The Florence Phantoms were a professional indoor football team based out of Florence, South Carolina, in the United States. They were an expansion member of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) in 2006, and were the AIFA Champions of the 2008 season. They played their home games at Florence Civic Center.
On Saturday, April 8, 2006, after losing their first four games, the Phantoms got their first win in a 54–30 home upset against the Raleigh Rebels.
On Friday, June 23, 2006, the Phantoms announced that they would return for the 2007 season.
2008 was the Phantoms' best season by far: after winning the Eastern Division Championship with a 10–4 record, the Phantoms went on to defeat the Huntington Heroes in the first round of the playoffs, followed by the Reading Express in the Eastern Conference championship, and finally defeating the Wyoming Cavalry 48–12 to win the AIFA Championship Bowl on their home turf.
The Phantoms did not return after the 2009 season.
Season-by-season
| colspan="6" align="center" | Florence Phantoms (AIFL) |- |2006 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 7th Southern || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Florence Phantoms (AIFA) |- |2007 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 6th Southern || -- |- |2008 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 1st EC Eastern || Won ECE Round 1 (Huntington)Won EC Championship (Reading)Won AIFA Championship Bowl II (Wyoming) |- |2009 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 5th Eastern|| -- |- !Totals || 27 || 31 || 0 |colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
Game Results
2007 DateOpponentHome/AwayResultFebruary 17Carolina SpeedHomeWon 64-36February 25Lakeland ThunderboltsAwayLost 25-69March 3Huntington HeroesHomeLost 40-43March 17Mississippi MudcatsAwayLost 14-63March 23Lakeland ThunderboltsHomeLost 18-54March 31Tallahassee TitansAwayLost 36-41April 7Montgomery BearsAwayWon 46-40April 14Pittsburgh RiverRatsAwayLost 60-66April 21Baltimore BlackbirdsHomeWon 65-33April 28Tallahassee TitansHomeLost 33-69May 5Montgomery BearsHomeLost 40-48May 12Carolina SpeedAwayLost 22-32May 19Mississippi MudcatsHomeWon 45-44
2008 DateOpponentHome/AwayResultMarch 15Baltimore MarinersHomeLost 32-35March 21Huntington HeroesAwayLost 32-47March 29Canton LegendsHomeWon 55-39April 13Fayetteville GuardAwayWon 39-38April 19Reading ExpressAwayLost 30-66April 25n/aHomeWon 66-12May 3Mississippi MudcatsAwayLost 39-40May 10Florida StingraysAwayWon 61-30May 17Florida StingraysHomeWon 58-13May 23Erie RiverRatsHomeWon 57-27May 30Fayetteville GuardHomeWon 50-6June 6Columbus LionsAwayWon 40-35June 14Augusta ColtsHomeWon 56-22June 21Carolina SpeedAwayWon 53-35July 7Huntington Heroes (Div. Playoffs)HomeWon 55-9July 12Reading Express (EC Championship)AwayWon 52-37July 25Wyoming Cavalry (Championship Bowl II)HomeWon 48-12
2009 DateOpponentHome/AwayResultMarch 7Carolina SpeedHomeLost 29-37March 13Harrisburg StampedeHomeWon 19-12March 28Columbus LionsHomeWon 55-36April 4Fayetteville GuardHomeWon 50-49April 11South Carolina ForceAwayWon 63-59April 18Carolina SpeedAwayApril 24Baltimore MarinersAwayMay 2Reading ExpressHomeMay 16Carolina SpeedHomeMay 30Columbus LionsAwayJune 6Fayetteville GuardAwayJune 13South Carolina ForceHomeJune 19Columbus LionsAwayLost 61-12June 27Erie RiverRatsAwayLost 60-20
References
External links Official site of the Florence Phantoms Phantoms' 2006 season & results Phantoms' 2007 stats Phantoms' 2008 stats Phantoms' 2009 stats