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The '''Columbus Lions''' are an [[indoor football]] team, and were a charter member of the [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]]. They moved to the [[American Indoor Football Association]] for the 2008 and 2009 season. On September 23, 2009 it was announced they have joined the [[Southern Indoor Football League]] for the 2010 season.<ref>[http://www.southernifl.com/news/2009-09-23/sifl-welcomes-columbus-carolina-for-2010-.html SIFL welcomes Columbus and Carolina for 2010], southernifl.com; retrieved September 23, 2009</ref> The Lions play their home games at the [[Columbus Civic Center]] in [[Columbus, Georgia]].
  
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{{Infobox indoor American football team
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| name = Columbus Lions
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| current = 2018 Columbus Lions season
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| logo = ColumbusLions.PNG
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| helmet = Columbus Lions Helmet Logo 2018.png
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| founded = 2006
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| city = [[Columbus, Georgia]]<br>at the [[Columbus Civic Center]]
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| misc = [http://www.columbuslions.net ColumbusLions.net]
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| uniform =
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| colors = Blue, black, silver, white<br>{{color box|#0154A4}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|#BCBDBF}} {{color box|white}}
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| coach = Jason Gibson
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| owner = Skip Seda<br>Duke Liberatore<br>Jan McBarron<br>Keith Norred<br>John Hargrove<br>Kike Seda<br>Rick Jacobson
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| chairman =
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| president =
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| general manager =
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| mascot = Leo the Lion
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| nicknames =
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| league =
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[[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]] (2007)<br>
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[[American Indoor Football|American Indoor Football Association]] (2008–2009)
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*Western Conference (2008)
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**South Division (2008)
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*South Division (2009)
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[[Southern Indoor Football League]] (2010–2011)
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*Eastern Conference (2011)
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**South Division (2011)
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[[Professional Indoor Football League]] (2012–2015)
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*American Conference (2014)
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[[American Indoor Football]] (2016)
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*Southern Division (2016)
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'''[[National Arena League]] ([[2017 National Arena League season|2017]]–present)'''
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| team_history =
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*'''Columbus Lions (2007–present)'''
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| no_league_champs = 3
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| no_conf_champs = 0
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| no_div_champs = 3
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| league_champs = '''SIFL:''' 2010<br>'''PIFL:''' [[2015 PIFL season|2015]]<br>'''AIF:''' [[2016 American Indoor Football season|2016]]<!--<br>'''NAL:''' 0-->
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| conf_champs =
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| div_champs = '''AIFA:''' [[2009 American Indoor Football Association season|2009]]<br>'''SIFL:''' [[2011 SIFL season|2011]]<br>'''AIFA:''' [[2016 American Indoor Football season|2016]]<!--<br>'''NAL:''' 0-->
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| no_playoff_appearances = 12
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| playoff_appearances = '''WIFL:''' [[2007 World Indoor Football League season|2007]]<br>'''AIFA:''' [[2008 American Indoor Football Association season|2008]], [[2009 American Indoor Football Association season|2009]]<br>'''SIFL:''' 2010, [[2011 SIFL season|2011]]<br>'''PIFL:''' [[2012 PIFL season|2012]], [[2014 PIFL season|2014]], [[2015 PIFL season|2015]]<br>'''AIFA:''' [[2016 American Indoor Football season|2016]]<br>'''NAL:''' {{NAL Year|2017}}, {{NAL Year|2018}}, 2019
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| arena_years =
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*[[Columbus Civic Center]] (2007–present)
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}}
   
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The '''Columbus Lions''' are a professional [[indoor American football|indoor football]] team based in [[Columbus, Georgia]] and a founding member of the [[National Arena League]] (NAL) for the 2017 season. The Lions were founded in 2006 as an [[expansion team]] of the [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]] (WIFL). After the WIFL went under in 2007, the Lions joined the [[American Indoor Football Association]] (AIFA) where they played for two seasons. When the AIFA broke apart, the Lions joined the [[Southern Indoor Football League]] (SIFL). The Lions joined the [[Professional Indoor Football League]] (PIFL) in 2012 when the [[Southern Indoor Football League]] (SIFL) teams split up into two new leagues. After the 2015 season, the PIFL broke apart, and the Lions joined [[American Indoor Football]] for 2016.
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This team should not be confused with the [[Chattahoochee Valley Vipers]], the former indoor team from Columbus, nor the [[Mississippi Headhunters|Columbus Wardogs]], who played four seasons in Columbus in the [[af2]] league.
  
   
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In their first 12 seasons, the Lions have compiled a regular season record of 100–47 with division championships in 2009, 2011 and 2016. They have made five championship appearances: in the 2010 season where they defeated the [[Louisiana Swashbucklers]] in President's Cup II,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/07/19/1198860/sifl-championship-lions-68-swashbucklers.html |title=SIFL CHAMPIONSHIP: Fans soak up Lions’ big win |author=Chris White |date=July 19, 2010 |publisher=Ledger-Enquirer |work=www.ledger-enquirer.com |accessdate=July 8, 2014}}</ref> in 2015 when they defeated the [[Richmond Raiders]] in PIFL Cup IV, in 2016 where they defeated the [[West Michigan Ironmen]] in the AIF Championship game, in 2017 when the Lions lost to the [[Jacksonville Sharks]] 21–27 in the inaugural NAL Championship, and in 2018 with 66–8 loss to the [[Carolina Cobras (NAL)|Carolina Cobras]].
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The Lions' inaugural game on February 26, 2007 was marred by tragedy when opposing defensive back Javon Camon of the [[Daytona Beach ThunderBirds|Daytona Beach Thunder]] was killed after a hard but clean hit by Columbus fullback Cedric Ware during the fourth quarter.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2781193 Indoor football player dies after head-to-head hit], espn.com; retrieved February 27, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/sports/16791166.htm Daytona player dies], ledger-enquirer.com; retrieved February 27, 2007</ref>
  
   
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==History==
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For the Lions' impressive inaugural season, Head Coach Jason Gibson won the league's inaugural Coach of the Year Award.[http://www.wifl.us/recent-news/533/gibson_named_wifl_coach_of_the_year]
  
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The Lions were founded in 2006. The Lions' inaugural game on February 26, 2007, was marred by tragedy when opposing defensive back Javon Camon of the [[Daytona Beach Thunder]] was killed after a hard but clean hit by Lions fullback Cedric Ware during the fourth quarter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2781193 |title=Indoor football player dies after head-to-head hit |date=February 27, 2007 |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |work=www.espn.go.com |accessdate=February 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/sports/16791166.htm |title=Daytona player dies |publisher=Ledger-Enquirer |work=www.ledger-enquirer.com |accessdate=February 27, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
   
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For the Lions' impressive inaugural season, head coach Jason Gibson won the league's inaugural Coach of the Year Award.
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The Columbus Lions also have a dance team, the Lady Lions. This group is made up of seven to fifteen young women who perform jazz, hip hop, and sideline cheering during all home games.
  
   
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Following the Lions' 2015 PIFL Cup IV Championship, the Lions moved to [[American Indoor Football]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-steelhawks-moving-to-a-new-indoor-league-for-2016-20150914-story.html |title=Steelhawks moving to a new indoor football league for 2016 |author=Keith Groller |date=September 14, 2015 |publisher=The Morning Call |work=www.mcall.com |accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref>
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== Season-by-season ==
  
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The Lions move to the AIF proved to be fruitful for the Lions, and they completed the regular season 8-0 and won the 2016 AIF Championship with a perfect record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article84686262.html |title=Lions capture AIF title in bizarre, blowout fashion|date=June 19, 2016 |author=Dana Barker |publisher=Ledger-Enquirer |work=www.ledger-enquirer.com |accessdate=June 20, 2016}}</ref> One week after winning the championship, the Lions announced they were leaving the AIF for the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wltz.com/story/32317077/columbus-lions-leaving-aif-following-2016-season |title=Columbus Lions leaving AIF following 2016 season |date=June 27, 2016 |publisher=Frankly and WLTZ |work=www.wltz.com |accessdate=June 28, 2016}}</ref>
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In July 2016, Lions' owners Skip Seda and his father, Keke Seda, announced the formation of a new league called the Arena Developmental League to begin play in spring 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/nfl/article88355022.html |title=Lions owner Seda establishes new Arena Developmental League |work=[[Ledger-Enquirer]] |date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> They named former [[Canadian Football League]], [[Arena Football League]], and [[AF2]] coach [[John Gregory (American football coach)|John Gregory]] as the league's commissioner. In November 2016, the [[Jacksonville Sharks]] joined and the Sedas yielded control over the new league for it to become the [[National Arena League]].
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==Players==
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===Current roster===
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{| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
 
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| colspan="6" align="center" | ''' Columbus Lions (WIFL)'''
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! colspan="7" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions|border=2}};text-align:center;"| Columbus Lions roster
 
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Quarterbacks'''
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|2007 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 1st League || Lost [[World Indoor Bowl|World Indoor Bowl I]] ([[Augusta Colts|Augusta]])
  
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{{NFLplayer|--|Luke Collis|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Mitch Kidd|link=no|rookie=y}}
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'''Running backs'''
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*''Kamryn Pettway''
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'''Wide receivers'''
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{{NFLplayer|--|Bones Bagaunte|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|London Crawford}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Jevon Floyd|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;1|Jarmon Fortson|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|LaQuan Johnson|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|KeVontae Pope|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Chris Sanders-McCollum|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Darryl Thompson|link=no}}
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| style="width: 25px;" |
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Offensive linemen'''
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{{NFLplayer|55|Rony Barrow|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|A. J. Harmon}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Austin Hester|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|75|Nathan Isles|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|--|Manny Ogunleye|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|72|Ryan Schmidt|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|58|Dion Small|link=no}}
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'''Defensive linemen'''
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{{NFLplayer|--|Jer'yl Christian|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|93|James Middleton|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|78|Deylan Buntyn|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|95|Corey Crawford|d=American football|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|93|Darrius Rosser|link=no|rookie=y}}
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Linebackers'''
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{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;3|Robert Caldwell|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|22|Greg Hall|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|44|David Washington|link=no}}
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'''Defensive backs'''
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{{NFLplayer|21|Shattle Fenteng|link=no|rookie=y}}
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{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;7|Chris Pickett|link=no}}
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{{NFLplayer|11|Robert Sands|d=American football}}
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{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;2|Tyler Stephenson|link=no}}
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'''Special teams'''
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{{NFLplayer|--|Derek Vacha|link=no}}
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Reserve lists'''
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{{NFLplayer|15|Mason Espinosa|QB|Susp.}}
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{{ubl
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|''Rookies in italics''
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|{{URL|1=http://columbuslions.net/team/roster/|2=Roster}} updated March 9, 2019
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|31 Active, 1 Inactive
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→ [[List of current National Arena League team rosters|More rosters]]
 
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| colspan="6" align="center" | ''' Columbus Lions (AIFA)'''
  
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===Awards and honors===
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The following is a list of all Lions players who have won league awards:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Offensive Player of the Year'''
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|2008 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 2nd WC Southern || Lost WCS Round 1 ([[Mississippi Mudcats|Mississippi]])
  
 
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! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Season
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|2009 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 1st Southern || Won Divisional ([[Fayetteville Guard|Fayetteville]])<BR>Lost Semifinal ([[Reading Express|Reading]])
  
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Position
 
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|2010||Chris McCoy||[[Quarterback|QB]]
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| colspan="6" align="center" | ''' Columbus Lions (SIFL)'''
  
 
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|{{PIFL Year|2012}}||Maurice Dupree||[[Wide receiver|WR]]
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|2010 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 2nd League || Won Semifinal ([[Lafayette Wildcatters|Lafayette]])<BR>Won SIFL Championship ([[Louisiana Swashbucklers|Louisiana]])
  
 
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|{{NAL Year|2017}}||Michael Reeve||[[Wide receiver|WR]]
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!Totals || 42 || 17 || 0
  
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==2008 season schedule==
  
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Defensive Player of the Year'''
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|March 13
  
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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|[[Augusta Colts]]
  
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! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Position
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 54-44
  
 
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|2010||Damian Daniels||[[Defensive back|DB]]
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|March 22
  
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|[[Erie RiverRats]]
  
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:lose|Lost]] 48-54
  
 
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|[[2011 SIFL season|2011]]||Damian Daniels||[[Defensive back]]
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|March 28
  
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|[[Baltimore Mariners]]
  
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 67-39
  
 
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|{{PIFL Year|2013}}||[[Anthony Shutt]]||[[Defensive back]]
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|April 5
  
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|[[Carolina Speed]]
  
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:lose|Lost]] 44-59
  
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Special Teams of the Year'''
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|April 12
  
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|[[Reading Express]]
  
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 50-25
  
 
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! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Season
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|April 19
  
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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|[[Fayetteville Guard]]
  
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! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Position
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 75-16
  
 
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|2010||Trey Crum||[[Placekicker|K]]
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|April 26
  
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|[[Florida Stingrays]]
  
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|}
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 56-25
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Lineman of the Year'''
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|May 3
  
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|[[Augusta Colts]]
  
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 51-48
  
 
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! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Season
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|May 10
  
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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|[[Mississippi Mudcats]]
  
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:lose|Lost]] 61-70
  
 
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|2010||Franklin Lloyd||[[Defensive lineman|DL]]
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|May 17
  
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|}
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|[[Mississippi Mudcats]]
  
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|Away
  
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{{col-3}}
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 53-48
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 
|-
  
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Offensive Rookie of the Year'''
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|May 24
  
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|[[Florida Stingrays]]
  
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 52-45
  
 
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! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Season
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|June 6
  
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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|[[Florence Phantoms]]
  
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! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Position
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:lose|Lost]] 35-40
  
 
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|{{PIFL Year|2012}}||[[London Crawford]]||[[Wide receiver|WR]]
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|June 15
  
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|[[Huntington Heroes]]
  
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|Home
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 57-54
  
 
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|{{PIFL Year|2015}}||Casey Kacz<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/13/3812715/lions-qb-kacz-named-pifls-offensive.html?rh=1 |title=Lions' QB Kacz named PIFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year |date=July 13, 2015 |publisher=Ledger-Enquirer |work=www.ledger-enquirer.com |accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>||[[Quarterback]]
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|June 21
  
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|[[Fayetteville Guard]]
  
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|Away
  
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|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 59-58
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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| colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| '''Most Valuable Player'''
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! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Player
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! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Columbus Lions}};"| Position
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|-
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|{{PIFL Year|2015}}||Terrence Ebagua<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/19/3820845/columbus-lions-wr-terrence-ebagua.html?rh=1 |title=Columbus Lions' WR Terrence Ebagua named PIFL MVP |date=July 19, 2015 |publisher=Ledger-Enquirer |work=www.ledger-enquirer.com |accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>||[[Wide receiver|WR]]
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==Season-by-season results==
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[[Image:Columbus Lions 4-14-2012.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Columbus playing the [[Louisiana Swashbucklers]] on April 14, 2012. Note the pink numbers in support of cancer awareness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.proifl.com/news/131-kicker-trey-crum-returns-to-lions.html |title=Kicker Trey Crum Returns to Lions |author=Matthew Hester |date=April 10, 2012 |publisher=Professional Indoor Football League |work=www.proifl.com |accessdate=July 8, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134355/http://www.proifl.com/news/131-kicker-trey-crum-returns-to-lions.html |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |df= }}</ref>]]
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| style="background:#fcc;"|'''League Champions'''
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| style="background:#dfd;"|'''Conference Champions'''
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| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|'''Division Champions'''
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| style="background:#96cdcd;"|'''Playoff Berth'''
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| style="background:#c8a2c8;"|'''League Leader'''
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!rowspan="2" | [[List of leagues of American football|League]]
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!colspan="4" | [[Regular season]]
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!rowspan="2" | [[Postseason]] results
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! Finish !! Wins !! Losses !! Ties
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! 2007
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| [[2007 Columbus Lions season|2007]] || [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|WIFL]] || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || bgcolor=#c8a2c8 | 10 || 4 || 0 || align=left | Lost World Indoor Bowl I ([[Augusta Colts|Augusta]]) 60–63
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! [[2008 American Indoor Football Association season|2008]]
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| [[2008 Columbus Lions season|2008]] || [[American Indoor Football Association|AIFA]] || Western || South
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 10 || 4 || 0 || align=left | Lost Divisional Round ([[Mississippi MudCats|Mississippi]]) 50–52
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! [[2009 American Indoor Football Association season|2009]]
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| [[2009 Columbus Lions season|2009]] || AIFA || || bfcolr=#d0e7ff | South
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 11 || 3 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Divisional Round ([[Fayetteville Guard|Fayetteville]]) 45–35<br />Lost Semifinal ([[Reading Express|Reading]]) 51–60
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! [[2010 SIFL season|2010]]
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| [[2010 Columbus Lions season|2010]] || bgcolor=#fcc | [[Southern Indoor Football League|SIFL]] || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 8 || 3 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Semifinal ([[Lafayette Wildcatters|Lafayette]])<br />'''Won''' President's Cup II ([[Louisiana Swashbucklers|Louisiana]])
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! [[2011 SIFL season|2011]]
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| [[2011 Columbus Lions season|2011]] || SIFL || Eastern || bgcolor=#d0e7ff | South
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 11 || 1 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Divisional ([[Trenton Steel|Trenton]]) 62–60<br />Lost Eastern Conference Championship ([[Albany Panthers|Albany]]) 61–75
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! [[2012 PIFL season|2012]]
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| [[2012 Columbus Lions season|2012]] || [[Professional Indoor Football League|PIFL]] || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 3rd || 6 || 6 || 0 || align=left | Lost Semifinal ([[Albany Panthers|Albany]]) 36–60
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! [[2013 PIFL season|2013]]
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| [[2013 Columbus Lions season|2013]] || PIFL || ||
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| 6th || 4 || 8 || 0 ||
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! [[2014 PIFL season|2014]]
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| [[2014 Columbus Lions season|2014]] || PIFL || American ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 7 || 5 || 0 || align=left | Lost American Conference Championship ([[Nashville Venom|Nashville]]) 39–44
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! [[2015 PIFL season|2015]]
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| [[2015 Columbus Lions season|2015]] || bgcolor=#fcc | PIFL || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 8 || 3 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Semifinal ([[Lehigh Valley Steelhawks|Lehigh Valley]]) 69–41<br>'''Won''' PIFL Cup IV ([[Richmond Raiders|Richmond]]) 64–38
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! [[2016 American Indoor Football season|2016]]
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| [[2016 Columbus Lions season|2016]] || bgcolor=#fcc | [[American Indoor Football|AIF]] || || bgcolor=#d0e7ff | Southern
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 8 || 0 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Southern Semifinal ([[New Mexico Stars|New Mexico]]) 49–37<br>'''Won''' Southern Championship ([[Florida Tarpons|Florida]]) 79–66<br>'''Won''' AIF Championship Game ([[West Michigan Ironmen|West Michigan]]) 74–32
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! [[2017 National Arena League season|2017]]
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| [[2017 Columbus Lions season|2017]] || [[National Arena League|NAL]] || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 3rd || 9 || 3 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Semifinal ([[Lehigh Valley Steelhawks|Lehigh Valley]]) 52–50<br />Lost NAL Championship ([[Jacksonville Sharks|Jacksonville]]) 21–27
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! [[2018 National Arena League season|2018]]
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| [[2018 Columbus Lions season|2018]] || NAL || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 4th || 8 || 7 || 0 || align=left | '''Won''' Semifinal ([[Massachusetts Pirates|Massachusetts]]) 50–36<br>Lost NAL Championship ([[Carolina Cobras (NAL)|Carolina]]) 8–66
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! [[2019 National Arena League season|2019]]
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| [[2019 Columbus Lions season|2019]] || NAL || ||
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| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 4th || 6 || 8 || 0 || align=left | Lost Semifinal ([[Jacksonville Sharks|Jacksonville]]) 43–67
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! rowspan="3" colspan="6"|Totals
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! 106 !! 55 !! 0 !! All-time regular season record (2007–2019)
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| '''11''' || '''9''' || — || '''All-time postseason record (2007–2019)'''
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Columbus Lions
AmericanFootball current event.svg Current season
Established 2006
Play in Columbus, Georgia
at the Columbus Civic Center
ColumbusLions.net
Columbus Lions logo
League/conference affiliations
World Indoor Football League (2007)

American Indoor Football Association (2008–2009)

  • Western Conference (2008)
    • South Division (2008)
  • South Division (2009)

Southern Indoor Football League (2010–2011)

  • Eastern Conference (2011)
    • South Division (2011)

Professional Indoor Football League (2012–2015)

  • American Conference (2014)

American Indoor Football (2016)

  • Southern Division (2016)
National Arena League (2017–present)
Team colorsBlue, black, silver, white
                   
MascotLeo the Lion
Personnel
Owner(s)Skip Seda
Duke Liberatore
Jan McBarron
Keith Norred
John Hargrove
Kike Seda
Rick Jacobson
Head coachJason Gibson
Team history
*Columbus Lions (2007–present)
Championships
League championships (3)
SIFL: 2010
PIFL: 2015
AIF: 2016
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (3)
AIFA: 2009
SIFL: 2011
AIFA: 2016
Playoff appearances (12)
WIFL: 2007
AIFA: 2008, 2009
SIFL: 2010, 2011
PIFL: 2012, 2014, 2015
AIFA: 2016
NAL: 2017, 2018, 2019
Home arena(s)
*Columbus Civic Center (2007–present)

The Columbus Lions are a professional indoor football team based in Columbus, Georgia and a founding member of the National Arena League (NAL) for the 2017 season. The Lions were founded in 2006 as an expansion team of the World Indoor Football League (WIFL). After the WIFL went under in 2007, the Lions joined the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) where they played for two seasons. When the AIFA broke apart, the Lions joined the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). The Lions joined the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2012 when the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) teams split up into two new leagues. After the 2015 season, the PIFL broke apart, and the Lions joined American Indoor Football for 2016.

In their first 12 seasons, the Lions have compiled a regular season record of 100–47 with division championships in 2009, 2011 and 2016. They have made five championship appearances: in the 2010 season where they defeated the Louisiana Swashbucklers in President's Cup II,[1] in 2015 when they defeated the Richmond Raiders in PIFL Cup IV, in 2016 where they defeated the West Michigan Ironmen in the AIF Championship game, in 2017 when the Lions lost to the Jacksonville Sharks 21–27 in the inaugural NAL Championship, and in 2018 with 66–8 loss to the Carolina Cobras.

History

The Lions were founded in 2006. The Lions' inaugural game on February 26, 2007, was marred by tragedy when opposing defensive back Javon Camon of the Daytona Beach Thunder was killed after a hard but clean hit by Lions fullback Cedric Ware during the fourth quarter.[2][3]

For the Lions' impressive inaugural season, head coach Jason Gibson won the league's inaugural Coach of the Year Award.

Following the Lions' 2015 PIFL Cup IV Championship, the Lions moved to American Indoor Football.[4]

The Lions move to the AIF proved to be fruitful for the Lions, and they completed the regular season 8-0 and won the 2016 AIF Championship with a perfect record.[5] One week after winning the championship, the Lions announced they were leaving the AIF for the 2017 season.[6]

In July 2016, Lions' owners Skip Seda and his father, Keke Seda, announced the formation of a new league called the Arena Developmental League to begin play in spring 2017.[7] They named former Canadian Football League, Arena Football League, and AF2 coach John Gregory as the league's commissioner. In November 2016, the Jacksonville Sharks joined and the Sedas yielded control over the new league for it to become the National Arena League.

Players

Current roster

Columbus Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • Kamryn Pettway

Wide receivers

  • -- Bones Bagaunte
  • -- London Crawford
  • -- Jevon Floyd
  •  1 Jarmon Fortson
  • -- LaQuan Johnson
  • -- KeVontae Pope
  • -- Chris Sanders-McCollum
  • -- Darryl Thompson
 Offensive linemen
  • 55 Rony Barrow
  • -- A. J. Harmon
  • -- Austin Hester
  • 75 Nathan Isles
  • -- Manny Ogunleye
  • 72 Ryan Schmidt
  • 58 Dion Small

Defensive linemen

  • -- Jer'yl Christian
  • 93 James Middleton
  • 78 Deylan Buntyn
  • 95 Corey Crawford
  • 93 Darrius Rosser
 Linebackers
  •  3 Robert Caldwell
  • 22 Greg Hall
  • 44 David Washington

Defensive backs

  • 21 Shattle Fenteng
  •  7 Chris Pickett
  • 11 Robert Sands
  •  2 Tyler Stephenson

Special teams

  • -- Derek Vacha
 Reserve lists
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated March 9, 2019
  • 31 Active, 1 Inactive

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Awards and honors

The following is a list of all Lions players who have won league awards:

Offensive Player of the Year
Season Player Position
2010 Chris McCoy QB
2012 Maurice Dupree WR
2017 Michael Reeve WR

Defensive Player of the Year
Season Player Position
2010 Damian Daniels DB
2011 Damian Daniels Defensive back
2013 Anthony Shutt Defensive back

Special Teams of the Year
Season Player Position
2010 Trey Crum K

Lineman of the Year
Season Player Position
2010 Franklin Lloyd DL

Offensive Rookie of the Year
Season Player Position
2012 London Crawford WR
2015 Casey Kacz[8] Quarterback

Most Valuable Player
Season Player Position
2015 Terrence Ebagua[9] WR

Season-by-season results

File:Columbus Lions 4-14-2012.jpg

Columbus playing the Louisiana Swashbucklers on April 14, 2012. Note the pink numbers in support of cancer awareness.[10]

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Playoff Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2007 2007 WIFL 1st 10 4 0 Lost World Indoor Bowl I (Augusta) 60–63
2008 2008 AIFA Western South 2nd 10 4 0 Lost Divisional Round (Mississippi) 50–52
2009 2009 AIFA South 1st 11 3 0 Won Divisional Round (Fayetteville) 45–35
Lost Semifinal (Reading) 51–60
2010 2010 SIFL 2nd 8 3 0 Won Semifinal (Lafayette)
Won President's Cup II (Louisiana)
2011 2011 SIFL Eastern South 1st 11 1 0 Won Divisional (Trenton) 62–60
Lost Eastern Conference Championship (Albany) 61–75
2012 2012 PIFL 3rd 6 6 0 Lost Semifinal (Albany) 36–60
2013 2013 PIFL 6th 4 8 0
2014 2014 PIFL American 2nd 7 5 0 Lost American Conference Championship (Nashville) 39–44
2015 2015 PIFL 1st 8 3 0 Won Semifinal (Lehigh Valley) 69–41
Won PIFL Cup IV (Richmond) 64–38
2016 2016 AIF Southern 1st 8 0 0 Won Southern Semifinal (New Mexico) 49–37
Won Southern Championship (Florida) 79–66
Won AIF Championship Game (West Michigan) 74–32
2017 2017 NAL 3rd 9 3 0 Won Semifinal (Lehigh Valley) 52–50
Lost NAL Championship (Jacksonville) 21–27
2018 2018 NAL 4th 8 7 0 Won Semifinal (Massachusetts) 50–36
Lost NAL Championship (Carolina) 8–66
2019 2019 NAL 4th 6 8 0 Lost Semifinal (Jacksonville) 43–67
Totals 106 55 0 All-time regular season record (2007–2019)
11 9 — All-time postseason record (2007–2019)
117 64 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2007–2019)

References

  1. ↑ Chris White (July 19, 2010). "SIFL CHAMPIONSHIP: Fans soak up Lions’ big win". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/07/19/1198860/sifl-championship-lions-68-swashbucklers.html. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indoor football player dies after head-to-head hit". www.espn.go.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. February 27, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2781193. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Daytona player dies". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/sports/16791166.htm. Retrieved February 27, 2007.[dead link]
  4. ↑ Keith Groller (September 14, 2015). "Steelhawks moving to a new indoor football league for 2016". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. http://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-steelhawks-moving-to-a-new-indoor-league-for-2016-20150914-story.html. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dana Barker (June 19, 2016). "Lions capture AIF title in bizarre, blowout fashion". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article84686262.html. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Columbus Lions leaving AIF following 2016 season". www.wltz.com. Frankly and WLTZ. June 27, 2016. http://www.wltz.com/story/32317077/columbus-lions-leaving-aif-following-2016-season. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lions owner Seda establishes new Arena Developmental League". Ledger-Enquirer. July 7, 2016. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/nfl/article88355022.html.
  8. ↑ "Lions' QB Kacz named PIFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. July 13, 2015. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/13/3812715/lions-qb-kacz-named-pifls-offensive.html?rh=1. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Columbus Lions' WR Terrence Ebagua named PIFL MVP". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. July 19, 2015. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/19/3820845/columbus-lions-wr-terrence-ebagua.html?rh=1. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ Matthew Hester (April 10, 2012). "Kicker Trey Crum Returns to Lions". www.proifl.com. Professional Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134355/http://www.proifl.com/news/131-kicker-trey-crum-returns-to-lions.html. Retrieved July 8, 2014.

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