# 2020 Indoor Football League season

The 2020 Indoor Football League season was the twelfth season of the Indoor Football League (IFL) and the first season of being the top indoor football league, after the folding of the Arena Football League. The league was set to play the season with thirteen teams, up from ten the previous season, by adding three expansion teams, one team from Champions Indoor Football, and one team folding.
After playing two games, the season was initially postponed on March 12 due to social distancing measures closing venues during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 13, the league cancelled the rest of the season due to the uncertainty that they would be able to play in any venues in the near future.

## Offseason

On August 20, 2019, the Duke City Gladiators joined the IFL after winning back-to-back CIF championships. On September 10, the Oakland Panthers, co-owned by NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, joined the IFL for the 2020 season. On November 1, the league added the Spokane Shock after it was resurrected by former NFL player Sam Adams, with the Spokane team reacquiring the Shock brand following the Spokane Empire's folding in 2017. The Bosselman family were looking to sell the Nebraska Danger, but no owner was found before the deadline for participating in the 2020 season. On November 24, 2019, the IFL added a thirteenth team in Frisco, Texas, owned by the Germain family called the Frisco Fighters. The Germain family also purchased the sponsorship rights for the IFL, the management rights of the league's communications and marketing department, as well as a second expansion for the 2021 season in Columbus, Ohio.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
| Arizona Rattlers | Glendale, Arizona | Gila River Arena | 17,125 | 1992 | 2017 | Kevin Guy |
| Bismarck Bucks | Bismarck, North Dakota | Bismarck Event Center | 10,100 | 2017 | 2019 | Rod Miller |
| Cedar Rapids River Kings | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | U.S. Cellular Center | 5,700 | 2011 | 2012 | Victor Mann |
| Duke City Gladiators | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Tingley Coliseum | 9,286 | 2015 | 2020 | Pig Brown |
| Frisco Fighters | Frisco, Texas | Comerica Center | 3,500 | 2019 | 2020 | Clint Dolezel |
| Green Bay Blizzard | Green Bay, Wisconsin | Resch Center | 8,599 | 2003 | 2010 | Corey Roberson |
| Iowa Barnstormers | Des Moines, Iowa | Wells Fargo Arena | 15,181 | 1995 | 2015 | Ameer Ismail |
| Oakland Panthers | Oakland, California | Oakland Arena | 19,596 | 2019 | 2020 | Kurt Bryan |
| Quad City Steamwheelers | Moline, Illinois | TaxSlayer Center | 9,200 | 2017 | 2019 | Cory Ross |
| San Diego Strike Force | San Diego, California | Pechanga Arena | 12,000 | 2018 | 2019 | Burt Grossman |
| Sioux Falls Storm | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Denny Sanford Premier Center | 10,678 | 2000 | 2009 | Kurtiss Riggs |
| Spokane Shock | Spokane, Washington | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 10,771 | 2006 | 2020 | Billy Back |
| Tucson Sugar Skulls | Tucson, Arizona | Tucson Convention Center | 8,962 | 2018 | 2019 | Dixie Wooten |

## Standings

The season began on March 7, 2020, and the league played two games before postponing the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor Football League :
| | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | GB |
| Quad City Steamwheelers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 54 | 39 | — |
| San Diego Strike Force | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 36 | — |
| Arizona Rattlers | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Duke City Gladiators | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Frisco Fighters | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Green Bay Blizzard | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Iowa Barnstormers | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Oakland Panthers | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Sioux Falls Storm | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Spokane Shock | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Tucson Sugar Skulls | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Bismarck Bucks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 36 | 50 | 1 |
| Cedar Rapids River Kings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 39 | 54 | 1 |
y – clinched regular season title
x – clinched playoff spot
Last updated: March 18, 2020

## Playoffs

The top eight teams would have made the IFL playoffs, with the quarterfinals consisting of the top seed hosting the eighth seed, the second seed hosting the seventh seed, the third seed hosting the sixth seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth seed. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seed would host the lower remaining seed and the next-highest hosts the next-lowest from the quarterfinals. The semifinal winners were to meet in the 2020 United Bowl on the weekend of July 25.