This is a list of seasons completed by the New York Dragons. The Dragons were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Uniondale, New York. The team was established in 1995 as the Iowa Barnstormers. As the Barnstormers, the franchise made the playoffs in all but one season, and appeared in two consecutive ArenaBowls, however lost both. Before the 2001 season, the Barnstormers relocated to New York and changed their name to the Dragons. As they did in Iowa, the Dragons won four division championships, but have not been in any ArenaBowls. In the 2004 season, the Dragons won their division, but did not qualify for the playoffs due to a rule change made prior to that season concerning which teams would be given a playoff berth. The rule was changed back following that season's conclusion to the way it was before 2004. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. The Dragons played their home games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
| ArenaBowl Champions | ArenaBowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Iowa Barnstormers | ||||||||
| 1995 | AFL | American | Central | 2nd | 7 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (
Arizona) 56–52 Lost Semifinals ( Orlando) 56–49 | |
| 1996 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 12 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (
St. Louis) 52–49 Won Semifinals ( Albany) 62–55 Lost ArenaBowl X ( Tampa Bay) 42–38 | |
| 1997 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (
San Jose) 68–59 Won Semifinals ( Orlando) 52–34 Lost ArenaBowl XI ( Arizona) 55–33 | |
| 1998 | AFL | American | Central | 3rd | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1999 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (
Milwaukee) 66–34 Lost Semifinals ( Orlando) 48–41 | |
| 2000 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | Lost Quarterfinals ( Nashville) 63–56 | |
| New York Dragons | ||||||||
| 2001 | AFL | National | Eastern | 1st | 8 | 6 | Lost Wild Card Round ( Toronto) 64–57 | |
| 2002 | AFL | National | Eastern | 4th | 3 | 11 | ||
| 2003 | AFL | National | Eastern | 1st | 8 | 8 | Won Wild Card Round (
Chicago) 48–45 Lost Semifinals ( Orlando) 69–62 | |
| 2004 | AFL | National | Eastern | 1st [a] | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | AFL | National | Eastern | 1st | 10 | 6 | Lost Conference Semifinals ( Orlando) 47–42 | |
| 2006 | AFL | National | Eastern | 2nd | 10 | 6 | Lost Wild Card Round ( Georgia) 72–69 | |
| 2007 | AFL | National | Eastern | 4th | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2008 | AFL | National | Eastern | 4th | 8 | 8 | Won Wild Card Round (
Dallas) 77–63 Lost Divisional Round ( Philadelphia) 49–48 | |
| 2009 | The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season. [1] | |||||||
| Total | 116 | 90 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 8 | 10 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 124 | 100 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||
Notes
- a The Dragons finished in first place and won the division championship, but did not qualify for the playoffs because the AFL changed the playoff format for that season, with only the top eight teams league-wide being awarded a playoff berth. There was no guaranteed playoff berth for division winners, and the Dragons were not one of the top eight teams, therefore they did not participate in the playoffs. The AFL went back to the old rule in the following season that gave an automatic playoff berth to any team that won its division.
References
- General
- "Iowa Barnstormers — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- "New York Dragons — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "AFL suspends 2009 season". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.