2024 American Indoor Football season

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2024 American Indoor Football season
League American Indoor Football
Sport Indoor football
DurationMarch 17 – June 14
Number of teams6
2024
Playoffs
AIF seasons

The 2024 American Indoor Football season is the planned 12th season of American Indoor Football (AIF) and the first season after a eight-year hiatus. The league will play the season with six teams, including the last league champions Columbus Lions.

Contents

Offseason

On July 3, 2023, John Morris announced that the league would indeed relaunch in 2024 with four new teams: Cedar Rapids River Kings, Corpus Christi Tritons, RiverCity Rage and West Virginia Miners. [1] On August 4, 2023, the league announced that the Columbus Lions, the last team to win the AIF Championship in 2016, were returning to the league. [2] On August 24, 2023, the league announced that the Amarillo Venom would return and join the AIF for the 2024 season. [3] On September 11, 2023, the league announced that an expansion team to be based in Albany, Georgia, would also join the AIF for 2024 as its eighth franchise. [4] On September 29, 2023, the league announced the Beaumont Renegades as their ninth team for the 2024 season, [5] but on October 30, the league announced that the Renegades will play an exhibition schedule only in 2024, and will join the league full time in 2025, while the AIF granted West Virginia Miners release from the league after change in the team ownership group. [6]

On February 21, 2024, the league announced that the Flint Rivergators would not play in the 2024 season and would re-evaluate the team's future. [7] Prior to their game on March 24, 2024, the league announced that the Mississippi Raiders would be removed from the league’s schedule due to financial problems involved in the change in ownership during the offseason. The future of the team is unknown. [8]

Teams

TeamLocationArenaCapacityFoundedJoinedHead coach
Amarillo Venom Amarillo, Texas Amarillo Civic Center 4,91220032024Rick Kranz
Cedar Rapids River Kings Cedar Rapids, Iowa Alliant Energy PowerHouse 9,00020112024 Daron Clark
Columbus Lions Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center 7,57320062024 Damian Daniels
Corpus Christi Tritons Corpus Christi, Texas American Bank Center 10,00020232024Bradly Chavez
Harrisburg Stampede Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center 7,60020082024Bernie Nowotarski
Mississippi Raiders [lower-alpha 1] Batesville, Mississippi Batesville Civic Center 3,20020192024Eddie Strong
  1. Mississippi was removed from the schedule due to financial struggles with change in ownership. [8]

Map of teams

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AIF team locations for the 2024 season

Standings

2024 American Indoor Football Standings
TeamWinLossPCTGBPFPASTK
Corpus Christi Tritons 301.00013688W3
Columbus Lions 201.0000.512253W2
Harrisburg Stampede 101.0001.04429W1
Cedar Rapids River Kings 02.0002.567102L2
Amarillo Venom 03.0003.0103198L3
DNFMississippi Raiders 01.00002L1
Legend
z – clinched home field advantage
y – clinched home playoff game
x – clinched playoff berth
e – eliminated from playoffs
DNF – Did not finish the season

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Season schedule

Regular season

All times shown are local to the home team.

Week 1

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
March 177:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions 4726 Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center

Week 2

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
March 236:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons 20 Mississippi Raiders Batesville Civic Center Mississippi forfeited the game due to dropping out of 2024 season. [8]

Week 3

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
March 307:00 p.m. CT Amarillo Venom 5076 Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 4

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
April 67:00 p.m. ET Cedar Rapids River Kings 2944 Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

Week 5

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
April 127:00 p.m. ET Amarillo Venom 2774 Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
April 143:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings 3858 Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 6

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
April 187:00 p.m. ET Harrisburg Stampede Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center

Week 7

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
April 277:00 p.m. ET Columbus Lions Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
April 277:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center

Week 8

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
May 107:35 p.m. CT Columbus Lions Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse
May 117:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center

Week 9

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
May 187:00 p.m. CT Harrisburg Stampede Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse

Week 10

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
May 257:00 p.m. ET Harrisburg Stampede Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center

Week 11

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
June 17:00 p.m. ET Cedar Rapids River Kings Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
June 23:00 p.m. CT Amarillo Venom Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 12

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
June 67:35 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse

Week 13

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
June 147:00 p.m. ET Corpus Christi Tritons Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center

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Postseason

Semifinals

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
June 226:00 p.m. CTTBDTBDTBD

AIF Championship

DateTimeAway TeamResultHome TeamStadiumNotesRef
June 296:00 p.m. CTTBDTBDTBD

Awards

Media

AIF team media deals
TeamTV Station(s)Radio Station(s)
Amarillo Venom KFDA-TV [11] None
Cedar Rapids River Kings NoneNone
Columbus Lions NoneNone
Corpus Christi Tritons NoneNone
Harrisburg Stampede YouTube [12] None

See also

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