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United Indoor Football
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| United Indoor Football | |
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| Sport | American football |
| Founded | 2005 |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Country |  United States |
| Current champions | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Official website | www.unitedindoorfootball.com |
United Indoor Football is an indoor American football league that was started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion (the Dayton Warbirds, which never played a game in UIF) and two from arenafootball2 (af2) took their franchises and formed their own league. The league is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
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| Midwest Division | North Division | South Division |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Freedom (NIFL) | Black Hills Red Dogs (IFL as Machine; NIFL) | Evansville BlueCats (NIFL) |
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds (IFL as Steel Valley Smash; NIFL) | Omaha Beef (IPFL; NIFL) | Lexington Horsemen (NIFL) |
| Peoria Rough Riders (af2, IFL as Pirates) | Sioux Falls Storm (IFL as Cobras; NIFL) | Tupelo FireAnts (NIFL) |
| Sioux City Bandits (IFL as Attack; NIFL) | Tennessee Valley Raptors (af2 as Vipers) |
The Sioux Falls Storm went against the odds to win the first-ever 2005 UIF United Bowl. Seeded sixth, with a record of 8-8, they had to play the Omaha Beef, Lexington Horsemen, and the Sioux City Bandits, all on their own fields. The Storm played the Horsemen in the NIFL Championship game in 2004.
| East Division | Central Division | West Division |
|---|---|---|
| Evansville BlueCats | Peoria Rough Riders | Omaha Beef |
| Fort Wayne Freedom | Rock River Raptors[1] | Sioux City Bandits |
| Lexington Horsemen | Bloomington Extreme[2] | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
- ^ Relocated from Huntsville, Alabama
- ^ 2006 Expansion Team
Once again, the Sioux Falls Storm won the United Bowl, only this time they finished at 17-0, a perfect season, with home-field advantage throughout the UIF playoffs, and defeated the Lexington Horsemen.
| East Division | West Division |
|---|---|
 Bloomington Extreme |
 Billings Outlaws (formerly of IFL as Thunderbolts, then NIFL) |
 Evansville BlueCats |
 Colorado Ice (2007 expansion team) |
 Lexington Horsemen |
 Omaha Beef |
 Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
 Sioux City Bandits |
 River City Rage (formerly of IPFL as St. Louis Renegades, thenNIFL (first three years as RiverCity Renegades/Show Me Believers) |
 Sioux Falls Storm |
 Rock River Raptors |
- Black Hills Red Dogs, 2005; inactive - ownership still retains UIF franchise rights. Today, they're the National Indoor Football League's Rapid City Flying Aces.
- Dayton Warbirds, 2005; UIF suspended team prior to its first league game, and NIFL accepted franchise for 2005 season.
- Fort Wayne Freedom , 2005-2006; team suspended[1]
- Peoria Rough Riders, 2005-2006; Rivermen owners plan to put an af2 team in Peoria for 2008. [2]
- Tennessee Valley Raptors, 2005; moved to Rockford, Illinois. The arenafootball2 (af2) stepped in to reestablish the Tennessee Valley Vipers for the 2006 season. Today, this franchise is known as the Rock River Raptors.
- Tupelo FireAnts, 2005
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Kearney, Nebraska
- Milwaukee Bonecrushers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [3]
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
| United Indoor Football (UIF) | ||||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Extreme | Evansville BlueCats | Lexington Horsemen | Ohio Valley Greyhounds | River City Rage | Rock River Raptors | Billings Outlaws | Colorado Ice | Omaha Beef | Sioux City Bandits | Sioux Falls Storm | |||
Major: Arena Football League • Canadian Football League • National Football League
Minor: af2 • All American Football League • American Indoor Football Association • American Professional Football League • Continental Indoor Football League • Intense Football League • National Indoor Football League •Southern States Football League • United Indoor Football • United States Football Alliance • World Indoor Football League
Non-North American: Asia Pacific Football League • NFL Europa • Southside Football League • X-League
Defunct: All-America Football Conference • American Football League • Eastern Indoor Football League • Hawaii Football League • Indoor Football League • Indoor Professional Football League • Professional Indoor Football League • United States Football League • World Football League • XFL