2023 IFL Schedule

[David]

The following is the full schedule for the 2023 IFL Season.

The 15th season of the IFL will yield 14 teams in 2023. The league maintains most of the teams that played in 2022, with the exception of the Bismarck Bucks, who are going dormant this season as the team collaborates with the state of North Dakota regarding the North Dakota Workforce Safety Insurance (WSI) on the scope of the services needed to support the unique needs of a professional football franchise.

The replacement for Bismarck will be the expansion Tulsa Oilers, who will play at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. The Oilers are owned by Andy Scurto of NL Sports, LLC, which owns the Buffalo Beauts and Minnesota Whitecaps of the Premiere Hockey Federation. Scurto also owns Tulsa's ECHL hockey team - also named the Tulsa Oilers.

The 2023 season will also be absent of the Columbus Wild Dogs, who have kicked the can down the road once again in regards to its inaugural season. The Wild Dogs, founded in 2019 and was slated to play in 2021 saw their inaugural season pushed back to 2022. Unfortunately, the Wild Dogs were not included in the 2022 schedule, seeing the franchise's inaugural season delayed once again. The Wild Dogs hoped that 2023 would be the year they finally make their IFL debut, but once again the team targets that the next year will be when they make their long overdue debut. The IFL is broken up into two conferences. That alignment appears below.



The league will decrease its number of regular season games, retracting from 16-game season to a 15-game season to be spread out over 18 weeks. Seven teams (Arizona, Duke City, Iowa, Northern Arizona, Tucson, Tulsa, Vegas) will play eight home games and seven road games, while the other seven (Bay Area, Frisco, Green Bay, Massachusetts, Quad City, San Diego, Sioux Falls) will play seven home games and eight road games.

The playoff format in 2022 will once again yield eight teams, with the top four teams in each conference qualifying for the 2023 IFL Playoffs. The United Bowl, rebranded to the IFL National Championship Game last season, will once again take place at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, NV, home of the Vegas Knight Hawks.

Each week's games will appear most recent at the top of the post. Final results will be updated following the conclusion of the games and listed in ascending order. Where applicable, click on the final score to view the IFL's game tracker for the complete box score, and click the Recap link to read the SCtoC recap of the game.

NOTE: All game times are listed in the Pacific time zone and are subject to change.

All games will be streamed on the IFL's Official YouTube Channel.

Final Regular Season Standings



Playoffs

IFL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sat., August 5 - #2 Bay Area Panthers (H) 51, #2 Sioux Falls Storm 41 (Dollar Loan Center; Henderson, Nevada) - Recap

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
East: Sat., July 29 - #2 Sioux Falls Storm 45, #1 Frisco Fighters (H) 44 - Recap 
West: Sat., July 29 - #2 Bay Area Panthers (H) 68, #4 Northern Arizona Wranglers 46 - Recap

FIRST ROUND
East: Sat., July 22 - #1 Frisco Fighters (H) 57, #4 Quad City Steamwheelers 29 - Recap
East: Sat., July 22 - #2 Sioux Falls Storm (H) 42, #3 Massachusetts Pirates 39 - Recap
West: Sat., July 22 - #4 Northern Arizona Wranglers 62, #1 Arizona Rattlers (H) 53 - Recap
West: Sun., July 23 - #2 Bay Area Panthers (H) 46, #3 Tucson Sugar Skulls 34 - Recap


Regular Season

WEEK 18
Sat., July 15 - Frisco Fighters 51, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 35 - Recap
Sat., July 15 - Sioux Falls Storm (H) 62, Massachusetts Pirates 59 - Recap
Sat., July 15 - Tulsa Oilers (H) 56, Quad City Steamwheelers 35 - Recap
Sat., July 15 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 55, Northern Arizona Wranglers 39 - Recap
Sat., July 15 - Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 48, Green Bay Blizzard 39 - Recap
Sat., July 15 - San Diego Strike Force (H) 58, Vegas Knight Hawks 42 - Recap
Sun., July 16 - Bay Area Panthers 44, Duke City Gladiators (H) 35 - Recap


WEEK 17
Sat., July 8 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 47, Green Bay Blizzard 39 - Recap
Sat., July 8 - Sioux Falls Storm 54, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 47 - Recap
Sat., July 8 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 59, Duke City Gladiators (H) 51 - Recap
Sat., July 8 - Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 37, Massachusetts Pirates 32 - Recap
Mon., July 10 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 75, San Diego Strike Force 40 - Recap
Bye - Arizona Rattlers, Frisco Fighters, Tulsa Oilers, Vegas Knight Hawks

WEEK 16
Sat., July 1 - Frisco Fighters (H) 56, Sioux Falls Storm 15 - Recap
Sat., July 1 - Green Bay Blizzard 58, Tulsa Oilers (H) 55 - Recap
Sat., July 1 - Vegas Knight Hawks 40, Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 34 - Recap
Sun., July 2 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 52, Massachusetts Pirates 43 - Recap
Bye - Bay Area Panthers, Duke City Gladiators, Iowa Barnstormers, Northern Arizona Wranglers, Quad City Steamwheelers, San Diego Strike Force

WEEK 15
Fri., June 23 - Sioux Falls Storm (H) 47, Green Bay Blizzard 45 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 43, Tulsa Oilers 24 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 63, Iowa Barnstormers 35 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Frisco Fighters (H) 45, Bay Area Panthers 38 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Duke City Gladiators (H) 53, Vegas Knight Hawks 30 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 57, San Diego Strike Force 48 - Recap
Sat., June 24 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 42, Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 28 - Recap

WEEK 14
Sat., June 17 - Bay Area Panthers 56, Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 41 - Recap
Sat., June 17 - Iowa Barnstormers (H) 80, Quad City Steamwheelers 41 - Recap
Sat., June 17 - Sioux Falls Storm 35, Tulsa Oilers (H) 34 - Recap
Sat., June 17 - Frisco Fighters 37, Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 29 - Recap
Sat., June 17 - San Diego Strike Force 59, Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 54 - Recap
Sun., June 18 - Arizona Rattlers 57 Duke City Gladiators (H) 34 - Recap
Bye - Green Bay Blizzard, Massachusetts Pirates

WEEK 13
Fri., June 9 - Green Bay Blizzard (H) 45, Quad City Steamwheelers 38 - Recap
Sat., June 10 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 49, Vegas Knight Hawks 28 - Recap
Sat., June 10 - Frisco Fighters 54, Sioux Falls Storm (H) 51 - Recap
Sat., June 10 - Iowa Barnstormers 48, Tulsa Oilers (H) 40 - Recap
Sat., June 10 - Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 47, Duke City Gladiators 43 - Recap
Sun., June 11 - Northern Arizona Wranglers 38, San Diego Strike Force (H) 36 - Recap
Sun., June 11 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 70, Bay Area Panthers 63 - Recap

WEEK 12
Sat., June 3 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 42, Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 41 - Recap
Sat., June 3 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 72, Frisco Fighters 58 - Recap
Sat., June 3 - Green Bay Blizzard 43, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 17 - Recap
Sat., June 3 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 69, Duke City Gladiators 52 - Recap
Sat., June 3 - Arizona Rattlers 63, Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 62 - 2OT - Recap
Sun., June 4 - San Diego Strike Force (H) 56, Tulsa Oilers 55 - Recap
Bye - Quad City Steamwheelers, Sioux Falls Storm

WEEK 11
Fri., May 26 - Sioux Falls Storm 77, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 26 - Recap
Fri., May 26 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 63, Green Bay Blizzard 56 - Recap
Sat., May 27 - Frisco Fighters (H) 70, San Diego Strike Force 56 - Recap
Sat., May 27 - Massachusetts Pirates 54, Tulsa Oilers (H) 48 - Recap
Sat., May 27 - Duke City Gladiators (H) 47, Northern Arizona Wranglers 40 - Recap
Sat., May 27 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 63, Vegas Knight Hawks 39 - Recap
Sat., May 27 - Bay Area Panthers 44, Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 42 - Recap

WEEK 10
Sat., May 20 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 63, Quad City Steamwheelers 49
Sat., May 20 - Green Bay Blizzard (H) 57, Iowa Barnstormers 41
Sat., May 20 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 60, Northern Arizona Wranglers 34 - Recap
Sat., May 20 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 62, Frisco Fighters 55 - Recap
Sat., May 20 - Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 56, Sioux Falls Storm 42
Sat., May 20 - Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 46, Tulsa Oilers 32
Sun., May 21 - San Diego Strike Force (H) 57, Duke City Gladiators 44 - Recap

WEEK 9
Fri., May 12 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 47, Sioux Falls Storm 30 - Recap
Sat., May 13 - Green Bay Blizzard (H) 61, San Diego Strike Force 50 - Recap
Sat., May 13 - Iowa Barnstormers (H) 73, Massachusetts Pirates 43 - Recap
Sat., May 13 - Frisco Fighters 39, Tulsa Oilers (H) 37
Sat., May 13 - Duke City Gladiators (H) 56, Tucson Sugar Skulls 49
Sat., May 13 - Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 35, Bay Area Panthers 34 - Recap
Sat., May 13 - Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 55, Arizona Rattlers 54

WEEK 8
Fri., May 5 - Massachusetts Pirates 50, Green Bay Blizzard (H) 49 - (OT)
Sat., May 6 - Quad City Steamwheelers 60, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 34
Sat., May 6 - Sioux Falls Storm (H) 52, Tulsa Oilers 35
Sat., May 6 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 62, Vegas Knight Hawks 44
Sat., May 6 - Northern Arizona Wranglers 31, Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 21
Sun., May 7 - Frisco Fighters (H) 67, Duke City Gladiators 15
Bye - Arizona Rattlers, San Diego Strike Force

WEEK 7
Fri., April 28 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 56, Iowa Barnstormers 36
Fri., April 28 - Northern Arizona Wranglers 36, Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 27
Sat., April 29 - Sioux Falls Storm (H) 59, Quad City Steamwheelers 47
Sat., April 29 - Arizona Rattlers 53, Tulsa Oilers (H) 46
Sun., April 30 - Bay Area Panthers 54, San Diego Strike Force (H) 51 - Recap
Bye - Duke City Gladiators, Frisco Fighters, Green Bay Blizzard, Tucson Sugar Skulls

WEEK 6
Fri., April 21 - Sioux Falls Storm 55, Green Bay Blizzard (H) 47 - Recap
Fri., April 21 - Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 50, Duke City Gladiators 26 - Recap
Sat., April 22 - Frisco Fighters (H) 52, Arizona Rattlers 42
Sat., April 22 - Tulsa Oilers 54, Iowa Barnstormers (H) 48
Sat., April 22 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 49, Massachusetts Pirates 44 - Recap
Sat., April 22 - San Diego Strike Force 51, Tucson Sugar Skulls (H) 44 (20T)
Sun., April 23 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 47, Northern Arizona Wranglers 13

WEEK 5
Sat., April 15 - Frisco Fighters (H) 56, Massachusetts Pirates 39 - Recap
Sat., April 15 - Quad City Steamwheelers 68, Tulsa Oilers (H) 42
Sat., April 15 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 48, Duke City Gladiators 37
Sun., April 16 - Green Bay Blizzard 47, Sioux Falls Storm (H) 41
Sun., April 16 - Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 48, San Diego Strike Force 9
Sun., April 16 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 34, Bay Area Panthers (H) 30
Bye - Iowa Barnstormers, Vegas Knight Hawks

WEEK 4
Sat., April 8 - Duke City Gladiators (H) 57, Tulsa Oilers (H) 36 - Recap
Sat., April 8 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 54, Arizona Rattlers (H) 48 - Recap
Sat., April 8 - San Diego Strike Force 37, Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 36 - Recap
Sun., April 9 - Sioux Falls Storm (H) 54, Iowa Barnstormers 24 - Recap
Bye - Bay Area Panthers, Frisco Fighters, Green Bay Blizzard, Massachusetts Pirates, Northern Arizona Wranglers, Quad City Steamwheelers

WEEK 3
Fri., March 31 - Green Bay Blizzard (H) 44, Iowa Barnstormers 25 - Recap
Sat., April 1 - Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 36, Sioux Falls Storm 34 - Recap
Sat., April 1 - Frisco Fighters 60, Duke City Gladiators (H) 55 - Recap
Sat., April 1 - Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 48, Vegas Knight Hawks 42 - Recap
Sun., April 2 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 59, Bay Area Panthers 52 - Recap
Mon., April 3 - Tucson Sugar Skulls 35, San Diego Strike Force (H) 16 - Recap
Bye - Arizona Rattlers, Tulsa Oilers

WEEK 2
Fri., March 24 - Frisco Fighters (H) 35, Tulsa Oilers 13 - Recap
Sat., March 25 - Duke City Gladiators 43, Northern Arizona Wranglers (H) 35 - Recap
Sat., March 25 - Vegas Knight Hawks (H) 57, Iowa Barnstormers 44 - Recap
Sun., March 26 - Massachusetts Pirates (H) 55, Green Bay Blizzard 41 
Sun., March 26 - Quad City Steamwheelers 49, San Diego Strike Force (H) 47 - Recap
Sun., March 26 - Bay Area Panthers (H) 47, Arizona Rattlers 46
Bye: Sioux Falls Storm, Tucson Sugar Skulls

WEEK 1
Fri., March 17 - Arizona Rattlers 60, Quad City Steamwheelers (H) 53 - Recap
Sun., March 19 - Frisco Fighters 76, Green Bay Blizzard (H) 30 - Recap
Bye: Bay Area Panthers, Duke City Gladiators, Iowa Barnstormers, Massachusetts Pirates, Northern Arizona Wranglers, San Diego Strike Force, Sioux Falls Storm, Tucson Sugar Skulls, Tulsa Oilers, Vegas Knight Hawks


IFL Team Venues
Arizona Rattlers - Footprint Center; Phoenix, Arizona
Bay Area Panthers - SAP Center at San Jose; San Jose, California
Duke City Gladiators - Rio Rancho Events Center; Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Frisco Fighters - Comerica Center; Frisco, Texas
Green Bay Blizzard - Resch Center; Green Bay, Wisconsin
Iowa Barnstormers - Wells Fargo Center; Des Moines, Iowa
Massachusetts Pirates - DCU Center; Worcester, Massachusetts
Northern Arizona Wranglers - Findlay Toyota Center; Prescott Valley, Arizona
Quad City Steamwheelers - Vibrant Arena at the MARK; Moline, Illinois
San Diego Strike Force - Pechanga Arena; San Diego, California
Sioux Falls Storm - Denny Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Tucson Sugar Skulls - Tucson Convention Center; Tucson, Arizona
Tulsa Oilers - BOK Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vegas Knight Hawks - Dollar Loan Center; Henderson, Nevada




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[Yeseeka]

There are more weeks this season than last which have all teams playing in the most weeks. I hope that makes sense. There are also fewer weeks/times where there are staggered. I know that's one of Angi's sticking points. A lot of the games in any given week seems to happen within the same time frame.

[alecs]

Oct 20, 2022 21:31:45 GMT -8 Yeseeka said:

There are more weeks this season than last which have all teams playing in the most weeks. I hope that makes sense. There are also fewer weeks/times where there are staggered. I know that's one of Angi's sticking points. A lot of the games in any given week seems to happen within the same time frame.

I think I follow... so in other words there are more weeks this season with every team active (no byes). By my tally, those would be Weeks 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, and 18.

As far as multiple games overlapping at the same time, that's where the "Quatro Box" would come in handy, much like NFL Redzone does  . I remember a couple nights the past couple seasons where I had two laptops running, each hooked up to two monitors, plus an iPad on the side, each with a different game on! The way that football was intended to be watched lol!

[Monika]

Oct 21, 2022 20:21:07 GMT -8 alecs said:

Oct 20, 2022 21:31:45 GMT -8 Yeseeka said:

There are more weeks this season than last which have all teams playing in the most weeks. I hope that makes sense. There are also fewer weeks/times where there are staggered. I know that's one of Angi's sticking points. A lot of the games in any given week seems to happen within the same time frame.

I think I follow... so in other words there are more weeks this season with every team active (no byes). By my tally, those would be Weeks 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, and 18.

As far as multiple games overlapping at the same time, that's where the "Quatro Box" would come in handy, much like NFL Redzone does  . I remember a couple nights the past couple seasons where I had two laptops running, each hooked up to two monitors, plus an iPad on the side, each with a different game on! The way that football was intended to be watched lol!

Multiple games at the same time make if harder to write more recaps in a given week, for me and Angi. Angi has two TV's, one of which is hooked up to her laptop and the other is a smart TV where she can watch youtube. Of course, she could use her phone to watch another game. I have one smart TV in my room (Christmas) and my laptop, as well as my phone. I can watch multiple games too. The problem is keeping up with all games at once when you're trying to write about all of them at once. It's impossible. That's why we haven't been able to recap all the games the past couple of seasons. Couple that with her dates with her boyfriend and so forth and my weekend school events, and it's even harder.

[Monika]

Inside the IFL Week 1, courtesy the IFL.

[Monika]

Inside the IFL Week 2, courtesy the IFL.