2022 Indoor Football League season

The 2022 Indoor Football League season is the upcoming fourteenth (and thirteenth complete) season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league will play the season with 14 teams, up from 11 teams the previous season. The Bay Area Panthers, Quad City Steamwheelers, and San Diego Strike Force, returned from dormancy after electing not to play during the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vegas Knight Hawks joined the league as an expansions team.[1] The Cedar Rapids River Kings did not return and the announced 2022 expansion Columbus Wild Dogs pushed back their start date to 2023. The Spokane Shock were removed from the league in February 2022 after the team lost its lease for their home arena.[2][3]

2022 IFL season
LeagueIndoor Football League
SportIndoor football
DurationMarch 12 – July 16
Number of teams14

Teams

For the 2022 season, the league is split into two conferences.[4]

The playoffs will have the top four teams per conference qualifying, and will be seeded first through fourth.

TeamLocationArenaCapacityFoundedJoinedHead coach
Eastern Conference
Bismarck BucksBismarck, North DakotaBismarck Event Center10,10020172019Rod Miller
Frisco FightersFrisco, TexasComerica Center3,50020192020Billy Back
Green Bay BlizzardGreen Bay, WisconsinResch Center8,60020032010Corey Roberson
Iowa BarnstormersDes Moines, IowaWells Fargo Arena15,18119952015Dave Mogensen
Massachusetts PiratesWorcester, MassachusettsDCU Center12,33920172021Rayshaun Kizer
Quad City SteamwheelersMoline, IllinoisTaxSlayer Center9,20020172019Cory Ross
Sioux Falls StormSioux Falls, South DakotaDenny Sanford Premier Center10,67820002009Kurtiss Riggs
Western Conference
Arizona RattlersPhoenix, ArizonaFootprint Center[5]18,42219922017Kevin Guy
Bay Area PanthersSan Jose, CaliforniaSAP Center17,56220192020Kurt Bryan
Duke City GladiatorsAlbuquerque, New MexicoTingley Coliseum9,28620152020Sherman Carter
Northern Arizona WranglersPrescott Valley, ArizonaFindlay Toyota Center6,00020202021Les Moss
San Diego Strike ForceSan Diego, CaliforniaPechanga Arena12,00020182019David Beezer
Tucson Sugar SkullsTucson, ArizonaTucson Convention Center8,96220182019Dixie Wooten
Vegas Knight Hawks[6]Henderson, Nevada[7]Dollar Loan Center6,01920212022Mike Davis

Regular season

Eastern Conference

Team W L PCT CONF STK PF PA
Frisco Fighters52.7142–1L1
Massachusetts Pirates42.6674–1L1
Quad City Steamwheelers43.5714–3W2
Sioux Falls Storm43.5713–3W2
Iowa Barnstormers33.5003–3L2
Bismarck Bucks34.4292–3L2
Green Bay Blizzard25.2861–5L1

Western Conference

Team W L PCT CONF STK PF PA
Arizona Rattlers601.0005–0W6
Northern Arizona Wranglers42.6674–2W1
Tucson Sugar Skulls33.5003–2W2
Vegas Knight Hawks34.4292–3W1
San Diego Strike Force24.3331–4W1
Duke City Gladiators25.2862–3L2
Bay Area Panthers16.1431–4L6

References
  1. "IFL Continues to Grow as the 2022 Schedule is Announced". Indoor Football League. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. "Spokane Shock kicked out of the Indoor Football League". KREM. February 24, 2022.
  3. "IFL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE CHANGE". IFL. February 24, 2022.
  4. "2022 standings". GoIFL.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  5. "Arizona Rattlers Announce Schedule for 2021 IFL Season". AZRattlers.com. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  6. "The Vegas Knight Hawks Are the Newest Franchise in the IFL". OurSports Central. August 24, 2021.
  7. "Vegas Golden Knights buy Indoor Football League expansion franchise". KSNV-TV. May 11, 2021.
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