The Frisco Thunder was an indoor football team in Frisco, Texas . They were members of the Intense Football League and played their home games at the Dr Pepper Arena .
6-526: The Thunder began play in the Intense Football League . As an expansion team, they made the playoffs and finished with a record of 8–6. Their second season was more disappointing, which ended with a 6–8 record and a first round playoff loss to the Odessa Roughnecks. The team also had the distinction of playing the first half of the 2008 season at home and the remaining seven games consecutively on
12-771: The National Indoor Football League and the league suspended operations. In 2006, the Intense Football League restarted. Three of the original teams (Odessa, San Angelo and Corpus Christi) returned to the IFL, joined by new teams from Belton , Lake Charles , and Laredo . Following the 2006 season, the Laredo Lobos left for AF2, but the league expanded with three new teams for 2007 in the Frisco Thunder , Katy Ruff Riders , and Alaska Wild (notable for being
18-621: The first ever professional football team in the state of Alaska ). For 2008 another Alaskan team was added with the Fairbanks Grizzlies . The league planned to add a team in El Paso for 2009. On July 22, 2008, it was announced that the IFL would be merging with United Indoor Football for the upcoming 2009 season, following the National Indoor Bowl Championship between both leagues' champions on August 2. On August 1 it
24-536: The road due to construction on their home arena. For the 2009 season, the Intense Football League merged with United Indoor Football to create another version of the Indoor Football League . With construction continuing on Dr Pepper Arena into the 2009 season, the Thunder opted to sit the season out and did not participate in the 2009 IFL season . However, the team never returned for any other season. The team
30-675: Was a professional indoor football minor league that began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas , but it was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska . During its first season, the El Paso Rumble folded and the league oversaw operations of the team until the end of the season. In 2005, the Amarillo Dusters left for the AF2 , while the other teams joined
36-447: Was owned by former Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints Jake Reed , who purchased the team during the 2007 season. This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Intense Football League The Intense Football League ( IFL )
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