Tennessee Valley Vipers
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| Conference | National |
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| Division | Southern |
| Year founded | 2000 |
| Home arena | Von Braun Center |
| City, State | Huntsville, Alabama |
| ArenaCup championships | none |
The Tennessee Valley Vipers is Huntsville, Alabama's arenafootball2 franchise, holding home games at the Von Braun Center. The team existed from 2000 to 2004, and during that period was one of af2's most competitive teams. Owner and operator of the team was Art Clarkson. However, following the 2004 season the team left the af2 and migrated to the United Indoor Football league, changing their nickname to the Tennessee Valley Raptors. For a brief period of time, the team was known as the "Pythons" before changing to "Raptors." The Raptors, after an attendance decline in Huntsville, moved operations to Rockford, Illinois in 2005. Meanwhile, the af2 returned to Huntsville in 2006. The new team, owned by HSV Sports, LLC (who also owns the local hockey team, the Huntsville Havoc), was granted the rights to the Vipers name, trademarks, and history that had been vacated by the previous franchise.
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results | |
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| 2000 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2nd AC | Won Round 1 (Tulsa) Won Semifinal (Augusta) Lost ArenaCup I (Quad City) |
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| 2001 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1st NC South Central | Won Round 1 (Tallahassee) Lost NC Championship (Richmond) |
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| 2002 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1st NC Southern | Lost NC Round 1 (Birmingham) | |
| 2003 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1st AC Southern | Won AC Semifinal (Mohegan) Lost AC Championship (Macon) |
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| 2004 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1st AC Mid-Southern | Lost AC Semifinal (Florida) | |
| 2005 | Did Not Play | |||||
| 2006 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6th AC Southern | -- | |
| 2007 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Totals | 70 | 35 | 0 | (including playoffs) | ||
