The Johnstown J Dogs are a defunct indoor football team. They played their home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena

Cambria County War Memorial Arena

The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that is managed by SMG Entertainment. It was built in 1950, for the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. The film Slap Shot, based on the Jets, was filmed in this arena...

 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

. They began play as an expansion member in 2000 as the Johnstown Jackals of the Indoor Football League

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...

 (IFL). After a dismal inaugural year, the league folded. The franchise would become a charter member of the newly formed 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...

 (NIFL) as the J Dogs. The move resulted in a much better year, as they finished second in their division. However, Johnstown received a first-round K.O. from the Mississippi Fire Dogs

Mississippi Fire Dogs

The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...

. After the season, the franchise folded and Johnstown was left without an indoor football team, until the arrival of the Johnstown Riverhawks

Johnstown Riverhawks

The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....

 in 2005.

Season-By-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Johnstown Jackals (IFL)
|-
|2000 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 4th NC Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Johnstown J Dogs (NIFL)
|-
|2001 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 2nd AC Eastern || Lost Round 1 (Mississippi

Mississippi Fire Dogs

The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...

)
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!Totals || 13 || 16 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)