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| Founded | 2011 |
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| League | Premier Amateur Football League (2025-future) Tri-Point Football League (2024) Gridiron Developmental Football League (2018–23) |
| Conference | Tier I |
| Based in | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Stadium | Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium (10,000) |
| Colors | Navy, red, silver, white |
| Owners | Paul Pennington (Co-Owner) Anthony Rodrigues II (Co-Owner) Dane Staaf (Director) Damien Lane (Director) |
| Head coach | Charles Porter |
| Championships | (GDFL): 2021 (USA Bowl): 2022 |
| Division titles | 1 (2021) |
| Dancers | Coors Light Girls |
| Mascot | Ronnie |
| Local media | Erie Times-News |
| Website | erieexpressfootball.org |
The Erie Express are an amateur American football minor-league team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2011, they will compete in the Premier Amateur Football League starting in 2025. In 2024, the Express played in the Tri-Point Football League (TPFL). From 2018 to 2023, the team played in the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL), winning the championship in 2021. The team plays at Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium, a historic football venue in the Academy Neighborhood of midtown Erie.
The "Express" name reflects Erie's history as a significant hub for trains and rail transport. In 1910, GE Transportation established a locomotive assembly plant in nearby Lawrence Park. The company also designed the entire town in that area, which remains operational today.[1] Erie also has a storied regional history of trains, especially the Erie Gauge War (1853–54).[2]
- ^ "Township History". LawrenceParkTwp.org. 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Erie, PA (ERI)". Amtrak. 2013–21. Retrieved January 21, 2022.