The Philadelphia Yellow Jackets were a professional indoor football team and a member of the American Indoor Football league that played half a season in 2016 before folding due to financial issues.
In addition to being Philadelphia's second arena/indoor team (after the Philadelphia Soul, who played in the Arena Football League), the Yellow Jackets were named in honor of (and their visual identity is designed after) Philadelphia's first National Football League team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The original Yellow Jackets played in the NFL from 1924 until 1931 (and notably won the 1926 NFL championship).
History On June 11, 2015, the AIF announced the Yellow Jackets would be joining for the 2016 season. The "P-Y-J" are owned by Joe Krause, owner of the Indoor Gridiron League. The Yellow Jackets played their home games at the Class of 1923 Arena on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania the majority of their first season until May 11, 2016, when the university voided their contract for lack of payment leading to cancelling their last three games. Owner Joe Krause released a statement on the team's Facebook account accusing the university of breach of contract while he was dealing with his wife's recovery from a stroke.
They did reschedule their last "home" game to be at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, however, this game was also never played. The team was removed from the AIF after the 2016 season.
2016 season Season record
Season League Division Regular season Postseason results Finish Wins Losses Ties 2016 AIF Northern folded 410
Key:
Preseason All start times were local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 Saturday March 5 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 28-41 0-1 PPL Center
Regular season All start times were local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 BYE 2 BYE 3 BYE 4 BYE 5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at Winston Wildcats W 55–9 1–0 LJVM Coliseum Annex 6 Saturday April 2 7:05pm at Central Penn Capitals W 40–36 2–0 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center 7 BYE 8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Central Penn Capitals W 79–26 3–0 Class of 1923 Arena 9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 33–52 3–1 PPL Center Rescheduled for May 28 11 Saturday May 8 4:05pm at Triangle Torch W 59–42 4–1 Dorton Arena 12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm Maryland Eagles Cancelled 12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm at Winston Wildcats L 0–2 4–2 13 Saturday May 21 7:05pm Winston Wildcats L 0–2 4–3 Cancelled
Standings
References
External links Philadelphia Yellow Jackets official website