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Current season or competition: 2019 American West Football Conference season | |
| Sport | Indoor football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Inaugural season | 2019 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Idaho Horsemen |
| Official website | AmericanWestFootballConference.com |
| Founder | Platinum Events & Security LLC |
The American West Football Conference (AWFC) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2018 by Platinum Events & Security, LLC, the owners of the Idaho Horsemen. The league's inaugural season began play in 2019.[1]
History[]
After being unable to join the Indoor Football League or Champions Indoor Football citing financial and travel issues, Chris Reynolds, owner of the Idaho Horsemen announced that his ownership group Platinum Events & Security, LLC, created a new indoor league, the American West Football Conference (AWFC).[2] The league was created to fill the void of a lack of west coast teams and leagues and to decrease travel costs of operating the regional teams.[1][3] The league was announced with four teams: the Horsemen, Reno Express, Tri-Cities Fire, and the Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks. The AWFC later added the Sacramento Spartans, but the team's facilities did not meet league standards and was removed a month before the start of the season.[4]
The first game in league history was the Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks at the Idaho Horsemen on March 23, where the Horsemen won 33–22.[5] The season's first forfeit came on May 4 when the Skyhawks did not travel to play the Reno Express, who instead played a local semiprofessional team in order to fulfill its lease agreement. The following week, the only scheduled game was also postponed citing travel issues with the Tri-Cities Fire visiting Idaho, but was made-up on June 19. Idaho went undefeated and won the championship game 40–20 over Reno.
Teams[]
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Horsemen | Nampa, Idaho | Ford Idaho Center | 12,279 | 2017 | 2019 | Chris Reynolds |
| Reno Express | Reno, Nevada | Reno Events Center | 7,000 | 2018 | 2019 | Troy Hansen |
| Tri-Cities Fire | Kennewick, Washington | Toyota Center[6] | 6,000 | 2018 | 2019 | Kevin Heard |
| Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks[7] | Wenatchee, Washington | Town Toyota Center | 4,300 | 2018 | 2019 | Keith Evans |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HISTORY". Official Website. October 15, 2018. http://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/history. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- ↑ "A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE". AWFC Insider. October 15, 2018. http://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/news/a-decision-has-been-made.
- ↑ Castete, Aaron (October 21, 2018). "Western US based indoor football league forming for 2019". Arena Football Talk. https://www.arenafootballtalk.com/blog/western-us-based-indoor-football-league-forming-for-2019.
- ↑ "LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER". AWFC. February 20, 2019. https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/news/letter-from-the-commissioner.
- ↑ "Mike Prater: These Horsemen don't appear headless". The Idaho Press. March 23, 2019. https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/mike-prater-these-horsemen-don-t-appear-headless/article_ecb54bb6-4e81-528d-8be0-f791c5dcf40e.html.
- ↑ "Indoor football team reaches Tri-Cities deal". Tri-City Herald. January 29, 2019. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article225243225.html.
- ↑ Darby, Uriah (October 9, 2018). "Evening News October 9, 2018". NCW Life Channel. https://www.ncwlife.com/evening-news-october-9-2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
Seasons[]
2019 season[]
Standings[]
Final standings.[1]
| 2019 American West Football Conference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | GB | STK | |
| y — Idaho Horsemen | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 597 | 331 | — | W12 | |
| x – Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks | 6 | 6 | .500 | 461 | 381 | 6 | W2 | |
| x – Reno Express | 6 | 6 | .500 | 339 | 396 | 6 | W1 | |
| Tri-Cities Fire | 0 | 12 | .000 | 303 | 592 | 12 | L12 | |
y – clinched regular season title
x – clinched playoff spot
Playoffs[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 3 | Reno Express | 28 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks | 27 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Reno Express | 20 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho Horsemen | 40 | |||||||||||
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