Florida Tarpons
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The Florida Tarpons are a professional indoor football team based in Estero, Florida
. They are set to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League
for the 2012 season. They will play their home games at Germain Arena
.
The Tarpons are Estero's second indoor football team; their first since arenafootball2's Florida Firecats which played from 2001 until the af2's demise in 2009. In addition, they are the fourth indoor football team in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area, with them and the Firecats joining the unrelated Fort Myers Tarpons
which played in the National Indoor Football League
's final season of 2007 and the Florida Stingrays
which played the 2008 American Indoor Football Association season. (Both teams played at the Lee County Civic Center
.)
On July 6th, 2011, the Tarpons named, UIFL Co-Founder, Michael Taylor, as the team's inaugural Head Coach.
Estero, Florida
Estero is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 18,176. It is the home of Germain Arena, which hosts the home games for the Florida Everblades ECHL hockey team and the Florida Firecats af2 arena football team...
. They are set to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League
Ultimate Indoor Football League
The Ultimate Indoor Football League is a regional professional indoor football league that began its inaugural season on February 18, 2011.-History:...
for the 2012 season. They will play their home games at Germain Arena
Germain Arena
Germain Arena is a 7,128-seat multi-purpose arena in Estero, Florida, United States.The arena was first named Everblades Arena in 1998 after the hockey team that played there. TECO Energy was the first company to obtain the naming rights to the building, changing the name to TECO Arena. In 2004,...
.
The Tarpons are Estero's second indoor football team; their first since arenafootball2's Florida Firecats which played from 2001 until the af2's demise in 2009. In addition, they are the fourth indoor football team in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area, with them and the Firecats joining the unrelated Fort Myers Tarpons
Fort Myers Tarpons
The Fort Myers Tarpons were a team of the National Indoor Football League scheduled to play in 2007. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center. However, they met a horrible fate of a struggling league that had a lot of games canceled. They ended up disbanded and replaced by...
which played in the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
's final season of 2007 and the Florida Stingrays
Florida Stingrays
The Florida Stingrays was a 2008 expansion team of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center...
which played the 2008 American Indoor Football Association season. (Both teams played at the Lee County Civic Center
Lee County Civic Center
The Lee County Civic Center is a 7,800-seat multi-purpose arena in North Fort Myers, Florida, USA. It was opened in 1978.It hosts local sporting events and concerts....
.)
On July 6th, 2011, the Tarpons named, UIFL Co-Founder, Michael Taylor, as the team's inaugural Head Coach.
Regular 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 9 | Carolina Aviators Carolina Aviators The Carolina Aviators are a professional indoor football team set to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League for its 2012 season. The Aviators are based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with home games to be played at the Dorton Arena... |
Home | |
| March 25 | Lakeland Raiders Lakeland Raiders The Lakeland Raiders are a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League for its 2012 season. The Raiders are based in Lakeland, Florida, with home games to be played at the Lakeland Center.... |
Home | |
| March 31 | Rome Rampage | Away | |
| April 6 | Rome Rampage | Home | |
| April 14 | Lakeland Raiders | Away | |
| April 21 | Mississippi Hound Dogs Mississippi Hound Dogs The Mississippi Hound Dogs is a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League for its 2012 season... |
Away | |
| April 28 | Rome Rampage | Home | |
| May 5 | Lakeland Raiders | Home | |
| May 12 | Lakeland Raiders | Away | |
| May 18 | Carolina Aviators | Home | |
| May 26 | Huntington Hammer | Away | |
| June 2 | Carolina Aviators | Away | |
| June 9 | Tennessee Rail Runners Tennessee Rail Runners The Tennessee Rail Runners are a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League for its 2012 season... |
Home | |
| June 16 | Mississippi Hound Dogs | Away |