAFC team 1946-1949)
12	1953	Indianapolis Colts (Baltimore 1953-1981)
13	1960	Kansas City Chiefs (Dallas Texans 1960-1962)
14	1960	Denver Broncos
15	1960	Houston Oilers (retired by NFL 1994)
16	1960	Los Angeles Chargers (San Diego 1961-2018)
17	1960	New York Jets (NY Titans 1960-1962)
18	1960	Buffalo Bills
19	1960	New England Patriots (Boston 1960-1969)
20	1960	Dallas Cowboys
21	1960	Minnesota Vikings
22	1960	Las Vegas Raiders (Oakland 1960-1981 / 1995-2019, LA 1982-1994)
23	1966	Atlanta Falcons
24	1967	Miami Dolphins
25	1968	New Orleans Saints
26	1969	Cincinnati Bengals
27	1976	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
28	1977	Seattle Seahawks
29	1995	Carolina Panthers
30	1995	Jacksonville Jaguars
31	1996	Baltimore Ravens
32	1996	Tennessee Titans (Houston Oilers moved here)
33	2002	Houston Texans

National Football League Expansion 1920-present [Ref: 1]

Note: Cleveland Rams were in AFL 1936 before moving over to the NFL in 1937. Cleveland Browms & San Francisco 49’ers were in AAFC (All-America Football Conference 1946-1949) before moving over to NFL in 1950. Baltimore Colts were in AAFC (1947-1949), before moving over to NFL in 1950, but folded in 1951, and were replaced by Dallas Texans (1952), who also folded and the were also replaced by a new team called the Baltimore Colts. The NFL terms each of these teams (Baltimore Colts 1947-1951, Dallas Texans 1952 & Baltimore Colts 1953 onwards) as separate teams.

Note 2: The AFL (American Football League) of 1960-1969 was so successful it merged with the NFL in 1970, and played the Super Bowl between the two Leagues since 1966. All of the teams added in 1960 (bar Dallas Cowboys & Minnesota Vikings) were originally mermbers of the AFL.

Team Names the NFL reused form Other Leagues

League	Years	Team
AFL	1937-1941	Cincinnati Bengals
AAFC	1947-1949	Baltimore Colts
AAFC	1947-1949	Buffalo Bills

National Football League team names reused from Other Leagues [Ref: 2-7]

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 350-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

Websites

[4] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1938 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1938.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[5] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1939 | American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1939.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[6] Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005) American Football League (1940-1941) [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballhof.com/news/american-football-league-1940-1941/ [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Images

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Decy Maher.

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February 23, 2020

International League of American Football 1990

ILAF Teams

ILAF West	ILAF East
Barcelona	Finland
Birmingham Bears	Milan
Holland	Munich
London	Rome

International League of American Football 1990 [Reference: 1]

Schedule

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Week 1
14.04.1990	Holland	Munich
14.04.1990	Birmingham	Rome
14.04.1990	Milan	London
14.04.1990	Barcelona	Finland
	Week 2
21.04.1990	Holland	Birmingham
21.04.1990	London	Holland
21.04.1990	Munich	Rome
21.04.1990	Milan	Barcelona
	Week 3
28.04.1990	Birmingham	Milan
28.04.1990	Finland	Munich
28.04.1990	Rome	Holland
28.04.1990	Barcelona	London
	Week 4
05.05.1990	London	Holland
05.05.1990	Finland	Birmingham
05.05.1990	Munich	Milan
05.05.1990	Rome	Barcelona
	Week 5
12.05.1990	Holland	Barcelona
12.05.1990	Birmingham	Munich
12.05.1990	London	Rome
12.05.1990	Finland	Milan
	Week 6
19.05.1990	Holland	Finland
19.05.1990	Birmingham	London
19.05.1990	Milan	Rome
19.05.1990	Barcelona	Munich
	Week 7
26.05.1990	Holland	Rome
26.05.1990	London	Barcelona
26.05.1990	Munich	Finland
26.05.1990	Milan	Birmingham
	Week 8
02.06.1990	Birmingham	Holland
02.06.1990	Finland	London
02.06.1990	Rome	Munich
02.06.1990	Barcelona	Milan
	Week 9
09.06.1990	Munich	London
09.06.1990	Rome	Finland
09.06.1990	Milan	Holland
09.06.1990	Barcelona	Birmingham
	Week 10
16.06.1990	London	Milan
16.06.1990	Finland	Barcelona
16.06.1990	Munich	Holland
16.06.1990	Rome	Birmingham
	Week 11
23.06.1990	Holland	London
23.06.1990	Birmingham	Finland
23.06.1990	Milan	Munich
23.06.1990	Barcelona	Rome
	Week 12
30.06.1990	London	Birmingham
30.06.1990	Finland	Holland
30.06.1990	Munich	Barcelona
30.06.1990	Rome	Milan

International League of American Football Schedule 1990 [Reference: 1]

About

The International League of American Football was a proposed Professional American Football League with teams representing eight cities or countries in Europe, and featuring European Players. Head Coaches with NCAA experience had been brought in, and Villa Park in Birmingham, home of Aston Villa, and one of the premier grounds in English Soccer, had been secured for the Birmingham team, but the league never got off the ground, and folded before the first kickoff on 14 April 1990, even though schedules had been released in November prior to that, with each team playing a 12-game season.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1990) “ILAF Schedules” World American Football. 30 November 1989. pg. 22.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gareth Quigley, Paul O’Reilly, Ronan O’Brien.

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Arena Football League 2001-2008

Arena Football League Logo [Reference: 2]

AFL 2001

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Grand Rapids Rampage	14	11	3	0	801	776	.786
*Indiana Firebirds	14	9	5	0	814	717	.643
*Detroit Fury	14	7	7	0	639	666	.500
*Chicago Rush	14	7	7	0	684	699	.500
Milwaukee Mustangs	14	3	11	0	596	768	.214
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercats	14	10	4	0	831	673	.714
*Arizona Rattlers	14	8	6	0	748	644	.571
Los Angeles Avengers	14	5	9	0	564	716	.357
Oklahoma Wranglers	14	5	9	0	630	759	.357
Houston Thunderbears	14	3	11	0	683	803	.214
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*Toronto Phantoms	14	8	6	0	694	706	.571
*New York Dragons	14	8	6	0	898	828	.571
*Carolina Cobras	14	7	7	0	786	685	.500
Buffalo Destroyers	14	6	8	0	649	739	.429
New Jersey Gladiators	14	2	12	0	543	695	.143
Southern Division
*Nashville Kats	14	10	4	0	724	550	.714
*Tampa Bay Storm	14	10	4	0	760	613	.714
*Orlando Predators	14	8	6	0	675	627	.571
Florida Bobcats	14	6	8	0	660	717	.429

Arena Football League Standings 2001 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2001	Chicago Rush	41	Orlando Predators	26
2001	Toronto Phantoms	64	New York Dragons	57
2001	Arizona Rattlers	52	Detroit Fury	44
2001	Indiana Firebirds	58	Carolina Cobras	41
	Quarter-Finals
2001	Nashville Kats	45	Toronto Phantoms	38
2001	San Jose Sabercats	68	Arizona Rattlers	49
2001	Grand Rapids Rampage	53	Chicago Rush	21
2001	Indiana Firebirds	68	Tampa Bay Storm	31
	Semi-Finals
2001	Nashville Kats	71	San Jose Sabercats	68
2001	Grand Rapids Rampage	83	Indiana Firebirds	70
	Arena Bowl XV
2001	Grand Rapids Rampage	64	Nashville Kats	42

Arena Football League Playoffs 2001 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2002

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	14	9	5	0	747	671	.643
*Grand Rapids Rampage	14	8	6	0	756	759	.571
*Indiana Firebirds	14	7	7	0	669	646	.500
Detroit Fury	14	1	13	0	550	740	.071
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercats	14	13	1	0	878	660	.929
*Arizona Rattlers	14	11	3	0	729	624	.786
*Los Angeles Avengers	14	8	6	0	731	694	.571
*Dallas Vigilantes	14	7	7	0	742	755	.500
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Conference
*New Jersey Gladiators	14	9	5	0	714	662	.643
*Buffalo Destroyers	14	6	8	0	627	675	.429
Toronto Phantoms	14	5	9	0	644	656	.357
New York Dragons	14	3	11	0	666	804	.214
Southern Division
*Orlando Predators	14	7	7	0	637	669	.500
*Carolina Cobras	14	6	8	0	624	665	.429
*Tampa Bay Storm	14	6	8	0	666	715	.429
Georgia Force	14	6	8	0	703	688	.429

Arena Football League Standings 2002 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2002	Orlando Predators	32	Buffalo Destroyers	27
2002	Tampa Bay Storm	66	Los Angeles Avengers	41
2002	Dallas Vigilantes	47	Indiana Firebirds	46
2002	Carolina Cobras	72	Grand Rapids Rampage	64
	Quarter-Finals
2002	Orlando Predators	49	New Jersey Gladiators	46
2002	San Jose Sabercats	55	Tampa Bay Storm	48
2002	Arizona Rattlers	61	Carolina Cobras	59
2002	Chicago Rush	60	Dallas Vigilantes	47
	Semi-Finals
2002	San Jose Sabercats	52	Orlando Predators	40
2002	Arizona Rattlers	46	Chicago Rush	35
	Arena Bowl XVI
2002	San Jose Sabercats	52	Arizona Rattlers	14

Arena Football League Playoffs 2002 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2003

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Dallas Vigilantes	16	10	6	0	910	875	.625
*Grand Rapids Rampage	16	8	8	0	925	848	.500
*Chicago Rush	16	8	8	0	785	752	.500
Indiana Firebirds	16	6	10	0	774	831	.375
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercats	16	12	4	0	966	781	.750
*Los Angeles Avengers	16	11	5	0	924	802	.688
*Arizona Rattlers	16	10	6	0	917	842	.625
Colorado Crush	16	2	14	0	748	958	.125
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*New York Dragons	16	8	8	0	857	825	.500
*Detroit Fury	16	8	8	0	799	819	.500
*Las Vegas Outlaws	16	8	8	0	756	821	.500
Buffalo Destroyers	16	5	11	0	554	751	.313
Southern Division
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	12	4	0	849	689	.750
*Orlando Predators	16	12	4	0	805	670	.750
*Georgia Force	16	8	8	0	731	701	.500
Carolina Cobras	16	0	16	0	551	886	.000

Arena Football League Standings 2003 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2003	Georgia Force	55	Dallas Vigilantes	49
2003	Detroit Fury	48	Grand Rapids Rampage	54
2003	New York Dragons	48	Chicago Rush	45
2003	Arizona Rattlers	69	Las Vegas Outlaws	26
	Quarter-Finals
2003	Tampa Bay Storm	52	Detroit Fury	48
2003	San Jose Sabercats	69	Georgia Force	48
2003	Orlando Predators	69	New York Dragons	62
2003	Arizona Rattlers	70	Los Angeles Avengers	63
	Semi-Finals
2003	Tampa Bay Storm	60	Orlando Predators	50
2003	Arizona Rattlers	66	San Jose Sabercats	49
	Arena Bowl XVII
2003	Tampa Bay Storm	43	Arizona Rattlers	29

Arena Football League Playoffs 2003 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2004

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	16	11	5	0	847	727	.688
*Colorado Crush	16	11	5	0	793	744	.688
Indiana Firebirds	16	8	8	0	801	743	.500
Detroit Fury	16	5	11	0	761	854	.313
Grand Rapids Rampage	16	1	15	0	581	871	.063
Western Division
*Arizona Rattlers	16	11	5	0	836	738	.688
*San Jose Sabercats	16	11	5	0	885	754	.688
*Los Angeles Avengers	16	9	7	0	904	811	.563
Las Vegas Gladiators	16	8	8	0	868	791	.500
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*New York Dragons	16	9	7	0	849	770	.563
Carolina Cobras	16	6	10	0	735	868	.375
Columbus Destroyers	16	6	10	0	791	862	.375
Dallas Vigilantes	16	6	10	0	782	655	.375
Philadelphia Soul	16	5	11	0	737	796	.313
Southern Division
*New Orleans Voodoo	16	11	5	0	723	721	.688
*Orlando Predators	16	10	6	0	777	690	.625
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	9	7	0	815	799	.563
Austin Wranglers	16	8	8	0	764	793	.500
Georgia Force	16	7	9	0	710	772	.438

Arena Football League Standings 2004 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2004	San Jose Sabercats	56	Tampa Bay Storm	52
2004	Chicago Rush	59	Orlando Predators	49
2004	Colorado Crush	47	New Orleans Voodoo	44
2004	Arizona Rattlers	59	Los Angeles Avengers	42
	Semi-Finals
2004	San Jose Sabercats	49	Chicago Rush	35
2004	Arizona Rattlers	45	Colorado Crush	41
	Arena Bowl XVIII
2004	San Jose Sabercats	69	Arizona Rattlers	62

Arena Football League Playoffs 2004 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2005

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Colorado Crush	16	10	6	0	873	871	.625
*Chicago Rush	16	9	7	0	788	764	.563
Nashville Kats	16	6	9	1	688	715	.406
Grand Rapids Rampage	16	4	12	0	761	932	.250
Western Division
*Los Angeles Avengers	16	10	6	0	861	813	.625
*San Jose Sabercats	16	9	7	0	945	821	.563
Las Vegas Gladiators	16	8	8	0	790	781	.500
Arizona Rattlers	16	7	9	0	816	793	.438
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*New York Dragons	16	10	6	0	862	798	.625
Dallas Vigilantes	16	8	7	1	888	825	.531
Philadelphia Soul	16	6	10	0	852	905	.375
Columbus Destroyers	16	2	14	0	718	908	.125
Southern Division
*Georgia Force	16	11	5	0	818	745	.688
*Orlando Predators	16	10	6	0	800	755	.625
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	10	6	0	836	779	.625
New Orleans Voodoo	16	9	7	0	835	787	.563
Austin Wranglers	16	6	10	0	774	890	.375

Arena Football League Standings 2005 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2005	Colorado Crush	56	San Jose Sabercats	46
2005	Georgia Force	62	Tampa Bay Storm	46
2005	Orlando Predators	47	New York Dragons	42
2005	Chicago Rush	52	Los Angeles Avengers	45
	Semi-Finals
2005	Georgia Force	60	Orlando Predators	58
2005	Colorado Crush	49	Chicago Rush	43 ot
	Arena Bowl XIX
2005	Colorado Crush	51	Georgia Force	48

Arena Football League Playoffs 2005 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2006

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Colorado Crush	16	11	5	0	903	833	.688
*Nashville Kats	16	8	8	0	818	799	.500
*Chicago Rush	16	7	9	0	825	834	.438
Grand Rapids Rampage	16	5	11	0	722	875	.313
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercats	16	10	6	0	898	849	.625
*Arizona Rattlers	16	8	8	0	774	756	.500
*Utah Blaze	16	7	9	0	871	904	.438
Las Vegas Gladiators	16	5	11	0	769	895	.313
Los Angeles Avengers	16	5	11	0	809	906	.313
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*Dallas Vigilantes	16	13	3	0	929	710	.813
*New York Dragons	16	10	6	0	848	887	.625
*Philadelphia Soul	16	9	7	0	777	747	.563
Columbus Destroyers	16	8	8	0	724	717	.500
Southern Division
*Orlando Predators	16	10	6	0	816	760	.625
*Austin Wranglers	16	10	6	0	816	757	.625
Georgia Force	16	8	8	0	855	735	.500
Tampa Bay Storm	16	7	9	0	810	862	.438
Kansas City Brigade	16	3	13	0	704	842	.188

Arena Football League Standings 2006 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Wildcard Round
2006	Arizona Rattlers	57	Utah Blaze	34
2006	Philadelphia Soul	52	Austin Wranglers	35
2006	Chicago Rush	55	Nashville Kats	47
2006	Georgia Force	72	New York Dragons	69
	Divisional Round
2006	Dallas Vigilantes	62	Georgia Force	27
2006	San Jose Sabercats	62	Arizona Rattlers	48
2006	Chicago Rush	63	Colorado Crush	46
2006	Orlando Pedators	31	Philadelphia Soul	27
	Conference Championship
2006	Chicago Rush	59	San Jose Sabercats	56
2006	Orlando Predators	45	Dallas Vigilantes	28
	Arena Bowl XX
2006	Chicago Rush	69	Orlando Predators	61

Arena Football League Playoffs 2006 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2007

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	16	12	4	0	869	719	.750
*Kansas City Brigade	16	10	6	0	840	776	.625
*Colorado Crush	16	8	8	0	793	858	.500
Nashville Kats	16	7	9	0	851	876	.438
Grand Rapids Rampage	16	4	12	0	835	1014	.250
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercats	16	13	3	0	1012	761	.813
*Los Angeles Avengers	16	9	7	0	843	848	.563
*Utah Blaze	16	8	8	0	955	933	.500
Arizona Rattlers	16	4	12	0	846	915	.250
Las Vegas Gladiators	16	2	14	0	701	986	.125
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*Dallas Vigilantes	16	15	1	0	1016	806	.938
*Philadelphia Soul	16	8	8	0	900	835	.500
*Columbus Destroyers	16	7	9	0	802	793	.438
New York Dragons	16	5	11	0	787	967	.313
Southern Division
*Georgia Force	16	14	2	0	1007	836	.875
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	9	7	0	809	825	.563
*Orlando Predators	16	8	8	0	814	766	.500
New Orleans Voodoo	16	5	11	0	833	928	.313
Austin Wranglers	16	4	12	0	879	950	.250

Arena Football League Standings 2007 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Wildcard Round
2007	Philadelphia Soul	41	Orlando Predators	26
2007	Columbus Destroyers	56	Tampa Bay Storm	55
2007	Colorado Crush	49	Kansas City Brigade	42
2007	Los Angeles Avengers	64	Utah Blaze	42
	Divisional Round
2007	San Jose Sabercats	76	Colorado Crush	67
2007	Columbus Destroyers	66	Dallas Vigilantes	59
2007	Georgia Force	65	Philadelphia Soul	39
2007	Chicago Rush	52	Los Angeles Avengers	20
	Conference Championships
2007	Columbus Detroyers	66	Georgia Force	56
2007	San Jose Sabercats	61	Chicago Rush	49
	Arena Bowl XXI
2007	San Jose Sabercats	55	Columbus Destroyers	33

Arena Football League Playoffs 2007 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2008

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	16	11	5	0	926	765	.688
*Colorado Crush	16	6	10	0	847	909	.375
*Grand Rapids Rampage	16	6	10	0	952	968	.375
Kansas City Brigade	16	3	13	0	752	923	.188
Western Division
*San Jose Sabercts	16	11	5	0	945	875	.688
*Arizona Rattlers	16	8	8	0	842	907	.500
*Utah Blaze	16	6	10	0	941	959	.375
Los Angeles Avengers	16	5	11	0	847	1004	.313
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
*Philadelphia Soul	16	13	3	0	992	810	.813
*Dallas Vigilantes	16	12	4	0	861	798	.750
*Cleveland Gladiators	16	9	7	0	901	895	.563
*New York Dragons	16	8	8	0	822	819	.500
Columbus Destroyers	16	3	13	0	750	893	.188
Southern Division
*Georgia Force	16	10	6	0	927	848	.625
*Orlando Predators	16	9	7	0	881	898	.563
New Orleans Voodoo	16	8	8	0	893	835	.500
Tampa Bay Storm	16	8	8	0	903	876	.500

Arena Football League Standings 2008 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Wildcard Round
2008	Dallas Vigilantes	63	New York Dragons	77
2008	Utah Blaze	44	Colorado Crush	49
2008	Arizona Rattlers	41	Grand Rapids Rampage	48
2008	Cleveland Gladiators	69	Orlando Predators	66
	Divisional Round
2008	San Jose Sabercats	64	Colorado Crush	51
2008	Philadelphia Soul	49	New York Dragons	48
2008	Chicago Rush	41	Grand Rapids Rampage	58
2008	Georgia Force	70	Cleveland Gladiators	73
	Conference Championships
2008	Philadelphia Soul	70	Cleveland Gladiators	35
2008	San Jose Sabercats	81	Grand Rapids Rampage	55
	Arena Bowl XXI
2008	Philadelphia Soul	59	San Jose Sabercats	56

Arena Football League Playoffs 2008 [Reference: 1]

About the AFL

The Arena Football League was the original Indoor or Arena American Football League, established in 1986. After the court ruling in 1998 that its patent (awarded in 1989) only referred to the rebound nets either side of the goalposts, everything else was football, and not under copyright, as it was already in the common sphere.

This opened the door to rival Indoor Leagues, and in an attempt to see them off Arena Football League created Arena Football 2, an official Minor League. This was an over-expansion and coupled with the debts from the court case related to the patent, it incurred a legacy debt that left the League in no position to continue after 2019.

About Arena / Indoor Football

Indoor Football, also known as Arena Football was developed in 1986 as an 8v8 form of Indoor American Football. After an initial few seasons where the game was developed with a 4 team league, a full seasons League with eventually over a dozen teams was developed in the 1990 which was considered by the Wall Street Journal to be a fifth major.

The Arena Football League over-expanded in the 2000s with a Minor League, and its importance (and number of teams) waned since it first experienced financial diffulties in 2009, and it ceased operations after the 2019 season due to the legacy debt incurred.

There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)

Indoor Football is played on a 50-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, and teams have 5 downs (attempts) to reach the endzone or the ball is turned over. 3 of those downs must be passing plays, making Indoor Football highly explosive and high scoring.

The main difference between Arena Football & Indoor Football is the rebound nets either side of the goalposts in Arena Football, which is the only part of the original patent given to the Arena Football League in 1989, that a subsequent ruling in 1998 ruled was copyright, the rest being Football already in other leagues.

References:

Sources:

[1] Arena Football League (2016) 2016 Record and Factbook pp. 83-99.

Images

[2] Arena Football League (2019) Arena Football League Reveals New Logo [Internet] Available from: https://snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net/0000015a-a977-d135-adda-fb7fb65f0000/images/c3/b8/20eb27b6418aa78b71d4679d2988/1545950679236_1545950297199_viewliftarticle_16x9images_16x9Images.png [Accessed 17 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Tim Leadingham. Bart Barden & Sam Thompson.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 February 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

February 20, 2020

Arena Football League 2010-2015

Arena Football League Logo [Reference: 2]

AFL 2010

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	16	12	4	0	893	806	.750
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	11	5	0	926	812	.687
*Orlando Predators	16	8	8	0	865	845	.500
Alabama Vipers	16	7	9	0	812	860	.437
Southwest Division
*Tulsa Talons	16	10	6	0	994	899	.625
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz	16	6	10	0	833	870	.375
Dallas Vigilantes	16	3	13	0	833	870	.187
Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings	16	3	13	0	799	1030	.187
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
West Division
*Spokane Shock	16	13	3	0	988	843	.812
*Arizona Rattlers	16	10	6	0	957	885	.625
Utah Blaze	16	2	14	0	742	1040	.125
Midwest Division
*Milwaukee Iron	16	11	5	0	1043	903	.687
*Chicago Rush	16	10	6	0	906	873	.625
Cleveland Gladiators	16	7	9	0	938	906	.438
Iowa Barnstormers	16	7	9	0	829	830	.438

Arena Football League Standings 2010 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2010	Spokane Shock	57	Arizona Rattlers	49
2010	Milwaukee Iron	64	Chicago Rush	54
2010	Tampa Bay Storm	68	Tulsa Talons	38
2010	Jacksonville Sharks	69	Orlando Predators	73
	Conference Championship
2010	Spokane Shock	60	Milwaukee Iron	57
2010	Tampa Bay Storm	63	Orlando Predators	62
	Arena Bowl XXIII
2010	Spokane Shock	69	Tampa Bay Storm	67

Arena Football League Playoffs 2010 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2011

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	14	4	0	1158	908	.778
*Georgia Force	18	11	7	0	1007	931	.611
*Orlando Predators	18	11	7	0	1001	933	.611
Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	802	933	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	15	0	826	1017	.187
East Division
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	10	8	0	904	840	.556
Pittsburgh Power	18	9	9	0	870	972	.500
Milwaukee Mustangs	18	7	11	0	872	972	.389
Philadelphia Soul	18	6	12	0	914	969	.333
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	18	13	5	0	957	833	.722
*Dallas Vigilantes	18	11	7	0	1061	1007	.583
Tulsa Talons	18	8	10	0	894	889	.444
Kansas City Command	18	6	12	0	854	974	.333
Iowa Barnstormers	18	5	13	0	916	1116	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	16	2	0	1114	836	.818
*Spokane Shock	18	9	9	0	1057	1027	.500
Utah Blaze	18	9	9	0	1080	1017	.500
San Jose Sabercats	18	7	11	0	1022	1080	.389

Arena Football League Standings 2011 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2011	Chicago Rush	54	Dallas Vigilantes	51
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	63	Orlando Predators	48
2011	Arizona Rattlers	62	Spokane Shock	33
2011	Georgia Force	50	Cleveland Gladiators	41
	Conference Championship
2011	Arizona Rattlers	54	Chicago Rush	48
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	64	Georgia Force	55
	Arena Bowl XXIV
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	73	Arizona Rattlers	70

Arena Football League Playoffs 2011 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2012

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	10	8	0	930	884	.556
*Georgia Force	18	9	9	0	812	923	.500
*New Orleans Voodoo	18	8	10	0	979	995	.444
Tampa Bay Storm	18	8	10	0	1021	1108	.444
Orlando Predators	18	4	14	0	770	902	.222
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	15	3	0	1228	919	.833
Cleveland Gladiators	18	8	10	0	879	873	.444
Milwaukee Mustangs	18	5	13	0	960	1061	.278
Pittsburgh Power	18	5	13	0	824	963	.278
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*San Antonio Talons	18	14	4	0	1042	942	.778
Chicago Rush	18	10	8	0	1047	1044	.556
Iowa Barnstormers	18	7	11	0	948	1022	.389
Kansas City Command	18	3	15	0	705	938	.167
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	13	5	0	1118	890	.722
*San Jose Sabercats	18	12	6	0	1143	1027	.667
*Utah Blaze	18	12	6	0	1128	1051	.667
Spokane Shock	18	10	8	0	1063	1048	.556

Arena Football League Standings 2012 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2012	Utah Blaze	35	San Antonio Talons	34
2012	Jacksonville Sharks	58	Georgia Force	56
2012	Arizona Rattlers	51	San Jose Sanercats	48
2012	Philadelphia Soul	66	New Orleans Voodoo	53
	Conference Championship
2012	Arizona Rattlers	75	Utah Blaze	69
2012	Philadelphia Soul	89	Jacksonville Sharks	34
	Arena Bowl
2012	Arizona Rattlers	72	Philadelphia Soul	54

Arena Football League Playoffs 2012 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2013

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	12	6	0	941	883	.667
*Orlando Predators	18	7	11	0	965	1032	.389
*Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	959	980	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	5	13	0	833	1069	.278
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	12	6	0	1052	839	.667
Cleveland Gladiators	18	4	14	0	847	1047	.222
Pittsburgh Power	18	4	14	0	726	1014	.222
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	18	10	8	0	973	947	.556
*San Antonio Talons	18	10	8	0	782	884	.556
Iowa Barnstormers	18	6	12	0	827	913	.333
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	15	3	0	1203	866	.833
*Spokane Shock	18	14	4	0	1198	896	.778
*San Jose Sabercats	18	13	5	0	1033	877	.722
Utah Blaze	18	7	11	0	896	988	.389

Arena Football League Standings 2013 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2013	Spokane Shock	69	Chicago Rush	47
2013	Jacksonville Sharks	69	Tampa Bay Storm	62
2013	Philadelphia Soul	59	Orlando Predators	55
2013	Arizona Rattlers	59	San Jose Sabercats	55
	Conference Championship
2013	Philadelphia Soul	75	Jacksonville Sharks	59
2013	Arizona Rattlers	65	Spokane Shock	57
	Arena Bowl XXV
2013	Arizona Rattlers	48	Philadelphia Soul	39

Arena Football League Playoffs 2013 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2014

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Orlando Predators	18	11	7	0	1005	957	.611
Tampa Bay Storm	18	8	10	0	904	953	.444
Jacksonville Sharks	18	7	11	0	879	862	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	15	0	770	1011	.167
East Division
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	17	1	0	991	782	.944
*Pittsburgh Power	18	15	3	0	1015	778	.833
*Philadelphia Soul	18	9	9	0	1021	949	.500
Iowa Barnstormers	18	6	12	0	648	1046	.333
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pacific Division
*San Jose Sabercats	18	13	5	0	999	723	.722
*Spokane Shock	18	11	7	0	957	843	.611
Portland Thunder	18	5	13	0	816	965	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	15	3	0	1151	905	.833
San Antonio Talons	18	3	15	0	781	1052	.167
Los Angeles Kiss	18	3	15	0	699	1010	.167

Arena Football League Standings 2014 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	39	Philadelphia Soul	37
2014	San Jose Sabercats	55	Spokane Shock	28
2014	Orlando Predators	56	Pittsburgh Power	48
2014	Arizona Rattlers	52	Portland Thunder	48
	Conference Championship
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	56	Orlando Predators	46
2014	Arizona Rattlers	72	San Jose Sabercats	56
	Arena Bowl XXVI
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	32	Arizona Rattlers	72

Arena Football League Playoffs 2014 [Reference: 1]

AFL 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Orlando Predators	18	12	6	0	1023	951	.667
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	10	8	0	971	901	.556
Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	820	942	.389
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	15	3	0	1060	823	.833
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	8	10	0	953	959	.444
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	14	1	693	920	.194
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pacific Division
*San Jose Sabercats	18	17	1	0	1061	662	.944
*Spokane Shock	18	7	11	0	847	971	.389
Portland Thunder	18	5	13	0	858	975	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	14	4	0	1003	825	.778
Las Vegas Outlaws	18	5	12	1	741	910	.308
Los Angeles Kiss	18	4	14	0	724	915	.222

Arena Football League Standings 2015 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2015	San Jose Sabercats	65	Portland Thunder	28
2015	Philadelphia Soul	47	Cleveland Gladiators	38
2015	Jacksonville Sharks	55	Orlando Thunder	33
2015	Arizona Rattlers	72	Spokane Shock	41
	Conference Championship
2015	San Jose Sabercats	70	Arizona Rattlers	67
2015	Jacksonville Sharks	61	Phildalphia Soul	56
	Arena Bowl
2015	San Jose Sabercats	68	Jacksonville Sharks	47

Arena Football League Playoffs 2015 [Reference: 1]

Report

After cancelling the 2009 season in order to restructure, following the debts incurred by the failed court case brought against the Indoor Professional Football League over copyright infringement in 1998, and over-expansion with its official minor league – arenafootball2 – from 2000-2010, the Arena Football League re-launched in 2010, with Spokane Shock winning the Arena Bowl, followed by Jacksonville Sharks in 2011 and Arizona Rattlers three-in-a-row from 2012 to 2014, and then San Jose Sabercats in 2015.

The league then underwent a significant drop in teams, from 12 in 2015 to 8 in 2016 and 5 in 2017 (see: https://eirball.ie/2020/02/19/arena-football-league-2016-2019/ )

About the AFL

About Arena / Indoor Football

There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)

References:

Sources:

[1] Arena Football League (2016) 2016 Record and Factbook pp. 101-109 / 45.

Images

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Tim Leadingham. Bart Barden & Sam Thompson.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 February 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

February 19, 2020

Arena Football League 2016-2019

Arena Football League Logo [Reference: 10]

AFL 2016

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
National Conference
*Arizona Rattlers	16	13	3	0	1068	786	.812
*LA Kiss	16	7	9	0	735	745	.438
Cleveland Gladiators	16	7	9	0	826	934	.438
Portland Steel	16	3	13	0	670	926	.188
American Conference
*Philadelphia Soul	16	13	3	0	983	776	.812
*Orlando Predators	16	12	4	0	893	781	.750
Jacksonville Sharks	16	7	9	0	829	774	.438
Tampa Bay Storm	16	2	14	0	568	868	.125

Arena Football League Standings 2016 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs


	Arena Bowl XXIX
26.08.2016	Philadelphia Soul	56	Arizona Rattlers	42

Arena Football League Playoffs 2016 [Reference: 2; 9]

AFL 2017

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Philadelphia Soul	14	13	1	0	817	590	.929
*Tampa Bay Storm	14	10	4	0	710	682	.714
*Cleveland Gladiators	14	5	9	0	696	715	.357
*Baltimore Brigade	14	4	10	0	620	749	.286
Washington Valor	14	3	11	0	565	692	.214

Arena Football League Standings 2017 [Reference: 3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs


	Arena Bowl XXX
26.08.2017	Philadelphia Soul	44	Tampa Bay Storm	40

Arena Football League Playoffs 2017 [Reference: 4; 9]

AFL 2018

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Albany Empire	12	8	4	0	646	564	.667
*Philadelphia Soul	12	7	5	0	612	577	.583
*Baltimore Brigade	12	7	5	0	605	562	.583
*Washington Valor	12	2	10	0	482	642	.167

Arena Football League Standings 2018 [Reference: 5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
20.07.2018	Philadelphia Soul	41	Baltimore Brigade	W
21.07.2018	Washington Valor	47	Albany Empire	L
	Arena Bowl XXXI
28.07.2018	Washington Valor	69	Baltimore Brigade	55

Arena Football League Playoffs 2018 [Reference: 6; 9]

AFL 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Albany Empire	12	10	2	0	620	474	.833
*Washington Valor	12	7	5	0	538	552	.583
*Philadelphia Soul	12	7	5	0	523	530	.583
*Baltimore Brigade	12	7	5	0	500	439	.583
Atlantic City Blackjacks	12	4	8	0	518	550	.333
Columbus Destroyers	12	1	11	0	394	548	.083

Arena Football League Standings 2019 [Reference: 7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
03.08.2019	Albany Empire	62	Baltimore Brigade	21
04.08.2019	Washington Valor	41	Philadelphia Soul	48
	Arena Bowl XXXII
11.08.2019	Philadelphia Soul	27	Albany Empire	45

Arena Football League Playoffs 2019 [Reference: 8]

Report

The period from 2016-2019 were the waning years of the Arena Football League,

About the AFL

About Arena / Indoor Football

There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)

References

Websites

[1] Arena Football League (2016) 2016 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/standings.html [Accessed 1 April 2017][Broken Link]

[3] Arena Football League (2017) 2017 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.afldigital.com/index.cfm?view=standings [Accessed 16 September 2017][Broken Link]

[4] Arena Football League (2017) 2017 Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.arenafootball.com/2017-schedule [Accessed 16 September 2017][Broken Link]

[5] Arena Football League (2018) 2018 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.afldigital.com/index.cfm?view=standings [Accessed 6 January 2019][Broken Link]

[6] Arena Football League (2018) 2018 Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.afldigital.com/index.cfm?view=schedule [Accessed 6 January 2019][Broken Link]

[7] Arena Football League (2018) 2019 Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.arenafootball.com/2019-standings [Accessed 26 July 2019][Broken Link]

[8] Arena Football League (2018) 2018 Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.afldigital.com/index.cfm?view=schedule&season=2019 [Accessed 8 September 2019][Broken Link]

[9]Arena Fan (2019) Arena Bowl History [Internet] Available from: http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=abowls [Accessed 19 February 2020]

Images

[10] Arena Football League (2019) Arena Football League Reveals New Logo [Internet] Available from: https://snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net/0000015a-a977-d135-adda-fb7fb65f0000/images/c3/b8/20eb27b6418aa78b71d4679d2988/1545950679236_1545950297199_viewliftarticle_16x9images_16x9Images.png [Accessed 17 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Tim Leadingham. Bart Barden & Sam Thompson.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 19 February 2020

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