The New Mexico Wildcats were a professional indoor football team that played in

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) in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The team was based in

Rio Rancho, New Mexico Rio Rancho ( es, Río Rancho) is the most populous and only city in Sandoval County, New Mexico, Sandoval County, part of the expansive Albuquerque metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. A small portion of the city extends into north ...

, with home games played at the

Santa Ana Star Center Rio Rancho Events Center is a 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a city located near Albuquerque. The arena is located near the intersection of Unser Boulevard and Paseo del Volcan. It is part of a larger "City Center" proj ...

(which was also home of the

New Mexico Scorpions The New Mexico Scorpions were a Central Hockey League (CHL) team located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The team was established in 1996 as a part of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL). In 2001, the WPHL merged with the CHL. On July 2, 20 ...

of the

Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

). The franchise was announced in January 2008, as an expansion member of the AIFA. They won their first game in franchise history on March 30, 2008. On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the Wildcats hired Lance Brown as their new head coach.

Season-By-Season

, - , 2008 , , 5 , , 9 , , 0 , , 3rd WC Western , , -- , - , 2009 , , 1 , , 13 , , 0 , , 4th Western , , -- , - !Totals , , 6 , , 22 , , 0 , colspan="2",

References

External links

Official WebsiteWildcats' 2008 StatsPress release announcing the teamWildcats' 2009 Stats
American Indoor Football Association teams Sports in Rio Rancho, New Mexico American football teams in New Mexico American football teams established in 2008 American football teams disestablished in 2009 2008 establishments in New Mexico 2009 disestablishments in New Mexico {{NewMexico-sport-team-stub