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Ohio Valley Greyhounds Founded 1999 League IFL 1999-2000
NIFL 2001-2004
UIF 2005-2007Team history Steel Valley Smash
1999-2000
Ohio Valley Greyhounds
2001-2007Arena WesBanco Arena Based in Wheeling, West Virginia Team colors Black, Red, Grey President Sharon Stephan Head coach Ervin Bryson Championships 2 (both from NIFL) Division titles 5 (1 from the IFL & 4 from the NIFL) Cheerleaders Greyhound Girls Mascot Blitz The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds. After four successful years in the league, they moved to the UIF in 2005 and became a charter member to the new league. However, the Greyhounds failed to reach the same level of success from the NIFL years. Their home games were played at the WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, West Virginia, which is also the home to the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers. After three dismal years in the UIF, the team folded in October 2007.[1]
Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
Season W L T Finish Playoff results Steel Valley Smash (IFL) 1999 2 10 0 4th Southern -- 2000 9 5 0 1st EC Southern Won Quarterfinal (Green Bay)
Lost Semifinal (Peoria)Ohio Valley Greyhounds (NIFL) 2001 11 3 0 1st Atlantic Eastern Won Round 1 (Lake Charles)
Lost Semifinal (Mississippi)2002 12 1 0 1st Atlantic Northern Won Round 1 (L. Rangers)
Win Semifinal (T. ThunderCats)
Won Indoor Bowl II (Billings)2003 14 0 0 1st Atlantic Eastern Won Round 1 (Lexington)
Won Semifinal (Lake Charles)
Won Indoor Bowl III (Utah)2004 11 3 0 1st Atlantic East Won AC Semifinal (Fort Wayne)
Lost AC Championship (Lexington)Ohio Valley Greyhounds (UIF) 2005 6 9 0 2nd Midwest Lost Round 1 (Sioux City) 2006 6 9 0 3rd East -- 2007 2 13 0 6th East -- Totals 73 53 0 (including playoffs) References
External links
- Official Website
- UIFans - United Indoor Fans
- Greyhounds' 2001 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2002 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2003 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2004 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2005 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2006 Stats
- Greyhounds' 2007 Stats
Eastern Conference Western Conference Categories:- United Indoor Football teams
- Indoor Football League (1999-2000) teams
- Defunct American football teams
- American football teams in West Virginia
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