Wichita Wild

Wichita Wild

Founded	2006
League	Independent (2007) UIF (2008) IFL (2009-present)
Team history	Wichita Wild (2007-present)
Based in	Park City, Kansas
Arena	Hartman Arena
Colors	Black, Orange, White
Owner	Wink Hartman
Head coach	Ken Matous
Division titles	Central Division IFL (2009)
Dancers	Wild Things
Mascot	Parky

The Wichita Wild is a professional indoor football team located in Wichita, Kansas. The wild plays in the Indoor Football League the second biggest football league (by number of teams) in the United States only after the NFL. The IFL was formed in 2008 through a merger between the Intense Football League and the United Indoor Football (UIF) league. Both leagues had been in business for four seasons before the merger. The Wild Host their home games in Park City, Kansas at the Hartman Arena.

Season-By-Season

Season records

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Wichita Wild (Independent)
2007	9	0	0	--	--
Wichita Wild (UIF)
2008	2	12	0	4th East	--
Wichita Wild (IFL)
2009	10	7	0	3rd United Central	Won United Conference Quarterfinal (Bloomington) Won United Conference Semifinal (Omaha) Lost United Conference Championship (River City)
2010	11	6	0	2nd Central West	Won Round 1 (Bloomington) Won Conference Semi-Final (Rochester) Lost United Conference Championship (Sioux Falls)
2011*	0	0	0	--	--
Totals	32	25	0	(including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

2011 Season Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
	TBD	TBD	TBD
	TBD	TBD	TBD

Regular Season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
1	Bye
2	March 7 (Mon)	TBD	@Nebraska Danger
3	TBD	TBD	TBD
4	Bye
5	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	TBD	TBD	TBD
12	TBD	TBD	TBD
13	TBD	TBD	TBD
14	TBD	TBD	TBD
15	TBD	TBD	TBD
16	TBD	TBD	TBD

Division Standings

2011 Great Plains Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
z Sioux Falls Storm	13	1	0	0.929	1022	457	5–1	—	L1
x Omaha Beef	9	5	0	0.643	615	523	5–1	4.0	W1
Wichita Wild	6	8	0	0.429	571	618	1–5	7.0	W2
Nebraska Danger	3	11	0	0.214	617	788	1–5	10.0	L8

Past Seasons

2007 season

They began play in 2007 as an independent organization playing all games at home against semi-pro opponents from the midwest. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum, which was the home of the CHL's Wichita Thunder before their move to the Intrust Bank Arena in 2010. The Wichita wild went undefeated with a record of 9 wins and no losses.

2008 season

In 2008, they competed in the UIF. The UIF the next season merged with the Intense Football League to form the Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas.

Date	Team	Result
03/08/08	Sioux City Bandits	L 23-31
03/15/08	River City Rage	L 25-26
03/22/08	@Bloomington	L 38-59
04/05/08	Bloomington Extreme	L 35-44
04/10/08	Omaha Beef	L 24-31
04/19/08	@River City Rage	W 22-15
04/26/08	@Billings Outlaws	L 13-55
05/03/08	@Omaha Beef	L 16-67
05/10/08	@Colorado Ice	W 35-31
05/17/08	@Sioux Falls Storm	L 14-57
04/24/08	River City Rage	L 13-41
05/31/08	Omaha Beef	L 6-54
06/07/08	Billings Outlaws	L 31-58
06/13/08	@Colorado Ice	L 24-56

2009 season

The Wild's breakout year came in 2009 when the Wild established themselves as top tier indoor football franchise. The Wild won the IFL's Central Division and fell in the Conference Championship game to RiverCity. Following the season, Wichita was recognized as the IFL's Franchise of the Year. Running back darius Fudge set league records for ruching touchdowns and rushing yards which still stand today. Fudge was named the IFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Date	Team	Result
03/20/09	@Omaha	L 36-41
04/04/09	Sioux Falls Storm	L 41-45
04/11/09	River City Rage	W 56-40
04/18/09	@River City Rage	L 31-52
04/25/09	@Sioux City Bandits	L 28-30
05/02/09	Abilene RuffRiders	W 49-33
05/09/09	@San Angelo Stampede	W 48-35
05/16/09	@Sioux Falls Storm	L 21-49
05/23/09	Odessa Roughnecks	W 62-42
05/30/09	@Sioux City Bandits	W 39-29
06/06/09	@Bloomington Extreme	L 34-38
06/13/09	Omaha Beef	W 39-37
06/27/09	River City Rage	W 73-33
07/02/09	Alaska Wild	W 76-9

2010 season

For the new season the Wild have returned last years stars in Dixie Wooten, Clinton Soloman, and Darius Fudge. The Wichita Wild Season opener was February, 26 at the Hartman Arena. The 2010 season was the most successful season in franchise history in terms of success on and off the field. The team went 9-5 in the 2010 regular season and went on to win two playoff games before falling to Sioux Falls in the United Conference Championship. The 11 total wins for the Wild in 2010 was the most in franchise history. The team also set a record for total attendance by seeing almost 30,000 fans attend Wild home games in 2010. A crowd of 4,755 attended and watched the Wild snag their first win of the 2010 season. After an 8-4 start to the 2010 Indoor Football League season the Wichita Wild Clinched their second playoff berth in franchise history.

Date	Team	Result
2/26/10	La Crosse Spartans	W 57-20
3/13/10	Sioux Falls Storm	L 34-43
3/20/10	Colorado Ice	W 54-40
3/29/10	@Omaha Beef	W 57-47
4/03/10	@Sioux Falls Storm	W 44-26
4/10/10	Omaha Beef	W 56-50
4/17/10	Sioux Falls Storm	L 27-34
5/01/10	@Sioux City Bandits	L 47-48
5/09/10	@Colorado Ice	W 32-30
5/15/10	@Sioux City Bandits	W 53-44
5/22/10	San Angelo Stampede Express	W 42-35
6/05/10	@Green Bay Blizzard	L 38-40
6/12/10	Sioux City Bandits	W 67-17
6/19/10	@Omaha Beef	L 31-48

2010 Central West Division
	W	L	T	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
y-Sioux Falls Storm	11	3	0	0.786	---	9-2	665	524	W1
x-Wichita Wild	9	5	0	0.643	2.0	7-4	639	522	L1
x-Omaha Beef	9	5	0	0.643	2.0	6-4	497	435	W2
Sioux City Bandits	4	10	0	0.286	7.0	3-9	539	726	L6
Colorado Ice	2	12	0	0.143	9.0	1-7	531	684	L3

vs Opponent

Opponent	OVERALL	HOME	AWAY	PLYFF
Abilene Ruff Riders	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)	(0-0)
Alaska Wild	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)	(0-0)
Billings Outlaws	(0-2)	(0-1)	(0-1)	(0-0)
Bloomington Extreme	(2-3)	(1-1)	(1-2)	(2-0)
Colorado Ice	(3-1)	(1-0)	(2-1)	(0-0)
Green Bay Blizzard	(0-1)	(0-0)	(0-1)	(0-0)
La Crosse Spartans	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)	(0-0)
West Texas Roughnecks*	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)	(0-0)
Omaha Beef	(4-5)	(2-2)	(2-3)	(1-0)
RiverCity Rage	(3-4)	(2-3)	(1-1)	(0-1)
Rochester Raiders	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)	(1-0)
San Angelo Stampede	(2-0)	(1-0)	(1-0)	(0-0)
Sioux City Bandits	(3-3)	(1-1)	(2-2)	(0-0)
Sioux Falls Storm	(1-6)	(0-3)	(1-3)	(0-1)

* = was named the Odessa Roughnecks on 05/23/09 when Wichita won 62-42

External links

• Official Website
• Wild's 2008 Stats