D.C. Divas
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The D.C. Divas are a football team in the Women's Football Alliance
Women's Football Alliance
The Women's Football Alliance is a full-contact Women's American football league which began play in the spring of 2009. They have now completed three full seasons and grew to over 60 teams slated for the 2011 season. The women play 11 person tackle football games with rules that basically mirror...

. Based in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area
The Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S...

, the Divas play their home games in Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...

 (where 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...

's Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

' home stadium FedEx Field is located) at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex.

2001

The Divas were formed in 2000 to be one of the charter franchises of the National Women's Football Association
National Women's Football Association
The National Women's Football Association was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in...

. The first women's football team in the nation's capital, the Divas were coached by Ezra Cooper. Their first win came on May 13, with a 10-6 victory at home against the Connecticut Crush
Connecticut Crushers
The Connecticut Crushers are a women's American football team based in Hartford, and a member of the Independent Women's Football League since 2009. Home games are played at Dillon Stadium....

. The Divas would finish their inaugural season with a 3-5 record, the team's only losing season to date.

2002

Purchased by Lee Fahringer and Kelly George
Kelly George
Kelly George is an officer in the United States Air Force and a beauty queen from Mission Viejo, California who competed for the Miss USA title in 2007....

, the Divas would finish 5-3, the first of six consecutive winning seasons.

2003

The 2003 season is considered by many to be the birth of the Divas' dynasty. Finishing the regular-season 7-1, the team clinched their first of five consecutive playoff berths and division titled as well. After defeating the Connecticut Crush
Connecticut Crushers
The Connecticut Crushers are a women's American football team based in Hartford, and a member of the Independent Women's Football League since 2009. Home games are played at Dillon Stadium....

 in their first ever playoff game, the Divas fell to the Philadelphia Phoenix in the second round. Running back Donna "The Animal" Wilkinson became the first running back in women's football history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season (she rushed for 1,267 total yards)

2004

Winning their second consecutive division title by finishing 8-0, the Divas clinched home-field advantage throughout the Northern Conference playoffs. After a first-round bye and defeating the Southwest Michigan Jaguars
West Michigan Mayhem
The West Michigan Mayhem is a women's professional American football team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They play in the Women's Football Alliance. The Mayhem played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2002 until 2008...

 in the conference semifinals, the Divas lost to the eventual NWFA Champion Detroit Demolition
Detroit Demolition
The Detroit Demolition is a women's semi-professional American football team of the Women's Spring Football League based in the Detroit, Michigan area. During their most recent season, home games were played at Franklin High School in Livonia. They joined the National Women's Football Association...

 in the Northern Conference Championship Game.

Following the season, the Divas played in a charity game against The Sports Junkies syndicated radio personalities. Despite losing 28-6, the Divas set a new record for highest attendance at a women's football game as 8,200 fans came to the event. Later in the offseason, the Divas had yet another new owner as Paul Hamilin (father of Divas' quarterback Allyson Hamlin) bought the team.

2005

Once again the Divas finished undefeated, once again they made it to the Northern Conference Championship Game, and once again they lost to the Detroit Demolition
Detroit Demolition
The Detroit Demolition is a women's semi-professional American football team of the Women's Spring Football League based in the Detroit, Michigan area. During their most recent season, home games were played at Franklin High School in Livonia. They joined the National Women's Football Association...

 there.

After that season, the Divas moved from Eastern High School
Eastern High School (Washington, D.C.)
Eastern High School is a public high school located in Washington, D.C.. It educates about 350 students in grades 9 to 12. The school is part of District of Columbia Public Schools....

 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 to the new Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in nearby Landover, Maryland
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...

. A new uniform design soon followed, but the biggest first in the next season was yet to come.

2006

Like the past two seasons, the Divas would finish with a perfect regular-season record and advance to the conference championship game. Unlike '04 and '05, however, the Divas won the conference championship, defeating the Columbus Comets
Columbus Comets
The Columbus Comets are a women's professional American football team based in Columbus, Ohio. They play in the Women's Football Alliance. The Comets played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2003 until 2008...

 and advancing to the NWFA Championship Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. On that field in the Steel City, the Divas fought hard to defeat the Oklahoma City Lightning
Oklahoma City Lightning
The Oklahoma City Lightning is Oklahoma City full-contact women's American football team in the Women's Football Alliance. Home games are played at Taft Stadium....

 by a score of 28-7 and win their first ever league championship. Running back Rachelle Pecovsky and linebacker Ivy Tillman received MVP honors on offense and defense, respectively.

2007

For 2007, the Divas left the NWFA to join the Independent Women's Football League
Independent Women's Football League
The Independent Women's Football League was founded in 2000, and began play in 2001.IWFL founders began with the goal to establish a quality women's football league that would be respected as the top level of women's tackle football in the world....

. Finishing with an 8-0 regular season record and the Mid-Atlantic Division title, the Divas lost in the first round to the Atlanta Xplosion
Atlanta Xplosion
The Atlanta Ravens, formerly known as the Atlanta Xplosion, is a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ravens play their home games in nearby Roswell at Centennial High School.-2003:...

.

2008

2008 was a disappointing year for the Divas. Finishing at 4-4 (their worst record since their inaugural season), the Divas, for the first time since 2003, did not finish the regular season undefeated, for the first time since 2002, did not win the division championship or play any postseason games, and for the first time since 2001, did not finish with a winning season.

2009

Rebounding from the letdown of 2008, the Divas returned to their winning ways, once again finishing with a perfect 8-0 regular season and winning the Mid-Atlantic division title. Having defeated division rivals the Pittsburgh Passion
Pittsburgh Passion
The Pittsburgh Passion is a women's American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The franchise began play in 2003 and is currently owned by Teresa Conn and Franco Harris. It is a licensed team in the Women's Football Alliance....

 in the first round, the Divas traveled to Massachusetts to play the Boston Militia
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

 in the Eastern Conference championship game (though they had the top seed, the Divas had to travel because of a scheduling conflict with their home venue). Despite the slight disadvantage, the Divas would overcome with a 27-21 win, giving the Divas their third conference title (and first as an IWFL team). On July 25, the Divas lost the IWFL Tier I World Championship to the Western Conference champion Kansas City Tribe
Kansas City Tribe
The Kansas City Tribe is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance based in Kansas City, Missouri. Home games are played at Center High School.-2008:...

, 21-18, at Round Rock ISD Athletic Stadium in Round Rock, Texas
Round Rock, Texas
Round Rock is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the metropolitan area. The 2010 census places the population at 99,887....

 (a suburb of Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

).

2010

While 2010 has thus far not been quite as successful as the prior year, it did get the Divas another division title. Despite finishing at 5-3 and two games behind the Atlanta Xplosion at 7-1, a higher Team Rating granted the Divas the title. They defeated the Xplosion 35-7 in the divisional playoffs, but got a taste of last year's old medicine against the Boston Militia in the Eastern Conference title game, losing 28-0.

2011

Along with many of their archrivals, the D.C. Divas moved to the Women's Football Alliance
Women's Football Alliance
The Women's Football Alliance is a full-contact Women's American football league which began play in the spring of 2009. They have now completed three full seasons and grew to over 60 teams slated for the 2011 season. The women play 11 person tackle football games with rules that basically mirror...

 for the 2011 season. The Divas easily won the Northeast Division with a 7-1 record. For the second year in a row though, the Boston Militia would end the Divas' postseason run, defeating D.C. by a 37-24 mark.

Season-By-Season

|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | D.C. Divas (NWFA)
|-
|2001 || 3 || 5 || 0 || ? || --
|-
|2002 || 5 || 3 || 0 || ? || --
|-
|2003 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st Mid-Atlantic || Won First Round (Connecticut
Connecticut Crushers
The Connecticut Crushers are a women's American football team based in Hartford, and a member of the Independent Women's Football League since 2009. Home games are played at Dillon Stadium....

)
Lost Second Round (Philadelphia)
|-
|2004 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st North Mid-Atlantic || Won Northern Conference Semifinal(SW Michigan
West Michigan Mayhem
The West Michigan Mayhem is a women's professional American football team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They play in the Women's Football Alliance. The Mayhem played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2002 until 2008...

)
Lost Northern Conference Championship (Detroit
Detroit Demolition
The Detroit Demolition is a women's semi-professional American football team of the Women's Spring Football League based in the Detroit, Michigan area. During their most recent season, home games were played at Franklin High School in Livonia. They joined the National Women's Football Association...

)
|-
|2005 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st North Mid-Atlantic || Won Northern Conference Semifinal (Mass.
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

)
Lost Northern Conference Championship (Detroit
Detroit Demolition
The Detroit Demolition is a women's semi-professional American football team of the Women's Spring Football League based in the Detroit, Michigan area. During their most recent season, home games were played at Franklin High School in Livonia. They joined the National Women's Football Association...

)
|-
|2006 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st East Mid-Atlantic || Won Eastern Conference Semifinal (Chattanooga
Chattanooga Locomotion
The Chattanooga Locomotion is a team in the Independent Women's Football League based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Home games are played on the campus of Red Bank High School....

)
Won Eastern Conference Championship (Columbus
Columbus Comets
The Columbus Comets are a women's professional American football team based in Columbus, Ohio. They play in the Women's Football Alliance. The Comets played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2003 until 2008...

)
Won NWFA Championship (Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Lightning
The Oklahoma City Lightning is Oklahoma City full-contact women's American football team in the Women's Football Alliance. Home games are played at Taft Stadium....

)

|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | D.C. Divas (IWFL)
|-
|2007 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st East Mid-Atlantic || Lost Eastern Conference Semifinal (Atlanta
Atlanta Xplosion
The Atlanta Ravens, formerly known as the Atlanta Xplosion, is a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ravens play their home games in nearby Roswell at Centennial High School.-2003:...

)
|-
|2008 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 4th Tier I East North Atlantic || --
|-
|2009 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st Tier I East Mid-Atlantic || Won Eastern Conference Semifinal (Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Passion
The Pittsburgh Passion is a women's American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The franchise began play in 2003 and is currently owned by Teresa Conn and Franco Harris. It is a licensed team in the Women's Football Alliance....

)
Won Eastern Conference Championship (Boston
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

)
Lost IWFL Tier I World Championship (Kansas City
Kansas City Tribe
The Kansas City Tribe is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance based in Kansas City, Missouri. Home games are played at Center High School.-2008:...

)
|-
|2010 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 1st Tier I East Southeast || Won Southeast Division Championship (Atlanta
Atlanta Xplosion
The Atlanta Ravens, formerly known as the Atlanta Xplosion, is a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ravens play their home games in nearby Roswell at Centennial High School.-2003:...

)
Lost Eastern Conference Championship (Boston
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | D.C. Divas (WFA)
|-
|2011 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st National Northeast || Lost First Round (Boston
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

)
|-
!Totals || 80 || 24 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

Season schedule

Date Opponent Home
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

/Away
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

Result
April 11 Baltimore Nighthawks
Baltimore Nighthawks
The Baltimore Nighthawks are a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. The Nighthawks played their inaugural game in Brooklandville at Martin D. Tullai Field...

Away Won 33-0
April 25 Detroit Demolition
Detroit Demolition
The Detroit Demolition is a women's semi-professional American football team of the Women's Spring Football League based in the Detroit, Michigan area. During their most recent season, home games were played at Franklin High School in Livonia. They joined the National Women's Football Association...

Away Won 35-0
May 2 Pittsburgh Passion
Pittsburgh Passion
The Pittsburgh Passion is a women's American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The franchise began play in 2003 and is currently owned by Teresa Conn and Franco Harris. It is a licensed team in the Women's Football Alliance....

Home Won 27-7
May 16 New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...

Away Won 21-7
May 23 Baltimore Nighthawks Home Won 70-14
May 30 Philadelphia Firebirds Away Won 42-0
June 6 New York Sharks Home Won 34-18
June 13 Philadelphia Firebirds Home Won 63-0
June 27 Pittsburgh Passion (Eastern Conference Semifinal) Home Won 27-17
July 11 Boston Militia
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

 (Eastern Conference Championship)
Away Won 27-21
July 25 Kansas City Tribe
Kansas City Tribe
The Kansas City Tribe is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance based in Kansas City, Missouri. Home games are played at Center High School.-2008:...

 (IWFL Tier I World Championship)
Neutral (Round Rock
Round Rock, Texas
Round Rock is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the metropolitan area. The 2010 census places the population at 99,887....

)
Lost 18-21

Season schedule

Date Opponent Home
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

/Away
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

Result
April 10 Baltimore Nighthawks
Baltimore Nighthawks
The Baltimore Nighthawks are a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. The Nighthawks played their inaugural game in Brooklandville at Martin D. Tullai Field...

Home Won 54-6
April 17 New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...

Away Lost 13-19
April 24 Philadelphia Firebirds Away Won 1-0**
May 1 Boston Militia
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

Home Lost 35-42
May 8 Baltimore Nighthawks Away Won 28-7
May 22 New York Nemesis
New York Nemesis
The New York Nemesis is a women's tackle football team playing out of the Capital District of New York. It is a member of the Independent Women's Football League , a league with over 30 teams across the United States...

Home Won 49-21
May 29 Philadelphia Firebirds Home Won 49-3
June 5 Boston Militia Away Lost 36-52
June 12 Atlanta Xplosion
Atlanta Xplosion
The Atlanta Ravens, formerly known as the Atlanta Xplosion, is a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ravens play their home games in nearby Roswell at Centennial High School.-2003:...

 (Southeast Division Championship)
Home Won 35-7
July 10 Boston Militia (Playoffs Round 2) Away Lost 0-28


**=Won by forfeit as a result of the IWFL's season reduction for the Firebirds

Season schedule

Date Opponent Home
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

/Away
Home team
In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...

Result
April 2 Boston Militia
Boston Militia
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions...

Home Won 35-20
April 9 Keystone Assault
Keystone Assault
The Keystone Assault is a charter member of the Women's Football Alliance which began play for its inaugural 2009 season. Based in the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg, the Assault plays its home games at In the Net Sports Complex in nearby Palmyra....

Home Won 55-6
April 16 Philadelphia Liberty Belles
Philadelphia Liberty Belles
The Philadelphia Liberty Belles are a team of the Women's Football Alliance which began play for its inaugural 2009 season. Home games are played on the campus of Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania....

Home Won 20-0
April 30 Keystone Assault Away Won 49-0
May 7 Northeastern Nitro
Northeastern Nitro
The Northeastern Nitro is a team of the Independent Women's Football League that began play in the 2011 season. They have recently relocated to New York...

Home Won 77-0
May 21 Philadelphia Liberty Belles Away Won 42-0
June 11 Boston Militia Away Lost 16-27
June 18 New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...

Away Won 38-16
June 25 Boston Militia (National Conference Quarterfinal) Home Lost 24-37

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