The California Eagles were a professional indoor football team based in Stockton, California. The team was a member of the Western Conference of

American Indoor Football American Indoor Football (AIF) was a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...

(AIF) during the 2012 season. The Eagles played their home games at the

Stockton Arena Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It opened in December 2005 and seats a maximum of 12,000 fans. It is the home venue of the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. Former tenants include the Stockton Heat of the American H ...

. They are the third indoor team to play at Stockton Arena since the

Stockton Lightning The Stockton Lightning were a professional arena football team based in Stockton, California. They were members of the Western Division of the National Conference of the arenafootball2 (af2). The Lightning joined af2 2006 as an expansion team. Th ...

af2 The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football ru ...

(2006-2009) and the Stockton Wolves (who were independent) (2011) and was preceded by the

San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats were a professional arena football team based in San Jose, California. The SaberCats had been members of the Arena Football League (AFL) since 1995 (the year in which the team was founded); and until 2015, they belonged to ...

of the

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in 2015 for that league's National Conference Championship game and Arena Bowl XXVIII.

History

The Eagles became an expansion member of the re-branded

for the 2012 season. The Eagles were brought in by owner Dan Whited. The Eagles began the season 3–2, when the team suspended operations due to Whited failing to meet financial obligations. However, the Western Conference champion,

Ontario Warriors The Ontario Warriors were a team in American Indoor Football that played in 2012. Based in Ontario, California, the Warriors played their home games at Citizens Business Bank Arena. The Warriors were the first men's indoor football team to pla ...

, were suspended by the AIF, and the Eagles were thrown into the AIF Championship Game to play the Eastern Conference champions, the Cape Fear Heroes. The Eagles were defeated by the Heroes, 79–27.

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

''Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.'' * Season currently in progress

References

External links

California Eagles official website

American Indoor Football official Website
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