History of the IFL

In 2003, two businessmen in Texas launched  the game and the 6-team Intense Football league was born all over Texas.  The league grew from six to eight, to ten teams without ever having a game go un-played for five seasons. A year later, several veteran team operators in the Midwest formed a league titled the United Indoor Football Association and for four years enjoyed…and really earned…the same success over the coming four years.  During this period, league executives from both sides admired the others success and a friendship was developed.

In 2008, the suggestion of merger became reality as the two leagues agreed to dissolve their former affiliations to become the new Indoor Football League.  Shortly after, the young league began receiving inquiries from teams in other leagues across American and granted entry to several solid teams to grow to 19 teams for the 2009 inaugural season.

In 2009, the league competes with 19 active teams in it’s inaugural season.  The Billings Outlaws defeat the RiverCity Rage and  are crowned the first United Bowl Champion in August.

In 2010, the IFL expands to 25 teams and will begin competition on February 26th.  The league offices are hard at work to expand the league to fill key geographic locations.