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Philadelphia Yellow Jackets

{{short description|Defunct indoor football team in Pennsylvania}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox indoor American football team

| name = Philadelphia Yellow Jackets

| logo = PhiladelphiaYellowJackets.png

| helmet = Philadelphia Yellow Jackets Helmet Logo.png

| founded = 2015

| folded = 2016

| city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| misc = [http://philadelphiayellowjackets.com/ philadelphiayellowjackets.com]

| uniform =

| colors = Sky blue, gold, white
{{Color box|#008DD2}} {{Color box|#FFE100}} {{Color box|white}}

| owner = Joe Krause

| president =

| gm =

| coach = Mike Brown

| league =

American Indoor Football (2016)

  • Northern (2016)

| team_history=

  • Philadelphia Yellow Jackets (2016)

| no_league_champs = 0

| no_conf_champs = 0

| no_div_champs = 0

| no_playoffs = 0

| league_champs =

| conf_champs =

| div_champs =

| no_playoff_appearances = 0

| playoff_appearances =

| arena_years = *Class of 1923 Arena (2016)

}}

The Philadelphia Yellow Jackets were a professional indoor football team and a member of the American Indoor Football league that played half a season in 2016 before folding due to financial issues.

In addition to being Philadelphia's second arena/indoor team (after the Philadelphia Soul, who played in the Arena Football League), the Yellow Jackets were named in honor of (and their visual identity is designed after) Philadelphia's first National Football League team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The original Yellow Jackets played in the NFL from 1924 until 1931 (and notably won the 1926 NFL championship).

History

On June 11, 2015, the AIF announced the Yellow Jackets would be joining for the 2016 season. The "P-Y-J" are owned by Joe Krause, owner of the Indoor Gridiron League.{{cite web | url=http://www.aifprofootball.com/index.php/8-league-news/51-aif-comes-philadelphia | title=AIF Comes to Philadelphia | publisher=American Indoor Football | date=June 11, 2015 | access-date=August 12, 2015}} The Yellow Jackets played their home games at the Class of 1923 Arena on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania the majority of their first season until May 11, 2016, when the university voided their contract for lack of payment leading to cancelling their last three games. Owner Joe Krause released a statement on the team's Facebook account accusing the university of breach of contract while he was dealing with his wife's recovery from a stroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiayellowjackets/posts/1361779997169816 |title=Krause's Facebook statement |work=Philadelphia Yellow Jackets Official Facebook |date=May 12, 2016}}

They did reschedule their last "home" game to be at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, however, this game was also never played. The team was removed from the AIF after the 2016 season.

2016 season

=Season record=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
rowspan="2" | Season

!rowspan="2" | League

!rowspan="2" | Division

!colspan="4" | Regular season

!rowspan="2" | Postseason results

FinishWinsLossesTies
2016

| AIF || Northern

| folded ||4||1||0||

{{clear}}

Key:

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Tie|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#CCCCCC|Bye|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Clear}}

=Preseason=

All start times were local to home team

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" width="40" | Week

! rowspan="2" width="80" | Day

! rowspan="2" width="90" | Date

! rowspan="2" width="60" | Kickoff

! rowspan="2" width="180" | Opponent

! colspan="2" width="200" | Results

! rowspan="2" width="315" | Location

width="140" | Score

! width="60" | Record

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 1

| Saturday

| March 5

| 7:05pm

| at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

| L 28-41{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/steelhawks-open-with-home-win-in-aif-debut/n-5108139 |title=Steelhawks Open with Home Win in AIF Debut |date=March 6, 2016 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |access-date=March 15, 2016}}

| 0-1

| PPL Center

=Regular season=

All start times were local to home team

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" width="40" | Week

! rowspan="2" width="80" | Day

! rowspan="2" width="90" | Date

! rowspan="2" width="60" | Kickoff

! rowspan="2" width="180" | Opponent

! colspan="2" width="200" | Results

! rowspan="2" width="315" | Location

width="140" | Score

! width="60" | Record

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 1

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 2

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 3

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 4

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 5

| Saturday

| March 26

| 7:05pm

| at Winston Wildcats

| W 55–9{{cite web |url=http://www.wfmynews2.com/sports/winston-salem-wildcats-kickoff-inaugural-season/104029314 |title=Winston-Salem Wildcats Play First Home Game Of Inaugural Season |date=March 26, 2016 |publisher=Tegna |work=www.wfmynews2.com |access-date=April 5, 2016}}

| 1–0

| LJVM Coliseum Annex

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 6

| Saturday

| April 2

| 7:05pm

| at Central Penn Capitals

| W 40–36

| 2–0

| Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 7

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 8

| Saturday

| April 16

| 7:05pm

| Central Penn Capitals

| W 79–26

| 3–0

| Class of 1923 Arena

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 9

| Saturday

| April 23

| 7:05pm

| at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

| L 33–52{{cite web |url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/groller-blog/mc-steelhawks-stay-unbeaten-by-passing-their-way-past-philadelphia-52-33-20160424-story.html |title=Steelhawks stay unbeaten by passing their way past Philadelphia, 52-33 |author=Keith Groller |date=April 24, 2016 |publisher=Allentown Morning Call |work=www.mcall.com |access-date=April 28, 2016}}

| 3–1

| PPL Center

align="center"

! {{strikethrough|10}}

| {{strikethrough|Saturday}}

| {{strikethrough|April 30}}

| {{strikethrough|7:05pm}}

| {{strikethrough|Triangle Torch}}

| Rescheduled for May 28

|

| {{strikethrough|Class of 1923 Arena}}

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 11

| Saturday

| May 8

| 4:05pm

| at Triangle Torch

| W 59–42

| 4–1

| Dorton Arena

align="center"

! 12

| Saturday

| May 14

| 7:05pm

| Maryland Eagles

| Cancelled{{efn|name=Arena|Game canceled or forfeited due to the Yellow Jackets loss of a home arena.}}

|

| {{strikethrough|Class of 1923 Arena}}

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 12

| Saturday

| May 14

| 7:05pm

| at Winston Wildcats

| L 0–2{{efn|Game was never scheduled to be played but was credited as forfeit loss to the Wildcats one week after the non-played game with the Eagles with no explanation given by the AIF.}}

| 4–2

|

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 13

| Saturday

| May 21

| 7:05pm

| Winston Wildcats

| L 0–2{{efn|name=Arena}}

| 4–3

| {{strikethrough|Class of 1923 Arena}}

align="center"

! {{strikethrough|14}}

| {{strikethrough|Saturday}}

| {{strikethrough|May 28}}

| {{strikethrough|7:05pm}}

| {{strikethrough|Triangle Torch}}

| Cancelled

|

| {{strikethrough|Class of 1923 Arena
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center}}

{{notelist}}

=Standings=

{{2016 AIF North standings|team=Yellow Jackets}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://philadelphiayellowjackets.com/ Philadelphia Yellow Jackets official website]

Category:Former American Indoor Football teams

Category:American football teams in Philadelphia

Category:American football teams established in 2015

Category:2015 establishments in Pennsylvania