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Louisville Fire Wiki Information
The Louisville Fire
was an arena football team that played its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator was former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team was somewhat successful. After a rocky first few seasons they finally found success in 2004 and then made it all the way to the Arena Cup in the 2005 season.
In July 2007, it was announced that the team plans on selling portions of the team to local ownership (ala the NFL's Green Bay Packers) and attempt to boost season ticket sales and then buy it back in time before the team joins the AFL. [1]
In November 2008, the Louisville Fire ceased operations. [2]
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LOUISVILLE FIRE TICKETS
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Award winners
- 2004 - Takua Furutani - International Player of the Year
- 2005 - Matthew Sauk - Offensive Player of the Year
- 2005 - Danny Kight - Kicker of the Year
- 2006 - Brett Dietz - Rookie of the Year
- 2006 - Rob Mager - Offensive Player of the Year
- 2008 - Elizabeth "Liz" Horrall - Miss Louisville Fire Football
Season-by-season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| 2001
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 6th NC Midwest
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| 2002
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 4th NC Midwest
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| 2003
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3rd NC Midwest
| --
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| 2004
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 2nd NC Midwest
| Won NC Round 1 (Quad City)
Lost NC Semifinal (Tulsa)
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| 2005
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 2nd AC East
| Won AC Round 1 (Macon)
Won AC Semifinal (Manchester)
Won AC Championship (Florida)
Lost ArenaCup VI (Memphis)
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| 2006
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 4th AC East
| Lost AC Round 1 (Memphis)
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| 2007
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 3rd AC Midwest
| Won AC Round 1 (Spokane)
Lost AC Semifinals (Green Bay)
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| 2008
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 4th AC Midwest
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| Totals
| 62
| 71
| 0
| (including playoffs)
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2008 coaches
- Tommy Johnnson - Head Coach
- George Eskridge - Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coach
- Anthony Payton - Offensive Coordination
- Oscar Brohm - Quarterbacks Coach
- Darrel Ryan
- Pat Padrone
- Roy McMillen
- Tyronne Young
See also
- Sports in Louisville, Kentucky
- Louisville Cardinals
Notes
- Louisville Fire Press Release: Fire seek season ticket and ownership support in quest for AFL
- Fire ceases operations as af2 team; Fair board says it recently received notice of the move
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