List of Georgia Force seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Georgia Force. The Force are a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and plays its home games at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. The original team was established in 1997 as the Nashville Kats, and relocated to Georgia for the 2002 season, but similar to the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, who were previously the Cleveland Browns, the Force do not retain the history of the Kats, and are considered an expansion team. The Force found some success in the AFL, winning their division in three out of their final four seasons, but appeared in only one ArenaBowl in their existence, which was a losing effort. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. The Force then announced that they would cease operations permanently.^[1]

Prior to the 2011 season, the Force returned to action after it was announced that the Alabama Vipers would assume the history of the franchise after relocating.^[2]

ArenaBowl Champions	ArenaBowl Appearance	Division Champions	Playoff Berth

Season	League	Conference	Division	Regular season			Postseason results
Season	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Postseason results
Georgia Force
2002	AFL	National	Southern	4th	6	8
2003	AFL	National	Southern	3rd	8	8	Won Wild Card Round (Dallas) 49–45 Lost Quarterfinals (San Jose) 69–48
2004	AFL	National	Southern	5th	7	9
2005	AFL	National	Southern	1st	11	5	Won Conference Semifinals (Tampa Bay) 62–46 Won Conference Championship (Orlando) 60–58 Lost ArenaBowl XIX (Colorado) 51–48
2006	AFL	National	Southern	3rd	8	8	Won Wild Card Round (New York) 72–69 Lost Divisional Round (Dallas) 62–27
2007	AFL	National	Southern	1st	14	2	Won Divisional Round (Philadelphia) 65–39 Lost Conference Championship (Columbus) 66–56
2008	AFL	National	Southern	1st	10	6	Lost Divisional Round (Cleveland) 73–70
2009	The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season.^[3]
2010	Did not play in 2010.
2011	AFL	American	South	2nd	11	7	Won Conference Semifinals (Cleveland) 50–41 Lost Conference Championship (Jacksonville) 55–64
2012	AFL	American	South	2nd	9	9	Lost Conference Semifinals (Jacksonville) 58–56
Total					84	62	(includes only regular season)
					6	7	(includes only the postseason)
					90	69	(includes both regular season and postseason)

References

General

"Georgia Force — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.

Specific

↑ Following AFL's End, Georgia Force Ceases Operations
↑ Bill Bryant (August 21, 2010). "It's official: Vipers have left the building". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
↑ "AFL cancels 2009 season". ESPN. December 15, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2011.

Georgia Force

Formerly the Nashville Kats Founded in 1997 Folded in 2012 Resurrected from the Alabama Vipers in 2010 Based in Duluth, Georgia

Franchise	Franchise Seasons Players

Arenas	Philips Arena Arena at Gwinnett Center

Head coaches	Lyles Lowe Kronenberg Plank Cokinos

Playoff appearances (7)	2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012

Division championships (3)	2005 2007 2008

ArenaBowl appearances (1)	XIX

League affiliations	League: Arena Football League Conference: American Conference Division: South Division

Georgia Force seasons

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012

NOTE: The "new" Georgia Force is the former Tennessee Valley Vipers that started in 2000 in af2 and became the Alabama Vipers for the first year of the new league. When the team moved to Duluth, Georgia, the old Force name was available per agreement with the 2009 purchase of assets by Arena Football One.

AFL team season lists

Inactive teams

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