The San Antonio Gunslingers are a professional indoor football team based in San Antonio, Texas, that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The team plays its home games at Freeman Coliseum. They share their name with the original USFL's team of the same name that played from 1984 to 1985.
History
American Arena League (2021) The San Antonio Gunslingers were established by three local families, the Garcias, Torres and Youngs. After five years of planning, the Gunslingers joined the American Arena League for the inaugural 2021 season as an expansion team playing in the Texas-based West Division. They led the West Division going into the division championship, but lost to the North Texas Bulls 46–28 on June 6, 2021.
National Arena League (2022–2023) After a very successful 2021 season, the Garcia, Torres and Young families made the decision to join the National Arena League. Two games into the season the three families announced the sale of the team to Don and Brandon Rackler on June 7, 2022. The team went 4–8 and did not make the playoffs.
Indoor Football League (2024) On September 26, 2023, it was announced that the Gunslingers would join the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the 2024 season.
Schedule 2022 NAL Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 April 23 Orlando Predators L 36–44 0–1 Freeman Coliseum 2 April 30 Columbus Lions L 45–46 0–2 Freeman Coliseum3Bye4Bye5May 20at Carolina CobrasL 35–720–3Greensboro Coliseum Complex 6 May 28 at Orlando Predators L 52–63 0–4 Amway Center 7 June 3 at Jacksonville Sharks L 67–72 0–5 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 8 June 11 Albany Empire W 59–56 1–5 Freeman Coliseum 9 June 17 at Orlando Predators W 55–53 2–5 Veterans Stadium 10 June 25 Carolina Cobras W 61–60 3–5 Freeman Coliseum 11 July 2 Albany Empire L 47–62 3–6 Freeman Coliseum 12 July 8 at Columbus Lions L 75–79 3–7 Columbus Civic Center 13 July 16 Jacksonville Sharks W 60–52 4–7 Freeman Coliseum 14 July 23 at Albany Empire L 55–61 4–8 MVP Arena Reference:
2023 NAL Regular Season Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 April 8 Carolina Cobras W 41–40 1–0 Freeman Coliseum 2 April 15 Jacksonville Sharks W 63–62 2–0 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 3 April 22 at Albany Empire W 55–53 3–0MVP Arena4Bye5May 7at Fayetteville MustangesW 40–274–0Crown Coliseum6Bye 7 May 20 at West Texas Warbirds W 38–36 5–0 Ector County Coliseum 8 May 28 Jacksonville Sharks L 43–70 5–1 Freeman Coliseum 9 June 4 at Orlando Predators W 44–33 6–1 Freeman Coliseum10 Bye 11 June 17 West Texas Warbirds W 55–49 7–1 Freeman Coliseum 12 June 24 West Texas Warbirds W 69–55 8–1 Freeman Coliseum 13 July 1Orlando Predators L 33–52 8–2 Amway Center14 Bye 15 July 15 at Carolina Cobras L 43–66 8–3 Greensboro Coliseum Complex 16 July 22 Carolina Cobras L 45–63 8–4 Freeman Coliseum
2023 NAL Regular Playoff Round Date Opponent Result Venue Semifinal August 5 Carolina Cobras L 36–52 Greensboro Coliseum Complex
2024 IFL Regular Season Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue1 Bye2Bye 3 April 1 at San Diego Strike Force L 61–69 0–1Pechanga Arena4April 6Northern Arizona WranglersL 50–570–2Freeman Coliseum5April 12at Vegas Knight HawksL 44–660–3Lee's Family Forum 6 April 18 Tucson Sugar Skulls W 60–36 1–3Freeman Coliseum 7 April 26 at Frisco Fighters W 54–52 2–3 Comerica Center 8 May 4 Frisco Fighters L 57–622–4 Freeman Coliseum 9 May 11 at Duke City Gladiators W 56–53 3–4 Rio Rancho Events Center 10 May 18 Tulsa Oilers W 54–43 4–4 Freeman Coliseum 11 May 25 at Bay Area Panthers L 31–42 4–5 SAP Center12 Bye 13 June 8 Duke City Gladiators W 46–45 5–5 Freeman Coliseum 14 June 15 at Massachusetts Pirates W 52–51 6–5Tsongas Center 15 June 23 at Northern Arizona Wranglers L 68–74 6–6 Findlay Toyota Center 16 June 29 Frisco FIghters L 57–58 6–7 Freeman Coliseum 17 July 6 Massachusetts Pirates W 58–55 7–7 Freeman Coliseum 18 July 13 at Tucson Sugar Skulls W 49–438–7 Tucson Arena 19 July 20 Arizona Rattlers L 34–41 8–8 Freeman Coliseum
Season-by-season results League championsConference championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season Team League Conference Regular season Postseason results Finish Wins Losses2021AAL 2nd 5 2 2022NAL 5th 4 8 2023NAL 3rd 8 4 Lost first round (Carolina) 52–36 2024 IFL Western 6th 8 8 2025 IFL Western 6th 5 11 2026 IFL Western 5th 5 11 Totals 35 44 All-time regular season record (2021–2026) 0 1 All-time postseason record (2021–2026) 35 45 All-time regular season and postseason record (2021–2026)
Notable players See :Category:San Antonio Gunslingers (indoor football) players
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