Louisville Fire
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| Conference | American |
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| Division | Midwest |
| Year founded | 2001 |
| Home arena | Freedom Hall |
| City, State | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Indoor football championships | none |
The Louisville Fire is an arena football team that plays its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They are a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator is former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team has been somewhat successful. After a rocky first few seasons they finally found success in 2004 and then made it all the way to the Arena Cup in the 2005 season. Since then they have made the playoffs every year.
In July 2007 it was announced that the team plans on selling portions of the team to local ownership (ala the NFL's Green Bay Packers) and attempt to boost season ticket sales and then buy it back in time before the team joins the AFL.[1]
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[edit] Award winners
2004 - Takua Furutani - International Player of the Year
2005 - Matthew Sauk - Offensive Player of the Year
2005 - Danny Kight - Kicker of the Year
2006 - Brett Dietz - Rookie of the Year
2006 - Rob Mager - Offensive Player of the Year
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| 2001 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6th NC Midwest | -- |
| 2002 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4th NC Midwest | -- |
| 2003 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3rd NC Midwest | -- |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2nd NC Midwest | Won NC Round 1 (Quad City) Lost NC Semifinal (Tulsa) |
| 2005 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2nd AC East | Won AC Round 1 (Macon) Won AC Semifinal (Manchester) Won AC Championship (Florida) Lost ArenaCup VI (Memphis) |
| 2006 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4th AC East | Lost AC Round 1 (Memphis) |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd AC Midwest | Won AC Round 1 (Spokane) Lost AC Semifinals (Green Bay) |
| *2008 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd AC Midwest | -- |
| Totals | 60 | 66 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] 2008 coaches
- Tommy Johnnson - Head Coach
- George Eskridge - Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coach
- Anthony Payton - Offensive Coordination
- Oscar Brohm - Quarterbacks Coach
- Darryl Ryan
- Pat Padrone
- Roy McMillen
- Tyronne Young
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Official Site of the Louisville Fire
- Louisville Fire on ArenaFan.com
- The Fire Pit; A Louisville Fire Fan Page
[edit] Notes
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| American Conference | Eastern Division | Albany Conquest · Mahoning Valley Thunder · Manchester Wolves · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers |
| Midwestern Division | Green Bay Blizzard · Iowa Barnstormers · Lexington Horsemen · Louisville Fire · Quad City Steamwheelers · Peoria Pirates | |
| Southern Division | Daytona Beach ThunderBirds · Florida Firecats · South Georgia Wildcats · Tennessee Valley Vipers | |
| National Conference | Central Division | Amarillo Dusters · Arkansas Twisters · Lubbock Renegades · Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz · Tulsa Talons |
| Southwestern Division | Austin Wranglers · Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings · Corpus Christi Sharks · Rio Grande Valley Dorados · Texas Copperheads | |
| Western Division | Boise Burn · Central Valley Coyotes · Spokane Shock · Stockton Lightning · Tri-Cities Fever | |
| Related articles: Arena Football League · af2 · Arena football · Indoor football | ||
