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. After three dismal years in the UIF, the team folded in October 2007.

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;", Steel Valley Smash (IFL) , - , 1999 , , 2 , , 10 , , 0 , , 4th Southern , , -- , - , 2000 , , 9 , , 5 , , 0 , , 1st EC Southern , , Won Quarterfinal ( Green Bay)
Lost Semifinal ( Peoria) , - , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;", Ohio Valley Greyhounds (NIFL) , - , 2001 , , 11 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1st Atlantic Eastern , , Won Round 1 ( Lake Charles)
Lost Semifinal (

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) , - , 2002 , , 12 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st Atlantic Northern , , Won Round 1 ( L. Rangers)
Win Semifinal ( T. ThunderCats)
Won Indoor Bowl II ( Billings) , - , 2003 , , 14 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st Atlantic Eastern , , Won Round 1 ( Lexington)
Won Semifinal ( Lake Charles)
Won Indoor Bowl III (

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) , - , 2004 , , 11 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1st Atlantic East , , Won AC Semifinal (

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Lost AC Championship ( Lexington) , - , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;", Ohio Valley Greyhounds (UIF) , - , 2005 , , 6 , , 9 , , 0 , , 2nd Midwest , , Lost Round 1 (

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) , - , 2006 , , 6 , , 9 , , 0 , , 3rd East , , -- , - , 2007 , , 2 , , 13 , , 0 , , 6th East , , -- , - !Totals , , 73 , , 53 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

References

External links

Official website

UIFans - United Indoor Fans

Greyhounds' 2005 stats

Greyhounds' 2006 stats

{{UIF United Indoor Football teams Indoor Football League (1999–2000) teams Defunct indoor American football teams American football teams in West Virginia Sports in Wheeling, West Virginia American football teams established in 1999 American football teams disestablished in 2007 1999 establishments in West Virginia 2007 disestablishments in West Virginia