American Simulation Football Conference
Current season, competition or edition: NSFL season 19 | |
Sport | American football |
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Founded | May 1, 2016 (48 years ago) |
Inaugural season | 2016 (S1) |
No. of teams | 5 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Orange County Otters (7th title) |
Most titles | Orange County Otters (7 titles) |
Official website | nsfl |
The American Simulation Football Conference (ASFC) 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 National Simulation Football Conference (NSFC), currently contain 5 teams each, making up the 10 teams of the NSFL. Both conferences were created in inagurual season of 2016 (S1) with 6 teams. Conferences expanded Twice in 2017 (S2), and 2031 (S16) which added Las Vegas Legion (now New Orleans Second Line) and most recently the Austin Copperheads.
Current Teams
Since 2031 (S16) ASFC has 5 teams.
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | First season | General manager(s) | |
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Arizona Outlaws† | Phoenix, AZ | Outlaw Stadium | 63,400 | 2016 | Victoria Danvers | |
New Orleans Second Line* | New Orleans, LA | The Meme Coliseum | 60,000 | 2017 (rel. 2021) | Julian O'Sullivan | |
Orange County Otters† | Santa Ana, CA | Santa Ana Stadium | 9,900 | 2016 | Jolee Bindo | |
San Jose Sabercats† | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion | 16,657 | 2016 | Professor Chaos | |
Austin Copperheads | Austin, TX | HP Austin Stadium | 60,000 | 2031 | Charlie Law | |
* denotes that the club has relocated at some point in its existence † denotes that the club was a founding member of the ASFC |
Season Format
The ASFC season format consists of a four-week preseason, a fourteen-week regular season (each team plays 13 games), and a four-team single-elimination playoff culminating in the Ultimus Bowl, the league's championship game.
History
Both the ASFC and NSFC were created during the inaugural year of 2016 (S1). During NSFL season 2 expansion draft one more team joined the ASFC - Las Vegas Legion. In the Season 16 Expansion Draft the Austin Copperheads were added into the ASFC.
The first three titles were won by the Arizona Outlaws (from 2016 (S1) to 2018 (S3)), next four by Orange County Otters (2019 (S4) to 2022 (S7), and the last four by the New Orleans Second Line (2023 (S8) to 2026 (S11)). All teams except Austin have won a ASFC Championship game. The Orange County Otters have been the top team in the ASFC going to the ASFC Championship game nearly every season.