2009 Indoor Football League season
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The 2009 Indoor Football League season is the inaugural season of the Indoor Football League
. The regular season began on Friday, March 13 and ended on Saturday, July 11.http://www.goifl.com/schedule// The league champions were the Billings Outlaws
, who defeated the River City Rage in the 2009 United Bowl Championship.
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
. The regular season began on Friday, March 13 and ended on Saturday, July 11.http://www.goifl.com/schedule// The league champions were the Billings Outlaws
Billings Outlaws
The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...
, who defeated the River City Rage in the 2009 United Bowl Championship.
Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| United Conference | ||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||
| Maryland Maniacs | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 8 | 1 | 0.888 |
| Rochester Raiders Rochester Raiders The Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta... |
10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| RiverCity Rage | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 5 | 2 | 0.714 |
| Saginaw Sting Saginaw Sting The Saginaw Sting are a team in the Continental Indoor Football League that began play as a 2008 expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Football League and then moved to the Indoor Football League for the 2009 season and then suspended operations after the season... |
3 | 12 | 0.200 | 3 | 8 | 0.273 |
| Muskegon Thunder Muskegon Thunder The West Michigan ThunderHawks are a member of the Indoor Football League L The team is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, starting in 2010 the ThunderHawks will play their home games at the DeltaPlex Arena in nearby Walker From their inception in 2007 until 2009, the ThunderHawks were known as the... |
1 | 13 | 0.071 | 1 | 11 | 0.083 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| 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... |
12 | 2 | 0.857 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 |
| Bloomington Extreme Bloomington Extreme The Bloomington Extreme are a professional indoor football team and a member of the Indoor Football League. The team's name is derived from a naming rights deal with local auto dealer Extreme Motors. The Extreme play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington,... |
11 | 3 | 0.786 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wichita Wild Wichita Wild The Wichita Wild is a professional indoor football team located in Wichita, Kansas. The wild plays in the Indoor Football League the second biggest football league in the United States only after the NFL. The IFL was formed in 2008 through a merger between the Intense Football League and the... |
9 | 5 | 0.643 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 |
| 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... |
6 | 8 | 0.429 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 |
| 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.... |
6 | 9 | 0.400 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
| Intense Conference | ||||||
| Lone Star Division | ||||||
| El Paso Generals El Paso Generals The El Paso Generals was a professional indoor football team that played in the Indoor Football League in the 2009 season. Based in El Paso, Texas, the Generals played their home games at the El Paso County Coliseum... |
12 | 2 | 0.857 | 8 | 2 | 0.800 |
| Abilene Ruff Riders | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 9 | 3 | 0.750 |
| San Angelo Stampede Express San Angelo Stampede Express The San Angelo Stampede Express is a professional indoor football team from San Angelo, Texas. They are a member of the Lone Star Football League. They play their home games in the Foster Communications Coliseum... |
5 | 9 | 0.357 | 3 | 8 | 0.273 |
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads Corpus Christi Hammerheads The Corpus Christi Hammerheads are a professional indoor football team from Corpus Christi, Texas. They are a member of the Lone Star Football League.-History:The Hammerheads were a charter member of the Intense Football League... |
5 | 9 | 0.357 | 5 | 9 | 0.357 |
| Odessa Roughnecks Odessa Roughnecks The West Texas Roughnecks is a professional indoor football team based in Odessa, Texas that plays in the Lone Star Football League. The team's nickname is a tribute to the oil industry, which has been the source of Odessa's wealth over the past century.... |
3 | 11 | 0.214 | 3 | 8 | 0.273 |
| Pacific Division | ||||||
| Billings Outlaws Billings Outlaws The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark... |
12 | 2 | 0.857 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Fairbanks Grizzlies Fairbanks Grizzlies The Fairbanks Grizzlies are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. The team plays their home games at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska... |
7 | 7 | 0.500 | 5 | 4 | 0.555 |
| Colorado Ice Colorado Ice The Colorado Ice is a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . Their home games are played at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado, which is also the home of the CHL's Colorado Eagles... |
5 | 9 | 0.357 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 |
| Alaska Wild Alaska Wild The Alaska Wild was a professional indoor football team, a member of the Indoor Football League. The Alaska Wild played their home games in the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska... |
0 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion