List of Iowa Barnstormers seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Iowa Barnstormers. The
arenafootball2 (AF2), the AFL's developmental league, assuming the history of the original franchise. The Barnstormers competed in the 2001 season
, but ceased operations following that season. After a seven-year period of inactivity, the Barnstormers returned in 2008 after AF2 approved the sale of the team to new ownership.
In 2010, after the AFL resumed operations following a year-long hiatus, the Barnstormers returned to AFL competition.[1] The Barnstormers moved to the IFL for the 2015 season.
United Bowl
|
ArenaBowl appearance | Division champions | Playoff berth |
| Season | League
|
Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Iowa Barnstormers | ||||||||
| 1995 | AFL | American | Central
|
2nd | 7 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Arizona) 56–52 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 56–49 | |
| 1996 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 12 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (St. Louis) 52–49 Won Semifinals (Albany) 62–55 Lost ArenaBowl X (Tampa Bay) 42–38 | |
| 1997 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (San Jose) 68–59 Won Semifinals (Orlando) 52–34 Lost ArenaBowl XI (Arizona) 55–33 | |
| 1998 | AFL | American | Central | 3rd | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1999 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (Milwaukee) 66–34 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 48–41 | |
| 2000 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | Lost Quarterfinals (Nashville) 63–56 | |
| 2001 | AF2
|
American | Midwest | 3rd | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2002 | Did not play | |||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | AF2 | American | Midwest | 5th | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2009 | AF2 | American | Midwest | 1st | 12 | 4 | Won Conference Quarterfinals (Manchester) 70–53 Lost Conference Semifinals (Green Bay) 51–46 | |
| 2010 | AFL | National | Midwest | 4th | 7 | 9 | ||
| 2011 | AFL | National | Central | 5th | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2012 | AFL | National | Central | 2nd | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2013 | AFL | National | Central | 3rd | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2014 | AFL | American | East | 4th | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2015 | IFL | United | 5th | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2016 | IFL | United | 5th | 4 | 12 | |||
| 2017 | IFL | United | 2nd | 13 | 3 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Sioux Falls) 45–24 | ||
| 2018 | IFL | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Semifinal (Nebraska) 48–17 Won United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 42–38 | |||
| 2019 | IFL | 2nd | 12 | 2 | Lost Semifinal (Sioux Falls) 52–50 | |||
| 2020 | IFL | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | IFL | 5th | 6 | 6 | Lost First round (Duke City) 33–34 | |||
| 2022 | IFL | Eastern | 4th | 9 | 7 | Lost First round (Frisco) 39–64 | ||
| 2023 | IFL | Eastern | 6th | 3 | 13 | |||
| Total | 177 | 159 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 9 | 10 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 187 | 169 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||
References
- General
- "Iowa Barnstormers — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- Specific
- ^ "Barnstormers History". Iowa Barnstormers. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved June 16, 2011.