Billings Outlaws
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| Billings Outlaws | |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Arena | Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark |
| Based in | Billings, Montana |
| Colors | Blue, silver, black |
| League | United Indoor Football |
| Head coach | Heron O' Neal |
| President of Football Operations | Mike Parnell |
| Dance Team | Most Wanted Dance Team |
| Mascot | Rocky Fork Regulators |
The Billings Outlaws are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the UIF. They play their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.
The team originally began play as a 2000 expansion member of the Indoor Football League as the Billings Thunderbolts. Despite a winning record of 8-6, it wasn't enough to get make the playoffs. When the league folded, they became a charter member of the National Indoor Football League in 2001 and became the Billings Outlaws until the 2005 season when they were the Billings Mavericks and the start of the 2006 season, when a naming dispute with the Osceola Outlaws led to the NIFL stripping both teams of the Outlaws name. However, as of June 11, 2006, the NIFL recognized Billings as the Outlaws again.
The Outlaws hosted the NIFL Indoor Bowl VI on July 28, 2006 in front of a sold out MetraPark and beat the Fayetteville Guard 59-44.
A training facility costing around $3 million was built for the Outlaws and will open in March of 2007. A facility of this nature is unprecedented in any indoor or arena league other than the Arena Football League. Photos of this facility can be found here. The facility will be called the Outlaws Community SportsPlex.
After the 2006 season, the Outlaws announced they were joining United Indoor Football for the 2007 season. [1]
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| Billings Thunderbolts (IFL) | |||||
| 2000 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4th WC Northern | -- |
| Billings Outlaws (NIFL) | |||||
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4th League Central | -- |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2nd Pacific West | Won Round 1 (Lincoln) Won Conference Championship (Bismarck) Lost Indoor Bowl II (Ohio Valley) |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5th Pacific West | -- |
| 2004 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1st Pacific West | Won Pacific Semi-Final (Omaha) Lost Pacific Conference Championship (Sioux Falls) |
| Billings Mavericks (NIFL) | |||||
| 2005 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3rd Pacific West | Lost Pacific Quarterfinal (Everett) |
| Billings Outlaws (NIFL) | |||||
| 2006 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1st Pacfic North | Won Pacific Semi-Final (Tri-Cities) Won Pacific Conference Championship (Rapid City) Won Indoor Bowl VI (Fayetteville) |
| Billings Outlaws (UIF) | |||||
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2nd West | Won Round 1 (Omaha) Lost Western Championship (Sioux Falls) |
| *2008 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2nd West | -- |
| Totals | 71 | 52 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] 2007 Season Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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| March 23 | Colorado Ice | Away | Lost 25-26 |
| March 31 | Sioux Falls Storm | Home | Lost 49-52 |
| April 8 | Omaha Beef | Home | Lost 20-36 |
| April 21 | Sioux Falls Storm | Away | Lost 18-51 |
| April 28 | Sioux City Bandits | Home | Won 50-35 |
| May 11 | Colorado Ice | Home | Won 42-33 |
| May 26 | Omaha Beef | Away | Won 41-34 |
| June 2 | Sioux City Bandits | Away | Won 73-30 |
| June 9 | Omaha Beef | Home | Won 43-13 |
| June 17 | Colorado Ice | Home | Won 56-38 |
| June 23 | River City Rage | Home | Won 62-36 |
| June 30 | River City Rage | Away | Won 46-44 |
| July 7 | Bloomington Extreme | Away | Lost 31-49 |
| July 14 | Sioux Falls Storm | Away | Lost 9-34 |
| July 21 | Omaha Beef | Home | Won 31-49 |
| July 29 | Sioux Falls Storm | Away | Lost 23-45 |
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