The Fairbanks Grizzlies were a professional indoor football team based in

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. The team was a member of the Pacific Division of the Intense Conference in the

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(IFL). The Grizzlies began play in 2008 as a member of the

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and joined the IFL in 2008 as part of the Intense Football League and

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(UIF) merger. The team played their home games at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. The Grizzlies were notable for being the northernmost professional

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team in history; the Alaska Wild held the previous record, and before that, the

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. Grizzlies games were broadcast live on

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. (The northernmost gridiron football team of any sort is the high school football team of

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.) The Grizzlies suspended operations in October 2011 in the face of lawsuits against the team.

Season-by-season

Daudi White at Fairbanks at Alaska 2009-07-09

Grizzlies on offense at Fairbanks at Alaska 2009-07-09 1

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)
Lost Divisionals II (

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) , - , 2010 , , 9 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd Pacific North , , Lost First Round (

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Season-by-season

Final roster

References

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