Fairbanks Grizzlies | |
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Established 2007 Folded 2011 Played in Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska | |
League/conference affiliations | |
Intense Football League (2008) Indoor Football League (2009–2011)
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Current uniform | |
Team colors | Blue, orange, white |
Mascot | Tundra |
Cheerleaders | Lady Grizzlies |
Personnel | |
Owner(s) | Chad Dittman Ricky Bertz Michael Taylor |
Head coach | Robert Fuller |
Team history | |
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Championships | |
League championships (0) | |
Conference championships (0) | |
Division championships (1) 2011 | |
Playoff appearances (3) | |
2009, 2010, 2011 | |
Home arena(s) | |
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The Fairbanks Grizzlies were a professional indoor football team based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The team was a member of the Pacific Division of the Intense Conference in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Grizzlies began play in 2008 as a member of the Intense Football League and joined the IFL in 2008 as part of the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football (UIF) merger. The team played their home games at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
The Grizzlies were notable for being the northernmost professional gridiron football team in history; the Alaska Wild held the previous record, and before that, the Edmonton Eskimos. Grizzlies games were broadcast live on KCBF. (The northernmost gridiron football team of any sort is the high school football team of Barrow High School.)
The Grizzlies suspended operations in October 2011 in the face of lawsuits against the team.[1]