Kansas Koyotes
Encyclopedia
| Kansas Koyotes | |
 |
|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Arena | Landon Arena Landon Arena Landon Arena, better known as the Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas. It is currently home to the Kansas Koyotes indoor football team and the Topeka Roadrunners ice hockey team. Previously, Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball... |
| Based in | Topeka, Kansas Topeka, Kansas Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was... |
| Colors | Burgundy, gold, tan, white |
| League | American Professional Football League American Professional Football League The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of... |
| Head coach | Jim Green |
| President of Football Operations | Ralph Adams |
The Kansas Koyotes are a professional indoor football team based out of Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
. The Koyotes compete in the American Professional Football League
American Professional Football League
The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...
(APFL). They began play in 2003.
In their first four years of existence, the Koyotes have dominated the APFL. They went undefeated in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, beating the Missouri Minutemen
Missouri Minutemen
Missouri Minutemen are an indoor football team that plays in the American Professional Football League . The team started in 2003 as one of three original APFL teams. In 2003 and 2004, they played in the APFL championship game, losing to the Kansas Koyotes both times.From 2004 through 2006, the...
in the championship game both times. http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20030712/ai_n11802122 http://cjonline.com/stories/071104/koy_champs.shtml In the 2005 season, they went undefeated again, albeit being in many close games, winning their third championship over the Iowa Blackhawks
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
by a field goal kicked as time expired. http://cjonline.com/stories/071705/koy_apfltitle.shtml. The winning streak lasted 31 games, including exhibition games and post-season games.
2006 is when the Koyotes finally met their Waterloo in Wichita, losing to the Wichita Aviators
Wichita Aviators
The Wichita Aviators were an indoor football team that played in the American Professional Football League .THe first season, they played their home games at Britt Brown Arena at the Kansas Coliseum. In 2006, they played their home games at the Wichita Ice Center in Wichita, Kansas...
in the season opener. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20060409/ai_n16161474 They would lose to the Aviators again, and finish second in the regular-season standings to the Aves. The two teams were going to play for the APFL Championship at the Wichita Ice Arena, for reasons that may never be clear, the league moved the game to Landon Arena
Landon Arena
Landon Arena, better known as the Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas. It is currently home to the Kansas Koyotes indoor football team and the Topeka Roadrunners ice hockey team. Previously, Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball...
. There was never a true explanation offered for this decision, and the game never took place.http://www.cjonline.com/stories/080406/koy_champs.shtml
In 2007, the Koyotes continued their domination by winning all their regular season home games and losing only two road games. They proceeded to win the championship game against Iowa Blackhawks. During the season the Koyotes signed Abby Vestal as their kicker. On April 23, Vestal kicks three PATs becoming the first woman to score points in a professional men's football game. Vestal, who signed a soccer scholarship for 2007 with Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, would kick 6-9 PATs and go 0-2 in FGs.
Many of the Kansas players played collegiate football for Washburn University
Washburn University
Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...
.
The Koyotes, as well as the APFL, are owned by Ralph Adams. Their home arena is Landon Arena
Landon Arena
Landon Arena, better known as the Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas. It is currently home to the Kansas Koyotes indoor football team and the Topeka Roadrunners ice hockey team. Previously, Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball...
.
Season-By-Season
|-|2003 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st League || Won APFL Championship (Missouri
Missouri Minutemen
Missouri Minutemen are an indoor football team that plays in the American Professional Football League . The team started in 2003 as one of three original APFL teams. In 2003 and 2004, they played in the APFL championship game, losing to the Kansas Koyotes both times.From 2004 through 2006, the...
)
|-
|2004 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st League || Won APFL Championship (Missouri
Missouri Minutemen
Missouri Minutemen are an indoor football team that plays in the American Professional Football League . The team started in 2003 as one of three original APFL teams. In 2003 and 2004, they played in the APFL championship game, losing to the Kansas Koyotes both times.From 2004 through 2006, the...
)
|-
|2005 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 1st League || Won APFL Championship (Iowa
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
)
|-
|2006 || 10 || 2 || 0 || 2nd League || Won Semifinals (Iowa
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
)
Won APFL Championship (Wichita
Wichita Aviators
The Wichita Aviators were an indoor football team that played in the American Professional Football League .THe first season, they played their home games at Britt Brown Arena at the Kansas Coliseum. In 2006, they played their home games at the Wichita Ice Center in Wichita, Kansas...
) (Forfeit)
|-
|2007 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 1st League || Won APFL Championship (Iowa
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
)
|-
|2008 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 1st Northern || Won Semifinals (Iowa
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
) Won APFL Championship (Beaumont
Beaumont Drillers
The Beaumont Drillers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX. They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast...
)
|-
|*2009 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 1st League || Lost APFL Championship (Iowa
Iowa Blackhawks
The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
)
|-
!Totals || 62 || 8 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)