2021 Indoor Football League season Sports season
The 2021 Indoor Football League season was the thirteenth (and twelfth complete) season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league played the season with twelve teams, down from thirteen the previous season, by adding one expansion team, one team from the National Arena League , one team from the American Arena League , and four teams going on hiatus. In addition, three existing teams made their IFL on-field debut after the 2020 season was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 3]
As there were still many pandemic-related restrictions still in place during early 2021, the start of the season was delayed from February to April with the postseason to begin in August. The top eight teams qualified for the postseason with the Massachusetts Pirates , playing their first season in the IFL, defeating the Arizona Rattlers in the United Bowl on September 12.[ 2]
Offseason
On June 26, 2020, the Columbus Wild Dogs announced that they would not begin play until 2022.[ 4] On August 19, 2020, the Massachusetts Pirates , formerly of the National Arena League , were added to the IFL for the 2021 season as the league's first East Coast-based team.[ 5] On August 25, the league added the Northern Arizona Wranglers in Prescott Valley, Arizona , for the 2021 season, joining the Arizona Rattlers and Tucson Sugar Skulls as the third IFL team to be based in Arizona for 2021.[ 6] On November 6, the Louisville Xtreme of Louisville, Kentucky , was added.[ 7] The 2020 expansion Oakland Panthers ,[ 8] as well as the Cedar Rapids River Kings , Quad City Steamwheelers , and the San Diego Strike Force withdrew from the season due to the effects of the pandemic.[ 9] [ 10]
The initial schedule for the twelve teams was announced on November 17, 2020, with all teams playing 16 games between March 28 and July 24, 2021, before the playoffs.[ 11] On February 17, the league pushed back its start date to April 23 for four teams, with the rest of the teams to start on May 14. The four teams that started on April 23 were to still have 16 games, but the others teams were to play a reduced 14-game schedule.[ 12]
Teams
Team
Location
Arena
Capacity
Founded
Joined
Head coach
Arizona Rattlers
Phoenix, Arizona
Footprint Center
18,422
1992
2017
Kevin Guy
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck Event Center
10,100
2017
2019
Rod Miller
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Rio Rancho Events Center
6,000
2015
2020
Martino Theus (until June 30)Robert Kent Jr. [ 14]
Frisco Fighters
Frisco, Texas
Comerica Center
3,500
2019
2020
Clint Dolezel
Green Bay Blizzard
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Resch Center
8,600
2003
2010
Corey Roberson
Iowa Barnstormers
Des Moines, Iowa
Wells Fargo Arena
15,181
1995
2015
Les Moss
Louisville Xtreme
Louisville, Kentucky
KFC Yum! Center
22,090
2012
2021
Mark Stoute
Massachusetts Pirates
Worcester, Massachusetts
DCU Center
12,339
2017
2021
Patrick Pass
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Prescott Valley, Arizona
Findlay Toyota Center
6,000
2020
2021
Dominic Bramante
Sioux Falls Storm
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Denny Sanford Premier Center
10,678
2000
2009
Kurtiss Riggs
Spokane Shock
Spokane, Washington
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
10,771
2006
2020
Billy Back
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Convention Center
8,962
2018
2019
Dixie Wooten
Regular season
Standings
Schedule
The season began on the weekend of April 23–24 with two games: the Bismarck Bucks at the Green Bay Blizzard and the Massachusetts Pirates at the Louisville Xtreme . The four teams were the only teams playing until May 15 when the other teams joined. After initially postponing the Xtreme's June 12 home game, the IFL subsequently terminated the Xtreme's membership due to failing to maintain the league's minimum obligations and the team did not finish the season. All of the Xtreme's games were removed from the schedule.[ 18]
Week
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
Venue
1
April 23[ 19]
Bismarck Bucks
41–35
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
April 24[ 20]
Massachusetts Pirates
49–18
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
2
May 2[ 21]
Massachusetts Pirates
36–40
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
3
May 7[ 22]
Louisville Xtreme
29–49
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
May 8[ 23]
Massachusetts Pirates
36–18
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
4
May 15[ 24]
Green Bay Blizzard
46–58
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
May 15[ 25]
Iowa Barnstormers
56–36
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
May 15[ 26]
Frisco Fighters
36–33
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
May 16[ 27]
Arizona Rattlers
51–20
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
5
May 21[ 28]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
36–42
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
May 22[ 29]
Frisco Fighters
34–26
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
May 22[ 29]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
39–61
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
May 22[ 30]
Duke City Gladiators
63–55 OT
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
May 22[ 31]
Arizona Rattlers
46–50
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
May 22[ 29]
Spokane Shock
34–26
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
6
May 29[ 32]
Sioux Falls Storm
49–43
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
May 29[ 33]
Bismarck Bucks
42–49
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
May 30[ 34]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
55–35
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
7
June 4[ 35]
Arizona Rattlers
41–34
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
June 5[ 36]
Louisville Xtreme
37–42
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
June 5[ 37]
Sioux Falls Storm
64–28
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
June 5[ 38]
Iowa Barnstormers
33–13
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
June 5[ 39]
Spokane Shock
42–24
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
June 5[ 40]
Duke City Gladiators
57–58
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
8
June 12[ 41]
Iowa Barnstormers
22–53
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
June 12
Green Bay Blizzard
Ppd. [ 42]
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
June 12[ 43]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
34–44
Arizona Rattlers
Phoenix Suns Arena
June 12[ 44]
Duke City Gladiators
34–17
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
June 12[ 45]
Spokane Shock
50–32
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
June 12[ 46]
Frisco Fighters
40–33
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
9
June 18[ 47]
Bismarck Bucks
50–29
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
June 19[ 48]
Arizona Rattlers
51–36
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
June 19
Louisville Xtreme
X
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
June 19[ 49]
Massachusetts Pirates
37–34
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
June 19[ 50]
Sioux Falls Storm
47–57
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
June 19[ 51]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
37–63
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
10
June 25[ 52]
Iowa Barnstormers
44–48
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
June 25[ 53]
Spokane Shock
35–56
Arizona Rattlers
Phoenix Suns Arena
June 26[ 54]
Frisco Fighters
53–48
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
June 26[ 55]
Bismarck Bucks
27–52
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
June 26[ 56]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
44–48
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
June 27
Massachusetts Pirates
X
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
11
July 2[ 57]
Massachusetts Pirates
38–37
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
July 3
Spokane Shock
X
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
July 3[ 58]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
38–52
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
July 3[ 59]
Arizona Rattlers
54–38
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
12
July 9[ 60]
Iowa Barnstormers
35–42
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
July 10[ 61]
Bismarck Bucks
38–43
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
July 10
Green Bay Blizzard
X
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
July 10[ 62]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
19–62
Arizona Rattlers
Phoenix Suns Arena
July 10[ 63]
Duke City Gladiators
40–41
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Sugar Skulls
July 10
Sioux Falls Storm
35–46
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
13
July 16[ 64]
Frisco Fighters
42–43
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
July 17
Louisville Xtreme
X
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
July 17[ 65]
Duke City Gladiators
71–54
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
July 17[ 66]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
34–45
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
July 18[ 67]
Arizona Rattlers
44–68
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
July 18[ 68]
Sioux Falls Storm
31–21
Green Bay Blizzard
Resch Center
14
July 24
Louisville Xtreme
X
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
July 24[ 69]
Green Bay Blizzard
34–26
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
July 24[ 70]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
30–33
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
July 24[ 71]
Spokane Shock
61–68
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
July 24[ 72]
Sioux Falls Storm
33–59
Arizona Rattlers
Footprint Center [ a]
July 24[ 73]
Bismarck Bucks
27–34
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
15
July 30[ 74]
Green Bay Blizzard
30–41
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
July 31
Iowa Barnstormers
X
Louisville Xtreme
KFC Yum! Center
July 31
Duke City Gladiators
48–60
Arizona Rattlers
Footprint Center
July 31[ 75]
Northern Arizona Wranglers
46–48
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
July 31
Frisco Fighters
37–33
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
July 31[ 76]
Massachusetts Pirates
63–57
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
16
August 7[ 77]
Green Bay Blizzard
33–50
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
August 7
Louisville Xtreme
X
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
August 7[ 78]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
28–55
Arizona Rattlers
Footprint Center
August 7
Northern Arizona Wranglers
11–71
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
August 7[ 79]
Spokane Shock
34–45
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
August 7[ 80]
Bismarck Bucks
41–48
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
17
August 13
Sioux Falls Storm
X[ 81]
Bismarck Bucks
Bismarck Event Center
August 13[ 82]
Arizona Rattlers
30–20
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
August 14[ 83]
Duke City Gladiators
59–63
Tucson Sugar Skulls
Tucson Convention Center
August 14
Louisville Xtreme
X
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena
August 14[ 84]
Sioux Falls Storm
49–55
Iowa Barnstormers
Wells Fargo Arena[ 85]
August 14[ 86]
Green Bay Blizzard
20–38
Frisco Fighters
Comerica Center
August 15[ 87]
Massachusetts Pirates
51–16
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
18
August 21[ 88]
Tucson Sugar Skulls
56–38
Northern Arizona Wranglers
Findlay Toyota Center
August 21[ 89]
Green Bay Blizzard
35–58
Sioux Falls Storm
Denny Sanford Premier Center
August 21[ 90]
Frisco Fighters
38–55
Arizona Rattlers
Footprint Center
August 21
Bismarck Bucks
45–57
Duke City Gladiators
Rio Rancho Events Center
August 21[ 91]
Iowa Barnstormers
19–55
Massachusetts Pirates
DCU Center
August 21
Louisville Xtreme
X
Spokane Shock
Spokane Arena
Playoffs
The top eight teams made the IFL playoffs, where teams were ranked by winning percentage due to the imbalanced schedule. After Louisville was terminated midseason, the schedule was further imbalanced leading to several tiebreaker parameters needing to be used resulting in the fourth place Duke City Gladiators and fifth place Iowa Barnstormers switching seeding for the playoffs.
The quarterfinals consisted of the top seed hosting the eighth seed, the second seed hosting the seventh seed, the third seed hosting the sixth seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth seed. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seed hosts the lower remaining seed and the next-highest hosts the next-lowest from the quarterfinals. The semifinal winners then meet in the 2021 United Bowl.[ 11] [ 92]
First round(August 28–29)
Semifinals(September 4–5)
United Bowl(September 12) [ 93]
8
Sioux Falls
42
1
Arizona [ 94]
69
5
Duke City
55
1
Arizona
58
7
Bismarck
19
2
Massachusetts [ 95]
44
2
Massachusetts
37
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
1
Arizona
34
6
Spokane
33
3
Frisco [ 96]
44
3
Frisco
22
2
Massachusetts
43
5
Duke City [ 97]
34
4
Iowa
33
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