PIFL 2012
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| *Albany Panthers | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .847 | ||
| *Richmond Raiders | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .847 | ||
| *Louisiana Swashbucklers | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | ||
| *Columbus Lions | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | ||
| Alabama Hammers | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | ||
| Knoxville Nighthawks | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 23.06.2012 | Albany Panthers | 60 | Columbus Lions | 36 |
| 25.06.2012 | Richmond Raiders | 56 | Louisiana Swashbucklers | 50 |
| PIFL Championship | ||||
| 30.06.2012 | Albany Panthers | 60 | Richmond Raiders | 56 |
PIFL 2013
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| *Alabama Hammers | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | ||
| *Richmond Raiders | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | ||
| *Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | ||
| *Albany Panthers | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | ||
| Louisiana Swashbucklers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | ||
| Columbus Lions | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | ||
| Knoxville Nighthawks | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 01.07.2013 | Alabama Hammers | 61 | Albany Panthers | 46 |
| 01.07.2013 | Richmond Raiders | 44 | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 40 |
| PIFL Championship | ||||
| 08.07.2013 | Alabama Hammers | 70 | Richmond Raiders | 44 |
PIFL 2014
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| American Conference | |||||||
| *Nashville Venom | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 684 | 505 | .833 |
| *Columbus Lions | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 677 | 583 | .583 |
| Georgia Fire | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 590 | 734 | .333 |
| Alabama Hammers | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 528 | 583 | .333 |
| National Conference | |||||||
| *Trenton Freedom | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 596 | 537 | .667 |
| *Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 534 | 544 | .500 |
| Richmond Raiders | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 457 | 529 | .438 |
| Harrisburg Stampede | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 508 | 560 | .333 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Conference Finals | ||||
| 2014 | Trenton Freedom | 38 | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 49 |
| 2014 | Nashville Venom | 43 | Columbus Lions | 39 |
| PIFL Championship | ||||
| 2014 | Nashville Venom | 64 | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 43 |
PIFL 2015
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| *Columbus Lions | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | ||
| *Richmond Raiders | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | ||
| *Nashville Venom | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | ||
| *Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ||
| Trenton Freedom | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | ||
| Alabama Hammers | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | ||
| Erie Explosion | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 |
Note: Nashville, Lehigh Valley, Alabama & Erie also went 1-0 against non-Conference opponents
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 2015 | Columbus Lions | 69 | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 41 |
| 2015 | Richmond Raiders | 54 | Nashville Venom | 35 |
| PIFL Championship | ||||
| 2015 | Columbus Lions | 64 | Richmond Raiders | 38 |
Report
Albany Panthers (New York State) won the 2012 PIFL Championship 60-56 in a close match with the Richmond Raiders (Virginia). The following year thr Richmond Raiders again reached the Final, only to lose again, this time by a bigger margin, 70-44 against the Alabama Hammers. In 2014 newcomers Nashville Venom (Tennessee) won out with another big margin of victory, 64-43 against Lehigh Valley Steelhawks (Pennsylvania-New Jersey). Richmond Raiders lost their third PIFL championship game in four years in 2015, 64-38 against Columbus Lions (Georgia).
About The PIFL
The Professional Indoor Football League was a AA Indoor Football League (American Football) playing in the East Coast of America. It was started in 2012 and suspended operations after the 2015 season and most teams joined the National Arena League.
About Indoor Football
Indoor Football, also known as Arena Football was developed in 1986 as an 8v8 form of Indoor American Football. After an initial few seasons where the game was developed with a 4 team league, a full seasons League with eventually over a dozen teams was developed in the 1990 which was considered by the Wall Street Journal to be a fifth major.
The Arena Football League over-expanded in the 2000s with a Minor League, and its importance (and number of teams) waned since it first experienced financial diffulties in 2009, and it ceased operations after the 2019 season due to the legacy debt incurred.
There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)
Indoor Football is played on a 50-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, and teams have 5 downs (attempts) to reach the endzone or the ball is turned over. 3 of those downs must be passing plays, making Indoor Football highly explosive and high scoring.
References
Internet Archive
[1] Pro IFL | Wayback Machine (2012) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20120814122415/http://www.proifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[2] Pro IFL | Wayback Machine (2012) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130910183706/http://www.proifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[3] Pro IFL | Wayback Machine (2012) Home [Internet] Available from:https://web.archive.org/web/20140715081448/http://www.proifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[4] Pro IFL | Wayback Machine (2012) 2015 Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211717/http://www.proifl.com/2014-schedule.html [Accessed 12 February 2020]
Images
[5] 1000 Logos (2018) PIFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PIFL-logo.jpg [Accessed 16 February 2020]
[6] Hester, Matthew – Pro IFL | Wayback Machine (2012) ROAAARRR! Lions Stake Their Claim as PIFL Champs [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905180537im_/http://www.proifl.com/images/stories/Columbus_Lions/J.Gibson7-6-2015.jpg [Accessed 12 February 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tim Leadingham.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 16 February 2020
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