2024 National Arena League season explained
| 2024 NAL season |
| League: | National Arena League |
| Sport: | Indoor American football |
| Duration: | March 15 – June 8 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Omaha Beef |
| Finals: | 2024 NAL Championship |
| Finals Champ: | Omaha Beef |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Sioux City Bandits |
| Finals Mvp: | Tommy Armstrong Jr. |
| Seasonslist: | List of National Arena League seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | NAL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023 National Arena League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023 |
| No Of Teams: | 6 |
The 2024 National Arena League season was the seventh season of the National Arena League (NAL). The league will include six teams, five of which are new, with only the Carolina Cobras returning from the previous season.
Offseason
In August 2023, the league announced it had added the Omaha Beef[1] and Sioux City Bandits[2] from Champions Indoor Football for the 2024 season. On August 22, 2023, the Jacksonville Sharks announced they were joining the Indoor Football League (IFL).[3] The league added the expansion Colorado Spartans, based out of Loveland, Colorado, on August 31.[4] Also on August 31, the Warbirds, which had been renamed as the West Texas Desert Hawks, were announced as joining the relaunched Arena Football League.[5] On September 14, the Topeka Tropics, another CIF team, were accepted into the NAL.[6] On September 21, the two-time American West Football Conference champions Idaho Horsemen joined the NAL.[7] On September 26, the San Antonio Gunslingers were announced as also joining the IFL.[8] The next day, the North Texas Bulls announced their membership in the NAL.[9] On October 16, the Oklahoma Flying Aces were as announced as the eighth and final team for the 2024 NAL season.[10] On February 17, 2024, the league announced that they had terminated the membership of the Bulls.[11] On February 28, 2024, the league terminated the Tropics membership,[12] prompting the team's planned owner to back out of the purchase agreement in protest and the current owners to release an open letter begging for new investors.[13]
Teams
Standings
Season schedule
Regular season
All times shown are local to the home team.
Week 1
Week 3
| Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref |
|---|
| March 30 | 6:30 p.m. CT | | 32 | 45 | Omaha Beef | | | |
| April 1 | 7:30 p.m. ET | | 6 | 42 | Carolina Cobras | | | | |
Week 4
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
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Postseason
NAL Championship
Awards
[16] See also
Notes and References
- Web site: CIF CHAMPION OMAHA BEEF JOINS THE NAL . National Arena League . August 9, 2023.
- Web site: NAL ANNOUNCES SIOUX CITY BANDITS AS EXPANSION FRANCHISE . National Arena League . August 8, 2023.
- Web site: IFL ADDS JACKSONSVILLE SHARKS . Indoor Football League . August 22, 2023.
- Web site: Colorado Spartans Expansion Team Joins the NAL for 2024 . NAL . August 31, 2023.
- Web site: Arena Football League announces that the West Texas Desert Hawks will be the newest franchise . NewsWest9 . August 31, 2023.
- Web site: NATIONAL ARENA LEAGUE EXPANSION CONTINUES IN KANSAS . NAL . September 14, 2023.
- Web site: IDAHO REVEALED AS THE NEXT NAL FRANCHISE TO JOIN IN 2024 . NAL . September 21, 2023.
- Web site: IFL ADDS SAN ANTONIO GUNSLINGERS . . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: NORTH TEXAS BULLS READY TO RUN WITH THE NAL FOR 2024 . NAL . September 27, 2023.
- Web site: OKLAHOMA ACES JOIN THE NAL FOR THE 2024 SEASON . NAL . October 16, 2023.
- Web site: NAL BOARD TERMINATES NORTH TEXAS BULLS MEMBERSHIP . NAL . February 17, 2024.
- Web site: NAL BOARD TERMINATES TOPEKA TROPICS MEMBERSHIP . National Arena League . 28 February 2024 . 28 February 2024.
- Web site: Self . Matthew . 2024-02-22 . Topeka Tropics put out 'heartfelt call' for investors after owner backs out . 2024-02-23 . . en-US.
- Web site: Stats - National Arena League . 2023-11-29 . www.nationalarenaleague.com.
- Web site: National Arena League Reveals 2024 Schedule . 2023-11-29 . www.nationalarenaleague.com. 17 October 2023 .
- Web site: NAL Announces it's 2024 Award Winners. June 14, 2024. August 20, 2024.
