2025 IFL season | |
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League | Indoor Football League |
Sport | Indoor American football |
Duration | March 21 – August 23, 2025 |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
Streaming partner(s) | IFL Network |
Regular season | |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Green Bay Blizzard |
Eastern runners-up | Quad City Steamwheelers |
Western champions | Vegas Knight Hawks |
Western runners-up | San Diego Strike Force |
2025 IFL National Championship | |
Date | August 23, 2025 |
Venue | Tucson Arena |
Champions | Vegas Knight Hawks |
Runners-up | Green Bay Blizzard |
The 2025 IFL season is the 17th season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The season began on March 21, 2025, with the Jacksonville Sharks defeating the Massachusetts Pirates during the IFL Opening Weekend. The regular season will conclude on July 27. The playoffs start date is to be announced but will conclude with the 2025 IFL National Championship, the league's championship game, in Tucson Arena at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, on August 23.
The IFL announced that one team would be established:
The IFL announced that three teams were going dormant:
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Notable players to change teams included:
The following rule changes were approved at the IFL annual league meeting on January 13–14 in Phoenix, Arizona: [6]
The season will be played over a 19-week schedule, beginning on March 21, 2025, and ending on July 27, 2025. Each of the league's 14 teams will play 16 games, with three bye weeks.
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Wk 2 [7] | Wk 3 [8] | Wk 4 [9] | Wk 5 [10] | Wk 6 [11] | Wk 7 [12] | Wk 8 [13] | Wk 9 [14] | Wk 10 [15] | Wk 11 [16] | Wk 12 [17] | Wk 13 [18] | Wk 14 [19] | Wk 15 [20] | Wk 16 [21] | Wk 17 [22] | Wk 18 [23] | Final [24] | |
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Arizona Rattlers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Bay Area Panthers | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Fishers Freight | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Green Bay Blizzard | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Iowa Barnstormers | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Jacksonville Sharks | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Massachusetts Pirates | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Northern Arizona Wranglers | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Quad City Steamwheelers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
San Antonio Gunslingers | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
San Diego Strike Force | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Tucson Sugar Skulls | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Tulsa Oilers | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Vegas Knight Hawks | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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No change in ranking |
4 | Jacksonville | 41 | |||||||||||
1 | Quad City | 57 | |||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||
1 | Quad City | 64 | |||||||||||
2 | Green Bay | 71 | |||||||||||
Eastern Conference Championship | |||||||||||||
3 | Tulsa | 26 | |||||||||||
Aug 23 – Tucson Arena | |||||||||||||
2 | Green Bay | 58 | |||||||||||
IFL Playoffs Round One | |||||||||||||
2 | Green Bay | ||||||||||||
4 | Vegas | ||||||||||||
2025 IFL National Championship | |||||||||||||
4 | Vegas | 36 | |||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 31 | |||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||
4 | Vegas | 74 | |||||||||||
3 | San Diego | 68 | |||||||||||
Western Conference Championship | |||||||||||||
3 | San Diego | 49 | |||||||||||
2 | Arizona | 48 | |||||||||||
Award | Winner | Position | Team | Ref |
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Most Valuable Player | Max Meylor | Quarterback | Green Bay Blizzard | [25] |
Offensive Player of the Year | Josh Tomas | Running Back | Bay Area Panthers | [26] |
Defensive Player of the Year | Joe Foucha | Defensive Back | Bay Area Panthers | [27] |
Special Teams Player of the Year | Antonio Wimbush | Kick Returner | Vegas Knight Hawks | [28] |
Offensive Rookie of the Year | Ron Brown Jr. | Running Back | Arizona Rattlers | [29] |
Defensive Rookie of the Year | Caleb Streat | Defensive Back | Iowa Barnstormers | [30] |
Coach of the Year | Cory Ross | Head Coach | Quad City Steamwheelers | [31] |
Assistant Coach of the Year | Matt Behrendt | Offensive Coordinator | Green Bay Blizzard | [32] |
IFL National Championship Most Valuable Player | Jayden de Laura | Quarterback | Vegas Knight Hawks | [33] |
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The following were named the top performers during the season:
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Special Teams |
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1 [34] | Daquan Neal QB (Quad City) | Malik Jones DB (Jacksonville) | Tyler King KR (Jacksonville) |
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3 [35] | Dalton Sneed QB (Arizona) | Alan Arslanian LB (Quad City) | Andrew Mevis K (Green Bay) |
4 [36] | T. J. Edwards QB (Tulsa) | Joe Foucha DB (Bay Area) | Devin Hafford KR (Fishers) |
5 [37] | T. J. Edwards QB (Tulsa) | JaQuez Jackson LB (Tucson) | Axel Perez K (Bay Area) |
6 [38] | Max Meylor QB (Green Bay) | Caleb Streat DB (Iowa) | Kyle Kaplan K (Quad City) |
7 [39] | Joshua Tomas WR (Bay Area) | Taylor Hawkins DB (Tulsa) | Kevin Macias K (Tucson) |
8 [40] | T. J. Edwards QB (Tulsa) | Ahmad Lyons DB (Tucson) | Quian Williams KR (Iowa) |
9 [41] | Max Meylor QB (Green Bay) | Andre White LB (Green Bay) | Quian Williams KR (Iowa) |
10 [42] | T. J. Edwards QB (Tulsa) | Javaris Davis DB (Jacksonville) | Antonio Wimbush KR (Vegas) |
11 [43] | Joaquin Collazo QB (San Antonio) | Atoa Fox DB (San Diego) | Antonio Wimbush KR (Vegas) |
12 [44] | Nate Davis QB (San Diego) | Nicholas Harris DB (Quad City) | Kyle Kaplan K (Quad City) |
13 [45] | Max Meylor QB (Green Bay) | Jamyest Williams RB (Tucson) | Kyle Kaplan K (Quad City) |
14 [46] | Tyler Huff QB (Jacksonville) | John McMullen DL (Tucson) | Antonio Wimbush KR (Vegas) |
15 [47] | Ron Brown Jr. RB (Arizona) | Aaron Jackson DB (Fishers) | Dylan Barnas K (Jacksonville) |
16 [48] | Kenji Bahar QB (Massachusetts | Tre Henry DL (Tucson) | Kevin Macias K (Tucson) |
17 [49] | Max Meylor QB (Green Bay) | Michael Miller DB (San Antonio) | Josiah King KR (Fishers) |
18 [50] | Sam Castronova QB (Tulsa) | Bryce Hampton DB (Vegas) | Andrew Mevis K (Green Bay) |
19 [51] | Sam Castronova QB (Tulsa) | Jaylin Swan DL (Fishers) | Kyle Kaplan K (Quad City) |
Team | Departing coach | Incoming coach | Notes |
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Fishers Freight | — | Dixie Wooten | |
Massachusetts Pirates | Rod Miller | Ameer Ismail | After one season, an 8–8 (.500) regular season record, and a 2024 IFL National Championship appearance, Miller left Massachusetts and joined the San Diego Strike Force as their associate head coach and defensive coordinator on October 11, 2024. [52] On November 25, the Pirates hired Ameer Ismail as their head coach, this will be his second stint with the team. Ismail previously served as the head coach of the Bloomington Edge in 2017, Massachusetts Pirates in 2018, and the Iowa Barnstormers from 2020 – 2021. He has compiled a 34–16 (.680) regular season record and is 0–3 (.000) in three playoff appearances. [53] |
Northern Arizona Wranglers | Les Moss | Ron James | On August 31, 2024, Moss stepped down as the head coach of Northern Arizona after leading the team to two playoff appearances, an IFL National Championship title, and a 28–19 (.596) regular season record. [54] James was hired as Northern Arizona's head coach on September 16, after serving five seasons as the head football coach of Juan Diego Catholic High School. This is James' seventh indoor football head coaching job, serving as the head coach of the Las Vegas Gladiators from 2005 – 2006, Utah Blaze from 2010 – 2013, Pittsburgh Power in 2014, Portland Steel in 2016, Tampa Bay Storm in 2017, and Atlantic City Blackjacks in 2019. In his time as an Arena Football League (AFL) head coach, James compiled a 74–77 (.490) regular season record, two AFL Coach of the Year awards, and an ArenaBowl XXX appearance. [55] |
Team | Departing coach | Incoming coach | Notes |
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Massachusetts Pirates | Ameer Ismail | Frederick Griggs | On March 9, 2025, Griggs was elevated from associate defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach to head coach after Ismail failed to report to camp, citing that he was looking for coaching jobs on the outdoor spring circuit. [56] |
San Antonio Gunslingers | Tom Menas | James Fuller | On March 31, 2025, Menas was relieved of his duties as general manager and head coach. Fuller was elevated from assistant head coach and offensive coordinator to head coach. [57] |
Massachusetts Pirates | Frederick Griggs | Tom Menas | On April 30, 2025, Griggs was relieved of his duties as interim head coach and defensive coordinator, hiring Menas to take both roles [58] |
On March 12, 2025, the IFL announced a multi-year partnership with Visaic to launch the IFL Network, a subscription video service that will carry all IFL games live and on-demand. The agreement brings an end to the IFL's broadcasting of its games on YouTube. [64]
In July the IFL entered into a deal with Victory+ which gave them a national game of the week broadcast.
CBS Sports Network is on the third and final year in a contract to carry the IFL National Championship. [65]