Minnesota Vixen

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Founded1999
League WPFL (1999–2007)
NWFA (2008)
IWFL (2009–2016)
WFA (2017–present)
Team historyMinnesota Vixen
Based in Minneapolis-Saint Paul
StadiumSeafoam Stadium
ColorsBlack & Red
OwnerLaura Brown
Head coachConnor Jo Lewis
Championships(0)
Conference titles(4) IWFL Eastern Conference (2016)
WFA American Conference (2018)
WFA American Conference (2021)
WFA American Conference (2022)
Division titles(5)
WPFL Central Division (2000)
IWFL Midwest Division(2016)
WFA Division II Midwest Region(2018)
WFA Division I Midwest Region(2021)
WFA Division I Midwest Region(2022)
MascotFoxy Loxy, B.A. Vixen and Blitz

The Minnesota Vixen is a professional women's football team based in the Twin Cities. The team has been known as the Minnesota Vixens and Minneapolis Vixens prior to being known as the Vixen (note lack of "s").

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Established in 1999, the Vixen are the longest continuously operating women's American football team in the nation. The team plays full contact, tackle football following NCAA rules. The season is from April to June each year with playoffs in July.

In 2014, the Vixen's record was 6–2 with an invite to the inaugural Legacy Bowl in South Carolina. In 2016, the team went undefeated in the regular season winning the IWFL Midwest Division. They then faced the New York Shark for the IWFL Eastern Conference Championship, winning in double overtime and appeared in the IWFL World Championship Game in South Carolina against the Utah Falconz. In 2017, the Vixen changed leagues and joined the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) where they continue to compete on a national level. Since joining the WFA the Vixen have appeared in 3 national championship games, 2018, 2021 and 2022.

Since 2015, the Vixen have partnered with Town Square Television to have all Minnesota Vixen home games televised live along with live web streaming. In 2019, the Vixen were the first women's team to offer live broadcast of all regular season games including both home and away via Town Square Television.

Laura Brown is the current owner of the Vixen and has run team operations with James Brown since 2014. Laura Brown was named to the WFA's Owner's Board in October, 2018.

History

1999 Barnstorming Tour

Vixen history dates back to 1999, when businessmen Carter Turner and Terry Sullivan decided to explore the feasibility of a professional women's football league by gathering together top female athletes from across the United States and dividing them into two teams for a nationwide series of exhibition game. [1] [2] More than 100 women attended tryouts. The teams were named the Minnesota Vixens and the Lake Michigan Minx, and the "No Limits" Barnstorming Tour featured six games in such locations as Miami, Chicago, and New York. The final exhibition game was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis (known worldwide as home to the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings). While the Vixens lost the game by a score of 30–27, the tour's success inspired the expansion of the Women's Professional Football League to 11 teams in 2000.

2000: WPFL kicks off

The success of the tour led Turner and Sullivan to form the Women's Professional Football League; [3] [2] although the Minx would not join the Vixen in the WPFL's first full season, the Austin Rage, Colorado Valkyries, Daytona Beach Barracudas, Houston Energy, Miami Fury, New England Storm, New York Galaxy, New York Sharks, Oklahoma City Wildcats, and Tampa Tempest would join the Vixen to form the WPFL's inaugural roster of teams. The Vixen would finish the regular season unbeaten at 5–0, clinch the Central Division title, and ensure home-field advantage throughout the American Conference playoffs. However, that playoff run would only last one game, as the Vixen lost the American Conference Championship Game to the eventual WPFL Champion Houston Energy by a score of 35–14.

2001

The Vixen played a three-game season, going 1–2 against the Arizona Caliente and the Indianapolis Vipers.

2002

The Vixen finished 2–3 and fourth place in the National Conference.

2003

The Vixen finished 2–7 and fourth place in the American Conference, North Division.

2004

The Vixen finished 6–4 and second place in the National Conference, North Division, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in four years. However, they would lose the National Conference Semifinal game to the Delaware Griffins.

2005

Once again, the Vixen finished 6–4, second place in the North Division, and qualified for a playoff spot. Although they defeated the Indiana Speed in the National Conference Semifinal, the Vixen lost to the New York Dazzles in the National Conference Championship game.

2006

The Vixen finished 2–6 and third place in the National Conference, East Division.

2007

In their final year in the WPFL, the Vixen finished 2–5 and third place in the National Conference, North Division. Soon afterwards, the Vixen left the WPFL to join the National Women's Football Association.

2008

In their first and only year in the NWFA, the Vixen qualified for the playoffs for the first time in three years, finishing 6–2 and second place in the Northern Conference, North Division. However, that playoff run would only last one game, as the Vixen lost by a score of 31–7 to the North Division Champions and eventual NWFA runners-up West Michigan Mayhem. After the season ended, the Vixen switched leagues again, this time to the Independent Women's Football League.

2014

In 2014, the current owner Laura Brown acquired the Vixen and runs operations with co-owner James Brown. [4] They named Brandon Pelinka head coach along with Damion Topping as defensive coordinator and Adam Griffith as special teams coordinator. The Vixen also brought in 2 new coaches: running backs coach Jeff Gehring and defensive backs coach Darrion Branscomb. That season, the Vixen went 6–2 and appeared in the Legacy Bowl, facing the Carolina Queens. In 2014, the Minnesota Vixen also established a relationship with Northwestern Health Sciences University as their Official Integrative Sports Care Provider.

2015

In 2015, the Vixen moved to their current home stadium, Simley Athletic Field in Inver Grove Heights and brought in Brian Mr_Announcerguy Sweeney as the stadium voice for the team. In addition, Town Square Television started televising all Vixen home games and offering live web-stream as well. The team had another successful year, finishing 6–2, just missing the post-season.

2016

The Vixen added Coach Danny Ekstrand as wide receivers coach in 2016. The Vixen team then went undefeated (8–0) with the Vixen defense only allowing one touchdown the entire regular season. They earned their first IWFL Midwest Division Title. The Vixen then hosted the New York Sharks at home stadium Simley Athletic Field setting a new attendance record of over 1,100 fans. The Vixen won the game in double overtime with a 101-yard interception returned for a touchdown by rookie Crystal Ninas. The winning play was highlighted on ESPN's Sports Center's Top Tens Plays of the Week and earned the Vixen's firsts ever conference title. The Vixen then went on to face the Utah Falconz in the IWFL World Championship Game in South Carolina losing 6–49.

2017

In 2017, the Minnesota Vixen departed the IWFL and joined the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) where they continued to compete on a national level with over 60 teams across the nation. Joining the coaching staff was Coach Stefan Dahl Holm as the Line Coach.

The team finished the regular season 6–2. In the first round of the playoffs, the Vixen were victorious over the Kansas City Titans, only to fall to the Dallas Elite in round 2. Dallas then continued on to win the WFA 2018 Division I National Championship.

2018

The new tradition of winning continued with the Vixen as they completed their twentieth season 7–1 and rolled through the playoffs to reach the WFA Division II National Championship. Owner Laura Brown stepped in to lead the way as the new head coach with Assistant Head coach, Jeff Gehring. Notably, Coach Laura Brown was the first female head coach of the Minnesota Vixen. Other new additions to the Vixen coaching staff included Defensive Coordinator Nick Leach, Wide Receivers Coach J. Alfred Potter, Line Coaches John Taylor and Bruce Brevitz, Strength and Conditioning Coach Andrew Carbone, Line Backers intern Jason Cornelison and newly promoted Offensive Coordinator Danny Ekstrand. Coach Adam Griffith continued on, now in his tenth season as the Vixen's Special Teams Coordinator.

Coming off the success of his previous three seasons as the voice of the Vixen, Brian Mr AnnouncerGuy Sweeney was asked by the WFA commissioner to become the broadcast voice for the Division 1 National Championship Games on ESPN.

During the regular season, the Vixen defeated the Madison Blaze, the Wisconsin Dragons, the Detroit Dark Angels, the Columbus Vanguards and split the series with the Kansas City Titans resulting in their only loss in the regular season. After a first round bye in the playoffs, the Vixen then hosted the Wisconsin Dragons followed by the Mile High Blaze to become the WFA 2018 American Conference Champions and secure a spot in the national championship game where they faced the New York Sharks. The Sharks were victorious leaving the Vixen with an overall 9–2 record on the 2018 season. Of note head coach, Laura Brown, and her coaching staff were named the WFA All-American Coaches for the 2018 American Conference. Later, in October 2019 Owner Laura Brown was voted onto the Owner's Board for the WFA.

2019

In 2019, Ryan McCauley was brought in as head coach along with several other coaching staff including R.J. Speidel as the Defensive Coordinator, Matt O'Keefe as Running Backs Coach, and Shaun Mattson with Jim Speidel as Quarterbacks Coaches. Furthermore, two long term Vixen players, Jessica Giesemann and Michele Braun retired from their playing careers to step into coaching roles with linebackers and offensive Line respectively. Coaches J. Alfred Potter, Bruce Brevitz and Jason Cornelison have continued in their respective positions as well to complete the 2019 coaching staff. Returning to the Vixen coaching staff to help with wide receivers is former Vixen coach Emilie Sundberg. In an effort to expand the Vixen fan base, the team moved stadiums to the suburb of Edina and also joined forces with RICCI Media to be the first Women's football team to expand their broadcasts to include all road games as well as home games.

2020

In 2020, like most teams in the athletic world, The Vixen were forced to take a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The team continued to safely train in their own time and will be ready for 2021. Not all was bad during 2020. The Vixen's longest tenured announcer, Brian Mr Announcerguy Sweeney was awarded the NASPAA Bob Shepard Announcer of the Year Award and recognized as the top high school announcer in the country.

2021

In 2021, the WFA decided to give teams around the country time to get ready after so many of them were under different forms of restrictions. The league decided that the season would be shortened by 25% and the season would start in May instead of April. Coach McCauley returned for his 2nd season and the Vixen moved home games to Concordia St Paul. This centralized location between downtown Minneapolis and St Paul would help to bring in fans from all corners of the Twin Cities. Also this year Brian Mr AnnouncerGuy Sweeney and Alex Westad took over the broadcast of the road games to again give Vixen Fans a chance to see 100% of the team's games. Along with his many team duties, Brian continued to expand his league role by hosting a weekly show for For The Fans Network to highlight the WFA's Game of the Week.

Season by season

Season records
SeasonWLTFinishPlayoff results
Minnesota Vixen (WPFL)
1999060No Limits Barnstorming Tour
20005101st American CentralLost American Conference Championship (Houston)
2001120Exhibition Team
20022304th National
20033704th American North
20046502nd National NorthLost National Conference Semifinal (Delaware)
20056502nd National NorthWon National Conference Qualifier (Indiana)
Lost National Conference Championship (New York)
20061603rd National East
20073503rd North Central
Minnesota Vixen (NWFA)
20086302nd North NorthLost Northern Conference Quarterfinal (West Michigan)
Minnesota Vixen (IWFL)
20092603rd Tier I West Midwest
20100808th Tier II West Midwest
20110804th West-Mid West Division
20122604th Midwest Division
20136403rd Midwest DivisionLost Tier II Western Conference Championship (Arlington Impact)
20146302nd Midwest DivisionLost 2014 Legacy Bowl (Carolina Queens)
20156202nd Midwest Division
20169101st Midwest Division
Eastern Conference Champions
Won Tier I Semifinals (New York Sharks)
Lost Tier I Championship (Utah Falconz)
Minnesota Vixen (WFA)
20177302nd Great Plains (Division I)Won First Round Playoff Game (Kansas City Titans)
Lost Second round Playoff game (Dallas Elite)
20189201st Midwest Region (Division II)
American Conference Champions
1st Round Playoff Bye
WonSecond Round Playoff Game (Wisconsin Dragons)
Won Div II Semifinals(Mile High Blaze)
Lost Division II Championship (New York Sharks)
20197202nd Midwest Region (Division II)Lost Conference 1/4 final round (St Louis)
2020000Season cancelled due to Covid-19-
20218101st Midwest Region (Division I)
American Conference Champions
Won First Round Playoff Game (Arlington Impact)
Won Div I American Conference Championship (Cali-War)
Lost Division I Championship (Boston Renegades)
20226301st Midwest Region (WFA Pro)
American Conference Champions
Won First Round Playoff Game (Nevada Storm)
WonPro Div American Conference Championship (Cali-War)
Lost Pro Division Championship (Boston Renegades)
20235302nd Midwest Region (WFA Pro)Won First Round Playoff Game (Houston Energy)
Lost American Conference Championship (St Louis Slam)
202421
Totals107940(including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

Season schedules

1999

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
October 9 Lake Michigan Minx HomeLoss6–33
October 16 Lake Michigan Minx Away (Chicago, IL)Loss19–30
October 20 Lake Michigan Minx HomeLoss20–32
November 13 Lake Michigan Minx Away (Green Bay WI)Loss37–41
December 11 New York Sharks AwayLoss6–12
December 18 Supra Bowl I Lake Michigan Minx Home (HHH Metrodome)Loss20–23

2000

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/Loss
October 14Colorado ValkyriesHomeWon14–12
October 21Tampa Bay TempestHomeWon63–0
October 28Austin RageHomeWon35–19
November 4Houston EnergyHomeWon30–8
November 11Oklahoma City WildcatsAwayWon28–0
December 23 American Conference ChampionshipHouston EnergyLost14–35

2001

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/Loss
Arizona CalienteAwayLoss
Indianapolis VipersAwayLoss
Indianapolis VipersHomeWin

2002 WPFL

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
August 3Indiana SpeedHomePostponed
August 10Missouri ProwlersHomeWin50-0
August 18Wisconsin RivetersAwayLoss14-33
August 24Indiana SpeedAwayLoss6–11
August 31Missouri ProwlersAwayWin53-0
September 7Wisconsin RivetersHome

2003

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
August 2Indiana SpeedHomeLoss0–26
August 9Indiana SpeedAwayLoss13–46
August 16Missouri ProwlersAwayWin2–0
August 24Wisconsin Northern IceHomeLoss6–61
September 6Wisconsin Northern IceAwayLoss7–63
September 20Toledo ReignHomeWin61–0
September 27Florida StingraysAwayLoss15–33
October 6Syracuse StingAwayLoss19–28
October 11Missouri ProwlersHomeWin61–12
October 18Wisconsin Northern IceHomeLoss13–61

2004

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
July 31Indiana SpeedAwayLoss12–14
August 7Indiana SpeedHomeWin26–24
August 14Wisconsin Northern IceAwayloss0–27
August 28Los Angeles AmazonsAwayLoss0–15
September 4Toledo ReignHomeWin27–0
September 25Wisconsin Northern IceHomeLoss25–32
October 2Missouri AvengersHomeWin35–20
October 9Delaware GriffinsHomeWin30–20
October 16Missouri AvengersAwayWinForfeit
October 23Toledo ReignAwayWin14–8
October 30 National Conference Wildcard GameDelaware GriffinsLoss6–8

2005

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
July 30Houston EnergyHomeLoss0–40
August 6Toledo ReignAwayWin27–22
August 13Indiana SpeedAwayWin7–6
September 10Indiana SpeedHomeWin18–13
September 17Dallas DiamondsAwayLoss6–62
September 24Toledo ReignHomeWin30–8
October 8Empire State RoarHomeWin39–14
October 15Indiana SpeedAwayLoss14–26
October 22Toledo ReignHomeLoss22–36
October 28 National Conference Wildcard GameIndiana SpeedAwayWon19–14
November 5 National Conference Championship GameNew York DazzlesAwayLoss12–14

2006

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
July 22Toledo ReignHomeWon32–8
July 29Indiana SpeedAwayLoss0–14
August 5Wisconsin WolvesAwayLoss0–20
August 12Indiana speedHomeLoss7–14
September 2Houston EnergyHomeLoss0–41
September 16Wisconsin WolvesHomeLoss6–32
September 23Houston EnergyAwayLoss0–66

2007

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
AugustIndiana SpeedAwayLoss0–16
September 1Wisconsin WolvesHomeLoss10–13
September 8Los Angeles AmazonsAwayLoss6–52
September 15Toledo ReignHomeWin13–6
September 22Wisconsin WolvesAwayLoss7–42
September 29Los Angeles AmazonsHomeLoss0–35
October 13Indianan SpeedHomeWin7–0
October 20Toledo ReignAwayWin18–6

2008

DateOpponent Home/Away Win/LossScore
April 19Bye
April 26Indianapolis ChaosAwayWin40–0
May 3Tree Town SpitfireHomeWin40–0
May 10Kansas City StormHomeWin58–0
May 17West Michigan MayhemAwayLoss7–51
May 31Indianapolis ChaosHomeWin62–6
June 7Tree Town SpitfireAwayWin41–0
June 14Kansas City StormAwayWinForfeit
June 21West Michigan MayhemHomeLost13–21
June 28West Michigan MayhemAwayLost7–31

2009

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 11 Kansas City Tribe Away Lost 8–45
April 25 Chicago Force HomeLost0–55
May 2 Wisconsin Warriors HomeLost16–54
May 16 Iowa Crush Home Won 38–20
May 23Chicago ForceAwayLost0–53
May 30Wisconsin WarriorsAwayLost8–38
June 6Iowa CrushAwayWon14–9
June 13Kansas City TribeHomeLost0–65
July 18 IWFL International Challenge SeriesManitoba FearlessDuluth, MN

2010

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 3 Wisconsin Wolves Away Lost 30–73
April 10 Iowa Crush HomeLost14–35
April 24 Dallas Diamonds AwayLost0–79
April 27 Iowa Crush AwayLost0–37
May 8 Chicago Force HomeLost0–56
May 15 Kansas City Tribe HomeLost0–80
May 22 Wisconsin Warriors AwayLost0–55
June 5Wisconsin WolvesHomeLos18–20

2011

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 9 Iowa Crush HomeLost6–20
April 23Madison CougarsAwayLost0–16
April 30 Wisconsin Warriors HomeLost12–45
May 7 Iowa Crush AwayLost14–26
May 21 Wisconsin Warriors AwayLost6–60
May 28Madison CougarsAwayLost6–7
June 4 Iowa Crush AwayLost12–38
June 11Madison CougarsHomeLost14–26

2012

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 14Rockford RivetersHomeWon44–0
April 28 Madison Cougars HomeLost0–15
May 5Rockford RivetersAwayWon32–0
May 12 Madison Cougars AwayLost0–20
May 19 Wisconsin Warriors HomeLost6–40
May 26 Iowa Crush HomeLost30–36
June 9 Iowa Crush AwayLost12–29
June 16 Wisconsin Warriors AwayLost6–36

2013

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 27Rockford RivetersHomeWonForfeit
May 4 Wisconsin Warriors AwayLost20–26
May 18Madison BlazeHomeLost0–26
May 25 Iowa Crush AwayWon6–0
June 1Rockford RivetersAwayWonForfeit
June 15 Wisconsin Warriors HomeWon51–7
June 22Madison BlazeAwayLost6–40
June 29Iowa CrushAwayWon26–6
IWFL Tier II Playoffs
July 13 Wisconsin Warriors AwayWonForfeit
July 20Arlington ImpactAwayLost14–18

2014

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 19Missouri ThundercatsHomeWonForfeit
April 26 Wisconsin Warriors AwayWon12–6
May 3Madison BlazeAwayLost0–14
May 10 Iowa Crush HomeLost6–14
May 24 Wisconsin Warriors HomeWon14–0
May 31Missouri ThundercatsAwayWonForfeit
June 7Madison BlazeHomeWon18–14
June 14 Iowa Crush AwayWon12–6
July 25 Legacy BowlCarolina QueensRock Hill, SCLost22–28

2015

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 11 Nebraska Stampede Away Won 22–6
April 18 Wisconsin Warriors HomeWon38–7
April 25 Iowa Crush HomeWon14–8
May 9Madison BlazeHome Lost 8–14
May 16Nebraska StampedeHomeLost0–14
May 23Wisconsin WarriorsAwayWon40–0
May 30Madison BlazeAwayWon12–7
June 13Iowa CrushAwayWon28–14

2016

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 9Rocky Mountain Thunder KatzAway Won 14–7
April 16 Iowa Crush HomeWon41–0
April 30Madison BlazeAwayWon21–0
May 7Detroit PrideHomeWon46–0
May 14Iowa CrushAwayWon33–0
May 28Detroit PrideAwayWon58–6
June 4Madison BlazeHomeWon29–0
June 11Rocky Mountain Thunder KatzHomeWonForfeit
July 9 (Conference Championship)New York SharksHomeWon40–34
July 22 (World Championship)Utah FalconzAwayLost6–49

2017

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 1Madison BlazeAwayWon44–0
April 8Minnesota MachineAwayWon62–2
April 22Nebraska StampedeHomeWonForfeit
April 29Kansas City TitansHomeWon41–0
May 6Chicago ForceAwayLoss0–53
May 20Kansas City TitansAwayWon54–14
May 27St Louis SlamHomeLoss21–35
June 3Minnesota MachineHomeWonForfeit
June 10 WFA Playoffs Div I Round 1Kansas City TitansHomeWon40–6
June 17 WFA Playoffs Div I Round 2Dallas EliteAwayLoss0–53

2018

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 7Madison BlazeAwayWon46–0
April 14 Wisconsin Dragons AwayWon40–6
April 21 Kansas City Titans HomeWon33–25
April 28Detroit Dark AngelsAwayWon22–6
May 5Columbus VanguardsHomeWon40–0
May 19Madison BlazeHomeWonForfeit
June 2Wisconsin DragonsHomeWon48–0
June 9Kansas City TitansAwayLoss19–47
June 30 WFA Playoffs Div II Round 2Wisconsin DragonsHomeWon35–7
July 14 WFA Div II American Conference ChampionshipMile High BlazeHomeWon29–6
July 27 WFA Div II National ChampionshipNew York SharksHomeLoss21–27

2019

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 6 Kansas City Titans AwayWon17–13
April 20 Wisconsin Dragons HomeWon35–6
May 4 Kansas City Titans HomeWon7–0
May 11 Wisconsin Dragons AwayWon50–0
May 18Iowa PhoenixHomeWon59–0
May 25St Louis SlamAwayLoss14–31
June 1 Wisconsin Dragons HomeWonForfeit
June 8Iowa PhoenixAwayWon52–6
June 15 WFA Regional ChampionshipsSt Louis SlamAwayLoss8–16

2020

No season due to COVID-19

2021

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
May 1 Iowa Phoenix HomeWON56–0
May 22 Iowa Phoenix AwayWON62–6
May 29 Sioux Falls Snow Leopards HomeWON66–0
June 5 Arlington Impact AwayWON49–6
June 12 Sioux Falls Snow Leopards AwayWONForfeit
June 19 Dallas Elite Mustangs HomeWON51–14
June 26 WFA Playoffs Round IArlington ImpactHomeWON24–14
July 10 WFA American Conference Championship Div 1 Cali War HomeWON33–22
July 24 WFA National Championship Div 1 Boston Renegades AwayLoss26–42

2022

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 9 Iowa Phoenix HomeWON55–0
April 16 St Louis Slam HomeWON41–6
April 30 Nevada Storm AwayLoss26–28
May 7 Arlington Impact HomeWON42–26
May 21 St Louis Slam AwayLoss18–20
May 28 Nebraska Valkyries AwayWON49–6
June 11 WFA Playoffs Round I Nevada Storm HomeWON27–10
June 25 WFA Pro American Conference Championship Cali War HomeWON36–30
July 10 WFA Pro National Championship Boston Renegades AwayLoss12–32

2023

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
April 22 St Louis Slam AwayLoss0–20
April 29 Nebraska Pride HomeWON55–12
May 13 Houston Energy HomeWON28–14
May 20 St Louis Slam HomeLoss0–24
May 27 Nebraska Pride AwayWON21–6
June 10 Cali War AwayWON35–32
June 24 Round 1 of PlayoffsHouston EnergyHomeWON38–34
July 8 American Conference ChampionshipSt Louis SlamAwayLoss27–44

2024

DateOpponent Home/Away ResultScore
May 4St Louis SlamHomeLoss40-41
May 11Dallas Elite MustangsHomeWON64-30
May 18Iowa PhoenixAwayWON55-0
June 1DC DivasAway
June 8Nebraska PrideHome
June 15St Louis SlamAway

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The D.C. Divas are a women's gridiron football team that plays in the Women's Football Alliance. Based in the Washington metropolitan area, the Divas play their home games at Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia. Formerly, the Divas played at Eastern High School in Washington, D.C.; Largo High School in Largo, Maryland; the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover ; John R. Lewis High School in Springfield; The St. James in Springfield, Virginia, and at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miami Fury</span> US Womens Football Alliance team

The Miami Fury is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance. Based in Miami, Florida, the Fury plays its home games at Carter Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kansas City Tribe</span>

The Kansas City Tribe is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance based in Kansas City, Missouri. Home games are played at Center High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atlanta Xplosion</span>

The Atlanta Xplosion, known as the Atlanta Ravens for the year of 2011, was a football team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Xplosion played their home games in nearby Smyrna, Georgia at Campbell High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Utah Jynx</span>

The Utah Jynx is a team of the Women's Football Alliance that began play in 2011 and joined the WFA in 2012. Following their successful 2011 season as an independent team, they were placed at #7 in the WFA preseason rankings by EZ Football Rankings. Based in West Valley City, Utah, the Jynx play their home games on the campus of Taylorsville High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boston Renegades (WFA)</span> Womens american football team

The Boston Renegades are a tackle football team in the Women's Football Alliance. The Renegades play their home games at Harry Della Russo Stadium in Revere, Massachusetts.

Women's American football in the United States is the American football sport played by women, both regionally in the United States and worldwide in the IFAF Women's World Championship.

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