The Clarksville Fox is a football team in the

Independent Women's Football League The Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) was the first Women's American football league established by women players for women players. The league was founded in 2000, began play in 2001, and played its last season in 2018. Members of the ...

. Based in

Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 United States ce ...

, the Fox play their home games on the campus of Northwest High School.

History

2007

The Fox were formed in 2007 as a member of the

Women's Football League The Women's Football League was a small women's American football league that began playing in 2002. Its last season was in 2007. It was composed of four teams, one in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one in Tennessee, one in North Carolina, and one in Jacks ...

. Their inaugural season was successful, finishing 4-2 on the regular season and earning a berth in the Championship Game, where the Fox lost to the

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by a score of 49-6.

2008

After the WFL went moribund, the Fox applied for, and were subsequently accepted into, full membership in the IWFL. Playing in the Tier II Mid-South Division alongside the Shreveport Aftershock and Louisiana Fuel, the Fox finished 7-1 and won the Mid-South Division title and a spot in the Tier II playoffs. Following their 32-0 victory over the

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in the semifinals, the Fox advanced to the IWFL Tier II Championship Game, where they lost 29-6 to the

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Season-by-season

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) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Clarksville Fox (IWFL2) , - , 2008 , , 8 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1st Southern Mid South , , Won IWFL2 Semifinal (

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)
Lost IWFL2 Championship (

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) , - , 2009 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 17th IWFL2 , , -- , - , 2010 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 3rd Western Midwest , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Clarksville Fox (IWFL) , - , 2011 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 3rd Eastern Mid South , , -- , - !Totals , , 24 , , 17 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

Season schedules

2009

2010

References

External links

Clarksville Fox official website

IWFL official website
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