2003 af2 season
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The 2003 AF2 season was the fourth season of the AF2
. The league champions were the Tulsa Talons
, who defeated the Macon Knights
in Arena Cup IV
. For the first time ever, AF2 uses the six-division alignment (three divisions per conference).
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 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...
, who defeated the 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...
in Arena Cup IV
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...
. For the first time ever, AF2 uses the six-division alignment (three divisions per conference).
Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Ties | 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... |
10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| 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... |
9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| 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... |
9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| 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 | 0.500 | 2 | 6 | 0.250 |
| 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. ... |
6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Northeastern Division | |||||||
| Albany Conquest | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.812 | 7 | 2 | 0.778 |
| 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... |
10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 |
| 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 | 0.375 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| 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... |
3 | 13 | 0 | 0.187 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
| 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... |
14 | 2 | 0 | 0.875 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 |
| Florida Firecats | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| 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... |
10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Birmingham Steeldogs | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.437 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| 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 | 0.250 | 1 | 7 | 0.125 |
| National Conference | |||||||
| Southern 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... |
13 | 3 | 0 | 0.812 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| 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:... |
9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| 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 .... |
6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| 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... |
3 | 13 | 0 | 0.187 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| Midwestern Division | |||||||
| 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.... |
14 | 2 | 0 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Cincinnati Swarm Cincinnati Swarm The Cincinnati Swarm was an expansion af2 franchise, that joined the league in 2003, along with the Green Bay Blizzard. Cincinnati played for the National Conference, in the Midwest Division. In 2003, the Swarm went 7–9, second in the Midwest Division. The Swarm's first touchdown was scored by... |
7 | 9 | 0 | 0.437 | 4 | 4 | 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... |
5 | 11 | 0 | 0.312 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| 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... |
5 | 11 | 0 | 0.312 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Green Bay Blizzard Green Bay Blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional indoor football team, which was founded in 2003. The Blizzard began play in the Indoor Football League in 2010, after having played the previous seven seasons in af2, in the now defunct the minor league of the Arena Football League. The Blizzard play in... |
2 | 14 | 0 | 0.125 | 1 | 7 | 0.125 |
| Western Division | |||||||
| 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... |
10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| 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... |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0.531 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 |
| 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... |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0.531 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 |
| 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.... |
4 | 12 | 0 | 0.250 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best regular season record