Baltimore Blackbirds

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Baltimore Blackbirds

Founded	2007
Arena	1st Mariner
Based in	Baltimore, Maryland
Colors	black, red, silver
League	None
Head Coach	Vacant
General Manager	John Wolfe

The Baltimore Blackbirds are an indoor football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They played the 2007 season as an expansion member of the American Indoor Football Association, at the 1st Mariner Arena.

1 History
2 Season-By-Season
3 2007 Season Schedule
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] History

The team was originally going to be a member of the Eastern Indoor Football League, but left for the AIFA soon after the "League Showcase/Jamboree" held inside the Mahoning Valley HitMen's "ThunderDome".

Chris Simpson (formerly of the San Angelo Stampede Express) was the team's head coach in their inaugural season. [1] Playing a predominantly road schedule (8 away games, 5 at home), the Blackbirds finished their first season with a record of 1-12, although the team showed continued improvement during the season. On August 3, 2007, the Blackbirds announced the resignation of Simpson. The team is currently in the process of finding a new head coach. [2]

On August 7, 2007, the Blackbirds announced that they have left the AIFA. They are expected to join another indoor football league for the 2008 season. [3]

[edit] Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2007	1	12	0	7th Southern	--

[edit] 2007 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 10	Reading Express	Away	Lost 6-78
March 16	Lakeland Thunderbolts	Away	Lost 14-69
March 24	Mississippi Mudcats	Away	Lost 20-80
March 31	Carolina Speed	Home	Lost 25-48
April 6	Canton Legends	Away	Lost 2-38
April 14	Montgomery Bears	Home	Lost 22-51
April 21	Florence Phantoms	Away	Lost 40-65
April 29	Gulf Coast Raiders	Home	Won 44-10
May 5	Carolina Speed	Away	Lost 32-52
May 12	Montgomery Bears	Away	Lost 11-58
May 21	Reading Express	Home	Lost 32-58
May 25	Tallahassee Titans	Away	Lost 40-73
June 1	Johnstown Riverhawks	Home	Lost 17-19

[edit] Trivia

With the formation of the Blackbirds, this is Baltimore's third bird-related sports team. The other teams are the MLB's Baltimore Orioles and the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.

The first Touchdown in team history was scored in the 4th quarter of the First game of the season, on the road against the Reading Express. It was a 15-yd. Touchdown pass from Quarterback Joe Urso to Wide Receiver Kevin Dixon.

The logo was created as a replica of the Atlanta Falcons even though the Falcons are not based in Baltimore which the Blackbirds logo is not related to the Falcons logo that was first introduced in 2003.