Oklahoma Flying Aces
{{Short description|American indoor football team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Oklahoma Flying Aces
| current =
| logo = Oklahoma_Flying_Aces_Logo.svg
| helmet =
| founded = 2018
| folded =
| city = Enid, Oklahoma
at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center
| misc = [https://www.goflyingaces.com GoFlyingAces.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Black, blue, old gold, white
{{color box|black}} {{color box|blue}} {{color box|gold}} {{color box|white}}
| owner = Red Dirt Sports and Entertainment
| president = Richard Davis
| general manager = Richard Davis
| coach = Richard Davis
| mascot =
| cheerleaders =
| nicknames =
| league =
- Champions Indoor Football (2019)
- South Conference (2019)
- National Arena League (2024)
| team_history =
- Oklahoma Flying Aces (2019, 2024)
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs =
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs =
| no_playoff_appearances =
| playoff_appearances =
| arena_years =
- Stride Bank Center (2019)
- Chisholm Trail Expo Center (2024)
}}
The Oklahoma Flying Aces are a dormant professional indoor football team based in Enid, Oklahoma. The team was founded in 2018 as an expansion franchise in Champions Indoor Football for the 2019 season. The team was dormant for the 2021 season, but did not return for the 2022 season. The Flying Aces joined the National Arena League for the 2024 season but became dormant before the season was completed.
History
The franchise was announced by Champions Indoor Football (CIF) in 2018 as a 2019 expansion team and selected the name "Flying Aces" from a name-the-team contest in October 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/new-logo-name-unveiled-for-enid-champions-indoor-football-team/article_53792af4-d941-11e8-973d-1ba03ec61216.html |title=New logo, name unveiled for Enid Champions Indoor Football team |first=Tim |last=Godfrey |newspaper=Enid News & Eagle |date=October 26, 2018}} Playing at Stride Bank Center,{{Cite web |url=https://www.stridebankcenter.com/fyingacesfootball |title=Flyingacesfootball |website=Stride Bank Center |access-date=April 2, 2021}} they finished their inaugural season with a 2–10 record, with their only wins a forfeit over the folded Texas Revolution and a semi-professional team, the NTX Savages, that filled in for the home game originally scheduled against the Revolution. The team's second season was cancelled before it could begin due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 1, 2021, the team withdrew from the 2021 season one week before it was scheduled for its first game citing a drastically increased workers' compensation insurance from $5000 in 2019 to $150000 for 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.enidbuzz.com/oklahoma-flying-aces-will-not-play-in-2021/ |title=Oklahoma Flying Aces Will Not Play In 2021 |website=Enid Buzz |date=April 1, 2021}} The team was replaced on the CIF schedule by a re-launched Dodge City Law with the Law inheriting the Flying Aces' roster and staff.{{cite news |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/football-team-to-be-inactive-for-2021-season/article_4a4f4e5c-9340-11eb-9579-434b831409dc.html |title=Football team to be inactive for 2021 season |newspaper=Enid News & Eagle |date=April 2, 2021}}
The Flying Aces were not included in the 2022 schedule and appeared to have suspended operations.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/oklahomaflyingaces/posts/4312233285537026 |title=Wishing all the participating CIF teams a... |website=Facebook |publisher=Oklahoma Flying Aces |date=September 30, 2021}}
In October 2023, the Flying Aces announced they would join the National Arena League and play their home games at the 8,000-seat Chisholm Trail Expo Center.{{cite press release |url=https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/news/oklahoma-aces-join-the-nal-for-the-2024-season |title=Oklahoma Flying Aces Join the NAL for the 2024 Season |website=National Arena League |date=October 16, 2023}} In May 2024, the team and the league "mutually agreed to allow football operations to go dormant for the remainder of the 2024 season" to restructure.{{cite news |title=Flying Aces to go dormant for remainder of season |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/flying-aces-to-go-dormant-for-remainder-of-season/article_d3173158-0cde-11ef-aefa-2b9f3ad0187a.html |access-date=May 23, 2024 |newspaper=Enid News & Eagle |date=May 7, 2024 |language=en}}{{cite press release |title=News: National Arena League Modifies Regular Season Schedule |url=https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/news/national-arena-league-modifies-regular-season-sche |website=National Arena League |access-date=May 23, 2024 |date=May 14, 2024}}
Season-by-season results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%;" |
| style="background:#fcc;"|League champions
| style="background:#96cdcd;"|Playoff berth | style="background:#c8a2c8;"|League leader |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" | ||
| rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2" | League !colspan="3" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses |
| 2019
| CIF | 3rd | 2 | 10 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2020
|colspan=5 |Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021
| colspan="5" |Dormant year | ||
| 2022
| colspan="5" |Dormant year | ||
| 2023
| colspan="5" |Dormant year | ||
| 2024
| NAL | 6th | 0 | 4 | Did not qualify | ||
| rowspan="3" colspan="3"|Totals
! 2 | 14 | All-time regular season record |
| 0 | 0 | All-time postseason record |
| 2 | 14 | All-time regular season and postseason record |
Head coaches
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|Name
! rowspan="2" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"| Tenure ! colspan="3" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"| Regular season ! colspan="2" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"| Playoffs ! rowspan="2" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"| Awards |
|---|
| rowspan="1" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|W
! rowspan="1" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|L ! rowspan="1" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|Win% ! rowspan="1" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|W ! rowspan="1" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Flying Aces|border=2}};"|L |
| Richard Davis
| style="text-align:center;"|2019, 2024 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|2|14}} | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.goflyingaces.com/ Oklahoma Flying Aces official website]
{{NAL}}
{{CIF}}
{{Oklahoma Sports}}
{{Enid Oklahoma|state=expanded}}
Category:American football teams in Oklahoma
Category:Champions Indoor Football teams
Category:National Arena League teams
Category:American football teams established in 2018
Category:2018 establishments in Oklahoma
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