National Simulation Football Conference
Current season, competition or edition: NSFL season 12 | |
| Sport | American football |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 1, 2016 (46 years ago) |
| Inaugural season | 2016 (S1) |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Baltimore hawks (5th title) |
| Most titles | Baltimore hawks (5 titles) |
| Official website | nsfl |
The National Simulation Football Conference (NSFC) is one of the is one of the two conferences of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL) in a professional American football league. This conference and its counterpart, the American Simulation Football Conference (ASFC), currently contain 4 teams each, making up the 8 teams of the NSFL. Both conferences were created in inagurual season of 2016 (S1) with 6 teams. Conferences expanded one time in the 2017 (S2), which added Philadelphia Liberty to the NSFC.
Current Teams
Since 2017 (S2) NSFC has 4 teams.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | First season | General manager(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Hawks† | Baltimore, MD | The Aviary | 100,000 | 2016 | Iam Essellem & Manic Mav | |
| Colorado Yeti† | Denver, CO | Yeti Stadium | 75,000 | 2016 | dropbear | |
| Philadelphia Liberty | Philadelphia, PA | Taco Bell Stadium | 89,000 | 2017 | BWIII | |
| Yellowknife Wraiths† | Yellowknife, NT | Burial Grounds | 66,667 | 2016 | Daybe | |
| † denotes that the club was a founding member of the NSFL | ||||||
Season Format
The NSFC season format consists of a four-week preseason, a fourteen-week regular season (each team plays 14 games), and a four-team single-elimination playoff culminating in the Ultimus Bowl, the league's championship game.
History
Both the NSFC and ASFC were created during the inaugural year of 2016 (S1). During NSFL season 2 expansion draft one more team joined the NSFC - Philadelphia Liberty.
The first title was won by the Colorado Yeti and it is their only title to this day. After that, we had a period of back to back titles: Yellowknife Wraiths (2017 (S2), 2018 (S3)) followed by Baltimore Hawks (2019 (S4), 2020 (S5)) and Philadelphia Liberty (2021 (S6), 2022 (S7)). After that Yellowknife won one more ASFC Championship in 2023 (S8). Last season Hawks completed first three-peat in NSFC history, ranging from 2024 (S9) to 2026 (S11). Two teams are tied at most appearances in NSFC Championship games - Baltimore Hawks and Yellowknife Wraiths with 7.
