The Memphis Belles were a women's professional tackle football team and members of the

Independent Women's Football League The Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) was the first women's American football league established by women players for women players. The league was founded in 2000, began play in 2001, and played its last season in 2018. Members of th ...

. Based in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

, the Memphis Belles played their 2010 home games at Halle Stadium football field in

. At one point, in their fourth year of operation, the Memphis Belles were the longest-running women's tackle football team in Memphis history. In their inaugural season (2008), the Memphis Belles played in the

National Women's Football Association 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 Renegade ...

. When the NWFA folded in 2009, the Memphis Belles moved to the

Women's Football Alliance The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is a semi-pro full-contact women's American football league in the United States. Founded in 2009, it is the largest 11-on-11 football league for women in the world, and the longest running active women's ...

. In 2010, the Memphis Belles moved to the

, the longest-running and most successful league in the history of Women's Professional Tackle Football, where they made the Midwest Divisional Playoffs. The team has since folded.

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Memphis Belles (NWFA) , - , 2008 , , 3 , , 4 , , 1 , , 2nd South Midwest , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Memphis Belles (WFA) , - , 2009 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd American Southeast , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Memphis Belles (IWFL) , - , 2010* , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st West Midwest , , -- , - !Totals , , 8 , , 9 , , 1 , colspan="2", (including playoffs) * = Current Standing

Season schedules

2009

2010

External links

Memphis Belles official website
National Women's Football Association teams Women's Football Alliance teams Belles American football teams established in 2008 Women's sports in Memphis, Tennessee {{Tennessee-sport-team-stub