FAYETTEVILLE GUARD

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'Fayetteville Guard'
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'Founded'	2003
'Arena'	Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
'Based in'	Fayetteville, North Carolina
'Colors'	Black, green, gold
'League'	American Indoor Football Association
'Head coach'	Charles Gunnings
'Official Dance Team'	Reveille
'Mascot'	Grid Iron Joe

The 'Fayetteville Guard' is a professional indoor football team. They were a member of the National Indoor Football League from 2003-2007, but will join the American Indoor Football Association in 2008. They play their home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum. The team began play in 2003 as the 'Myrtle Beach Stingrays' of the National Indoor Football League in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, compiling a 6-8 record in their inaugural season.
At the beginning of the 2004 season, the NIFL pulled them out of Myrtle Beach, and the team almost folded. However, some local investors saved the team, playing as the 'Carolina Stingrays' in the Florence Civic Center. They managed to finish 3-6 in their shortened season.
The following year, the team was purchased again and moved to Fayetteville to replace af2's Cape Fear Wildcats, who had moved to Albany, Georgia and are currently playing as the South Georgia Wildcats. The new team had originally been called the Fayetteville Heat, but later on changed their name to the Fayetteville Guard. The team started their season 0-5, but went 7-2 in their final nine regular season games, thus earning them a 7-7 record and a playoff berth. The team defeated the Dayton Warbirds in the first round, but lost to the Cincinnati Marshals in the divisional round.
The Guard did even better in 2006, posting a 13-1 record in the regular season, then defeating the Lakeland Thunderbolts and River City Rage en route to Indoor Bowl VI, where they would lose to the Billings Outlaws.
In August 2006, it was reported that the Guard were moving to the World Indoor Football League [1]. However, the Guard denied these rumors by announcing that they were staying in the NIFL in a press conference two months later.
During a May 7, 2007 conference call, a group of NIFL team owners led by Guard owner Richard King decided to take control of the troubled league [2]; a decision that was approved by NIFL director of football operations Cleveland Gary. The ten teams involved will finish out the season playing only against each other.
After a troubled NIFL season, the Guard played against the Wyoming Cavalry in the Indoor Football Championship Bowl, an unsanctioned championship game between the two conference leaders. They won the game 48-34. A day before the game, Guard owner Richard King announced they have decided to join the American Indoor Football Association.

Contents

Season-by-Season

2005

2006

2007

External links

Season-by-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Myrtle Beach Stingrays (NIFL)'
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|2003 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 3rd Atlantic Southern || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Carolina Stingrays (NIFL)'
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|2004 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 3rd Atlantic Southern || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Fayetteville Guard (NIFL)'
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|2005 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd Atlantic Central || Won AC Quarterfinal (Dayton)
Lost AC Divisional (Cincinnati)
|-
|2006 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1st Atlantic Central || Won AC Semifinal (Lakeland)
Won AC Championship (River City)
Lost Indoor Bowl VI (Billings)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Fayetteville Guard (NIFL/Independent)'
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|2007 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 1st Atlantic || Won Indoor Football Championship Bowl (Wyoming)
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| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Fayetteville Guard (AIFA)'
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|2008 || -- || -- || -- || -- || --
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!Totals || 43 || 24 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

2005

Date	Opponent	Result	Att.	Record
'Regular Season'
March 26	at River City	L, 46-43	3,892	0-1
April 2	Odessa	L, 52-46	2,991	0-2
April 9	at Cincinnati	L, 57-54	4,208	0-3
April 16	Rome	L, 60-57	2,828	0-4
April 23	at Montgomery	L, 35-20	3,965	0-5
April 30	Montgomery	W, 64-21	N/A	1-5
May 8	at Rome	L, 48-45 (OT)	1,250	1-6
May 13	at Kissimmee	W, 47-34	1,102	2-6
May 21	River City	W, 60-51	N/A	3-6
May 28	Cincinnati	W, 48-34	1,634	4-6
June 4	Kissimmee	W, 55-14	2,600	5-6
June 11	Daytona Beach	W, 41-37	4,012	6-6
June 18	at SW Louisiana	L, 53-38	4,012	6-7
June 25	Miami	W, 62-2	3,012	7-7
'First Round'
July 9	Dayton	W, 78-63	2,180	8-7
'Divisional Round'
July 16	Cincinnati	L, 70-69	3,443	8-8

2006

Date	Opponent	Result	Att.	Record
'Regular Season'
March 25	at Montgomery	W, 44-7	2,144	1-0
April 1	at Osceola	W, 58-55	1,897	2-0
April 9	at Florida	W, 44-41	N/A	3-0
April 14	at Greensboro	W, 45-26	3,218	4-0
April 22	Osceola	W, 54-51	3,200	5-0
April 29	at Lakeland	L, 60-41	2,697	5-1
May 4	at Charleston	W, 62-44	1,800	6-1
May 13	Cincinnati	W, 70-26	2,097	7-1
May 20	Palm Beach	W, 59-20	2,000	8-1
May 27	Palm Beach	W, 70-0	4,185	9-1
June 3	Tennessee	W, 78-14	2,645	10-1
June 10	Greensboro	W, 58-40	1,563	11-1
June 17	Charleston	W, 74-14	1,241	12-1
June 24	Montgomery	W, 68-14	2,385	13-1
'Divisional Round'
July 16	Lakeland	W, 44-18	3,129	14-1
'Conference Championship'
July 22	at RiverCity	W, 72-70 (OT)	3,223	15-1
'Indoor Bowl VI'
July 28	Billings	L, 59-44	7,934	15-2

2007

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
'Regular Season'
March 31	Columbia	W, 69-18	1-0
April 14	The Marshals	W, 77-14	2-0
April 20	at Greensboro	W, 60-28	3-0
April 28	at The Marshals	W, 59-28	4-0
May 5	Atlanta	W, 64-22	5-0
May 26	at Columbia	W, 34-24	6-0
June 2	Greensboro	W, 68-28	7-0
June 9	The Marshals	W, 91-6	8-0
June 23	Columbia	W, 108-0	9-0
June 30	at Greensboro	W, 63-24	10-0
July 7	Greensboro	W, 47-0	11-0
'Indoor Football Championship Bowl'
July 14	Wyoming	W, 48-34	12-0

External links

★ Official website of the Fayetteville Guard