On Wednesday, the Indoor Football League’s Board of Directors announced that the 2021 IFL season will be pushed back by two months to allow teams to further prepare for the upcoming season. However, some teams will start their season in April, while the official start of the season will be May 14th and conclude on Saturday, August 21st, followed by the playoffs.
Due to government regulations, some teams will not compete in the upcoming season, such as the Oakland Panthers, Cedar Rapids River Kings, San Diego Strike Force, and the Quad Cities Steamwheelers. They will return in 2022, along with a new expansion team called the Columbus Wild Dogs.
Commissioner of the IFL, Todd Tryon, released a statement on the delayed season stating, “In trying to best meet the varying needs of all of our member teams, we determined as a league that delaying the start of the season is in the best interest of the IFL. With a national footprint that stretches from the East Coast to the West Coast and from North Dakota all the way down to Texas, this year calls for us to be flexible and to consider the unique restrictions, or lack thereof, of each of our 12 markets.”
Like many other sports leagues, the IFL has also set COVID-29 protocols. In the press release, the league said, “The IFL has developed a comprehensive system of COVID protocols and procedures that places the safety of the league’s fans, players, coaches, team and league staff, and partners at the forefront, including roster modifications, team testing procedures, limits on how teams interact within large group settings.”
2021 IFL Season: All times Eastern Standard Time
WEEK 1
Friday, April 23: Bismarck Bucks at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
Saturday, April 24: Massachusetts Pirates at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
WEEK 2
Sunday, May 2: Massachusetts Pirates at Green Bay Blizzard, 4:05 pm
WEEK 3
Friday, May 7: Louisville Xtreme at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
Saturday, May 8: Massachusetts Pirates at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
WEEK 4
Saturday, May 15
Green Bay Blizzard at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Iowa Barnstormers at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Frisco Fighters at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
Sunday, May 16
Arizona Rattlers at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 5:05 pm
WEEK 5
Spokane Shock at Massachusetts Pirates, TBD
Friday, May 21
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
Saturday, May 22
Frisco Fighters at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
Northern Arizona at Bismarck, 7:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Arizona Rattlers at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
WEEK 6
Saturday, May 29
Sioux Falls Storm at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
Bismarck Bucks at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
WEEK 7
Friday, June 4
Arizona Rattlers at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
Saturday, June 5
Louisville Xtreme at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Sioux Falls Storm at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Spokane Shock at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 8:05 pm
Iowa Barnstormers at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
WEEK 8
Saturday, June 12
Frisco Fighters at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Iowa Barnstormers at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Green Bay Blizzard at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
Spokane Shock at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
WEEK 9
Friday, June 18
Bismarck Bucks at Green Bay Blizzard,8:05 pm
Saturday, June 19
Louisville Xtreme at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Sioux Falls Storm at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Arizona Rattlers at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Massachusetts Pirates at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
Northern Arizona Wranglers at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
WEEK 10
Friday, June 25
Iowa Barnstormers at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
Saturday, June 26
Bismarck Bucks at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Spokane Shock at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
Frisco Fighters at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 8:05 pm
Sunday, June 27
Massachusetts Pirates at Louisville Xtreme, 4:05 pm
WEEK 11
Friday, July 2
Massachusetts Pirates at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Saturday, July 3
Spokane Shock at Louisville Xtreme, 4:05 pm
Northern Arizona Wranglers at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Arizona Rattlers at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
WEEK 12
Friday, July 9
Iowa Barnstormers at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Saturday, July 10
Bismarck Bucks at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Green Bay Blizzard at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
Northern Arizona Wranglers at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
Sioux Falls Storm at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
WEEK 13
Friday, July 16
Frisco Fighters at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Saturday, July 17
Louisville Xtreme at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Spokane Shock, TBD
Sunday, July 18
Arizona Rattlers at Massachusetts Pirates, 1:05 pm
Sioux Falls Storm at Green Bay Blizzard, 8:05 pm
WEEK 14
Saturday, July 24
Louisville Xtreme at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Green Bay Blizzard at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Northern Arizona Wranglers at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Bismarck Bucks at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
Spokane Shock at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Sioux Falls Storm at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
WEEK 15
Friday, July 30
Green Bay Blizzard at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Saturday, July 31
Iowa Barnstormers at Louisville Xtreme, 7:05 pm
Frisco Fighters at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Northern Arizona at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
Massachusetts Pirates at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
WEEK 16
Saturday, August 7
Green Bay Blizzard at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Spokane Shock at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Bismarck Bucks at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Louisville Xtreme at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Northern Arizona at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
WEEK 17
Friday, August 13
Sioux Falls Storm at Bismarck Bucks, 7:05 pm
Arizona Rattlers at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
Saturday, August 14
Louisville Xtreme at Iowa Barnstormers, 8:05 pm
Green Bay Blizzard at Frisco Fighters, 8:05 pm
Duke City Gladiators at Tucson Sugar Skulls, 8:05 pm
Sunday, August 15
Massachusetts Pirates at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 5:05 pm
WEEK 18
Saturday, August 21
Iowa Barnstormers at Massachusetts Pirates, 7:05 pm
Green Bay Blizzard at Sioux Falls Storm, 8:05 pm
Frisco Fighters at Arizona Rattlers, 8:05 pm
Bismarck Bucks at Duke City Gladiators, 8:05 pm
Tucson Sugar Skulls at Northern Arizona Wranglers, 8:05 pm
Louisville Xtreme at Spokane Shock, 10:05 pm
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