The Dayton Bulldogs was an indoor football team in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

. They were members of the

National Indoor Football League The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, ...

that played during the 2006 season. They played their home games at the

Nutter Center The Nutter Center is a multi-purpose arena located at Wright State University, in Fairborn, Ohio. It mainly serves as the home court of the Wright State Raiders men's and women's basketball teams. It is also regularly used as a music venue for ...

History

The Dayton Bulldogs were founded in 2006 following the folding of the

Dayton Warbirds The Dayton Warbirds was an indoor football team in Dayton, Ohio. History Approved as a National Indoor Football League expansion team in October 2004, the Warbirds instead joined other teams in forming the United Indoor Football Association, ...

. The Warbirds tried to enter the

United Indoor Football United Indoor Football (UIF) was an indoor American football league in the United States that operated from 2005 to 2008. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion (the Dayton Warbirds, which never played a ...

league, but were expelled from that league due to financial issues. The franchise rejoined the NIFL under new owners Bishop Keith Brooks and Denise Jackson just before the start of the season. They hired head coach Derrick Davidson and his assistant Ramone Davenport. In the middle of the season, the Nutter Center evicted the franchise due to unpaid bills. The team then announced that they had secured a small indoor soccer venue, but this was untrue and all remaining home games became forfeit losses. At about the same time, the team disintegrated, to be replaced by a road team. The real Bulldogs only played five or six games, only defeating Cincinnati and Tennessee. The other victory was a forfeit win over the Twin City Gators. On the positive side, the team was competitive in their early games against the rival

Cincinnati Marshals The Marshals were a professional indoor football team based out of Dayton, Ohio. They played their 2007 home games out of Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio, but are more famous for playing as the Cincinnati Marshals at U.S. Bank Arena for two seaso ...

. After losing 62-28, the Bulldogs came back the next weekend with a blowout 52-34 win of their own. The franchise would fold themselves after the season.Indoor Football Encyclopedia
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