Intense Football League

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Intense Football League
Sport	Indoor football
Founded	2003
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Current champions	Odessa Roughnecks
Official website	www.intensefootballleague.net

The Intense Football League is a professional indoor football league founded by Chad Dittman in 2004.

Contents 1 History 2 Current IFL teams 2.1 Scheduled to begin play in 2008 3 Former IFL teams 4 Possible expansion 5 Entire 2006 playoffs 6 Final 2006 regular season standings 7 Intense Bowl history 8 External links

[edit] History

During its first season, the El Paso Rumble folded and the league oversaw operations of the team until the end of the season. In 2005, the Amarillo Dusters left for the af2 while the other teams joined the National Indoor Football League and the league suspended operations. In 2006, the Intense Football League restarted. Three of the original teams (Odessa, San Angelo and Corpus Christi) returned to the IFL, joined by new teams from Belton, Lake Charles, and Laredo.

Recently, the Laredo Lobos left for af2, but the league will add teams in Frisco, Katy, and Anchorage for 2007, and a team in El Paso for 2008. [1]

[edit] Current IFL teams

• Alaska Wild (2007 expansion team)
• CenTex Barracudas (2006 expansion team from Belton, TX)
• Corpus Christi Hammerheads (charter member)
• Frisco Thunder (2007 expansion team)
• Katy Ruff Riders (2007 expansion team)
• Louisiana Swashbucklers (Lake Charles, LA, joined league in 2006)
• Odessa Roughnecks (charter member)
• San Angelo Stampede Express (charter member)

[edit] Scheduled to begin play in 2008

• El Paso - will play at El Paso County Coliseum

[edit] Former IFL teams

• Amarillo Dusters (charter member) - now playing in af2
• El Paso Rumble (charter member) - folded after going 0-16 in its only season
• Laredo Lobos - now playing in af2
• Lubbock Lone Stars (charter member) - moved to NIFL for 2005 as Lubbock Gunslingers, spent the 2006 season inactive, then had the rights bought out by the Lubbock Renegades of the af2

[edit] Possible expansion

These cities have all been mentioned as possibilities, with varying degrees of likelihood.

• Abilene, Texas
• Austin, Texas
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Beaumont, Texas
• College Station, Texas
• Fairbanks, Alaska
• Fort Worth, Texas
• Lafayette, Louisiana
• Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
• San Antonio, Texas
• Texarkana, Texas
• Tyler, Texas
• Waco, Texas
• Wichita Falls, Texas

[edit] Entire 2006 playoffs

	Semifinals					Intense Bowl 2
	1	Odessa Roughnecks	53
	4	Louisiana Swashbucklers	50
						1	Odessa Roughnecks	97
						2	Corpus Christi Hammerheads	56
	3	CenTex Barracudas	49
	2	Corpus Christi Hammerheads	66

[edit] Final 2006 regular season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Percentage	PF	PA	Home	Away	Streak
Odessa Roughnecks-xy	12	2	0.857	927	733	7-0	5-2	Won 2
Corpus Christi Hammerheads-x	9	5	0.643	723	686	6-1	3-4	Won 4
CenTex Barracudas-x	8	6	0.571	755	748	4-3	4-3	Won 2
Louisiana Swashbucklers-x	8	6	0.571	853	750	6-1	2-5	Lost 2
San Angelo Stampede Express	3	11	0.214	588	820	3-4	0-7	Lost 2
Laredo Lobos	2	12	0.143	655	768	1-6	1-6	Lost 4

• x = Clinched Playoff Berth
• y = Clinched Home Field Advantage

[edit] Intense Bowl history

Intense Bowl	Date Played	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Location	City	Att.
1	September 4, 2004	Amarillo Dusters	Lubbock Lone Stars	62-47	Cal Farley Coliseum	Amarillo, TX	4,500
	2005	No game played due to league not being in operation.
2	August 12, 2006	Odessa Roughnecks	Corpus Christi Hammerheads	97-56	Ector County Coliseum	Odessa, TX	4,442

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• IFL's 2006 Stats
• IFL's 2007 Stats

Intense Football League
Alaska Wild | CenTex Barracudas | Corpus Christi Hammerheads | Frisco Thunder | Katy Ruff Riders | Louisiana Swashbucklers | Odessa Roughnecks | San Angelo Stampede Express