The Cincinnati Sizzle is a women's professional full-contact/tackle football team from

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

. The team was established in 2003, by former Cincinnati Bengals running back Ickey Woods. Steve Sherman is the current owner of the Cincinnati Sizzle, as of the 2018 season, with Michelle Terrell continues in her 15th year as general manager. The regular season spans from April to July. Currently the home games are played at Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati). The Sizzle played in the

National Women's Football Association The National Women's Football Association (NWFA) was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades ...

(NWFA) for 4 seasons 2005 to 2008. Later joined the

Women's Football Alliance The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is a professional full-contact Women's American football tackle minor league that began play in 2009. It is the largest 11-on-11 football league for women in the world, and the longest running active women's ...

(WFA) in 2009 to 2014. In the 2013 WFA season the Cincinnati Sizzle made its first ever playoff appearance as a first-round wild-card match-up against the Pittsburgh Passion. By the 2014 season the

(WFA) had 63 teams across the United States making it the largest-ever women's tackle football league in the world. In 2015, the Cincinnati Sizzle joined the United States Women's Football League (USWFL) formerly the Women's Spring Football League (WSFL) and won the semi-finals playoff rival game against West Virginia. In 2016, the Cincinnati Sizzle ranked no. 2 at the beginning of the post season and hosted their first ever semifinal playoff game against Memphis Tn Legacy at Woodward High School. The Cincinnati Sizzle beat the New England Nightmare 30-6 and claimed their first national title in the 2016 United States Women's Football League Championship Game played on Saturday, July 30, 2016, in Horn Lake, Mississippi. , Cincinnati Sizzle plays in the

(WFA).

Season-By-Season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Cincinnati Sizzle (NWFA) , - , 2005 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , 15th Northern , , -- , - , 2006 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd Northern Northwest , , -- , - , 2007 , , 0 , , 8 , , 0 , , 4th Southern North , , -- , - , 2008 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd Southern East , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Cincinnati Sizzle (WFA) , - , 2009 , , 1 , , 7 , , 0 , , 5th National Mid-Atlantic , , -- , - , 2010 , , 0 , , 8 , , 0 , , 4th National Central , , -- , - , 2011 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd National North Central , , -- , - , 2012 , , 0 , , 8, , 0 , , 3rd National North Central , , -- , - , 2013 , , 4 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd National North Central , , Lost National Conference Wild Card (

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) , - , 2014 , , 0 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd National Mideast , , -- , - , 2017 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , North Atlantic Division , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Cincinnati Sizzle (USWFL) , - , 2015 , , 3 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd Northern , , Won Freedom Bowl (West Virginia) , - , 2016 , , 8 , , 1 , , 0 , , , , Won League Semifinal ( TN)
Won USWFL Championship (

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) , - !Totals , , 31 , , 68 , , 0 , colspan="2",

2016

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Championship schedule

2017

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Post Season schedule

References

External links

Cincinnati Sizzle MySpace
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