The Baltimore Nighthawks are a women's
American football
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team in the
Women's Football Alliance
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. The Nighthawks played their inaugural game in
Brooklandville at Martin D. Tullai Field (adjacent to
St. Paul's School). The Nighthawks played the remainder of their home season at the
Baltimore Lutheran School in
Towson
Towson () is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 59,533 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is t ...
.
The Baltimore Nighthawks support several charitable organizations including Healthcare for the Homeless, Special Olympics Maryland through the annual Polar Bear Plunge, various breast cancer groups, and the Central Maryland Girl Scouts. On March 21, 2009, the Nighthawks made women's football history when they hosted the first Pink Ribbon Bowl. The goal was to raise awareness about breast cancer and introduce professional women's tackle football to a broader audience. A portion of the proceeds benefited the
Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation for
breast cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ...
research. The Baltimore Nighthawks have supported Healthcare for the Homeless since 2009 by volunteering for the Chocolate Affair.
Season-by-season
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, 2008 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , 5th Eastern North Atlantic , , --
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, 2009 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 4th Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , --
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, 2010 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 4th Eastern Southeast , , --
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, 2011 , , 3 , , 4 , , 1 , , 2nd Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , Lost Founders Bowl Tournament Quarterfinal (
New England
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)
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, 2012 , , 7 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1st Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , Lost Eastern Conference Semifinal (
Montreal
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)
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, 2013 , , 0 , , 7 , , 0 , , 4th Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , --
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, 2014 , , 4 , , 5 , , 0 , , 3rd Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , Lost Founders Bowl (Madison)
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, 2015 , , 3 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd Eastern Mid-Atlantic , , --
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, 2016 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 6th Eastern Atlantic , , --
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, 2017 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 9th WFA II National Rankings , , --
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, 2018 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , WFA II National Rankings , , --
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, 2019 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , WFA II National Rankings , , --
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, 2021 , , 4 , , 3 , , 0 , , , , --
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, 2022 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 2nd WFA II National Rankings , , Lost Eastern Conference Finals (
Derby City Dynamite)
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, 2023 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 4th WFA II National Rankings , , Lost National Conference Finals (New York Wolves)
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, 2024 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 4th WFA II National Rankings , ,
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, 2025 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , TBD WFA II National Rankings , ,
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!Totals , , 63 , , 67 , , 1 , , , ,
Season schedules
2009
2010
2014
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Source:
Roster
References
External links
Baltimore Nighthawks website
Sports in Baltimore County, Maryland
American football teams in Baltimore
American football teams established in 2008
2008 establishments in Maryland
Women's sports in Baltimore
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