The Jersey Justice were an Independent Women's Tackle Football Team based in

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. The team was formed in 2008 with many former players and staff from the New Jersey Titans. Home games in 2011 are to be played on the campus of St. John Vianney High School in

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. Prior to 2011 they played all home games at

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. The Justice elected to not finish the 2011 season after playing only 3 games and are defunct.

History

The Justice were established in late 2008 and originally planning to be a member of 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 ...

. Once the NWFA folded, however, the Justice began play in the spring 2009 season as a member of the

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. In the team's inaugural season, they earned a spot in the league's Divisional Playoff Game, defeating the

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by a score of 30-7 and advanced to the league's Regional Championship Game (Tier II Semifinal), losing to the

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by a score of 9–8. 2010 proved to be an even better season record-wise, as the Justice finished 6–1. However, because of the IWFL's playoff method, the Justice were left out of the postseason (only two teams per division got to go, and the Justice finished third behind the Montreal Blitz and New England Intensity-coincidentally the same two teams they faced in the previous year's postseason). For the 2011 season, the Justice played as an Independent team.

Season-By-Season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Jersey Justice (IWFL) , - , 2009 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 7th Tier II , , Won Tier II Quarterfinal (

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)
Lost Tier II Semifinal (

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) , - , 2010 , , 6 , , 1 , , 0 , , 3rd Tier II East Northeast , , , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Jersey Justice (INDEPENDENT) , - , 2011 , , 1 , , 6 , , 0 , , -- , , -- , - !Totals , , 13 , , 11 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

Season schedules

2009

2010

2011

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