The Billings Outlaws are a professional indoor football team that began play as a member of

Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from ...

for the 2022 season. Based in

Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metrop ...

, the Outlaws play their home games at MetraPark First Interstate Arena. For 2024, they have been announced as members of the revived

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

History

The Outlaws will be the third indoor football team to be based in Billings following the original

Billings Outlaws The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team based in Billings, Montana. They were a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL), of which they were the 2-time defending champions. They played their home games at Rimrock A ...

(2000–2010) and the Billings Wolves (2015–2016). On April 30, 2021, Keith Russ and Tel Koen, owners of fellow

(CIF) team the

Wyoming Mustangs The Gillette Mustangs (formerly Wyoming Mustangs) is a professional indoor football team based in Gillette, Wyoming. The team was announced as a 2021 expansion team as a member of Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a ...

, announced they would bring an expansion CIF team to Billings for the 2022 season. A name-the-team contest was held, with the Outlaws being named the winner on July 22. Despite using the original Outlaws' name, logo, and colors, the current Outlaws are considered to be a new franchise with no other connection to the previous Outlaws, but continues to market itself as a continuation. In June 2022, it was announced Steven Titus, a

Gillette, Wyoming Gillette (, '' jih-LET'') is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The population was estimated at 32,030 a ...

, attorney purchased the Outlaws and Wyoming Mustangs. On August 29, 2023, the Outlaws were announced to become members of the third incarnation of the

. Titus named the Mustangs' head coach,

Cedric Walker Cedric Walker (born February 10, 1971) is a former American football defensive back and coach who is currently the head coach and defensive coordinator of the Wyoming Mustangs of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF). Walker played football at Ste ...

, as the new head coach of the Outlaws.

Season-by-season results

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External links

Official website
{{Montana Sports Champions Indoor Football teams American football teams in Montana Sports in Billings, Montana American football teams established in 2021 2021 establishments in Montana