2024 National Arena League season

The 2024 National Arena League season is the planned seventh season of the National Arena League (NAL). The league will include six teams, five of which are new, with only the Carolina Cobras returning from the previous season.

2024 NAL season
LeagueNational Arena League
SportIndoor American football
DurationMarch 15 – June 8
Number of teams6
Regular season
Season championsOmaha Beef
2024 NAL Championship
ChampionsOmaha Beef
  Runners-upSioux City Bandits
Finals MVPTommy Armstrong Jr.

Offseason

In August 2023, the league announced it had added the Omaha Beef[1] and Sioux City Bandits[2] from Champions Indoor Football for the 2024 season. On August 22, 2023, the Jacksonville Sharks announced they were joining the Indoor Football League (IFL).[3] The league added the expansion Colorado Spartans, based out of Loveland, Colorado, on August 31.[4] Also on August 31, the Warbirds, which had been renamed as the West Texas Desert Hawks, were announced as joining the relaunched Arena Football League.[5] On September 14, the Topeka Tropics, another CIF team, were accepted into the NAL[6] only for the NAL to rescind the group's membership in February 2024, prompting the team's planned owner to back out of the purchase agreement in protest and the current owners to release an open letter begging for new investors.[7] On September 21, the two-time American West Football Conference champions Idaho Horsemen joined the NAL.[8] On September 26, the San Antonio Gunslingers were announced as also joining the IFL.[9] The next day, the North Texas Bulls announced their membership in the NAL.[10] On October 16, the Oklahoma Flying Aces were as announced as the eighth and final team for the 2024 NAL season.[11] On February 17, 2024, the league announced that they had terminated the membership of the Bulls.[12] On February 28, 2024, the league terminated the Tropics membership.[13]

Teams
TeamLocationArenaCapacityFoundedJoinedHead coach
Carolina CobrasGreensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro Coliseum Complex12,00020172018Brandon Negron
Colorado SpartansLoveland, ColoradoBlue Arena7,50020232024Fred Shaw
Idaho HorsemenNampa, IdahoFord Idaho Center12,2792018[lower-alpha 1]2024Chris Reynolds
Oklahoma Flying Aces[lower-alpha 2]Enid, OklahomaChisholm Trail Coliseum8,0002018[lower-alpha 3]2024Richard Davis
Omaha BeefOmaha, NebraskaLiberty First Credit Union Arena4,6002000[lower-alpha 4]2024Mike Tatum
Sioux City BanditsSioux City, IowaTyson Events Center6,9412000[lower-alpha 5]2024Erv Strohbeen
  1. In the American West Football Conference.
  2. The Oklahoma Flying Aces suspended operations mid-season amid ownership restructuring.
  3. In Champions Indoor Football.
  4. In the Indoor Professional Football League.
  5. In the original Indoor Football League.

Map of teams
NAL team locations

Standings
2024 National Arena League Standings[14]
TeamWinLossPCTGBPFPASTK
(1)Omaha Beef 8 0 1.000 – 381 238 W8
(2)Sioux City Bandits 5 3 .625 3 321 300 W2
Carolina Cobras 5 4 .556 3.5 392 378 L2
Colorado Spartans 4 5 .444 4.5 381 375 W1
Idaho Horsemen 1 7 .125 7 229 373 L4
Oklahoma Flying Aces† 0 4 .000 – 120 170 L4
Legend
(1) – hosting Championship game
(2) – clinched Championship game
† – did not finish the season
All other teams eliminated from postseason

Season schedule

Regular season

All times shown are local to the home team.

Week 1
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 157:10 p.m. CTOklahoma Flying Aces2437Sioux City BanditsTyson Events Center
March 157:00 p.m. MTCarolina Cobras5149Idaho HorsemenFord Idaho Center

Week 2
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 243:00 p.m. ETOmaha Beef5443Carolina CobrasGreensboro Coliseum Complex

Week 3
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
March 306:30 p.m. CTColorado Spartans3245Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union Arena
April 17:30 p.m. ETIdaho Horsemen642Carolina CobrasGreensboro Coliseum Complex

Week 4
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 67:00 p.m. ETColorado Spartans3544Carolina CobrasGreensboro Coliseum Complex
April 67:10 p.m. CTOklahoma Flying Aces2442Sioux City BanditsTyson Events Center

Week 5
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 137:10 p.m. CTColorado Spartans6162Sioux City BanditsTyson Events Center

Week 6
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 197:00 p.m. CTIdaho Horsemen1463Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union Arena
April 197:00 p.m. MTCarolina Cobras3855Colorado SpartansBlue Arena

Week 7
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
April 277:00 p.m. MTOklahoma Flying Aces3649Idaho HorsemenFord Idaho Center
April 283:00 p.m. ETSioux City Bandits2455Carolina CobrasGreensboro Coliseum Complex

Week 8
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 46:30 p.m. CTOklahoma Flying Aces3642Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union Arena
May 55:00 p.m. MTColorado Spartans3433Idaho HorsemenFord Idaho Center

Week 9
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 116:30 p.m. CTSioux City Bandits633Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union Arena

Week 10
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 177:00 p.m. MTIdaho Horsemen1855Colorado SpartansBlue Arena
May 187:10 p.m. CTOmaha Beef3432Sioux City BanditsTyson Events Center

Week 11
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
May 257:00 p.m. ETColorado Spartans3953Carolina CobrasGreensboro Coliseum Complex
May 257:00 p.m. MTSioux City Bandits5634Idaho HorsemenFord Idaho Center

Week 12
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 17:10 p.m. CTCarolina Cobras3562Sioux City BanditsTyson Events Center
June 17:00 p.m. MTOmaha Beef5634Colorado SpartansBlue Arena

Week 13
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 86:30 p.m. CTCarolina Cobras3154Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union Arena
June 87:00 p.m. MTIdaho Horsemen2636Colorado SpartansBlue Arena

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NAL Championship
Date Time Away Team Result Home Team Stadium Notes Ref
June 156:30 p.m. CTSioux City Bandits4647Omaha BeefLiberty First Credit Union ArenaDouble overtime result

Awards

See also

References
  1. "CIF CHAMPION OMAHA BEEF JOINS THE NAL". National Arena League. August 9, 2023.
  2. "NAL ANNOUNCES SIOUX CITY BANDITS AS EXPANSION FRANCHISE". National Arena League. August 8, 2023.
  3. "IFL ADDS JACKSONSVILLE SHARKS". Indoor Football League. August 22, 2023.
  4. "Colorado Spartans Expansion Team Joins the NAL for 2024". NAL. August 31, 2023.
  5. "Arena Football League announces that the West Texas Desert Hawks will be the newest franchise". NewsWest9. August 31, 2023.
  6. "NATIONAL ARENA LEAGUE EXPANSION CONTINUES IN KANSAS". NAL. September 14, 2023.
  7. Self, Matthew (2024-02-22). "Topeka Tropics put out 'heartfelt call' for investors after owner backs out". KSNT via Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  8. "IDAHO REVEALED AS THE NEXT NAL FRANCHISE TO JOIN IN 2024". NAL. September 21, 2023.
  9. "IFL ADDS SAN ANTONIO GUNSLINGERS". Indoor Football League. September 26, 2023.
  10. "NORTH TEXAS BULLS READY TO RUN WITH THE NAL FOR 2024". NAL. September 27, 2023.
  11. "OKLAHOMA ACES JOIN THE NAL FOR THE 2024 SEASON". NAL. October 16, 2023.
  12. "NAL BOARD TERMINATES NORTH TEXAS BULLS MEMBERSHIP". NAL. February 17, 2024.
  13. "NAL BOARD TERMINATES TOPEKA TROPICS MEMBERSHIP". National Arena League. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. "Stats - National Arena League". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  15. "National Arena League Reveals 2024 Schedule". www.nationalarenaleague.com. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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