The Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) was the first
women's American football league established by women players for women players. The league was founded in 2000, began play in 2001, and played its last season in 2018. Members of the original roster of the
Austin Outlaws were the league's founders. Following the establishment of the league as a separate entity from the team, former Outlaws players Laurie Frederick, Jaime Bailey, and Sandra Plato became the original IWFL executive council.
The players were amateur/
semi-professional
Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a cons ...
and had to cover part of their expenses.
2019 season teams
Central Division
Pacific Division
Expansion 2020/inactive teams
Former IWFL teams playing elsewhere
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Arlington Impact – played in the IWFL from 2012 to 2014, now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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Austin Outlaws – now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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D.C. Divas – played in the IWFL from 2007 to 2010, now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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Houston Energy – now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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Kansas City Storm – played in the IWFL from 2005 to 2007, currently playing in the
Women's Xtreme Football League of Kansas/Oklahoma (WXFL).
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Keystone Assault – played in the IWFL from 2013 to 2014, now in
United States Women's Football League.
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New York Knockout – played in the IWFL from 2013 to 2014, now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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Oregon Hawks (formerly Eugene LadyHawks) – played in the IWFL in 2018, now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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San Diego Surge – played in the IWFL, now in
Women's National Football Conference.
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Minnesota Vixen – played in the IWFL from 2009 to 2019, now in
Women's Football Alliance.
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Seattle Majestics – played in the IWFL, now in
Women's National Football Conference.
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Texas Elite Spartans – played in the IWFL, now in
Women's National Football Conference.
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Utah Falconz – played in the IWFL, now in
Women's National Football Conference.
Champions
Tier I
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2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
— Austin Outlaws – Champion by record
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2002 — New York Sharks 24, Austin Outlaws 4
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2003 — Sacramento Sirens 41, New York Sharks 30
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
— Sacramento Sirens 29, New York Sharks 27
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
— Sacramento Sirens 9, Atlanta Xplosion 7
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2006 — Atlanta Xplosion 21, Detroit Demolition 14
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2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
— Detroit Demolition 17, Atlanta Xplosion 7
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2008 — Dallas Diamonds 35, Chicago Force 29
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2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
— Kansas City Tribe 21, D.C. Divas 18
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2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
— Boston Militia 39, Sacramento Sirens 7
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2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
— Atlanta Ravens 24, California Quake 22
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
— Montreal Blitz 28, Sacramento Sirens 27
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
— Carolina Phoenix 14, Houston Energy 0
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2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
— Pittsburgh Passion 41, Houston Energy 7
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
— Pittsburgh Passion 41, Utah Falconz 37
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
— Utah Falconz 49, Minnesota Vixen 6
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2017 — Utah Falconz 35, Austin Yellow Jackets 18
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2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
— Houston Energy 34, Nevada Storm 0
Tier II
* 2008 — Montreal Blitz 26, Clarksville Fox 6
* 2009 — Wisconsin Warriors 42, Montreal Blitz 14
* 2010 — Montreal Blitz 9, Bay Area Bandits 2
* 2011 — Seattle Majestics 20, New England Intensity 0
Founders Bowl (Tier II Championship)
* 2012 — Carolina Phoenix 27, Portland Shockwave 0
* 2013 — Montreal Blitz 55, Arlington Impact 8
* 2014 — Madison Blaze 31, Baltimore Nighthawks 14
* 2015 — Carolina Phoenix 32, Madison Blaze 9
* 2016 — Carolina Phoenix 20, Carson Bobcats 12
* 2017 — Colorado Freeze 27, San Antonio Regulators 6
* 2018 — San Antonio Regulators 30, Tulsa Threat 0
Affiliate Bowl (Tier III Championship)
* 2012 — Carolina Queens 18, Colorado Sting 0
* 2013 — Carolina Queens 28, San Antonio Regulators 14
* 2014 — Carolina Queens 28, Minnesota Vixens 22
* 2015 — Detroit Pride 24, San Antonio Regulators 22
* 2016 — Maine Mayhem 48, Knoxville Lightning 0
See also
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American football in the United States
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Women's football in the United States
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List of leagues of American football
This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football.
Leagues in North America
Current professional leagues in North America
Professional outdoor leagues
''Major:''
* National Football League (NFL), 1 ...
References
External links
* @Women's.Football.League
The Women's Pro Football Networking Group
{{Major women's sport leagues in North America
Women's American football leagues
Sports leagues established in 2000