The San Diego Riptide was a professional
arena football
Indoor American football, or arena football, is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas. While varying in details from league to league, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller ...
team based in
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United Stat ...
. The team played its home games at the
San Diego Sports Arena
Pechanga Arena (historically known as the San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena built in 1966 and located in the Midway area of San Diego, California.
The arena seats 12,000 for indoor football, 12,920 for ice hockey, indoor soccer and ...
.
The team was originally coached by Cree Morris, then
Mouse Davis
Darrel "Mouse" Davis (born September 6, 1932) is a retired American football coach and former player. A veteran coach at the high school, college, and professional levels, he last coached with Jerry Glanville at Portland State and with June Jon ...
and finally by Sean Ponder.
The Riptide never officially announced that it had ceased operations, but never came back from its hiatus after the 2005 season, and the AF2 folded into the AFL following the latter's 2009
bankruptcy.
Season-by-season
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, 2002 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 2nd NC Western , , Won Round 1 (San Diego 40,
Bakersfield 27)
Lost NC Semifinals (
Peoria 22, San Diego 12)
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, 2003 , , 6 , , 10 , , 0 , , 4th NC Western , , --
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, 2004 , , 8 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd NC Western , , --
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, 2005 , , 5 , , 11 , , 0 , , 5th NC Western , , --
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!Totals , , 27 , , 39 , , 0
, colspan="2", (including playoffs)
See also
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Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
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AF2
The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football ru ...
External links
San Diego Riptide on ArenaFan.com
Riptide
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Defunct af2 teams
Defunct American football teams in California
American football teams established in 2002
American football teams disestablished in 2005
2002 establishments in California
2005 disestablishments in California
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