Indoor Professional Football League

Indoor Professional Football League
Infobox Sports league
FormerlyProfessional Indoor Football League
SportIndoor football
Founded1998
FounderRichard "Dick" Suess
First season1999
Ceased2001
CEOMike Storen
Claim to fame3rd professional indoor football league
MottoGreat Football, No Gimmicks.
No. of teams6
CountryUnited States
Last
champion(s)
Tennessee ThunderCats
Most titlesHawaii Hammerheads (1999)
Mississippi Fire Dogs (2000)
Tennessee ThunderCats (2001)
Official websitewww.indoorfootball.com

The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams (the Madison Mad Dogs and the Green Bay Bombers) left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999. The IPFL led a troubled three-year existence, and died after its 2001 season, with its most successful teams joining up with the National Indoor Football League.

The IPFL was unique among indoor football leagues in that it sanctioned the use of a white football, manufactured by Rawlings, which was easier to see in the artificial lighting conditions. The league's slogan was "Great Football, No Gimmicks".

In 1999, IPFL was headed by a new commissioner, Mike Storen, and the league offices were moved to Atlanta.