The Billings Outlaws
are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current defending champions. They play their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark. Their games are broadcast live locally on 105-9 The Bar, KPBR and online through Teamline.
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Early History
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 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.
2002 Season
The Outlaws first year in the playoffs. Many people thought it would be unexpected of Billings to make it all the way to the championship especially after coming in second in their division but they did so and proved many wrong. It wasn't easy though as Bismarck and Lincoln showed they were up for a fight. Both games were decided in the final minute to which Outlaws prevailed.
The championship game was the same other than the difference that the
Ohio Valley Greyhounds took home the win and proved to be the best team winning 55-52 and pulling out an overall record that year of 15-1 while the Outlaws finished the season with an overall record of 12-5.
2006 Season
The 2006 season was a success as the Outlaws were handed only one loss in Week 2 to
Tri-Cities Fever but then redeemed themselves by beating Tri-Cities three times that same year including in the playoffs. After defeating the Fever the Outlaws took down their league rival
Rapid City Flying Aces. The Outlaws then hosted the NIFL Indoor Bowl VI on
July 28,
2006 in front of a sold out MetraPark and beat the
Fayetteville Guard 59-44.
Training Facility
A training facility costing around $3 million was built for the Outlaws and opened in March 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 . The facility is be called the Outlaws Community SportsPlex. This facility has been used for many events and purposes such as practice, fundraisers, birthday parties, try-outs, and much more.
2007/2008 Season
After the 2006 season, the Outlaws announced they were joining
United Indoor Football for the
2007 season. The first season for the Outlaws in the UIF started out terrible as they fell to 0-4. Soon after, they became a team to fear as the Outlaws finished off the final ten games going 8-2. Even with all the confidence and momentum they couldn't hold up against the
Sioux Falls Storm in the second round of the playoffs. The 2008 season was a more exciting and successful year but yet again the Outlaws would lose to Sioux Falls in the Western Conference Finals but this game was more heart pounding as the Billings Outlaws held a lead of 44-43 but with less tham 5 seconds left in the game Sioux Falls kicker
Adam Hicks booted a 45 yard field goal through the uprights as the clock expired to claim a 46-44 win. The Outlaws were very frustrated after the game and had reasons to be upset with the kicking team as the Outlaws kicker went 1 of 4 in the Western Conference Game which may have been the key reason to the Billings loss. Billings had lost two games earlier that same season because of the horrible kicking game which is why the Sioux Falls had home field and not the Outlaws. After the end of the 2008 season they became members of the
Indoor Football League through the UIF's merger with the
Intense Football League.
2009 Season
During the 2009 season the Outlaws have played tough and have received only two losses which came at the
Omaha Civic Auditorium against the
Omaha Beef. The second loss was very controversial as Outlaws came on the field to tie the game up with one second left but had an injured player on the field from the Outlaws meant in the rules that ten seconds would run off the clock which led to a 48-45 victory for the Beef. The Outlaws had won seven in a row until that loss but on the streak it included three wins against the four time defending UIF champions
Sioux Falls Storm with scores of 42-41, 70-35, and 34-22. The final game being in Sioux Falls which snapped their 35 home-game win streak. As of now the Outlaws are considered the best team in the league and proved it against
River City Rage by defeating them in the IFL United Bowl 71-62 in front of a sold out crowd.
2009 Schedule
| Opponent
| Result
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| Sioux City Bandits
| Won 82-12
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| @ Colorado Ice
| Won 46-41
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| Omaha Beef
| Won 52-40
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| Fairbanks Grizzlies
| Won 74-3
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| @ Omaha Beef
| Lost 48-33
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| Sioux Falls Storm
| Won 42-41
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| @ Fairbanks Grizzlies
| Won 72-35
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| Alaska Wild
| Won 68-32
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| @ Fairbanks Grizzlies
| Won 59-55
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| @ Alaska Wild
| Won 73-18
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| Sioux Falls Storm
| Won 70-35
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| @ Sioux Falls Storm
| Won 34-22
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| Colorado Ice
| Won 83-30
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| @ Omaha Beef
| Lost 48-45
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| Fairbanks Grizzlies
| Won 50-7
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| El Paso Generals
| Won 66-35
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| River City Rage
| Won 71-62
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Home Game Win Streak: 12
Away Game Win Streak: 0
2009 Roster
Offense
Chris Dixon QB #5
IFL (MVP of the year/Offensive Player of the year)
Robert Redd WR #1
James Walton WR #6
Willie Austin WR #3
Eric McCain WR #14
Charles Anthony RB #4
Tim Brown RB/WR #22
Nolan Fisher OL #79
Myniya Smith OL #75
Ya'Tarre Brown OL #51
Defense
Kadafi Tunsil DB #2
Javon Jackson DB #23
Muhammad Shamsid-Deen DB #7
Michael Eby DB #19
IFL (Defensive Rookie of the year)
Cody Zimmerman DB #24
Mike Bazemore DL #15
Kelly Rouse LB #53
Michael Landry DL #91
IFL (Defensive Player of the year)
Anthony Bonner #60 DL
Beau Gates LB/DL #55
Special Teams
Nathan Parseghian K #21
Coaching Staff
Head Coach- Heron O'Neal
Offensive Coordinator- Robert Reed
Assistant Coach- Marcus Pearson
O-Line Coach- Chase Raynock
Statistics
Passing Leaders
| Year
| Player
| Att
| Comp
| Comp Pct
| Int
| TD
| QB RTG
| GP
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| 2009
| Chris Dixon
| 292
| 209
| 71.6%
| 7
| 69
| 127.13
| 14
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| 2008
| Chris Dixon
| 385
| 264
| 68.6%
| 10
| 63
| 119.18
| 14
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| 2007
| Chris Dixon
| 286
| 184
| 64.3%
| 8
| 52
| 111.63
| 12
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Receiving Leaders
| Year
| Player
| No.
| Yds
| Avg
| TD
| Long
| Avg/G
| GP
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| 2009
| James Walton
| 67
| 911
| 13.6
| 34
| 49
| 65.1
| 14
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| 2008
| Robert Reed
| 70
| 781
| 11.2
| 19
| 37
| 60.1
| 13
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| 2007
| Anthony Candler
| 52
| 567
| 10.9
| 14
| 46
| 43.6
| 12
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Rushing Leaders
| Year
| Player
| Att
| Gain
| Loss
| Avg
| TD
| Long
| Avg/G
| GP
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| 2009
| Timothy Brown
| 73
| 483
| 19
| 6.4
| 7
| 41
| 38.7
| 11
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| 2008
| Chris Dixon
| 86
| 421
| 39
| 4.4
| 7
| 30
| 27.3
| 14
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| 2007
| Eddie Linscomb
| 99
| 499
| 22
| 4.8
| 9
| 38
| 47.7
| 10
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Interception Leaders
| Year
| Player
| No.
| Yds
| Avg/G
| TD
| Long
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| 2009
| Michael Eby
| 10
| 87
| 8.7
| 0
| 22
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| 2008
| Travonti Johnson
| 12
| 127
| 10.6
| 3
| 39
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| 2007
| Corey Roberson
| 5
| 33
| 6.6
| 0
| 12
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Sack Leaders
| Year
| Player
| Sacks
| Assists
| Yds
| Avg/G
| GP
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| 2009
| Michael Landry
| 12
| 2
| 82
| 1.2
| 11
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| 2008
| Mike Bazemore
| 6.5
| 3
| 40
| .46
| 14
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| 2007
| Eugene Phillips
| 10
| 4
| 63
| .71
| 14
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Season-By-Season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| Billings Thunderbolts (Indoor Football League)
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| 2000
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 4th WC Northern
| --
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| Billings Outlaws (National Indoor Football League)
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| 2001
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 4th League Central
| --
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| 2002
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 2nd Pacific West
| Won Round 1 (Lincoln Capitols) 54-51
Won Conference Championship (Bismarck) 59-56
Lost Indoor Bowl II (Ohio Valley Greyhounds) 55-52
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| 2003
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 5th Pacific West
| --
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| 2004
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1st Pacific West
| Won Pacific Semi-Final (Omaha Beef) 68-59
Lost Pacific Conference Championship (Sioux Falls Storm) 44-13
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| Billings Mavericks (National Indoor Football League)
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| 2005
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3rd Pacific West
| Lost Pacific Quarterfinal (Everett)
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| Billings Outlaws (National Indoor Football League)
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| 2006
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 1st Pacfic North
| Won Pacific Semi-Final (Tri-Cities Fever) 48-21
Won Pacific Conference Championship (Rapid City Flying Aces) 62-54
Won Indoor Bowl VI
(Fayetteville Guard) 59-44
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| Billings Outlaws (United Indoor Football)
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| 2007
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 2nd West
| Won Round 1 (Omaha Beef) 62-27
Lost Western Championship (Sioux Falls Storm) 45-23
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| 2008
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 2nd West
| Won Round 1 (Omaha Beef) 47-30
Lost Western Championship (Sioux Falls Storm) 46-44
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| Billings Outlaws (Indoor Football League)
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| 2009
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 1st Intense Pacific
| Won Pacific Divisonal Championship (Fairbanks Grizzlies) 50-7
Won Instense Conference Championship (El Paso Generals) 66-35
Won United Bowl (RiverCity Rage) 71-62
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| Total
| 90
| 50
| 0
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| (Regular Season)
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| Total
| 101
| 55
| 0
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| (Regular Season and Playoffs)
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* = Current Standing