The Atlanta Vultures were a professional indoor football team and a member of

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(AIF) that played part of the 2016 season. Based in

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, the Vultures were to play their home games at the

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. The Vultures are Atlanta's second AIF team, following the Atlanta Sharks who began play in

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and folded during the 2015 season. The Vultures ran into operational issues when they found their home arena lacked quality playing turf. The Vultures would end up cancelling all home games and played three road games during the season, winning two of the three games. However, after winning the third game against the

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on April 17, the AIF ruled that the Vultures had played the game using illegal players and reversed the score of the game (essentially making it a forfeit). The Vultures folded and took down their website later that week.

Roster

Staff

Statistics and records

Season results

Head coaches' records

2016 season

Key:

Exhibition

''All start times were local to home team''

Regular season

''All start times were local to home team''

Standings

References

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External links

Atlanta Vultures official websiteAmerican Indoor Football official website
American football teams in Atlanta American football teams in Georgia (U.S. state) Former American Indoor Football teams Defunct indoor American football teams American football teams established in 2015 American football teams disestablished in 2016 2015 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 2016 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)