Southeast Football League

Southeast Football League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2013 SEFL Season
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SportAmerican Football
Founded1995
First season1995
CEOJesse L. Wiggins
Motto"A Fan-Tastic Experience"
No. of teams12
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Knights of Miami
Most titlesKnights of Miami (5)
Official website[1]

The Southeast Football League (SEFL) was an adult amateur American football league, comprising 12 teams from various southeastern United States.[1] The SEFL is headquartered in Miami, Florida,[2] and began the 2013 season with twelve member teams from around the state of Florida.

The regular season is an eleven-week schedule during which each team has one bye week and plays ten games. Each team will play all other teams in their division once, and likewise for all other teams outside the division within the conference and/or league. The season starts in early February and runs weekly to late May.

The SEFL was founded in 1995 by Dr. Franklin F. Sands and Jesse L. Wiggins. The league operated through the 1997 season, then folded. It was resurrected by Wiggins in June 2002 and began playing again in the spring of 2003. The SEFL has been operational each year since.

The Miami Knights and the Central Florida Thoroughbreds have each participated in a record five SEFL Championship Title Games. The Knights have won more SEFL Championship titles than any other league franchise - five. The Thoroughbreds organization, winners of two SEFL Championship Titles, holds the league record for consecutive SEFL Championship Game appearances with five (2005–2009).

  1. ^ McKnight, Wayne (7 May 1996). "Respect, league title within Triangle's reach". The Tampa Tribune. pp. Pinellas-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Semi Pro Football, SEFL About Us". Archived from the original on 6 March 2005.