IFL 2000
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
| Northern Division | |||||||
| *Peoria Pirates | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 782 | 383 | 1.000 |
| *Green Bay Bombers | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 673 | 508 | .714 |
| *Madison Mad Dogs | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 619 | 551 | .571 |
| Minnesota Purple Rage | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 545 | 572 | .357 |
| Duluth Lumberjacks | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 522 | 769 | .143 |
| LaCrosse River Rats | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 429 | 719 | .143 |
| Southern Division | |||||||
| *Steel Valley Smash | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 481 | 490 | .643 |
| *Erie Invaders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 575 | 652 | .429 |
| *Dayton Skyhawks | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 487 | 570 | .429 |
| Flint Flames | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 455 | 654 | .154 |
| Johnstown Jackals | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 460 | 602 | .154 |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||||||
| Northern Division | |||||||
| *Bismarck Blaze | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 614 | 481 | .786 |
| *Black Hills Machine | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 684 | 609 | .714 |
| *Casper Cavalry | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 669 | 581 | .643 |
| Billings Thunder Bolts | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 763 | 691 | .571 |
| Fargo Freeze | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 436 | 703 | .071 |
| Southern Division | |||||||
| *Topeka Kings | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 614 | 581 | .714 |
| *Lincoln Lightning | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 711 | 495 | .714 |
| *Sioux City Attack | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 568 | 487 | .643 |
| Sioux Falls Cobras | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 566 | 506 | .571 |
| Wichita Warlords | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 467 | 683 | .286 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playoffs Round 1 | ||||
| 14.07.2000 | Madison Mad Dogs | 34 | Erie Invaders | 22 |
| 15.07.2000 | Lincoln Lightning | 38 | Sioux City Attack | 53 |
| 15.07.2000 | Black Hills Machine | 68 | Casper Cavalry | 34 |
| 16.07.2000 | Green Bay Bombers | 64 | Dayton Skyhawks | 23 |
| Playoffs Round 2 | ||||
| 21.07.2000 | Peoria Pirates | 25 | Madison Mad Dogs | 13 |
| 22.07.2000 | Topeka Kings | 56 | Black Hills Machine | 45 |
| 22.07.2000 | Steel Valley Smash | 21 | Green Bay Bombers | 10 |
| 22.07.2000 | Bismarck Blaze | 30 | Sioux City Attack | 14 |
| Conference Finals | ||||
| 28.07.2000 | Peoria Pirates | 55 | Steel Valley Smash | 10 |
| 29.07.2000 | Bismarck Bucks | 51 | Topeka Kings | 27 |
| IFL Gold Cup | ||||
| 04.08.2000 | Peoria Pirates | 69 | Bismarck Blaze | 42 |
Report
Peoria Pirates (Illinois) won the only IFL Gold Cup 69-42 against the Bismarck Blaze (North Dakota).
About the IFL (2000)
The Indoor Football lEague of 2000 was one of the first to take advantage of the case won by the Indoor Professional Football League against the Arena Football League, which had been ruled that the AFL copyright on Arena Football only referred to the rebound nets either side of the goalposts, and that the rest was Football in some form or other, that had already been in play for decades and therefore not subject to copyright.
It was replaced by the National Indoor Football League in 2001, in much the same markets.
About Indoor Football
Indoor Football, also known as Arena Football was developed in 1986 as an 8v8 form of Indoor American Football. After an initial few seasons where the game was developed with a 4 team league, a full seasons League with eventually over a dozen teams was developed in the 1990 which was considered by the Wall Street Journal to be a fifth major.
The Arena Football League over-expanded in the 2000s with a Minor League, and its importance (and number of teams) waned since it first experienced financial diffulties in 2009, and it ceased operations after the 2019 season due to the legacy debt incurred.
There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)
Indoor Football is played on a 50-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, and teams have 5 downs (attempts) to reach the endzone or the ball is turned over. 3 of those downs must be passing plays, making Indoor Football highly explosive and high scoring.
References
[1] Football.com | Wayback Machine (2001) IFL Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010305172920/http://football.com/arena/ifl/iflstandings.shtml/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[2] Football.com | Wayback Machine (2001) IFL Scores and Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010304213756/http://football.com/arena/ifl/iflscores.shtml/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Alan Grey, Donie, Ian Breathnach, Mark Mahon.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 17 February 2020
(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020
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