2002 af2 season
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The 2002 AF2 season was the third season of the AF2
. The league champions were the Peoria Pirates
, who defeated the Florida Firecats in ArenaCup III
. This is also the first time that both conferences have the same division name (in that case, the American Conference Southern Division and the National Conference Southern Division, respectively). It is also the only season where both conferences have four divisions each, a la the 2002–present era of the NFL
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* Despite the Steamwheelers having a winning season, the team was banned from the playoffs this year for rule violation.
AF2
AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
. The league champions were the Peoria Pirates
Peoria Pirates
The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached by Mike Hohensee...
, who defeated the Florida Firecats in ArenaCup III
ArenaCup
The ArenaCup is the af2's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, the 2005 ArenaCup was the first to be played at a neutral site in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San...
. This is also the first time that both conferences have the same division name (in that case, the American Conference Southern Division and the National Conference Southern Division, respectively). It is also the only season where both conferences have four divisions each, a la the 2002–present era of the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| American Conference | ||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||
| Cape Fear Wildcats South Georgia Wildcats The South Georgia Wildcats were a professional arena football team. They were a 2002 expansion member of af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League... |
13 | 3 | 0.812 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| Richmond Speed Richmond Speed The Richmond Speed were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference in 2000, before going over to the Northeast Division in 2001, then to the Atlantic Division from 2002-2003. In 2000, Richmond went 7-9 and missed the playoffs. ... |
12 | 4 | 0.750 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 |
| Norfolk Nighthawks Norfolk Nighthawks The Norfolk Nighthawks are a now-defunct charter member of the AF2. They played their home games at The Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Roanoke Steam Roanoke Steam The Roanoke Steam is a now-defunct af2 charter member franchise. They played their home games at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Steam were unable to get into the playoffs during their only three years in the league... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Greensboro Prowlers Greensboro Prowlers The Greensboro Prowlers is a now-defunct af2 franchise that was one of the league's charter members. The Prowlers had three mediocre seasons before finally getting a decent winning record in their final year... |
3 | 13 | 0.187 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 |
| Northeastern Division | ||||||
| Albany Conquest | 13 | 3 | 0.812 | 11 | 1 | 0.917 |
| Rochester Brigade Rochester Brigade The Rochester Brigade was a professional arena football team based in Rochester, New York. The team was a member of af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League, and played their home games at the Blue Cross Arena... |
7 | 9 | 0.437 | 6 | 6 | 0.500 |
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers were a minor league arena football team that played in the AF2. The team was part of the East Division in the American conference. The Pioneers were an expansion team for the league's 2002 season, and were the runner-ups in ArenaCup VIII and ArenaCup X.-2001:The... |
6 | 10 | 0.375 | 6 | 6 | 0.500 |
| New Haven Ninjas New Haven Ninjas The New Haven Ninjas were an American Football team, an expansion team in the af2 for the 2002 season. Along with the Ninjas, New Haven was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Fresno Frenzy, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, San Diego Riptide &... |
6 | 10 | 0.375 | 5 | 7 | 0.417 |
| Mohegan Wolves Manchester Wolves The Manchester Wolves were a professional arena football team, based at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, which folded at the end of the 2009 season along with the rest of the league... |
3 | 13 | 0.187 | 2 | 10 | 0.167 |
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Macon Knights Macon Knights The Macon Knights were a professional arena football team, playing in the af2 league. They were a 2001 expansion member of af2. They played their home games at Macon Coliseum. The Knights were owned and operated by Beverly Olson. The Knights were formerly coached by Derek Stingley, who was a... |
13 | 3 | 0.812 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Augusta Stallions Augusta Stallions The Augusta Stallions were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001, and then the Eastern Division in 2002. In their first year, Augusta went 13-3, made the playoffs, and... |
13 | 3 | 0.812 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Carolina Rhinos Carolina Rhinos The Carolina Rhinos were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching divisions in every year of their existence . In their first year, they won 7 of their first 9 games, en route to the playoffs, before losing... |
5 | 11 | 0.312 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Columbus Wardogs Mississippi Headhunters The Mississippi Headhunters are a professional indoor football member of the af2. They're currently an inactive member. The franchise began as the Columbus Wardogs and played their home games in the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia from 2001-2004... |
4 | 12 | 0.250 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Tallahassee Thunder Tallahassee Thunder The Tallahassee Thunder is a now-defunct charter member af2 arena football team from Tallahassee, Florida. The Thunder played from 2000 until 2002, playing their home games at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee... |
9 | 7 | 0.562 | 7 | 3 | 0.700 |
| Florida Firecats | 9 | 7 | 0.562 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 |
| Jacksonville Tomcats Jacksonville Tomcats The Jacksonville Tomcats were an arena football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They were an inaugural franchise in af2, the developmental league of the Arena Football League , and played for three seasons from 2000–2002... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 7 | 3 | 0.700 |
| Charleston Swamp Foxes Charleston Swamp Foxes The Charleston Swamp Foxes were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching divisions in every year of their existence . Charleston played their home games in the North Charleston Coliseum... |
7 | 9 | 0.437 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| National Conference | ||||||
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Tennessee Valley Vipers Tennessee Valley Vipers The Alabama Vipers was a professional arena football team, that played in the Arena Football League. For most of their history, the Vipers played as the Tennessee Valley Vipers in the now-defunct af2, the minor league for the original AFL, where they won the 2008 ArenaCup championship. They play... |
13 | 3 | 0.812 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Birmingham Steeldogs | 11 | 5 | 0.687 | 5 | 2 | 0.714 |
| Pensacola Barracudas Pensacola Barracudas The Pensacola Barracudas were an AF2 team and one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season.Pensacola originally played in the National Conference and won its first five games en route to the playoffs before losing to the eventual undefeated champion Quad City... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 6 | 6 | 0.500 |
| Mobile Wizards Mobile Wizards The Mobile Wizards were an af2 arena football team that played their home games in Mobile, Alabama at the Mobile Civic Center. The team went 0-16 in 2002 and was disbanded after only one season, making them the only af2 team never to have won a game in their franchise history.- External links :*... |
0 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Tulsa Talons Tulsa Talons The San Antonio Talons are a professional arena football franchise in San Antonio, Texas that plays in the Arena Football League.The Talons began in 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the Tulsa Talons, a charter member of the defunct minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2... |
14 | 2 | 0.875 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Arkansas Twisters Arkansas Twisters The Allen Wranglers are a professional indoor football team based in Allen, Texas play in the Indoor Football League. The Wranglers play their home games at the Allen Event Center.-History:... |
11 | 5 | 0.687 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings The Bossier Shreveport Battle Wings were an Arena Football League team based in Bossier City, Louisiana. They played at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City and represented both Bossier City and Shreveport... |
9 | 7 | 0.562 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Memphis Xplorers Memphis Xplorers The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi .... |
5 | 11 | 0.312 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Midwestern Division | ||||||
| Peoria Pirates Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached by Mike Hohensee... |
11 | 5 | 0.687 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Quad City Steamwheelers Quad City Steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team. They were a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois.... * |
10 | 6 | 0.625 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Wichita Stealth Wichita Stealth The Wichita Stealth is a now-defunct arena football team. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas. They originally began play in the Indoor Football League as a 2000 expansion team known as the Wichita Warlords before the league folded, in which they moved to the... |
6 | 10 | 0.375 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Louisville Fire Louisville Fire The Louisville Fire was an arena football team that played its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator was former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team was somewhat... |
2 | 14 | 0.125 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Bakersfield Blitz Central Valley Coyotes The Central Valley Coyotes are a professional arena football team and were a charter member of Arena Football 1. The team currently is not in a league... |
9 | 7 | 0.562 | 7 | 2 | 0.778 |
| San Diego Riptide San Diego Riptide The San Diego Riptide is a defunct Arena Football League af2 team. The team played its home games at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California.The team was originally coached by Cree Morris, then Mouse Davis and then Sean Ponder.... |
7 | 9 | 0.437 | 5 | 4 | 0.556 |
| Hawaiian Islanders Hawaiian Islanders The Hawaiian Islanders were a minor league team of the Arena Football League, the af2. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Hawaiian Islanders home field was at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena. It competed in the AF2 National Conference West... |
5 | 11 | 0.312 | 4 | 5 | 0.444 |
| Fresno Frenzy Fresno Frenzy The Fresno Frenzy were an expansion af2 team for the 2002 season. Fresno was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, New Haven Ninjas, San Diego Riptide & the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers... |
4 | 12 | 0.250 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best regular season record