Johnstown Riverhawks The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown , Pennsylvania . They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association . They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena . They began play in 1999 as the Topeka Knights of the Indoor Football League . They missed the playoffs in their inaugural season , finishing third in the Northern Division at 6 - 6 . During the second season , the team changed ownership and became the Topeka Kings . The team finished with a much better record , going 10 - 4 and winning the Western Conference , Southern Division championship . In the playoffs , they defeated the Black Hills Machine in the quarterfinal round before losing to the Bismarck Blaze in the semifinals . After the season , they moved to Knoxville , Tennessee became the Tennessee ThunderCats , and moved to the Indoor Professional Football League . They would impressively win the league championship in their first year . After the IPFL folded , the ThunderCats moved to the NIFL . During their tenure in the league , they had decent success in 2002 , not - so decent success as the Tennessee Riverhawks in 2003 . In 2004 , when they were the Greenville Riverhawks , their ownership folded after three games . They moved to Lancaster , Pennsylvania and played their remaining games . Then , they were founded by Andrew Haines , owner of the American Indoor Football league the team was purchased by Brian Schwelling of Atlanta , Georgia in February 2005 . Schwelling operated the team successfully until September of that same year when the team was sold to Michael Dawson . Schwelling was successful in bringing the Riverhawks to the semifinal game in the team ' s inaugural season . On March 4 , 2006 , the Riverhawks won their first game of their second season on the road 21 - 14 against the Steubenville Stampede , which made AIFL history by becoming the lowest scoring game in the league ' s 2 - year existence . On March 26 , 2006 , the Riverhawks lost the AIFL ' s very first overtime game 41 - 38 against the Reading Express at home . In the 2008 season , the Riverhawks ended their contract with the Johnstown War Memorial . AIFL owner Andrew Haines announced he was relaunching the defunct AIFL as the Ultimate Indoor Football League in the 2011 season ( the AIFA is technically a separate league with different owners founded to avoid Haines ' s legal troubles ) , and would be bringing back Johnstown in the process . The revived team will bear the name " Johnstown Generals . " 2001 Tennessee ThunderCats IPFL Schedule . Week 1 – Tennessee ThunderCats 52 , Trenton Lightning 25 Week 2 – Tennessee ThunderCats 34 , St . Louis Renegades 28 Week 3 – Tennessee ThunderCats 42 , Boise Stallions 29 Week 4 - bye Week 5 – Tennessee ThunderCats 39 , Trenton Lightning 26 Week 6 – Tennessee ThunderCats 41 , Trenton Lightning 24 Week 7 – Tennessee ThunderCats 40 , St . Louis Renegades 23 Week 8 – Omaha Beef 72 , Tennessee ThunderCats 50 Week 9 – Tennessee ThunderCats 47 , St . Louis Renegades 44 Week 10 – Omaha Beef 56 , Tennessee ThunderCats 29 Week 11 – Omaha Beef 54 , Tennessee ThunderCats 32 Week 12 – Boise Stallions 40 , Tennessee ThunderCats 38 Week 13 – Tennessee ThunderCats 61 , Omaha Beef 34 Week 14 – Tennessee ThunderCats 35 , St . Louis Renegades 10 Week 15 - bye Week 16 – Tennessee ThunderCats 53 , Boise Stallions 9 Week 17 – bye Week 18 – Tennessee ThunderCats vs . Boise Stallions – Cancelled Week 19 – Tennessee ThunderCats 43 , St . Louis Renegades 27 IPFL Championship - Tennessee ThunderCats 47 , Omaha Beef 38 Season - By - Season . ! Totals | | 66 | | 51 | | 0 References . Players Some notable players Tony Zimmerman QB Quenteen Robinson WR / DB Allan Jackson LB