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Portland Prowlers

Founded	2000
Arena	Memorial Coliseum
Based in	Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
Colors	Black, cardinal, gold
League	Indoor Professional Football League Indoor Professional Football League The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...
Head coach	Richard Harris

The Portland Prowlers were a professional indoor football team based in Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. Playing as a member of the Indoor Professional Football League

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...

for the 2000-2001 seasons, they played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum for both years of their existence. This was the second indoor football team based in Portland following the Portland Forest Dragons. The team name was decided in a 'Name the team' contest. The winning name was submitted by several entrants, including Danny Bradach of Portland, OR and David Harwood of Concord, CA. Contest winners were awarded season tickets for the lifetime of the team.

The Prowlers were announced as an expansion franchise as part of the IPFL in January, 2000. The team did see success on the field in finishing as regular season champions and narrowly losing to 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...

53-48 for the 2000 championship. However, the success on the field never translated into success in the stands, and the team announced they would not return for the 2001 season on March 23, 2001. Although, the team intended to begin play in the 2002 season in Vancouver

Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010...

, Washington, plans never materialized.

2000 Portland Prowlers IPFL Schedule

Week 1 – Portland Prowlers 52, Louisiana Rangers 36

Week 2 – Portland Prowlers 42, Mississippi Fire Dogs

Mississippi Fire Dogs

41

Week 3 – Portland Prowlers 43, Omaha Beef

Omaha Beef

The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...

23

Week 4 – Portland Prowlers 31, Shreveport-Bossier Bombers

Shreveport-Bossier Bombers

The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA/Bossier City, LA, were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport...

10

Week 5 – Mobile Seagulls

Mobile Seagulls

The Mobile Seagulls were a professional indoor football team. They were initially a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000 season before joining the National Indoor Football League for the 2001 season, their final. They played their home games at Mobile Civic Center Arena...

19, Portland Prowlers 12

Week 6 – Idaho Stallions 41, Portland Prowlers 30

Week 7 – Portland Prowlers 46, Idaho Stallions 35

Week 8 - bye

Week 9 – Portland Prowlers 61, Louisiana Rangers 55

Week 10 – Portland Prowlers 34, Omaha Beef

Omaha Beef

30

Week 11 – Portland Prowlers 67, Omaha Beef

Omaha Beef

54

Week 12 – Portland Prowlers 28, Shreveport-Bossier Bombers

Shreveport-Bossier Bombers

22

Week 13 – Mobile Seagulls

Mobile Seagulls

57, Portland Prowlers 41

Week 14 - bye

Week 15 – Mississippi Fire Dogs

Mississippi Fire Dogs

39, Portland Prowlers 36

Week 16 – Portland Prowlers 61, Idaho Stallions 14

Week 17 - bye

Week 18 – Portland Prowlers 40, Omaha Beef

Omaha Beef

26

Week 19 – Portland Prowlers 35, Idaho Stallions 22

IPFL Championship – Mississippi Fire Dogs

Mississippi Fire Dogs

53, Portland Prowlers 48

Season-By-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Portland Prowlers
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|2000 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 1st League || Lost to Mississippi

Mississippi Fire Dogs

in championship
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