Wichita Force
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| Founded | 2014 |
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| League | CIF (2015–present) |
| Division | Central |
| Team history | Wichita Force (2015–present) |
| Based in | Wichita, Kansas |
| Arena | Intrust Bank Arena |
| Colors | Black, Orange, White & Silver |
| Owner | Marvin Fisher (managing general partner) |
| Head coach | Paco Martinez |
| General manager | Tyler Soliday |
| Championships | 1 (2016) |
| Division titles | 1 (2016) |
| Playoff berths | 2 (2015, 2016) |
 [[2016|Current season]] | |
The Wichita Force are a professional indoor football team based in Wichita, Kansas. They are members of the Champions Indoor Football league. The team was founded in 2014 as an expansion franchise.[1] The Force's home games are played at Intrust Bank Arena. Former Wichita Wild head coach Paco Martinez and his staff were hired by the Force.[2]
History
The Force opened the season with a home loss to the Salina Bombers[3] then regrouped to win four consecutive games in a five-week span.[4][5] After that stretch, results have been mixed with road losses to the two teams that would end up playing in the Champions Bowl—Texas Revolution and Sioux City Bandits—then, a home win over the Salina Bombers, and a road win over the Dodge City Law.[6][7]
Statistics and records
Season-by-season results
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | League Leader |
| Season | Team | League | Division | Regular season | Postseason Results | |||||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | CIF | 3rd* | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost Semi-Finals 27–39 (Texas) | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | CIF | Northern | 1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Championship 52-51 (Bloomington) Won Champions Bowl II 48-45 (Amarillo) | ||
| Totals | 18 | 6 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2015–2016) | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | — | All-time postseason record (2015–2016) | |||||||
| 20 | 7 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2015–2016) | |||||||
*During the 2015 season, the CIF did not have divisions. So finish listed is position in the overall league standings
Roster
References
- ^ Suellentrop, Paul (August 21, 2014). "Indoor football to return with same players, coach – but with new name, owner, league". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ Heck, Josh (March 2, 2015). "Wichita Force launch new era of indoor football". Wichita Business Journal. Wichita, KS: Advance Publications. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ Lutz, Jeffrey (February 28, 2015). "Salina rallies past Force football team in inaugural game". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ^ "Beef come up short against Wichita". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, NE: Berkshire Hathaway. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Adame, Tpny (April 3, 2015). "Wichita Force grabs fourth straight win". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ Seminoff, Kirk (May 8, 2015). "Force knocks off league-leading Dodge City 52-49". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ Curtis, John (May 9, 2015). "Law early miscues lose to Force". Dodge City Daily Globe. Dodge City, KS: GateHouse Media. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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