National Women's Football Association
The National Women's Football Association was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in exhibition games. The opening season was in 2001 featuring ten teams. The NWFA did not officially field any teams for the 2009 season.
The NWFA was originally called the National Women's Football League, but changed its name after the 2002 season. The name change came after pressure from the National Football League. The NFL also required the league to change the logos of some teams whose logos resembled those of NFL teams.
League founder Catherine Masters was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.League rules
NWFA teams played according to standard National Football League rules with the following notable exceptions:
- TDY-sized football
- only one foot in-bounds is required for a reception
- no blocking below the waist downfield
List of teams
Teams that joined another league
- Alabama Renegades
- Austin Outlaws
- Baltimore Burn
- Chattanooga Locomotion
- Cleveland Fusion
- Clinton County Chaos
- Cincinnati Sizzle
- Columbus Comets
- Connecticut Crushers
- Detroit Danger, Detroit Demolition
- East Texas SaberKats
- D.C. Divas
- Emerald Coast Barracudas
- Erie Illusion
- Fort Wayne Flash
- H-Town Texas Cyclones
- Iowa Thunder
- Jacksonville Dixie Blues
- Jersey Justice
- Kentucky Karma
- Keystone Assault
- Lone Star Mustangs
- Los Angeles Amazons
- Marana She-Devils
- Memphis Belles
- Minnesota Vixen
- Missouri Phoenix
- Modesto Maniax
- New Orleans Blaze
- New Jersey Titans
- New York Nemesis
- Pensacola Power
- Pittsburgh Force
- Pittsburgh Passion
- Philadelphia Phoenix
- Phoenix Prowlers
- Oklahoma City Lightning
- St. Louis Slam
- Ventura Black Widows
- West Michigan Mayhem
- West Virginia Bruisers
- West Virginia Wonders
Defunct teams
- Antelope Valley Bombers
- Arizona Wildfire
- Asheville Assault
- Atlanta Leopards
- Evansville Express
- Gulf Coast Herricanes
- Indiana Thunder
- Indianapolis Chaos
- Junction City Jaguars
- Kansas City Krunch
- Knoxville Summit
- Knoxville Tornadoes
- Maine Freeze
- Muscle Shoals SmasHers
- Nashville Dream
- Richmond Dream
- Roanoke Revenge
- Rochester Raptors
- South Bend GoldenHawks
- Tennessee Venom
- Tidewater Floods
- Tree Town Spitfire
- Wisconsin Riverters
Championship games
- 2001 Philadelphia Liberty Belles 40, Pensacola Power 7
- 2002 Detroit Danger 48, Massachusetts Mutiny 30
- 2003 Detroit Demolition 28, Pensacola Power 21
- 2004 Detroit Demolition 52, Oklahoma City Lightning 0
- 2005 Detroit Demolition 74, Pensacola Power 0
- 2006 D.C. Divas 28, Oklahoma City Lightning 7
- 2007 Pittsburgh Passion 32, Columbus Comets 0
- 2008 H-Town Texas Cyclones 39, West Michigan Mayhem 10
