Wichita Stealth
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The Wichita Stealth is a now-defunct arena football team. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum
in Wichita, Kansas
. They originally began play in the Indoor Football League
as a 2000 expansion team known as the Wichita Warlords before the league folded, in which they moved to the af2 and became the Stealth. They only got to the playoffs once during their five-year existence, where they had an early exit (courtesy of the Hawaiian Islanders
). After an 8-8 season in 2004, the team officially disbanded and ceased all operations. After Intrust Bank Arena opened, there were rumors that the Stealth might be reincarnated, but the talks died down, and nothing ever surfaced.
| colspan="6" align="center" | Wichita Warlords (IFL)
|-
|2000 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 5th WC Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Wichita Stealth (af2)
|-
|2001 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 5th NC Midwestern || --
|-
|2002 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 3rd NC Midwestern || Lost Round 1 || Peoria
37, Wichita 36
|-
|2003 || 8 || 7 || 1 || 3rd NC Western || Lost Round 1 || Hawaiian
57, Wichita 30
|-
|2004 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 3rd NC Southwestern || --
|-
!Totals || 33 || 47 || 1
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
Kansas Coliseum
Kansas Coliseum was a complex, in the Wichita suburb, of Valley Center, Kansas, that hosted sporting events, concerts and shows.It consists of four pavilions, one RV park and the 9,686-seat Britt Brown Arena, named for Harry Britton Brown Jr., of Wichita, the former owner of The Wichita Eagle...
in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
. They originally began play in 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...
as a 2000 expansion team known as the Wichita Warlords before the league folded, in which they moved to the af2 and became the Stealth. They only got to the playoffs once during their five-year existence, where they had an early exit (courtesy of the Hawaiian Islanders
Hawaiian Islanders
The Hawaiian Islanders were a minor league team of the Arena Football League, the af2. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Hawaiian Islanders home field was at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena. It competed in the AF2 National Conference West...
). After an 8-8 season in 2004, the team officially disbanded and ceased all operations. After Intrust Bank Arena opened, there were rumors that the Stealth might be reincarnated, but the talks died down, and nothing ever surfaced.
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Wichita Warlords (IFL)
|-
|2000 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 5th WC Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Wichita Stealth (af2)
|-
|2001 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 5th NC Midwestern || --
|-
|2002 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 3rd NC Midwestern || Lost Round 1 || Peoria
Peoria Pirates
The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached by Mike Hohensee...
37, Wichita 36
|-
|2003 || 8 || 7 || 1 || 3rd NC Western || Lost Round 1 || Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islanders
The Hawaiian Islanders were a minor league team of the Arena Football League, the af2. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Hawaiian Islanders home field was at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena. It competed in the AF2 National Conference West...
57, Wichita 30
|-
|2004 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 3rd NC Southwestern || --
|-
!Totals || 33 || 47 || 1
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)