- Detroit Fury
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Detroit Fury Year founded 2001 Year folded 2004 Prior names None Divisional championships {{{divisional}}} ArenaBowl championships None The Detroit Fury were an Arena Football League team. The team began play in 2001 and was based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at The Palace of Auburn Hills, also the home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons. The team was co-owned by William Davidson, who owned the Pistons, along with William Clay Ford, Jr., son of the owner of the National Football League Detroit Lions. On September 20, 2004, the AFL announced the termination of this franchise, and that its players would be made available to the remaining teams in a dispersal draft. The Fury made the playoffs in their first season and again in 2003.
Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
Season W L T Finish Playoff results 2001 7 7 0 Lost Wild Card Round (Arizona) 52-44 2002 1 13 0 2003 8 8 0 Won Wild Card Round (Grand Rapids) 55-54
Lost Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 52-482004 5 11 0 Totals 22 41 0 (including playoffs) External links
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