Sioux City Bandits
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sioux City Bandits | |
 |
|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Arena | Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena |
| Based in | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Colors | Black, White, Red |
| League | United Indoor Football |
| Head coach | Roger Jansen |
| President of Football Operations | Bob Scott |
| Dancers | Outlaw Girls |
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team. They're currently a member of the UIF. They play their home games at Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.
Notable team feats include the signing of premier Running Back Fred Jackson of the Sioux City Bandits to the 2006 Buffalo Bills (NFL). Jackson was allocated by the Bills to play in the NFLE. Upon returning for NFL training camp, Jackson was selected to be just on of 8 on the teams practice squad where he remains today. Jackson, out of Coe College, was the 2004 - 2005 United Indoor Football's (UIF) league leading rusher in an amazing effort in which he set and Indoor Football record for most yards in a single season with a bit more than 1,700 (an accomplishment very difficult to achieve on a 50 yard field).
That year the Bandits went into the Championship game facing division rivals Sioux Falls SD. Sioux City had beaten Sioux Falls 3 times during the regular season and ended up losing the championship game.
The Sioux City Bandits organization has seen 3 diffent leagues as the Bandits having played in the IFL (Indoor Football League) as the Sioux City Attack, the NIFL (National Indoor Football League) with its current name, and now the UIF (United Indoor Football), also under its current name. During Sioux City's inaugural year in indoor A notable fact about the IFL is that Kellen Winslow (former NFL great with the San Diego Chargers) was the league's commissioner. The league has since been bought out and is now used as a trainer league for the AFL going by the name of AFL2.
Sioux City's current division rivals include two Interstate-29 rivals, the Omaha Beef and the Sioux Falls Storm. Sioux Falls claims both league titles (UIF I and UIF II) going into the 2007 season which begins in the Spring.
The United Indoor Football League has 10 previously established teams: Peoria Illinois, Rock River Tennessee, Sioux Falls SD, Omaha NE, Ohio Valley Ohio, Fort Wayne Indiana, Evansville Indiana and Lexington Kentucky. The United Indoor Football League website has announced that three teams have made the decision to join the league for 2007. The Billings (Montana) Outlaws, the Colorado Ice and River City Rage out of St. Louis Missouri.
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City Attack (IFL) | |||||
| 2000 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3rd WC Southern | Won Round 1 (Lincoln) Lost Quarterfinal (Bismarck) |
| Sioux City Bandits (NIFL) | |||||
| 2001 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6th Pacific Central | -- |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3rd Pacific Northern | -- |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3rd Pacific Northern | -- |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3rd Pacific North | Lost Round 1 (Omaha) |
| Sioux City Bandits (UIF) | |||||
| 2005 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1st North | Won Round 1 (Ohio Valley) Won Semifinal (Tennessee Valley) Lost UIF Championship (Sioux Falls) |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3rd West | Lost Round 1 (Rock River) |
| *2007 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4th West | -- |
| Totals | 56 | 48 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] External Link
| United Indoor Football (UIF) | ||||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Extreme | Evansville BlueCats | Lexington Horsemen | Ohio Valley Greyhounds | River City Rage | Rock River Raptors | Billings Outlaws | Colorado Ice | Omaha Beef | Sioux City Bandits | Sioux Falls Storm | |||
