# 2000 Sioux City Attack season

The 2000 Sioux City Attack season was the team's first overall and first as a member of the original Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-one teams in the IFL for the league's second season, the Attack finished the regular season with a 9–5 record (good enough for third in their Southern Division) to earn the number five seed in the ten-team Western Conference, in which they traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for the wild card round to play the Lincoln Lightning and defeated them, 52–38. They then moved on to Bismarck, North Dakota, to face the Western's Conference's top-seeded team, the Bismarck Blaze. The Attack had already beaten the Blaze once in the regular season, but fell, 30-14 in the conference semifinals.
The Attack played their home games at the Sioux City Municipal Auditorium in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Jim Anderson.

## Schedule

Key:  Win  Loss  Bye

### Regular season

| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance |
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Friday | March 31 | 7:05pm | at Lincoln Lightning | L 27–40 | 0–1 | Pershing Center | 4,698 |
| 2 | Saturday | April 8 | 7:05pm | at Sioux Falls Cobras | W 47–31 | 1–1 | Sioux Falls Arena | 4,800 |
| 3 | Saturday | April 15 | 7:05pm | at Wichita Warlords | L 20–28 | 1–2 | Kansas Coliseum | 3,266 |
| 4 | Friday | April 21 | 7:35pm | Wichita Warlords | W 59-27 | 2–2 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 2,769 |
| 5 | Saturday | April 29 | 7:35pm | Bismarck Blaze | W 57–49 | 3–2 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 2,173 |
| 6 | Saturday | May 6 | 7:05pm | at Topeka Knights | L 24–31 (OT) | 3–3 | Landon Arena | 2,288 |
| 7 | Saturday | May 13 | 7:35pm | Fargo Freeze | W 30–12 | 4–3 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 2,068 |
| 8 | Saturday | May 20 | 6:05pm | at Johnstown Jackyls | W 57–47 | 5–3 | Cambria County War Memorial Arena | 2,339 |
| 9 | Saturday | May 27 | 7:35pm | Sioux Falls Cobras | W 49–35 | 6–3 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 2,378 |
| 10 | Saturday | June 3 | 7:05pm | at Peoria Pirates | L 35–68 | 6–4 | Carver Arena | 9,220 |
| 11 | Saturday | June 10 | 7:35pm | Black Hills Machine | L 36–39 | 6–5 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 1,561 |
| 12 | Saturday | June 17 | 7:35pm | Topeka Knights | W 37–29 | 7–5 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 1,703 |
| 13 | Saturday | June 24 | 7:35pm | Lincoln Lightning | W 36–20 | 8–5 | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | 2,231 |
| 14 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 15 | Saturday | July 8 | 6:05pm | at Erie Invaders | W 54–31 | 9–5 | Erie Civic Center | 2,850 |

### Post-season

| Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance |
| Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance |
| Wild card round | Saturday | July 15 | 7:05pm | at Lincoln Lightning | W 52–38 | 10–5 | Pershing Center | 3,900 |
| Conference semifinals | Saturday | July 22 | 7:35pm | at Bismarck Blaze | L 14–30 | 10–6 | Bismarck Civic Center | 4,101 |

### 2000 Playoffs

| Rapid City, South Dakota | Rapid City, South Dakota | Rapid City, South Dakota | Topeka, Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Casper | 32 | Topeka, Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Casper | 32 | 3 | Black Hills | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Black Hills | 75 | 3 | Black Hills | 21 | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Black Hills | 75 | 2 | Topeka | 26 | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | | | | | |
| | | | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | | | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | | | | | |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 2 | Topeka | 29 | | | | | |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | | | 2 | Topeka | 29 | | | | | |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | 1 | Bismarck | 38 | | | | | |
| 5 | Sioux City | 52 | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck, North Dakota | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sioux City | 52 | 5 | Sioux City | 14 | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | | | | | |
| 4 | Lincoln | 38 | 5 | Sioux City | 14 | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | | | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois |
| 4 | Lincoln | 38 | 1 | Bismarck | 30 | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | Western Conference Championship | | | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois |
| Wild Card playoffs | Wild Card playoffs | Wild Card playoffs | 1 | Bismarck | 30 | | | | | | | | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois |
| Wild Card playoffs | Wild Card playoffs | Wild Card playoffs | Divisional playoffs | Divisional playoffs | Divisional playoffs | | | | | | | | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois |
| Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Divisional playoffs | Divisional playoffs | Divisional playoffs | | | | | | W1 | Bismarck | 42 |
| Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | | | | | | | | W1 | Bismarck | 42 |
| Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | | | | | | E1 | Peoria | 69 |
| 6 | Dayton | 23 | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | Wheeling, West Virginia | | | | | | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup |
| 6 | Dayton | 23 | 3 | Green Bay | 10 | | | | | | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup |
| 3 | Green Bay | 64 | 3 | Green Bay | 10 | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | | | | | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup |
| 3 | Green Bay | 64 | 2 | Steel Valley | 21 | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | | | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup | 2000 Gold Cup |
| | | | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | | | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | | |
| Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | 2 | Steel Valley | 55 | | |
| Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | | | 2 | Steel Valley | 55 | | |
| Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | 1 | Peoria | 75 | | |
| 5 | Erie | 22 | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria, Illinois | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | | | | |
| 5 | Erie | 22 | 4 | Madison | 13 | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | | |
| 4 | Madison | 34 | 4 | Madison | 13 | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | | | | |
| 4 | Madison | 34 | 1 | Peoria | 25 | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | Eastern Conference Championship | | | | |