The 2022 Indoor Football League season was the fourteenth (and thirteenth complete) season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league played the season with 14 teams, up from 11 teams the previous season. The Bay Area Panthers, Quad City Steamwheelers, and San Diego Strike Force, returned from dormancy after electing not to play during the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vegas Knight Hawks joined the league as an expansion team. The Cedar Rapids River Kings did not return and the announced 2022 expansion Columbus Wild Dogs never returned. The Spokane Shock were removed from the league in February 2022 after the team lost its lease for their home arena.
In the national championship round the Northern Arizona Wranglers won their first title by defeating the Quad City Steamwheelers. In doing so the Wranglers completed a worst to first comeback having won only one game (against the Tucson Sugar Skulls) the previous season.
Teams For the 2022 season, the league is split into two conferences.
The playoffs will have the top four teams per conference qualifying, and will be seeded first through fourth. Team Location Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head coachEastern ConferenceBismarck Bucks Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck Event Center 10,100 2017 2019 Rod MillerFrisco Fighters Frisco, Texas Comerica Center 3,500 2019 2020 Billy BackGreen Bay Blizzard Green Bay, Wisconsin Resch Center 8,600 2003 2010 Corey RobersonIowa Barnstormers Des Moines, Iowa Wells Fargo Arena 15,181 1995 2015 Dave MogensenMassachusetts Pirates Worcester, Massachusetts DCU Center 12,339 2017 2021 Rayshaun KizerQuad City Steamwheelers Moline, Illinois Vibrant Arena at The Mark 9,200 2017 2019 Cory RossSioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls, South Dakota Denny Sanford Premier Center 10,678 2000 2009 Kurtiss RiggsWestern ConferenceArizona Rattlers Phoenix, Arizona Footprint Center 18,422 1992 2017 Kevin GuyBay Area Panthers San Jose, California SAP Center 17,562 2019 2020 Kurt BryanDuke City Gladiators Rio Rancho, New Mexico Rio Rancho Events Center 6,000 2015 2020 Sherman CarterNorthern Arizona Wranglers Prescott Valley, Arizona Findlay Toyota Center 6,000 2020 2021 Les MossSan Diego Strike Force San Diego, California Pechanga Arena 12,000 2018 2019 David BeezerTucson Sugar Skulls Tucson, Arizona Tucson Arena 8,962 2018 2019 Dixie WootenVegas Knight Hawks Henderson, Nevada Dollar Loan Center 6,019 2021 2022 Mike Davis
Regular season Standings Eastern Conference
TeamFrisco Fighters 14 2 - 7–1 W8 737 562Massachusetts Pirates 11 5 3 8–2 W1 612 556 Quad City Steamwheelers 9 7 5 8–7 W1 664 642 Iowa Barnstormers 9 7 5 8–7 L1 642 605 Sioux Falls Storm 8 8 6 7–7 W1 643 646 Green Bay Blizzard 6 10 8 5–10 L2 518 558 Bismarck Bucks 3 13 11 2–11 L11 529 678
Western Conference
TeamArizona Rattlers 13 3 - 11–2 W4 846 500Northern Arizona Wranglers 12 4 1 11–3 W1 622 447Tucson Sugar Skulls 9 7 4 8–5 L1 732 747Duke City Gladiators 8 8 5 6–5 W1 644 655Vegas Knight Hawks 6 10 7 5–7 L1 586 617San Diego Strike Force 3 13 10 2–11 L2 580 749Bay Area Panthers 1 15 12 1–11 L14 431 824
Notes
Playoffs
References
See also 2022 National Arena League season