2004 National Indoor Football League season
| 2004 NIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Indoor Football League |
| Sport | indoor American football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
| Playoffs | |
| Atlantic champions | Lexington Horsemen |
| Atlantic runners-up | Ohio Valley Greyhounds |
| Pacific champions | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Pacific runners-up | Billings Outlaws |
| Indoor Bowl IV | |
| Champions | Lexington Horsemen |
| Runners-up | Sioux Falls Storm |
The 2004 National Indoor Football League season was the fourth season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The league champions were the Lexington Horsemen, who defeated the Sioux Falls Storm in Indoor Bowl IV.
Standings[edit]
| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Ohio Valley Greyhounds-xy | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 6 | 1 | 0.857 |
| Atlantic City CardSharks | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| Carolina Stingrays | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 4 | 5 | 0.444 |
| Staten Island Xtreme | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 2 | 7 | 0.222 |
| Greenville Riverhawks | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Houma Bayou Bucks | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 |
| Tupelo FireAnts | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Beaumont Drillers | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 4 | 5 | 0.444 |
| Lake Charles Land Sharks | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Waco Marshals | 2 | 8 | 0.200 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 |
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Lexington Horsemen-xy | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Fort Wayne Freedom | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Show-Me Believers | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Evansville BlueCats | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Pacific Conference | ||||||
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Sioux Falls Storm | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 6 | 1 | 0.857 |
| Omaha Beef | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Lincoln Capitols | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Billings Outlaws | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 6 | 1 | 0.857 |
| Utah Warriors | 7 | 8 | 0.467 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Wyoming Cavalry | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Black Hills Red Dogs | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 1 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Tri-City Diesel-xy | 11 | 4 | 0.733 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wichita Falls Thunder | 1 | 8 | 0.111 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
| Oklahoma Crude | 1 | 11 | 0.083 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
| Colorado Venom | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best conference record
Playoffs[edit]
| St. Charles, Missouri | Wheeling, West Virginia | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fort Wayne | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fort Wayne | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Show-Me | 28 | Wheeling, West Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio Valley | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | Lexington | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Houma, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio Valley | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Atlantic City | 25 | Atlantic Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lexington | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lexington | 54 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Houma | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kearney, Nebraska | A3 | Lexington | 59 | |||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | ||||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Sioux Falls | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 59 | Indoor Bowl IV | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tri-City | 42 | Billings, Montana | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sioux Falls | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | Sioux Falls | 44 | |||||||||||||||
| Billings, Montana | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Billings | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sioux City | 40 | Pacific Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Billings | 68 | ||||||||||||||||