The 2005 United Indoor Football season was the very first season of the UIF. The league champions were the Sioux Falls Storm, who defeated the Sioux City Bandits in United Bowl I.
In the league's first year, the teams were almost exclusively former NIFL or af2 teams. Black Hills, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lexington, Ohio Valley, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, and Tupelo were all former NIFL members, while Tennessee Valley and Peoria were former af2 teams. The only team not formerly affiliated with another league was the Dayton Warbirds, who were dropped from the schedule before the season began. None of the former NIFL teams changed their identity, but the former af2 teams faced legal problems with the names, which belonged to the af2, and were forced to change.
Standings[]
| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Sioux City Bandits | 13 | 2 | 0.866 | 8 | 1 | 0.888 |
| Omaha Beef | 9 | 6 | 0.600 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 |
| Sioux Falls Storm | 8 | 8 | 0.500 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Black Hills Red Dogs | 1 | 14 | 0.066 | 1 | 8 | 0.111 |
| Midwestern Division | ||||||
| Fort Wayne Freedom | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds | 6 | 9 | 0.400 | 1 | 5 | 0.166 |
| Peoria Rough Riders | 6 | 9 | 0.400 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Lexington Horsemen | 11 | 4 | 0.733 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Evansville BlueCats | 7 | 8 | 0.466 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| Tennessee Valley Raptors | 6 | 9 | 0.400 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Tupelo FireAnts | 3 | 13 | 0.188 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best league record
Playoffs[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | United Bowl I | |||||||||||
| 8 | Tennessee Valley | 57 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fort Wayne | 22 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Tennessee Valley | 37 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sioux City | 42 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Ohio Valley | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sioux City | 52 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sioux Falls | 40 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sioux City | 38 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Evansville | 50 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lexington | 55 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sioux Falls | 62 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lexington | 58 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sioux Falls | 51 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 41 | |||||||||||