The 2024 American Indoor Football season was the twelfth season of American Indoor Football (AIF) and the first season after an eight-year hiatus. The league played the season with six teams, including the last league champions, the Columbus Lions.
Offseason On July 3, 2023, John Morris announced that the league would indeed relaunch in 2024 with four new teams: Cedar Rapids River Kings, Corpus Christi Tritons, RiverCity Rage and West Virginia Miners. On August 4, 2023, the league announced that the Columbus Lions, the last team to win the AIF Championship in 2016, were returning to the league. On August 24, 2023, the league announced that the Amarillo Venom would return and join the AIF for the 2024 season. On September 11, 2023, the league announced that an expansion team to be based in Albany, Georgia, would also join the AIF for 2024 as its eighth franchise. On September 29, 2023, the league announced the Beaumont Renegades as their ninth team for the 2024 season, but on October 30, the league announced that the Renegades will play an exhibition schedule only in 2024, and will join the league full time in 2025, while the AIF granted West Virginia Miners release from the league after change in the team ownership group.
On February 21, 2024, the league announced that the Flint Rivergators would not play in the 2024 season and would re-evaluate the team's future. Prior to their game on March 24, 2024, the league announced that the Mississippi Raiders would be removed from the league’s schedule due to financial problems involved in the change in ownership during the offseason. The future of the team is unknown.
Teams Team Location Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head coach Amarillo Venom Amarillo, Texas Amarillo Civic Center 4,912 2003 2024 Rick Kranz Cedar Rapids River Kings Cedar Rapids, Iowa Alliant Energy PowerHouse 9,000 2011 2024 Daron Clark Columbus Lions Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center 7,573 2006 2024 Damian Daniels Corpus Christi Tritons Corpus Christi, Texas American Bank Center 10,000 2023 2024 Bradly Chavez Harrisburg Stampede Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center 2,400 2008 2024 Bernie Nowotarski Mississippi Raiders Batesville, Mississippi Batesville Civic Center 3,200 2019 2024 Eddie Strong
Standings +2024 American Indoor Football StandingsTeam Win Loss PCT GB PF PA STK (1)Columbus Lions50–320106W5 (2)Corpus Christi Tritons411.0214160L1 Harrisburg Stampede133.595227L3 Amarillo Venom144.0175276W1 Mississippi Raiders†01–02L1 Cedar Rapids River Kings†02–67102L2 Legend (1) – hosts Championship game (2) – clinched Championship game † – Did not finish the season All other teams eliminated from postseason
Season schedule Regular season All times shown are local to the home team. Week 1 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref March 17 7:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions 47 26 Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center
Week 2 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref March 23 6:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons 2 0 Mississippi Raiders Batesville Civic Center Mississippi forfeited this game before folding.
Week 3 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref March 30 7:00 p.m. CT Amarillo Venom 50 76 Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center
Week 4 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref April 6 7:00 p.m. ET Cedar Rapids River Kings 29 44 Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
Week 5 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref April 12 7:00 p.m. ET Amarillo Venom 27 74 Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center April 14 3:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings 38 58 Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center
Week 6 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref April 18 7:00 p.m. ET Harrisburg Stampede 19 73 Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
Week 7 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref April 27 7:00 p.m. ET Columbus Lions 42 34 Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center April 27 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons 48 34 Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center
Week 8 No games were played this week.
Week 9 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref May 11 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons 30 38 Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center
Week 10 The Harrisburg Stampede and the Cedar Rapids River Kings were due to play this week, but the River Kings opted to conclude their regular season and instead play exhibition matches. This move also affected the previous week's match against the Columbus Lions, a rematch with the Stampede on June 1, and a match against the Corpus Christi Tritons on June 6. The news came amid a scandal involving River Kings co-owner Dominic Montero.
Week 11 Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref May 25 7:00 p.m. ET Harrisburg Stampede 0 83 Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
Week 12 The match between the Amarillo Venom and the Corpus Christi Tritons this week was cancelled for unknown reasons. The Tritons instead played the Dallas Falcons of American Arena League 2. The score was 52-20
Championship Game On May 7, AIF announced a revised playoff format: the top two teams will play in a single championship game on June 14. The Lions were confirmed to host the game after winning over the Harrisburg Stampede on May 25. Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Notes Ref June 14 7:00 p.m. ET Corpus Christi Tritons 20 46 Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
Media + AIF team media deals Team TV Station(s) Amarillo Venom KFDA-TV
Texas Panhandle Sports Network Cedar Rapids River Kings None Columbus Lions YouTube Corpus Christi Tritons YouTube Harrisburg Stampede YouTube
See also 2024 Arena Football League season 2024 Indoor Football League season 2024 National Arena League season 2024 The Arena League season
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