| Amarillo Dusters | |
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| Established 2003 Play in Amarillo, Texas at the Amarillo Civic Center AmarilloDusters.com | |
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Black, orange, white |
| Mascot | Striker |
| Cheerleaders | Venom Vixens |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Robert Reyna |
| General manager | Rick Kranz |
| Head coach | Rick Kranz |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
League championships (3)
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| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (2) | |
| Playoff appearances (12) | |
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The Amarillo Dusters are a professional indoor football team based in Amarillo, Texas, currently a member of the National Arena League. They play their home games at the Amarillo Civic Center. The Venom began play in 2004 as a charter member of the Intense Football League, a small indoor football league based in Texas. They won the championship in their first and only season with the Intense Football League.
In 2005, the Dusters became the first team to leave the Intense Football League and join the AF2, the minor league of the Arena Football League, where they played for four seasons until the AF2's folding in 2009. At that point, the team held a fan vote as to whether to join some of their AF2 brethren in the new Arena Football 1 (later gaining rights to the name as Arena Football League) or enjoy numerous Texas rivalries in the Indoor Football League. In 2009, it was announced that the Dusters would be moving to the Indoor Football League for the 2010 season. It was then announced that the Dusters would have to be renamed because the Arena Football League owned the rights to the Dusters name and logo and the team became the Amarillo Venom.
The Venom then joined the Lone Star Football League for the 2012 season, which eventually merged into Champions Indoor Football (CIF) prior to the 2015 season. Prior to the 2021 season, the Venom withdrew from the CIF and later formed the Arena Football Association for the 2022 season. However, the team suspended operations in February 2022.
The team was featured on an episode of Only in America, a show that aired on the Discovery Times channel.[citation needed][when?]
The Venom were relaunched for the 2024 season as members of the revived American Indoor Football league, but did not complete the season and went silent on May 30, 2024.
On July 26, 2024, it was announced that the team will be rebranded back to the Dusters for the 2025 season. On August 20, 2024, it was announced that the Dusters had joined the National Arena League for that season.[1]
- ^ "Amarillo Dusters Join the National Arena League". 2024-08-20. Retrieved 2024-08-20.