The Kansas City Tribe is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance based in Kansas City, Missouri. Home games are played at Center High School.
History
2008 Founded by Colin Stoner, John Van Sittert, and Mindy White, the Tribe began as a member of the Independent Women's Football League and was their return to the Kansas City market after the Kansas City Storm left for the NWFA. In their inaugural season, the Tribe finished at 4-4, good for second place in the Mid-South Division.
2009 The Tribe's breakout year would be its sophomore one, however. Finishing at 7–1, the Tribe clinched its first ever playoff spot and Midwest Division title. In the storm-heavy first-round game against the Los Angeles Amazons, the Tribe was trailing 14-6 late in the fourth quarter; however, late heroics would give them the 19–14 win, paving the way for the Western Conference title game against division rival Chicago Force (at whose hands the Tribe endured its only defeat of the regular season). That game was much more lopsided, with the Tribe pulling out the 40–16 win and the Western Conference championship. The Tribe won the IWFL Tier I World Championship on July 25, defeating the previously unbeaten Eastern Conference champion D.C. Divas, 21–18, at Round Rock ISD Athletic Stadium in Round Rock, Texas (a suburb of Austin).
2010 Although they finished 6–2, that was still not enough for a playoff berth (missing by .028 percentage points), finishing third in the Midwest Division behind the Dallas Diamonds and Chicago Force.
2011 In the Tribe's first WFA season, they finished 7–1, good for the Midwest Division title and a return trip to the playoffs. After defeating the Minnesota Machine 51–0 in the first round, the Tribe fell to the Dallas Diamonds 20–23 in an epic battle decided in overtime.
Season-by-season
| colspan="6" align="center" | Kansas City Tribe (IWFL) |- |2008 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 2nd Tier I West Mid-South || -- |- |2009 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st Tier I West Midwest || Won Western Conference Semifinal (Los Angeles)Won Western Conference Championship (Chicago)Won IWFL Tier I World Championship (D.C.) |- |2010 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 3rd Tier I West Midwest || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Kansas City Tribe (WFA) |- |2011 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st American Midwest || Won American Conference Quarterfinal (Minnesota)Lost American Conference Semifinal (Dallas) |- |2012* || 7 || 1 || 0 || -- || Won American Conference Quarterfinal (Kansas City)Lost American Conference Semifinal (Dallas) |- !Totals || 36 || 11 || 0 |colspan="2"|(including playoffs)
* = Current standing
2009
Season schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultApril 11Minnesota VixenHomeWon 45-8April 18Iowa CrushAwayWon 62-0May 2Chicago ForceAwayLost 6-28May 9Wisconsin WarriorsHomeWon 58-0May 16Clarksville FoxHomeWon 48-6May 30Chicago ForceHomeWon 30-14June 6Wisconsin WarriorsAwayWon 19-12June 13Minnesota VixenAwayWon 65-0June 27Los Angeles Amazons (Western Conference Semifinal)HomeWon 19-14July 11Chicago Force (Western Conference Championship)HomeWon 40-16July 25D.C. Divas (IWFL Tier I World Championship)Neutral (Round Rock)Won 21-18
2010
Season schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultApril 3Iowa CrushAwayWon 77-0April 10Dallas DiamondsHomeWon 28-21April 24Wisconsin WolvesHomeWon 55-0May 1Chicago ForceAwayLost 12-14May 8Wisconsin WarriorsHomeWon 44-0May 15Minnesota VixenAwayWon 80-0May 22Dallas DiamondsAwayLost 21-35June 5Chicago ForceHomeWon 30-12
2011
Standings
Season schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultApril 2Kansas City SpartansAwayWon 77-0April 9Iowa XplosionAwayWon 82-0April 16Kansas City SpartansHomeWon 76-0April 30Nebraska StampedeAwayWon 88-0May 7Chicago ForceAwayLost 26-34May 14St. Louis SlamHomeWon 37-34May 21Wisconsin WolvesHomeWon 57-0June 4Iowa XplosionHomeWon 77-0June 25Minnesota Machine (American Conference Quarterfinal)HomeWon 51-0July 9Dallas Diamonds (American Conference Semifinal)AwayLost 20-23
2012
Season schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultApril 14Chicago ForceHomeLost 14-21April 21St. Louis SlamHomeWon 33-14April 28Tulsa ThreatAwayWon 95-0May 5Kansas City SpartansHomeWon 67-6May 19Minnesota MachineAwayWon 13-0 *Game called in 1st due to weatherJune 2Nebraska StampedeHomeWon 53-6June 9Kansas City SpartansAwayWon 83-0June 16St. Louis SlamAwayWon 63-42June 30St. Louis Slam (American Conference Quarterfinal)HomeWon 42-17July 7Dallas Diamonds (American Conference Semifinal)AwayLost 47-28
External links Kansas City Tribe