2001 National Indoor Football League season
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| 2001 NIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Indoor Football League |
| Sport | indoor American football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Playoffs | |
| Atlantic champions | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Atlantic runners-up | Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
| Pacific champions | Wyoming Cavalry |
| Pacific runners-up | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Indoor Bowl I | |
| Champions | Mississippi Fire Dogs |
| Runners-up | Wyoming Cavalry |
The 2001 National Indoor Football League season was the first season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The league champions were the Mississippi Fire Dogs, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry in Indoor Bowl I.
Standings
[edit]| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 8 | 2 | 0.800 |
| Johnstown J Dogs | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 |
| River Cities LocoMotives | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Mississippi Fire Dogs | 16 | 1 | 0.941 | 9 | 1 | 0.900 |
| Lake Charles Land Sharks | 11 | 4 | 0.733 | 7 | 3 | 0.700 |
| Tupelo FireAnts | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 |
| Mobile Seagulls | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Louisiana Rangers | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 4 | 7 | 0.364 |
| Louisiana Bayou Beast | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 1 | 10 | 0.091 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Rapid City Red Dogs | 13 | 2 | 0.867 | 10 | 1 | 0.909 |
| Wyoming Cavalry | 10 | 7 | 0.588 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Sioux Falls Storm | 8 | 8 | 0.500 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 |
| Billings Outlaws | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 |
| Tri-City Diesel | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 8 | 0.273 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 4 | 8 | 0.333 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Utah Rattlers | 8 | 7 | 0.533 | 7 | 1 | 0.875 |
| Yakima Shockwave | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Southern Oregon Heat | 1 | 12 | 0.533 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best league record
Playoffs
[edit]| Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | Indoor Bowl I | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sioux Falls | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rapid City | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sioux Falls | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wyoming | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Utah | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wyoming | 48 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Wyoming | 21 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Mississippi | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lake Charles | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio Valley | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio Valley | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Johnstown | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi | 42 | ||||||||||||