List of New York Dragons seasons

For the current Iowa Barnstormers franchise that replaced the Dragons, see List of Iowa Barnstormers seasons.

This is a list of seasons completed by the New York Dragons. The Dragons were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Uniondale, New York. The team was established in 1995 as the Iowa Barnstormers. As the Barnstormers, the franchise made the playoffs in all but one season, and appeared in two consecutive ArenaBowls, however lost both. Before the 2001 season, the Barnstormers relocated to New York and changed their name to the Dragons. As they did in Iowa, the Dragons won four division championships, but have not been in any ArenaBowls. In the 2004 season, the Dragons won their division, but did not qualify for the playoffs due to a rule change made prior to that season concerning which teams would be given a playoff berth. The rule was changed back following that season's conclusion to the way it was before 2004. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. The Dragons played their home games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

ArenaBowl Champions

ArenaBowl Appearance

Division Champions

Playoff Berth

Season	League	Conference	Division	Regular season			Postseason results
				Finish	Wins	Losses
Iowa Barnstormers
1995	AFL	American	Central	2nd	7	5	Won Quarterfinals (Arizona) 56–52 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 56–49
1996	AFL	American	Central	1st	12	2	Won Quarterfinals (St. Louis) 52–49 Won Semifinals (Albany) 62–55 Lost ArenaBowl X (Tampa Bay) 42–38
1997	AFL	American	Central	1st	11	3	Won Quarterfinals (San Jose) 68–59 Won Semifinals (Orlando) 52–34 Lost ArenaBowl XI (Arizona) 55–33
1998	AFL	American	Central	3rd	5	9
1999	AFL	American	Central	1st	11	3	Won Quarterfinals (Milwaukee) 66–34 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 48–41
2000	AFL	American	Central	1st	9	5	Lost Quarterfinals (Nashville) 63–56
New York Dragons
2001	AFL	National	Eastern	1st	8	6	Lost Wild Card Round (Toronto) 64–57
2002	AFL	National	Eastern	4th	3	11
2003	AFL	National	Eastern	1st	8	8	Won Wild Card Round (Chicago) 48–45 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 69–62
2004	AFL	National	Eastern	1st [a]	9	7
2005	AFL	National	Eastern	1st	10	6	Lost Conference Semifinals (Orlando) 47–42
2006	AFL	National	Eastern	2nd	10	6	Lost Wild Card Round (Georgia) 72–69
2007	AFL	National	Eastern	4th	5	11
2008	AFL	National	Eastern	4th	8	8	Won Wild Card Round (Dallas) 77–63 Lost Divisional Round (Philadelphia) 49–48
2009	The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season. [1]
Total					116	90	(includes only regular season)
					8	10	(includes only the postseason)
					124	100	(includes both regular season and postseason)

Notes

• ^a The Dragons finished in first place and won the division championship, but did not qualify for the playoffs because the AFL changed the playoff format for that season, with only the top eight teams league-wide being awarded a playoff berth. There was no guaranteed playoff berth for division winners, and the Dragons were not one of the top eight teams, therefore they did not participate in the playoffs. The AFL went back to the old rule in the following season that gave an automatic playoff berth to any team that won its division.

References

General

• "Iowa Barnstormers — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
• "New York Dragons — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.

Specific

1. "AFL suspends 2009 season". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.