Dayton Skyhawks
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The Dayton Skyhawks is a now-defunct indoor football team. They were a charter member of the Indoor Football League
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They lasted both of the league's two seasons and folded when the league disbanded. Earnest Wilson was the Skyhawk’s first head coach & general manager. Chris MacKeown coached the team during the 2000-2001 season.
|1999 || 6 || 6 || 0 || PF 555 PA 551 2nd Southern || Lost Semifinal (Peoria
)
|-4/2 Green Bay L 33-66
4/9 @ Madison L 61-68
4/16 @ Steel Valley W 40-27
4/23 Duluth-Superior W 39-13
4/30 @ Green Bay L 29-16
5/7 Lincoln W 67-61 (OT)
5/14@ Lincoln L 41-63
BYE Week.
5/28 Steel Valley W 53-19
6/4 @ Duluth-Superior L 42-49
6/11 @ Topeka L 52-57
6/18 Madison W 51-47
6/25 Topeka W 40-36
PLAYOFFS
7/5 @ Peoria L40-41
|2000 || 6 || 8 || 0 ||PF 524 PA 601
3rd EC Southern || Lost Round 1 (Green Bay
)
|-
4/1 erie L 29-38
4/8 Flint W 34-26
4/15 Billings W 57-52
BYE WEEK
4/29 @ Flint W 58-21
5/6 Johnstown W 41-20
5/12 @ Erie W 48-46
5/20 @ Steel Valley L 27-30
5/27 Topeka L 29-45
6/3 @ Black Hills L 27-37
6/9 @ Johnstown W 36-18
6/17 Steel Valley W 35-33
6/24 @ Bismarck L 39-27
6/30 @ Casper L 19-93
7/6 Peoria L 22-70
PLAYOFFS
Round 1
@ Green Bay L 23-64
!Totals || 12 || 16 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs) 1075-1152
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...
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They lasted both of the league's two seasons and folded when the league disbanded. Earnest Wilson was the Skyhawk’s first head coach & general manager. Chris MacKeown coached the team during the 2000-2001 season.
Season-By-Season
|-|1999 || 6 || 6 || 0 || PF 555 PA 551 2nd Southern || Lost Semifinal (Peoria
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...
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|-4/2 Green Bay L 33-66
4/9 @ Madison L 61-68
4/16 @ Steel Valley W 40-27
4/23 Duluth-Superior W 39-13
4/30 @ Green Bay L 29-16
5/7 Lincoln W 67-61 (OT)
5/14@ Lincoln L 41-63
BYE Week.
5/28 Steel Valley W 53-19
6/4 @ Duluth-Superior L 42-49
6/11 @ Topeka L 52-57
6/18 Madison W 51-47
6/25 Topeka W 40-36
PLAYOFFS
7/5 @ Peoria L40-41
|2000 || 6 || 8 || 0 ||PF 524 PA 601
3rd EC Southern || Lost Round 1 (Green Bay
Green Bay Bombers
The Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Neenah, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Brown...
)
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4/1 erie L 29-38
4/8 Flint W 34-26
4/15 Billings W 57-52
BYE WEEK
4/29 @ Flint W 58-21
5/6 Johnstown W 41-20
5/12 @ Erie W 48-46
5/20 @ Steel Valley L 27-30
5/27 Topeka L 29-45
6/3 @ Black Hills L 27-37
6/9 @ Johnstown W 36-18
6/17 Steel Valley W 35-33
6/24 @ Bismarck L 39-27
6/30 @ Casper L 19-93
7/6 Peoria L 22-70
PLAYOFFS
Round 1
@ Green Bay L 23-64
!Totals || 12 || 16 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs) 1075-1152