The Minnesota Purple Rage were a professional indoor American football team based in Mankato, Minnesota. They were members of the original Indoor Football League founded in 1999 and began play in 2000. They competed in the Southern Division of the Eastern Conference and played their home games at the Verizon Center.[1]
| Minnesota Purple Rage | |
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| Established 1999 Folded 2000 Played in Verizon Center in Mankato, Minnesota | |
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Indoor Football League (2000)
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Royal purple, gold, silver, white |
| Personnel | |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
| League championships (0) | |
| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
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History edit
The Purple Rage were founded as an expansion team in 1999 and joined the original incarnation of the Indoor Football League along with several others expansion franchises. In the only season in the IFL, the team compiled a 5-9 record finishing in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. After the IFL was bought out by af2, the Purple Rage were not among the many teams that moved to the new league and subsequently folded.[2][3]
Years later in 2016, the Minnesota Havok was set to begin play in the new Indoor Football League, but quickly folded after not being able to meet the newer league's requirements.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Indoor and Arena Football History: Minnesota Purple Rage". OurSports Central. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "IFL Franchise Histories". OurSports Central. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Indoor and Arena Football History: Minnesota Purple Rage". OurSports Central. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Shane Frederick (January 29, 2016). "Mankato's indoor football team folds before it starts". Mankato Free Press.