2024 American Indoor Football season | |
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League | American Indoor Football |
Sport | Indoor football |
Duration | March 17 – June 14 |
Number of teams | 6 |
2024 | |
Playoffs |
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.
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]
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
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Amarillo Venom | Amarillo, Texas | Amarillo Civic Center | 4,912 | 2003 | 2024 | Rick Kranz |
Cedar Rapids River Kings | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Alliant Energy PowerHouse | 9,000 | 2011 | 2024 | Daron Clark |
Columbus Lions | Columbus, Georgia | Columbus Civic Center | 7,573 | 2006 | 2024 | Damian Daniels |
Corpus Christi Tritons | Corpus Christi, Texas | American Bank Center | 10,000 | 2023 | 2024 | Bradly Chavez |
Harrisburg Stampede | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center | 7,600 | 2008 | 2024 | Bernie Nowotarski |
Mississippi Raiders [lower-alpha 1] | Batesville, Mississippi | Batesville Civic Center | 3,200 | 2019 | 2024 | Eddie Strong |
Team | Win | Loss | PCT | GB | PF | PA | STK | ||||||||
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Corpus Christi Tritons | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 136 | 88 | W3 | |||||||||
Columbus Lions | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 122 | 53 | W2 | ||||||||
Harrisburg Stampede | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 44 | 29 | W1 | ||||||||
Cedar Rapids River Kings | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.5 | 67 | 102 | L2 | ||||||||
Amarillo Venom | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 | 103 | 198 | L3 | ||||||||
DNF – Mississippi Raiders | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | L1 | |||||||||
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 |
All times shown are local to the home team.
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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March 17 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Columbus Lions | 47 | 26 | Amarillo Venom | Amarillo Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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March 23 | 6:00 p.m. CT | Corpus Christi Tritons | 2 | 0 | Mississippi Raiders | Batesville Civic Center | Mississippi forfeited the game due to dropping out of 2024 season. | [8] |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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March 30 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Amarillo Venom | 50 | 76 | Corpus Christi Tritons | American Bank Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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April 6 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Cedar Rapids River Kings | 29 | 44 | Harrisburg Stampede | Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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April 12 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Amarillo Venom | 27 | 74 | Columbus Lions | Columbus Civic Center | ||
April 14 | 3:00 p.m. CT | Cedar Rapids River Kings | 38 | 58 | Corpus Christi Tritons | American Bank Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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April 18 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Harrisburg Stampede | Columbus Lions | Columbus Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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April 27 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Columbus Lions | Harrisburg Stampede | Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center | ||||
April 27 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Corpus Christi Tritons | Amarillo Venom | Amarillo Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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May 10 | 7:35 p.m. CT | Columbus Lions | Cedar Rapids River Kings | Alliant Energy PowerHouse | ||||
May 11 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Corpus Christi Tritons | Amarillo Venom | Amarillo Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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May 18 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Harrisburg Stampede | Cedar Rapids River Kings | Alliant Energy PowerHouse |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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May 25 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Harrisburg Stampede | Columbus Lions | Columbus Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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June 1 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Cedar Rapids River Kings | Harrisburg Stampede | Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center | ||||
June 2 | 3:00 p.m. CT | Amarillo Venom | Corpus Christi Tritons | American Bank Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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June 6 | 7:35 p.m. CT | Corpus Christi Tritons | Cedar Rapids River Kings | Alliant Energy PowerHouse |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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June 14 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Corpus Christi Tritons | Columbus Lions | Columbus Civic Center |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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June 22 | 6:00 p.m. CT | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref | |
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June 29 | 6:00 p.m. CT | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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Team | TV Station(s) | Radio Station(s) |
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Amarillo Venom | KFDA-TV [11] | None |
Cedar Rapids River Kings | None | None |
Columbus Lions | None | None |
Corpus Christi Tritons | None | None |
Harrisburg Stampede | YouTube [12] | None |
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