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National Women's Football Association

National Women's Football Association
Sport American football
Founded 2000
Country  United States
Ceased 2008
Last champion(s) H-Town Texas Cyclones (now in WFA)

The National Women's Football Association (NWFA) was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in exhibition games. The opening season was in 2001 featuring ten teams.[1] The NWFA did not officially field any teams for the 2009 season.

The NWFA was originally called the National Women's Football League, but changed its name after the 2002 season. The name change came after pressure from the National Football League.[2] The NFL also required the league to change the logos of some teams whose logos resembled those of NFL teams.

League founder Catherine Masters was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]

Contents

  • League rules 1
  • List of teams 2
    • Teams that joined another league 2.1
    • Defunct teams 2.2
  • Championship games 3
  • See also 4
  • References 5
  • External links 6

League rules

NWFA teams played according to standard National Football League rules with the following notable exceptions:

  • TDY-sized football
  • only one foot in-bounds is required for a reception
  • no blocking below the waist downfield
  • kickoff takes place on the 35 yard line.

List of teams

Teams that joined another league

Defunct teams

Championship games

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Goodson, Mike (July 23, 2004). "Women's football alive in Alabama".  
  2. ^ Stellino, Vito (December 1, 2002).  
  3. ^ http://www.americanfootballassn.com/forms/2010HallofFameListing.pdf
  4. ^ Organ, Mike (July 22, 2007). "Passion grounds Comets for title".  

External links

  • American Football Association
Women's gridiron football leagues
United States
Canada
Australia
Defunct
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