2024 American Indoor Football season
LeagueAmerican Indoor Football
SportIndoor football
DurationMarch 17 – June 8
Number of teams7
2024
Playoffs
AIF seasons

The 2024 American Indoor Football season is the planned 12th season of American Indoor Football (AIF) and the first season after a eight-year hiatus. The league will play the season with seven teams, including the last league champions 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.[1] 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.[2] On August 24, 2023, the league announced that the Amarillo Venom would return and join the AIF for the 2024 season.[3] 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.[4] On September 29, 2023, the league announced the Beaumont Renegades as their ninth team for the 2024 season,[5] 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.[6]

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
Flint Rivergators Albany, Georgia Albany Civic Center 7,200 2023 2024 Gary Davis
Harrisburg Stampede Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center 7,600 2008 2024 Bernie Nowotarski
Mississippi Raiders Batesville, Mississippi Batesville Civic Center 3,200 2019 2024 TBD

Map of teams

2024 American Indoor Football season is located in the United States
Albany
Albany
Venom
River Kings
Lions
Tritons
Stampede
Raiders
Raiders
AIF team locations for the 2024 season

Standings

2024 American Indoor Football Standings
Team Win Loss PCT PF PA STK
Amarillo Venom 0 0 0 0
Cedar Rapids River Kings 0 0 0 0
Columbus Lions 0 0 0 0
Corpus Christi Tritons 0 0 0 0
Flint Rivergators 0 0 0 0
Harrisburg Stampede 0 0 0 0
Mississippi Raiders 0 0 0 0
Legend
z – clinched home field advantage
y – clinched home playoff game
x – clinched playoff berth
e – eliminated from playoffs

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Season schedule

Regular season

Week 1

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 17 7:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center

Week 2

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 24 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Mississippi Raiders Batesville Civic Center

Week 3

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 28 7:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions Mississippi Raiders Batesville Civic Center
March 30 7:00 p.m. CT Flint Rivergators Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse
March 30 7:00 p.m. CT Amarillo Venom Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 4

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 5 7:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions Flint Rivergators Albany Civic Center
April 6 7:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings 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. CT Amarillo Venom Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
April 12 7:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings Flint Rivergators Albany Civic Center
April 13 7:00 p.m. CT Mississippi Raiders Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 6

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 18 7:00 p.m. CT Harrisburg Stampede Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
April 20 7:00 p.m. CT Flint Rivergators Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center

Week 7

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 27 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center
April 27 7:00 p.m. CT Columbus Lions Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
April 28 7:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings Mississippi Raiders Batesville Civic Center

Week 8

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 4 7:00 p.m. CT Flint Rivergators Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

Week 9

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 10 7:00 p.m. CT Mississippi Raiders Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse
May 11 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center
May 11 7:00 p.m. CT Harrisburg Stampede Flint Rivergators Albany Civic Center

Week 10

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 17 7:00 p.m. CT Harrisburg Stampede Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse
May 18 7:00 p.m. CT Mississippi Raiders Amarillo Venom Amarillo Civic Center

Week 11

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 25 7:00 p.m. CT Harrisburg Stampede Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
May 25 7:00 p.m. CT Mississippi Raiders Flint Rivergators Albany Civic Center

Week 12

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 1 7:00 p.m. CT Flint Rivergators Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
June 1 7:00 p.m. CT Amarillo Venom Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center
June 1 7:00 p.m. CT Cedar Rapids River Kings Harrisburg Stampede Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

Week 13

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 8 7:00 p.m. CT Corpus Christi Tritons Cedar Rapids River Kings Alliant Energy PowerHouse

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Postseason

Semifinals

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 15 7:00 p.m. CT TBD TBD TBD
June 15 7:00 p.m. CT TBD TBD TBD

AIF Championship

Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 22 7:00 p.m. CT TBD TBD TBD

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See also

References

  1. ^ "AIF announces return to the field in 2024- First 4 Teams Announced". aif-proindoorfootball.com. American Indoor Football. July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "COLUMBUS LIONS JOIN AMERICAN INDOOR FOOTBALL (AIF) FOR THE 2024 INDOOR SEASON". aif-proindoorfootball.com. American Indoor Football. August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "American Indoor Football (AIF) Expands Ownership; Amarillo Venom to play in the AIF for the 2024 Indoor Football season". aif-proindoorfootball.com. American Indoor Football. August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "American Indoor Football (AIF) Welcomes Albany, GA as 8th Franchise for the 2024 Indoor Season". aif-proindoorfootball.com. American Indoor Football. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Beaumont Renegades: A Dynamic Addition to American Indoor Football (AIF)". aif-proindoorfootball.com. American Indoor Football. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "AIF Announces 2024 Indoor Season Schedule". American Indoor Football.
  7. ^ "American Indoor Football 2024 Season Standings". www.aif-proindoorfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  8. ^ "American Indoor Football Schedule". www.aif-proindoorfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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