Chicago Blitz (CIFL)
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Established 2014 Play in Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois |
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Continental Indoor Football League (2014)
American Indoor Football (2015–2016)
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| Team colors | Gold, Black, White |
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| Owner(s) | Mike Oliver | ||
| General manager | Mike Dortch | ||
| Head coach | Mike Oliver | ||
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League championships (0) |
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| Playoff appearances (1) | |||
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Continental Indoor Football League (2014)
American Indoor Football (2015–2016)
The Chicago Blitz were a professional indoor football team based in Villa Park, Illinois. The Blitz were members of American Indoor Football (AIF) in 2015 and 2016 and the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in 2014. They played their home games at the Odeum Expo Center. The Blitz updated their website stating that they would be joining the regional Midwest Professional Indoor Football for the 2018 season.
The Blitz came into existence in January 2014, after the Chicago Slaughter announced that they would be sitting out the 2014 season just one month before the regular season began. The team's name and logo (but not the colors) are an adaptation of the United States Football League franchise of the same name.
On February 9, 2014, the Blitz played their first ever game, losing 42-25 to the Saginaw Sting.
On October 4, 2014, the Blitz announced they were joining X-League Indoor Football for the 2015 season. Shortly after, the team was removed from the X-League website, and was no longer affiliated with the X-League. On October 15, 2014, the Blitz joined American Indoor Football (AIF), following former CIFL team, the Sting. The Blitz finished the regular season 6-2, earning the 3 seed in the AIF playoffs. They defeated the 2nd seeded Saginaw Sting 63-45 in the AIF semifinals, earning a berth in the 2015 AIF Championship Game. The Blitz traveled to York, Pennsylvania to take on the York Capitals for the AIF crown. The Blitz fell to the Capitals 30-58.
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