2008 American Indoor Football Association season
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The 2008 American Indoor Football Association season is the league's fourth overall season. The league champions were the Florence Phantoms
, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry
in AIFA Championship Bowl II.
Florence Phantoms
The Florence Phantoms was a professional arena football team based out of Florence, South Carolina, in the United States. They are a 2006 expansion member of the American Indoor Football Association, and the current AIFA Champions as of the 2008 season's end...
, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry
Wyoming Cavalry
The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games in Casper, Wyoming at Casper Events Center....
in AIFA Championship Bowl II.
Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Eastern Conference | ||||||
| North Division | ||||||
| Reading Express Reading Express The Reading Express are a professional indoor football team based out of Reading, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the Indoor Football League, having begun play as a member of the American Indoor Football League 2006... |
10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Erie RiverRats | 10 | 4 | 0.692 | 6 | 2 | 0.833 |
| Baltimore Mariners Baltimore Mariners The Baltimore Mariners were an indoor football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The team was founded when the American Indoor Football Association expelled the Baltimore Blackbirds for negotiating with another league. The AIFA maintained the lease rights to 1st Mariner Arena, so the Mariners were... |
4 | 10 | 0.286 | 1 | 6 | 0.143 |
| Canton Legends Canton Legends The Canton Legends was a professional indoor football team based out of Canton, Ohio. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association, which played their first season under the name Atlantic Indoor Football League, and their second season as the American Indoor Football... |
3 | 11 | 0.214 | 1 | 6 | 0.143 |
| East Division | ||||||
| Florence Phantoms Florence Phantoms The Florence Phantoms was a professional arena football team based out of Florence, South Carolina, in the United States. They are a 2006 expansion member of the American Indoor Football Association, and the current AIFA Champions as of the 2008 season's end... |
10 | 4 | 0.692 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 |
| Huntington Heroes Huntington Heroes The Huntington Heroes were a professional indoor football franchise and member of the American Indoor Football Association. The Heroes played their home games during their inaugural 2006 season at the Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse in Huntington, West Virginia before moving to the larger Big Sandy... |
6 | 8 | 0.429 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 |
| Carolina Speed | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Fayetteville Guard Fayetteville Guard The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum.... |
5 | 9 | 0.357 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 |
| Western Conference | ||||||
| South Division | ||||||
| Mississippi MudCats Mississippi Mudcats The Mississippi MudCats are a team of the American Indoor Football Association. They play their home games at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi.-History:... |
13 | 1 | 0.929 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 |
| Columbus Lions Columbus Lions The Columbus Lions are an indoor football team of the Professional Indoor Football League. Based in Columbus, Georgia, the Lions play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center... |
10 | 4 | 0.692 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Augusta Colts | 7 | 7 | 0.538 | 2 | 4 | 0.327 |
| Florida Stingrays Florida Stingrays The Florida Stingrays was a 2008 expansion team of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center... |
0 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 |
| West Division | ||||||
| Wyoming Cavalry Wyoming Cavalry The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games in Casper, Wyoming at Casper Events Center.... |
11 | 3 | 0.786 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 |
| Arizona Adrenaline Arizona Adrenaline The Arizona Adrenaline were a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. The team was based in Prescott Valley, Arizona, with home games played at the Tim's Toyota Center.... |
11 | 3 | 0.786 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 |
| New Mexico Wildcats New Mexico Wildcats The New Mexico Wildcats are a professional indoor football team that will begin play in the American Indoor Football Association in the 2008 season... |
5 | 9 | 0.357 | 5 | 9 | 0.357 |
| Utah Saints Utah Saints (AIFA) The Utah Saints was a team of the American Indoor Football Association that played in 2008. They played their home games at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City... |
1 | 13 | 0.071 | 1 | 13 | 0.071 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best league record
Playoffs
- AIFA Championship Bowl II: Located at the Florence Civic CenterFlorence Civic CenterThe Florence Civic Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Florence, South Carolina. It hosted the infamous eighth WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1996, during which a storm knocked out the power and thus the broadcast signal during the event. The card was retelecast two nights later from...
in Florence, South CarolinaFlorence, South Carolina-Municipal government and politics:The City of Florence has a council-manager form of government. The mayor and city council are elected every four years, with no term limits...
on Friday, July 25