This is a list of seasons completed by the Columbus Destroyers. The Destroyers were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in

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. The team was established in 1999 as the Buffalo Destroyers. Though the Destroyers have never had a winning season in the regular season, the franchise has made the playoffs three times in its history. While in Buffalo, the Destroyers lost both playoff games in which they played. Following the

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, the franchise's then owner Mark Hamister announced that he was moving the team to Columbus. The move was due to Mr. Hamister losing his bid to buy the Buffalo Sabres. If he had been able to purchase the Sabres he would have had 3 teams in the arena (Sabres NHL, Bandits NLL, Destroyers AFL). The franchise did not fare much better after relocating. However in

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, the Destroyers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth and lowest seed in the National Conference. They went on to defeat the conference's top three seeds that season, before losing ArenaBowl XXI 55–33. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. The franchise did not return when the league resumed operations in . After moving to Columbus, the Destroyers played its home games in Nationwide Arena.

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