Johnstown Riverhawks
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| Johnstown Riverhawks | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Arena | Cambria County War Memorial Arena |
| Based in | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Colors | blue, black, silver |
| League | American Indoor Football Association |
| Head Coach | Brian Basile |
| President of Football Operations | |
The Johnstown Riverhawks are a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They are a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They play their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena. They began play in 2001 as the Tennessee ThunderCats in the Indoor Professional Football League. They would impressively win the league championship in their first year. After the IPFL folded, the ThunderCats moved to the NIFL. During their tenure in the league, they had decent success in 2002, not-so decent success as the Tennessee Riverhawks in 2003, and in 2004, when they were the Greenville Riverhawks, their ownership folded after three games, they moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and they played their remaining games. Then, they were founded by Andrew Haines, owner of the American Indoor Football league the team was purchased by Brian Schwelling of Atlanta, Ga in February of 2005. Schwelling operated the team successfully until September of that same year when the team was sold to Michael Dawson. Schwelling was successful in bringing the Riverhawks to the semifinal game in the team's inaugural season.
On March 4, 2006, the Riverhawks won their first game of their second season on the road 21-14 against the Steubenville Stampede, which made AIFL history by becoming the lowest scoring game in the league's 2-year existence.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, the Riverhawks lost the AIFL's very first overtime game 41-38 against the Reading Express at home.
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
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| Tennessee ThunderCats (IPFL) | |||||
| 2001 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2nd League | Won IPFL Championship (Omaha) |
| Tennessee ThunderCats (NIFL) | |||||
| 2002 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2nd AC Northern | Won Round 1 (Lake Charles) Lost AC Quarterfinal (Ohio Valley) |
| Tennessee Riverhawks (NIFL) | |||||
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5th AC Eastern | -- |
| Greenville Riverhawks (NIFL) | |||||
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5th AC Eastern | -- |
| Johnstown Riverhawks (AIFL) | |||||
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd League | Lost League Semifinals (Richmond) |
| 2006 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5th Northern | -- |
| Johnstown Riverhawks (AIFA) | |||||
| 2007 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 43 | 31 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
[edit] External links
| American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) | ||||||
| Northern Conference | Southern Conference | |||||
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| Canton Legends | Danville Demolition | Erie Freeze | Huntington Heroes | Johnstown Riverhawks | Pittsburgh RiverRats | Reading Express | Baltimore Blackbirds | Carolina Speed | Florence Phantoms | Lakeland Thunderbolts | Mississippi Mudcats | Montgomery Bears | Tallahassee Titans | |||||
| Defunct AIFL/AIFA teams: AIFL Ghostchasers | Binghamton Brigade/Brigadiers | Carolina Ghostriders | Carolina Sharks | Chattahoochee Valley Vipers | Syracuse Soldiers | ||||||
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Players Some notiable players Tony Zimmerman QB Quenteen Robinson WR/DB Allan Jackson LB
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