2005 United Indoor Football season
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The 2005 United Indoor Football season was the very first season of the UIF
. The league champions were the Sioux Falls Storm
, who defeated the Sioux City Bandits
in United Bowl I
.
In the league's first year, the teams were almost exclusively former NIFL or af2 teams. Black Hills, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lexington, Ohio Valley, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, and Tupelo were all former NIFL members, while Tennessee Valley and Peoria were former af2 teams. The only team not formerly affiliated with another league was the Dayton Warbirds, who were dropped from the schedule before the season began. None of the former NIFL teams changed their identity, but the former af2 teams faced legal problems with the names, which belonged to the af2, and were forced to change.
United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
. The league champions were the Sioux Falls Storm
Sioux Falls Storm
The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games at Sioux Falls Arena...
, who defeated the Sioux City Bandits
Sioux City Bandits
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team, currently a member of the American Professional Football League. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center....
in United Bowl I
United Bowl
United Bowl may refer to:* The championship game of the former United Indoor Football league from 2005 to 2008* The championship game of the Indoor Football League, which acquired UIF, from 2009 to the present...
.
In the league's first year, the teams were almost exclusively former NIFL or af2 teams. Black Hills, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lexington, Ohio Valley, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, and Tupelo were all former NIFL members, while Tennessee Valley and Peoria were former af2 teams. The only team not formerly affiliated with another league was the Dayton Warbirds, who were dropped from the schedule before the season began. None of the former NIFL teams changed their identity, but the former af2 teams faced legal problems with the names, which belonged to the af2, and were forced to change.
Standings
| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Sioux City Bandits Sioux City Bandits The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team, currently a member of the American Professional Football League. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center.... |
13 | 2 | 0.866 | 8 | 1 | 0.888 |
| Omaha Beef Omaha Beef The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey... |
9 | 6 | 0.600 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 |
| Sioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls Storm The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games at Sioux Falls Arena... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Black Hills Red Dogs Rapid City Flying Aces The Rapid City Flying Aces is a professional indoor American football team in Rapid City, South Dakota. Like their predecessors, the Black Hills Red Dogs, they play their home games at the Don Barnett Arena in Rapid City. As of April 2007 The Flying Aces did not belong to any football league... |
1 | 14 | 0.066 | 1 | 8 | 0.111 |
| Midwestern Division | ||||||
| Fort Wayne Freedom Fort Wayne Freedom The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.... |
14 | 2 | 0.875 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds Ohio Valley Greyhounds The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds... |
6 | 9 | 0.400 | 1 | 5 | 0.166 |
| Peoria Rough Riders 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... |
6 | 9 | 0.400 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Lexington Horsemen Lexington Horsemen The Kentucky Horsemen were an indoor football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team played its home games at Rupp Arena. The organization began as a 2003 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, where they were successful... |
11 | 4 | 0.733 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Evansville BlueCats Evansville BlueCats The Evansville BlueCats were a professional indoor football team. They were a member of the United Indoor Football Association . 2007 was the 5th and final season for the Evansville BlueCats, based in Evansville, Indiana.-Location:... |
7 | 8 | 0.466 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| Tennessee Valley Raptors Rock River Raptors This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors.... |
6 | 9 | 0.400 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Tupelo FireAnts Tupelo FireAnts The Tupelo FireAnts were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the BancorpSouth Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. They started off as a charter member of the National Indoor Football League . Despite two seemingly good records in 2001 and 2004, they failed to make the... |
3 | 13 | 0.188 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best league record