The Wichita Stealth was an

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team. They played their home games at the

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. They originally began play in the original incarnation of the

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as a 2000 expansion team known as the Wichita Warlords before the league folded, in which they moved to the

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and became the Stealth. They only got to the playoffs once during their five-year existence, where they had an early exit (courtesy of the

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). After an 8-8 season in 2004, the team officially disbanded and ceased all operations. After

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opened, there were rumors that the Stealth might be reincarnated, but the talks died down, and nothing ever surfaced. Now the

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, play there.

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Wichita Warlords (IFL) , - , 2000 , , 4 , , 10 , , 0 , , 5th WC Southern , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Wichita Stealth (af2) , - , 2001 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 5th NC Midwestern , , -- , - , 2002 , , 6 , , 10 , , 0 , , 3rd NC Midwestern , , Lost Round 1 ( Peoria 37, Wichita 36) , - , 2003 , , 8 , , 7 , , 1 , , 3rd NC Western , , Lost Round 1 ( Hawaiian 57, Wichita 30) , - , 2004 , , 8 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd NC Southwestern , , -- , - !Totals , , 33 , , 47 , , 1 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

References

External links

Wichita Stealth on ArenaFootball.com
{{Af2 Defunct American football teams in Kansas Defunct af2 teams Indoor Football League (1999–2000) teams American football teams established in 1999 American football teams disestablished in 2004 1999 establishments in Kansas 2004 disestablishments in Kansas