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Founded | 2010 |
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League | Women's Football Alliance (2010–2012) United States Women's Football League(2013–present) |
Team history | Memphis Soul (2010) Memphis (2011) Memphis Dynasty (2012) Memphis Dynasty (2013–present) |
Based in | Memphis, Tennessee |
Stadium | Evangelical Christian School |
Colors | Black, gold, white |
Owner | David & Terri Gilchrist, Sharon Tatum, Mary E. Roe |
Head coach | David Gilchrist |
Division titles | 4 (2010 WFA Southern, 2011 WFA Southeast, 2013 WSFL 11s Champion, 2014 WSFL 11s Champion) |
The Memphis Dynasty is a team of the United States Women's Football League which began play for the 2010 season in the Women's Football Alliance. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, home games were played at Evangelical Christian School.
For its inaugural season, the Dynasty was known as the Memphis Soul, in the season thereafter, they went without a nickname. In 2012, the team adopted the nickname "Dynasty". After 3 seasons in the WFA, the team moved to the WSFL and continued to play as the Dynasty until the end of the 2014 season. At the end of the 2014 season, the team decided to disband. There were four players that played with the franchise all five years, Ashley Bembow-Scarbough, Terri Gilchrist, Jessica (JP) Plunkett, and Sharon Tatum. The head coach, David Gilchrist, was the only coach to remain for all five seasons.
Over the five years of play, the Dynasty compiled a winning percentage of 78.7% (37–10). The Dynasty won four division titles (2 in WFL and 2 in WSFL), two conference titles (American WSFL), and two national titles (WSFL). Individual league year end honors were 2010 Offensive Player of the Year – WFA (Jessica "JP" Plunkett), 2012 Defensive Player of the Year – WFA (Sharon Tatum), 2013 League MVP – WSFL (GT Shuttles), 2013 Championship Game MVP – WSFL (GT Shuttles), 2013 Coach of the Year – WSFL (David Gilchrist), 2014 League MVP – WSFL (Terri Gilchrist), 2014 Championship Game MVP – WSFL (Anglica "Jelly" Wilson), and 2014 Coach of the Year – WSFL (David Gilchrist). In addition, players received weekly honors as offensive or defensive player of the week (JP Plunkett, Sharon Tatum, Lori Conklin, Shae Blackwell, Tonya Dean).
Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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Memphis Soul (WFA) | |||||
2010 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1st American Southern | Lost American Conference Quarterfinal (Austin) |
Memphis (WFA) | |||||
2011 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st American Southeast | – |
Memphis Dynasty (WFA) | |||||
2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd WFA American 13 | – |
Memphis Dynasty (WSFL) | |||||
2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1st American Conference | WSFL National Champions |
Memphis Dynasty (WSFL) | |||||
2014 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1st American Conference | WSFL National Champions |
Totals | 37 | 10 | 0 | (including playoffs) |
* = Current Standing
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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April 10 | New Orleans Blaze | Away | Won 34–32 |
April 17 | Oklahoma City Lightning | Home | Won 1–0** |
April 24 | Acadiana Zydeco | Home | Won 30–6 |
May 15 | Lone Star Mustangs | Away | Lost 0–55 |
May 22 | Acadiana Zydeco | Away | Won 20–0 |
June 5 | Acadiana Zydeco | Home | Won 20–8 |
June 12 | New Orleans Blaze | Away | Won 8–6 |
June 12 | Austin Outlaws (American Conference Quarterfinal) | Away | Lost 0–35 |
** = Won by forfeit
2011 Southeast Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
y-Memphis | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 258 | 95 | 4-0 | --- | W2 |
Little Rock Wildcats | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 124 | 202 | 2-2 | 3.0 | W1 |
Tulsa Eagles | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 14 | 330 | 0-4 | 6.0 | L8 |
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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April 9 | Little Rock Wildcats | Home | Won 38–14 |
April 16 | Acadiana Zydeco | Away | Won 54–14 |
April 30 | Tulsa Eagles | Away | Won 66–6 |
May 14 | New Orleans Blaze | Away | Lost 14–15 |
May 21 | Tulsa Eagles | Home | Won 56–0 |
May 28 | Arkansas Rampage (WSFL) | Home | Won 36–0 |
June 4 | Dallas Diamonds | Home | Lost 0–44 |
June 11 | Little Rock Wildcats | Away | Won 30–8 |
June 18 | New Orleans Blaze | Home | Won 1–0** |
October 1 | Arkansas Rampage (WSFL) | Neutral (Little Rock, AR) | Won 40–0 |
** = Won by forfeit
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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April 14 | Arkansas Rampage (WSFL) | Away | |
April 21 | Arkansas Wildcats | Away | |
April 28 | New Orleans Blaze | Home | |
May 5 | Tulsa Threat | Home | |
May 12 | Arkansas Rampage (WSFL) | Home | |
May 19 | Tulsa Threat | Away | |
May 26 | Arkansas Wildcats | Home | |
June 2 | Derby City Dynamite | Home | |
June 9 | St. Louis Slam | Away | |
June 16 | Arkansas Wildcats | Away |
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