United Football League (1961–64)

United Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	1961
Ceased	1964
No. of teams	8
Country	United States Canada

The United Football League was a professional minor league American football league that operated between 1961 and 1964. It had eight teams primarily based in the Midwestern United States. After the league folded, several surviving teams would go on to form the Continental Football League.

The league was founded in 1961 as a minor league alternative to the National Football League and American Football League. Based in the Midwest, it drew many of its players from the Big Ten college conference. Among its more notable feats, it became the first football league to operate teams in both the U.S. and Canada when it launched the Quebec Rifles in 1964, and it revived the names of the Cleveland/Canton Bulldogs and Akron Pros, two early-era NFL teams.

1961 season

Columbus Colts 6-2-2
Grand Rapids Blazers 6–3-1
Indianapolis Warriors 6-3-1
Cleveland Bulldogs 6-4-0
Louisville Raiders 4-6-0
Akron Pros 0–10-0

WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF Grand Rapids Blazers 24 Indianapolis Warriors 14

UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Grand Rapids Blazers 20 Columbus Colts 7

1962 season

Grand Rapids Blazers 9-3-0
Indianapolis Warriors 9-3-0
Wheeling Ironmen 8-4-0
Toledo Tornadoes 6-5-1
Columbus Capitols 6-6-0
Louisville Raiders 4-7-1
Cleveland Bulldogs 4-8-0
Chicago Bulls 1-11-0

WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF Grand Rapids Blazers 24 Indianapolis Warriors 20

UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Wheeling Ironmen 30 Grand Rapids Blazers 21

1963 season

Wheeling Ironmen 12-1-0
Toledo Tornadoes 10-3-0
Cleveland Bulldogs 7-5-0
Indianapolis Warriors 5-8-0
Grand Rapids Blazers 4-9-0
Syracuse Stormers 0-12-0

On November 28th, 1963, the Syracuse Stormers played the Cleveland Bulldogs at MacArthur Stadium in a regular season game. ^[1]

UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Wheeling Ironmen 31 Toledo Tornadoes 21

1964 season

Canton Bulldogs 12-2-0
Charleston Rockets (W. Va.) 11-3-0
Indianapolis Warriors 10-4-0
Wheeling Ironmen 7-7-0
Toledo Tornadoes 6-8-0
Quebec (Montreal) Rifles 5-9-0
Grand Rapids Blazers 5-9-0
Joliet Explorers 0-14-0

UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Canton Bulldogs 19 Indianapolis Warriors 14

Professional gridiron football leagues in North America

American football

Major	National Football League

Developmental	Fall Experimental Football League

Defunct	All-America Football Conference American Football League (1926) American Football League (1936–1937) American Football League (1940–1941) American Football League (1960–1969)** Continental Football League United Football League (2009–12) United States Football League World Football League World League of American Football/NFL Europe/NFL Europa* XFL

Defunct regional	American Association (1936–1941)/American Football League (1946–1950)* American Football Association (1978–83) American Football League (1934) American Football League (1938–1939) American Football League (1944) Anthracite League Atlantic Coast Football League* Dixie League* Eastern League of Professional Football Midwest Football League National Football League (1902) New York Pro Football League Ohio League Pacific Coast Professional Football League* Regional Football League Seaboard Football League Spring Football League Stars Football League United Football League (1961–64) Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit World Football League (2008–10)

Official NFL minor league; see also Association of Professional Football Leagues *Now part of the American Football Conference, one of the components of the NFL. All teams still active.

Canadian football

National	Canadian Football League

Evolved from amateur to professional leagues	Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Western Interprovincial Football Union

Arena/Indoor football

National	Arena Football League

Regional	American Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football Indoor Football League

Defunct	arenafootball2 American Professional Football League Champions Professional Indoor Football League Continental Indoor Football League Independent Indoor Football Alliance Indoor Football League (1999–2000) Indoor Professional Football League Intense Football League Lone Star Football League National Indoor Football League Professional Indoor Football League (1998) Professional Indoor Football League (2012) Southern Indoor Football League Ultimate Indoor Football League United Indoor Football X-League Indoor Football World Indoor Football League (2007)

↑ According to a ticket I found from the game.

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