Upstate Dragons
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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Upstate Dragons
| logo =Upstate Dragons Logo.png
| helmet = Upstate Dragons Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2017
| folded = 2018
| city = Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center
in Anderson, South Carolina
| misc = [https://www.dragonsfootball17.com dragonsfootball17.com]
| owner =
| coach = Kent Merideth
| league =
- Supreme Indoor Football (2017)
- American Arena League (2018)
| team_history =
- Upstate Dragons (2017–2018)
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs =
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs =
| no_playoff_appearances = 0
| playoff_appearances =
| arena_years =
}}
The Upstate Dragons were a professional indoor football team based out of Anderson, South Carolina, and played their home games at Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center in the 2018 season. They were members of Supreme Indoor Football as a travel team in 2017 and the American Arena League in 2018.
History
The team was first announced to be based out of Greenville, South Carolina, and called the Greenville Dragons. The team started using "Upstate" when they instead became a traveling team as a member of Supreme Indoor Football (SIF) for the 2017 season. The SIF recorded the Dragons had played six games, all losses, and finished last in the four-team league.{{cite web |url=http://supremeindoorfootball.com/index.php/teams/greenville-dragons |title=SIF Greenville Dragons page |publisher=SIF |access-date=December 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625152535/http://supremeindoorfootball.com/index.php/teams/greenville-dragons |archive-date=June 25, 2017}}
After their first traveling season, the Dragons moved to Anderson when they got an arena lease for the 2018 season. At that time, the Dragons left the SIF and joined the new American Arena League (AAL) for its inaugural season.{{cite web |url=http://andersonobserver.com/news/2017/8/7/upstate-dragons-to-bring-arena-football-to-civic-center.html |title=Upstate Dragons to Bring Arena Football to Civic Center |work=Anderson Observer |date=August 7, 2017}} The team had their first home game on March 31, 2018, against the Austin Wild, and AAL affiliated traveling team that had also come from the SIF where it had been known as the Cap City Bulls.{{cite web |url=https://www.independentmail.com/story/life/current/2018/03/30/upstate-dragons-arena-football-here-and-what-you-can-expect-when-you-go/458394002/ |title=Upstate Dragons arena football is here and this is what you can expect when you go |work=The Anderson Independent-Mail |date=March 30, 2018}} The Dragons lost 51–50. The Dragons got their first win against another AAL traveling team, the Peach State Cats, on April 7. The AAL had many canceled games during the season, leading to several reschedules, but when the Florida Tarpons decided to end their season early by not traveling for anymore away games, the Dragons also backed out of playing in the Tarpons' last home game for May 26.{{cite web |url=http://www.floridatarpons.com/news/tarpons-will-bring-2018-season-to-close-at-home-ma |title=TARPONS WILL BRING 2018 SEASON TO CLOSE AT HOME MAY 26 VS. UPSTATE DRAGONS |publisher=Florida Tarpons |date=May 19, 2018}} The following week, the Dragons canceled their own home game, again against the Wild, citing injuries to its roster. By June 2, the organization announced they would also cancel their final game of the season.{{cite web |url=https://insidethearena.org/2018/06/02/downhill-2018-season-for-upstate-dragons/ |title=Downhill 2018 Season for Upstate Dragons |website=InsidetheArena.org |date=June 2, 2018}}
The team was removed from the AAL following the 2018 season.
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="4" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |
| 2017
| SIF || 4th || 0 || 6 || — ||style="text-align:left"| | ||||
| 2018
| AAL || {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || 1 || 5{{efn|7 losses including their two final forfeits}} || —||style="text-align:left"| | ||||
| colspan="3"| Totals | 1 | 11 | 0 | No playoff appearances |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.dragonsfootball17.com Official website]
Category:American football teams in South Carolina
Category:2017 establishments in South Carolina
Category:American football teams established in 2017