The Portland Prowlers were a professional indoor football team based in

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. Playing as a member of the

Indoor Professional Football League The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams (the Madison Mad Dogs and the Green Bay Bombers) left the league and their owner ...

(IPFL) for the 2000 season, they played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum. This was the second indoor football team based in Portland following the Portland Forest Dragons. The team name was decided in a 'Name the team' contest. The winning name was submitted by several entrants, including Danny Bradach of Portland, Oregon and David Harwood of Concord, California. Contest winners were awarded season tickets for the lifetime of the team. The Prowlers were announced as an expansion franchise as part of the IPFL in January, 2000. The team did see success on the field in finishing as regular season champions and narrowly losing to the Mississippi Fire Dogs 53-48 for the 2000 championship. However, the success on the field never translated into success in the stands, and the team announced they would not return for the 2001 season on March 23, 2001. Although, the team intended to begin play in the 2002 season in

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, Washington, plans never materialized.

2000 Portland Prowlers IPFL Schedule

Week 1 – Portland Prowlers 52, Louisiana Rangers 36 Week 2 – Portland Prowlers 42, Mississippi Fire Dogs 41 Week 3 – Portland Prowlers 43,

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23 Week 4 – Portland Prowlers 31, Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 10 Week 5 – Mobile Seagulls 19, Portland Prowlers 12 Week 6 – Idaho Stallions 41, Portland Prowlers 30 Week 7 – Portland Prowlers 46, Idaho Stallions 35 Week 8 - bye Week 9 – Portland Prowlers 61, Louisiana Rangers 55 Week 10 – Portland Prowlers 34,

30 Week 11 – Portland Prowlers 67,

54 Week 12 – Portland Prowlers 28, Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 22 Week 13 – Mobile Seagulls 57, Portland Prowlers 41 Week 14 - bye Week 15 – Mississippi Fire Dogs 39, Portland Prowlers 36 Week 16 – Portland Prowlers 61, Idaho Stallions 14 Week 17 - bye Week 18 – Portland Prowlers 40,

26 Week 19 – Portland Prowlers 35, Idaho Stallions 22 IPFL Championship – Mississippi Fire Dogs 53, Portland Prowlers 48

Season-By-Season

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