Sioux City Bandits
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux City, Iowa. The Bandits compete in Champions Indoor Football as a member of the league's North Conference. The team was founded in 1999 as the Sioux City Attack. In 2001, the team assumed their current name of the Bandits. The Bandits joined the CIF as result of the merger in 2014. The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center.
History
In 2000, the Sioux City Attack joined the original Indoor Football League. After this season concluded, the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League bought out all but two of the league's teams. Once they were founded, the Sioux City Bandits assumed identity of the Attack. The organization has seen seven different leagues as the Attack played in the previously mentioned original IFL. The Bandits have played in the National Indoor Football League, United Indoor Football, the new Indoor Football League, American Professional Football League, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League, and now Champions Indoor Football. Notable team feats include the signing of former Sioux City running back Fred Jackson by the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Upon returning for NFL training camp, Jackson was selected to be just one of 8 on the team's practice squad. Jackson is currently listed on the Buffalo Bills 53 man roster. Jackson, out of Coe College, was the 2005 United Indoor Football's league leading rusher in which he set an Indoor Football record for most yards in a single season with more than 1,700. That year the Bandits hosted the championship game facing their bitter rival Sioux Falls Storm. Sioux City had beaten Sioux Falls three times during the regular season, but ended up losing the championship game, 40-38.Notable games
Players
Current roster
Bandits Ring of Honor
Season-by-season
Records vs. opponents
Opponent | Overall | Home | Away | Post. |
Amarillo Venom | ||||
Billings Outlaws | ||||
Bismarck Blaze | ||||
Bismarck Bucks | ||||
Bismarck Roughriders | ||||
Black Hills/Rapid City Red Dogs | ||||
Bloomington Extreme/Edge | ||||
Cheyenne Warriors | * | * | ||
Chicago Eagles | ||||
Colorado Ice | ||||
Colorado Lightning | * | * | ||
Dodge City Law | ||||
Erie Invaders | ||||
Evansville BlueCats | ||||
Fairbanks Grizzlies | ||||
Fargo Freeze | ||||
Fort Wayne Freedom | ||||
Green Bay Blizzard | ||||
Iowa Blackhawks/Council Bluffs Express/Lincoln Haymakers | ||||
Johnstown Jackyls | ||||
Kansas City Matadors | ||||
Kansas City Phantoms | ||||
Kansas City Renegades | ||||
Kansas Koyotes | ||||
La Crosse Night Train | ||||
La Crosse Spartans | ||||
Lexington Horsemen | ||||
Lincoln Lightning/Capitols | ||||
Mesquite/Dallas Marshals | ||||
Mid-Missouri Outlaws | ||||
Ohio Valley Greyhounds | ||||
Oklahoma Crude | ||||
Oklahoma Defenders | ||||
Omaha Beef | ||||
Peoria Pirates/Rough Riders | ||||
Saginaw Sting | ||||
Salina Bombers | ||||
Salina Liberty | ||||
Sioux Falls Cobras/Storm | * | * | ||
Show-Me Believers/RiverCity Renegades/Rage | ||||
Southern Oregon Heat | ||||
Springfield Wolfpack | ||||
Stockton Wolves | ||||
Tennessee Valley/Rock River Raptors | ||||
Texas Revolution | ||||
Topeka Knights | ||||
Tri-City Diesel | ||||
Utah Warriors | ||||
West Michigan Ironmen | ||||
Wichita Force | ||||
Wichita Warlords | ||||
Wichita Wild | ||||
Wyoming Cavalry | ||||
Yakima Shockwave | ||||
Overall | ' | ' | ' | ' |
*= Denotes a win due to opponent forfeit