2008 United Indoor Football Season
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The 2008 United Indoor Football season was preceded by 2007. It was the fourth and final season of the UIF. For this year, there were 8 teams (4 teams in 2 conferences) playing a 15-game season schedule with all teams playing 14 regular season games from Saturday, March 8 to Saturday, June 14. The winning team was decided in United Bowl IV on Saturday, July 12. For the fourth-straight year, the
Sioux Falls Storm The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Storm joined the original Indoor Football League as an expansion team in 1999 as the Sioux Falls Cobras, and first took the field for the 2000 ...
became the UIF champion as they beat the Bloomington Extreme. Following United Bowl IV, the champion played against the
Intense Football League The Intense Football League (IFL) was a professional indoor football minor league that began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas, but it was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska. History ...
champion (the
Louisiana Swashbucklers The Louisiana Swashbucklers were a professional indoor football team based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They were formed in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) and were originally known as the Southwest Loui ...
) on Saturday, August 2 and won the inaugural National Indoor Bow

The National Indoor Bowl was popular enough to allow the two leagues (UIF and IFL) create a new league called the
Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams am ...
for 2009.


Standings

* ''Green indicates clinched playoff berth'' * ''Purple indicates division champion'' * ''Grey indicates best league record''


Playoffs


All-Star Game

* Located at the
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in
Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County ...
on Saturday, July 19


All-Star Teams

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, BIL , - , QB , Chad Kapanui , Sioux City , QB , James McNear , Omaha , - , RB , Johnny Bentley , Sioux City , RB , Sean Treasure , Sioux Falls , - , RB , Keith Brooks , Bloomington , RB , R.J. Rollins , Omaha , - , WR , James Walton , Bloomington , WR , Robert Reed , Billings , - , WR , O.J. Simpson , Sioux City , WR , James Terry , Sioux Falls , - , WR , Donald Payne , Wichita , WR , Ken Horton , Omaha , - , OL , Barry Brueggeman , RiverCity , OL , Paul Keizer , Sioux Falls , - , OL , Eric Johnson , Bloomington , OL , Dan Potmesil , Omaha , - , OL , Erv Strohbeen , Sioux City , OL , Artavious Williams , Billings , - , OL , Scott Robinson , Wichita , OL , Brandon Alconcel , Colorado , - , DL , Quince Holman , Bloomington , DL , Mike Bazemore , Billings , - , DL , Justin Montgomery , Wichita/Bloomington , DL , Cory Johnsen , Sioux Falls , - , DL , Andy Poulosky , Sioux City , DL , Colin Bryant , Omaha , - , DL , Marvin Campbell , Bloomington , DL , Steven Frye , Colorado , - , LB , Joe Bevis , RiverCity , LB , Mark Blackburn , Sioux Falls , - , LB , Spetlar Tonga , Sioux City , LB , Travis Salter , Billings , - , DB , Milton Proctor , RiverCity , DB ,
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, Billings , - , DB , Chad Husted , Sioux City , DB , Shannon Poppinga , Sioux Falls , - , DB , Terrill Mayberry , Bloomington , DB , Dustin Creager , Omaha , - , DB , Eric Washington , Wichita , DB , Dorsey Golston , Colorado , - , DB , James Temple , Bloomington , DB , Travis Garcia , Colorado , - , K ,
Peter Christofilakos Peter Harold Christofilakos (born May 28, 1981) is a former professional American football kicker. He attended the University of Illinois and was a soccer team player. He was a member of the Bloomington Extreme/Edge and Arizona Rattlers. High ...
, Bloomington , K , Ricky Lebeda , Omaha , - , KR , Hurtis Chinn , RiverCity , KR , Bryan Alberty , Sioux Falls , - , UT , Andre Raymond , Bloomington , UT , Ryan Palmer , Colorado United Indoor Football seasons 2008 in American football