Fairbanks Grizzlies

Fairbanks Grizzlies
Established 2007
Folded 2011
Played in Carlson Center
in Fairbanks, Alaska
League/conference affiliations
Intense Football League (2008)

Indoor Football League (20092011)

  • Intense Conference (2009–2011)
    • Pacific Division (2009, 2011)
    • Pacific North Division (2010)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlue, orange, white
     
MascotTundra
CheerleadersLady Grizzlies
Personnel
Owner(s)Chad Dittman
Ricky Bertz
Michael Taylor
Head coachRobert Fuller
Team history
  • Fairbanks Grizzlies (2008–2011)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (1)
2011
Playoff appearances (3)
2009, 2010, 2011
Home arena(s)

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]

  1. ^ Sam Friedman (November 6, 2011). "Lawsuit filed against Fairbanks Grizzlies". newsminer.com. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved January 29, 2016.