2012 American Indoor Football season
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The 2012 American Indoor Football season was the league's seventh overall season, and first under the AIF name. AIF Championship Bowl V was won by the Cape Fear Heroes who defeated the California Eagles and completed a perfect 9–0 record (including playoffs).
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2012 American Indoor Football season
| league = American Indoor Football
| sport = Indoor football
| duration =
| season =
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| MVP =
| MVP_link =
| playoffs =
| playoffs_link =
| conf1 =
| conf1_link =
| conf1_champ =
| conf1_runner-up =
| conf2 = West
| conf2_link =
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| finals = AIF Championship Bowl V
| finals_link =
| finals_champ = Cape Fear Heroes
| finals_runner-up = California Eagles
| finals_MVP =
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| seasonslist = List of American Indoor Football season
| seasonslistnames = AIF
| prevseason_link =
| prevseason_year = 2011
| nextseason_link =
| nextseason_year = 2013
}}
Summary
=Nevada Lynx=
The Nevada Lynx were a professional indoor football team that played in 2012. They competed in only four games during their brief existence. Their inaugural game was on March 6, 2012, on the road against the Arizona Outlaws, but lost 40–13.[https://www.pvtrib.com/news/2012/mar/07/outlaws-stick-up-nevada-lynx-at-inaugural-arena-f/ Outlaws stick up Nevada Lynx at inaugural arena football game]{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Cheryl Hartz, Prescott Valley Tribune, March 7. 2012 One game was supposed to be played by the North Alameda Knights, but the Lynx stepped in. Then they competed in two early-season matchups against Arizona and Ontario, but then was shutout 92–0 and fell 66–6 later in the season.[http://www.indoorfootballencyclopedia.com Indoor Football Encyclopedia]
Standings
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | Team
! colspan="3" align="center" | Overall |
|---|
| Wins
!Losses !Percentage |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Eastern Conference |
| bgcolor=#ccccff
| Cape Fear HeroesHeroes win AIF championship to complete perfect 9–0 season |align="center"|7 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|{{winperc|7|0}} |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align="center"|6 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|{{winperc|6|1}} |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
| Carolina Force{{Cite web|url=http://indoorfootballboard.proboards.com/thread/6540/aif-round-playoff-east-conf|title = AIF 1st Round Playoff – East Conf (2 Jun) | Indoor Football Forum: Wall-to-Wall Indoor Football Coverage}} |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|{{winperc|3|3}} |
| Maryland Reapers
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|{{winperc|1|5}} |
| Macon Steel
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|{{winperc|1|4}} |
| Tri-State Redhawks
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|{{winperc|1|3}} |
| Virginia Badgers
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|{{winperc|0|3}} |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Western Conference |
| bgcolor=#ccccff
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|{{winperc|3|2}} |
| Arizona Outlaws
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|{{winperc|1|4}} |
| Nevada Lynx
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|{{winperc|0|4}} |
| North Alameda Knights
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|{{winperc|0|0}} |
| bgcolor= lightgrey
| Ontario Warriorshttp://www.examiner.corg/article/ontario-warriors-2012-cancelled-by-league{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |align="center"|7 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|{{winperc|7|0}} |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates suspended from league
Playoffs
{{4TeamBracket-Stepladder
| autolegs = y
| RD1=Conference Semifinals
| RD2=Conference Championships{{Cite web|url=http://indoorfootballboard.proboards.com/thread/6541/aif-eastern-conference-title-game|title = AIF Eastern Conference Title Game (9 Jun) | Indoor Football Forum: Wall-to-Wall Indoor Football Coverage}}
| RD3=AIF Championship Bowl V
| RD1-seed1=3
| RD1-team1=Carolina
| RD1-score1=20
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Harrisburg
| RD1-score2=68
| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team1=Harrisburg
| RD2-score1-1=32
| RD2-seed2=1
| RD2-team2=Cape Fear
| RD2-score2-1=57
| RD3-seed1=W1
| RD3-team1=California
| RD3-score1-1=27
| RD3-seed2=E1
| RD3-team2=Cape Fear
| RD3-score2-1=79
}}