Standings
| IFL 2021 | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct |
| Eastern Division | |||||||
| Massacusetts Pirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 76 | .667 |
| Bismarck Bucks | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 117 | .667 |
| Green Bay Blizzard | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 164 | .500 |
| Louisville Xtreme | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 98 | .000 |
| Central Division | |||||||
| Iowa Barnstormers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | 1.000 |
| Frisco Fighters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 33 | 1.000 |
| Sioux Falls Storm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 56 | .000 |
| Duke City Gladiators | |||||||
| Western Division | |||||||
| Tucson Sugar Skulls | |||||||
| Northern Arizona Wranglers | |||||||
| Spokane Shock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 36 | .000 |
| Arizona Rattlers |
Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Week 1 | ||||
| 23.04.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | 35 | Bismarck Bucks | 41 |
| 24.04.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | 18 | Massachusetts Pirates | 49 |
| Week 2 | ||||
| 02.05.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | 40 | Massachusetts Pirates | 36 |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 08.05.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | 18 | Massachusetts Pirates | 36 |
| 07.05.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | 29 | Green Bay Blizzard | 49 |
| Week 4 | ||||
| 14.05.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | 58 | Green Bay Blizzard | 46 |
| 15.05.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | 36 | Iowa Barnstormers | 56 |
| 15.05.2021 | Spokane Shock | 33 | Frisco Fighters | 36 |
| 16.05.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| Week 5 | ||||
| 21.05.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 22.05.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| 22.05.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 22.05.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| 22.05.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| 22.05.2021 | Spokane Shock | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| Week 6 | ||||
| 28.05.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 29.05.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 29.05.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| Week 11 | ||||
| 04.06.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 05.06.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 05.06.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| 05.06.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 05.06.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Spokane Shock | ||
| 06.06.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| Week 8 | ||||
| 12.06.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 12.06.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Frisco Fighters | ||
| 12.06.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 12.06.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | Spokane Shock | ||
| 12.06.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| 12.06.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Tucson Sugar Skulls | ||
| Week 9 | ||||
| 18.06.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 19.06.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| 19.06.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 19.06.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 19.06.2021 | Tuscon Sugar Skulls | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| 19.06.2021 | Spokane Shock | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| Week 10 | ||||
| 25.06.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Spokane Shock | ||
| 25.06.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 26.06.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Tuscon Sugar Skulls | ||
| 26.06.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 26.06.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Frisco Fighters | ||
| 27.06.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| Week 11 | ||||
| 02.07.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 02.07.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| 03.07.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Spokane Shock | ||
| 03.07.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| Week 12 | ||||
| 09.07.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 10.07.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 10.07.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 10.07.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| 10.07.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| 10.07.2021 | Spokane Shock | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| Week 13 | ||||
| 16.07.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Frisco Fighters | ||
| 16.07.2021 | Green Bay Blizzard | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 17.07.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 17.07.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| 17.07.2021 | Spokane Shock | Tucson Sugar Skulls | ||
| 17.07.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| Week 14 | ||||
| 22.07.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| 24.07.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 24.07.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 24.07.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Spokane Shock | ||
| 24.07.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Sioux Falls Storm | ||
| 24.07.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| Week 15 | ||||
| 08.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| 08.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 08.2021 | Louisville Xtreme | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 08.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | Frisco Fighters | ||
| 08.2021 | Spokane Shock | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| 08.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| Week 16 | ||||
| 08.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Tucson Sugar Skulls | ||
| 08.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Northern Arizona Wranglers | ||
| 08.2021 | Frisco Fighters | Spokane Shock | ||
| 08.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 08.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 08.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| Week 17 | ||||
| 08.2021 | Spokane Shock | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 08.2021 | Bismarck Bucks | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 08.2021 | Iowa Barnstormers | Louisville Xtreme | ||
| 08.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Massachusetts Pirates | ||
| 08.2021 | Spokane Shock | Arizona Rattlers | ||
| 08.2021 | Tucson Sugar Skulls | Duke City Gladiators | ||
| Week 18 | ||||
| 08.2021 | Arizona Rattlers | Frisco Fighters | ||
| 08.2021 | Duke City Gladiators | Bismarck Bucks | ||
| 08.2021 | Massachusetts Pirates | Iowa Barnstormers | ||
| 08.2021 | Northern Arizona Wranglers | Tucson Sugar Skulls | ||
| 08.2021 | Sioux Falls Storm | Green Bay Blizzard | ||
| 08.2021 | Spokane Shock | Louisville Xtreme |
Report
Weeks 1-3 23 April – 8 May 2021
Playing a 3-game schedule between themselves to start the 2021 Indoor Football League schedule in USA, Green Bay Blizzard (Wisconsin) and Massachusetts Pirates both got off to 2-1 Wins-Losses starts while Bismarck Bucks (North Dakota) started 1-1 and expansion franchise Louisville Xtreme got off to an 0-2 start. The Blizzard lost their opening game 36-41 at home to Bismarck, but then won 40-36 at home to Massachusetts before a much easier 49-29 victory over the Xtreme. The Pirates had big wins over both Louisville Xtreme (49-18 on opening day) and 36-18 versus Bismarck Bucks.
Week 4 15-16 May 2021
Bismarck Bucks moved to 2-1 with a win over Green Bay Blizzard, which dropped the Blizzard to 2-2. Meanwhile, most of the rest of the League played their opening games. Iowa Barnstormers defeated Sioux Falls Storm 56-36, early indication that the Storm’s long-standing record of Bowl wins and appearances may be threatened in 2021. Making their debut were Frisco Fighters, from Texas, who triumphed in their first ever game 36-33 at Spokane Shock of Washington State, one of the oldest of the Arena Indoor Football teams.
About
For the 2021 season the Indoor Football League added the Louisville Xtreme and Northern Arizona Wranglers. The Indoor Football League is a AAA American Football League played Reduced Numbers (8v8) Arena Indoor American Football primarily in the American Mid-West & West. Previously AA, it has since the demise of the AAA Arena Football League after the 2019 season, it has expanded its Geographic Reach, and has taken the AFL’s position as the AAA League in Indoor/Arena Football. This version of American Football is most popular in Mexico, hence names like Tucson Sugar Skulls. LEXFA (Liga Extrema de Futbol Arena) in Mexico is the Major League (and also one of four Mexican Majors)
Team Map 2021
References
Logos
[1] Indoor Football League Twitter (2020) Indoor Football League 2020 Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1230522589648310272/BstnTsL2_400x400.jpg [Accessed 11 March 2020]
Websites
[2] Indoor Football League (2021) Standings [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 27 October 2019]
[3] Indoor Football League (2020) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://goifl.com/images/2021/2/18/2021_IFL_Composite_Schedule2.jpg [Accessed 2 December 2020]
[4] Indoor Football League (2020) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://goifl.com/calendar.aspx [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[5] Arizona Rattlers (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://azrattlers.com/sports/football/schedule/2021 [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[6] Bismarck Bucks (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.bismarckbucks.com/sports/football/schedule/2021 [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[7] Frisco Fighters (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://friscofighters.com/sports/football/schedule [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[8] Green Bay Blizzard (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://greenbayblizzard.com/sports/football/schedule/2021 [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[9] Sioux Falls Storm (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://siouxfallsstorm.com/sports/football/schedule/2021 [Accessed 13 May 2021]
[10] Spokane Shock (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://thespokaneshock.com/schedule/ [Accessed 13 May 2021]
Images
[4] Indoor Football League (2019) image_handler [Internet] Available from: https://goifl.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2020/12/3/ifl_map_2022_30.png [Accessed 26 February 2021]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Bart Barden & Sam Thompson
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 17 May 2021
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