Iowa Blackhawks

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The Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004. They play their homes games at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

In their first season they almost played in the league championship but lost a tiebreaker to the Minutemen to decide who was going.

In their second season they were a top team in the APFL. Led by Chuck Wright, they earned a home playoff game, which they won against the Wichita Aviators. They then traveled to Topeka to face the Kansas Koyotes in the championship. The game was a barnburner, which was won in the last seconds by a Koyotes field goal.

This is their third season, which they started out with quarterback Troy Travis leading the team. However, he abruptly left the team to play in Sioux City. This has earned him a bad reputation from Blackhawk fans. They then had replacement quarterbacks for the next three games. The first game they didn't have a backup quarterback so they used LB Kurt Ferguson. Chris Raff played the next game, which was a blowout against the Missouri Minutemen. In the third game Jeremy Clark was the QB. He had a tough time against the Koyotes and they lost 61-35. In their next game against the Minutemen, the Blackhawks got Chuck Wright back and he has led them to three straight victories since.