National Women's Football Association
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The National Women's Football Association (NWFA) is a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other four times in exhibition games. The opening season was in 2001 featuring eight teams. The NWFA was originally called the National Women's Football League, but changed its name after the 2002 season. The name change came after pressure from the National Football League. The NFL also required the league to change the logos of some teams whose logo resembled those of NFL teams.
NWFA teams play according to standard National Football League rules with the following notable exceptions:
- TDY-sized football,
- only one foot in-bounds is required for a reception, and
- no blocking below the waist downfield.
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[edit] List of teams
[edit] Northern Conference
- Baltimore Burn
- Cincinnati Sizzle
- Cleveland Fusion
- Columbus Comets
- Connecticut Crush
- Dayton Diamonds
- Erie Illusion
- Fort Wayne Flash
- Indianapolis Chaos
- Kansas City Storm
- Kentucky Karma
- Maine Freeze
- Minnesota Vixen
- New Jersey Titans
- New York Nemesis
- Philadelphia Phoenix
- St. Louis Slam
- Tree Town Spitfire
- West Michigan Mayhem
- West Virginia Wonders
[edit] Southern Conference
- Alabama Renegades
- Arizona Wildfire
- Austin Outlaws
- Chattanooga Locomotion
- Emerald Coast Barracudas
- Gulf Coast Herricanes
- H'Town Texas Cyclones
- Los Angeles Amazons
- Memphis Belles
- Modesto Magic
- New Orleans Blaze
- North Texas Fury
- Oklahoma City Lightning
- Pensacola Power
- Phoenix Prowlers
[edit] Joining in 2009
- East Texas SaberKats
- Jacksonville Dixie Blues
- Pittsburgh Force
- Ventura Black Widows
[edit] Championship Games
- 2001 Philadelphia Liberty Belles 40, Pensacola Power 7
- 2002 Detroit Danger 48, Massachusetts Mutiny 30
- 2003 Detroit Demolition 28, Pensacola Power 21
- 2004 Detroit Demolition 52, Oklahoma City Lightning 0
- 2005 Detroit Demolition 74, Pensacola Power 0
- 2006 D.C. Divas 28, Oklahoma City Lightning 7
- 2007 Pittsburgh Passion 32, Columbus Comets 0
