The Minnesota Machine is a women's full tackle American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. They play 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...

 and start play in 2009, their inaugural season. In 2010 the Minnesota Machine had to end the playoff contest with the Iowa Thunder because of a severe lightning storm that started at half time. The Minnesota Machine had just ran in for a touchdown and kicked an extra point when the officials temporarily called the game. After 1 hour and 15 minutes of the game being on hold owner, Lisa Olson conceded to Iowa therefore losing 20-12.

Season-By-Season

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|2009 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2nd American Midwest || --
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|2010 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1st American Midwest || Lost AC Quarterfinal (Iowa

Iowa Thunder

The Iowa Thunder is a women's professional American football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They play in the Women's Spring Football League. During its first two seasons, the Thunder was a member of the Women's Football Alliance-History:...

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|2011 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1st American Upper Midwest || Lost AC Quarterfinal (Kansas City Tribe)
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!Totals || 16 || 9 || 0
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2009

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 25	Iowa Thunder Iowa Thunder The Iowa Thunder is a women's professional American football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They play in the Women's Spring Football League. During its first two seasons, the Thunder was a member of the Women's Football Alliance-History:...	Away	Lost 6-16
May 2	Missouri Phoenix Missouri Phoenix The "Missouri Phoenix" is a professional women's American football team based in Kansas City, Kansas. They played in the Women's Football Alliance. Home games are played on the campus of Piper High School....	Home	Won 58-0
May 9	St. Louis Slam St. Louis Slam The St. Louis Slam is a women's professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions. The Slam played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2003 until 2008. Home...	Home	Lost 0-28
May 16	Kansas City Storm Kansas City Storm The Kansas City Storm is a women's tackle football team based in Kansas City. The Storm was founded in 2004 and has been serving Kansas City area women since then with a mission to "provide a safe, positive and fun opportunity for women in Kansas City and surrounding areas to play tackle...	Away	Won 58-0
June 6	St. Louis Slam	Away	Lost 7-42
June 13	Iowa Thunder	Home	Won 20-0
June 20	Missouri Phoenix	Away	Win 61-0
June 27	Kansas City Storm	Home	Won **

** = Won by forfeit

2010

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	Nebraska Stampede Nebraska Stampede The Nebraska Stampede is a team of the Women's Football Alliance scheduled to begin play for the 2010 season. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Stampede will play its home games at Rams Field on the campus of Ralston High School in nearby Ralston....	Home	Won 50-0
April 17	St. Louis Slam St. Louis Slam The St. Louis Slam is a women's professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the Women's Football Alliance, of which they are the current defending champions. The Slam played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2003 until 2008. Home...	Away	Lost 0-34
May 1	Iowa Thunder Iowa Thunder The Iowa Thunder is a women's professional American football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They play in the Women's Spring Football League. During its first two seasons, the Thunder was a member of the Women's Football Alliance-History:...	Away	Won 7-21
May 8	Kansas City Spartans	Away	Won 12-13
May 15	Nebraska Stampede	Home	Won 34-0
June 5	Kansas City Spartans	Home	Won 22-8
June 12	Iowa Thunder	Home	Lost 13-21
June 19	Nebraska Stampede	Away	Won 13-12
June 26	Iowa Thunder (American Conference Quarterfinal)	Home	Lost 12-20

2011

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 9	Chicago Force Chicago Force The Chicago Force is a women's football team that is now in the Women's Football Alliance. Founded in 2003, the team has previously played at De La Salle HS & St...	Away	Lost 69-0
April 16	Wisconsin Dragons Wisconsin Dragons The Wisconsin Dragons are a women's tackle football team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Dragons are members of the Women's Football Alliance and will begin competition in the 2011 season.- External links :*...	Home	Won 21-7
April 30	Wisconsin Wolves Wisconsin Wolves The Wisconsin Wolves are an Women's Football Alliance team based in Wausau, Wisconsin. The team was founded in 2006 and play their home games at Lussier Stadium on the campus of Madison LaFollette High School. The Wolves were the third Wisconsin WPFL franchise founded in the state but have...	Away	Won 27-6
May 7	Nebraska Stampede Nebraska Stampede The Nebraska Stampede is a team of the Women's Football Alliance scheduled to begin play for the 2010 season. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Stampede will play its home games at Rams Field on the campus of Ralston High School in nearby Ralston....	Home	Won 6-0
May 14	Iowa Xplosion Iowa Xplosion The Iowa Xplosion is a team of the Women's Football Alliance based in Des Moines, Iowa set to begin play in 2011.The Xplosion fill in the WFA spot left by the Iowa Thunder when they left to join the Women's Spring Football League for 2011....	Away	Lost 0-7
June 4	Wisconsin Dragons	Away	Won 46-0
June 11	Iowa Xplosion	Home	Lost 17-20
June 18	Wisconsin Wolves	Home	Won 33-8
June 25	Kansas City Tribe (American Conference Quarterfinal)	Home	Lost 0-51