Florida Scorpions
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| Florida Scorpions | |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Arena | Manatee Civic Center Manatee Civic Center Manatee Civic Center is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Palmetto, Florida. It was home to the Florida Stingers of the Continental Basketball Association and Florida Scorpions of the American Professional Football League. It also hosted UWF's first and only live... |
| Based in | Bradenton, Florida Bradenton, Florida Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833... |
| Colors | Purple, silver, black |
| League | American Professional Football League American Professional Football League The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of... |
| Head coach | L. Caldwell |
| President of Football Operations | |
The Florida Scorpions (originally the "Florida Knights") are an indoor football team. They are a 2008 expansion member of the American Professional Football League
American Professional Football League
The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...
. They play their home games at the Manatee Civic Center. They played their first season in the NIFL
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
as the Sarasota Knights. The NIFL suspended operation on May 14, 2007 and have advised teams to attempt to re-establish themselves financially for an attempt at a 2008 season. The Knights decided to move to the American Professional Football League, where they will play in the newly formed South Division.
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Sarasota Knights (NIFL)
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|2007 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 5th Atlantic Florida || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Florida Knights/Scorpions (APFL)
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|2008 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 3rd Southern || --
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|2011 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6th APFL || --