National Simulation Football Conference
Current season, competition or edition: NSFL Season 27 | |
Sport | American football |
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Founded | May 1, 2016 (48 years ago) |
Inaugural season | 2016 (S1) |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Yellowknife Wraiths (9th title) |
Most titles | Yellowknife Wraiths (9 titles) |
Official website | forums |
The National Simulation Football Conference (or NSFC) is one of the is one of the two conferences of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL) in a professional American football league. This conference and its counterpart, the American Simulation Football Conference (ASFC), currently contain 7 teams each, making up the 14 teams of the NSFL. Both conferences were created in inaugural season of 2016 (S1) with 3 teams each. Conferences expanded four times: 2017 (S2), which added Philadelphia Liberty to the NSFC, in 2031 (S16) which added the Chicago Butchers, the Sarasota Sailfish in 2037 (S22), and the Berlin Fire Salamanders in 2040 (S25).
Contents
Current Teams
Since 2040 (S25), the NSFC has 7 teams.
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | First season | General Manager | |
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Baltimore Hawks† | Baltimore, MD | The Aviary | 100,000 | 2016 | Mike Hawk | |
Colorado Yeti† | Denver, CO | Yeti Stadium | 75,000 | 2016 | Sylvester Stryker | |
Philadelphia Liberty | Philadelphia, PA | Taco Bell Stadium | 89,000 | 2017 | Randy Vuxta | |
Yellowknife Wraiths† | Yellowknife, NT | Frostlands | 66,667 | 2016 | Colby Jack | |
Chicago Butchers | Chicago, IL | The Chopping Block | 71,000 | 2031 | Tyler Swift | |
Sarasota Sailfish† | Sarasota, FL | Fishnet | 75,000 | 2037 | Jimothy Johnson | |
Berlin Fire Salamanders† | Berlin, Ger | Berlin Field | TBA | 2040 | Barney Stinson | |
† denotes that the club was a founding member of the NSFL |
Season Format
The NSFC season format consists of a four-week preseason, a seventeen-week regular season (each team plays 16 games), and a three-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. 14 years later in the Season 16 Expansion Draft the conference added the Chicago Butchers. In 2037 (S22) the Sarasota Sailfish joined the conference as the third expansion team. In the most recent expansion in 2040 (S25) the Berlin Fire Salamanders joined the conference as the fourth expansion team.
The first title was won by the Colorado Yeti. After that, we had a period of back to back titles: Baltimore Hawks (2017 (S2), 2018 (S3)) followed by the Yellowknife Wraiths (2019 (S4), 2020 (S5)) and Philadelphia Liberty (2021 (S6), 2022 (S7)). Yellowknife won one more NSFC Championship in 2023 (S8). Starting in 2024 (S9), the Hawks completed the first-ever four-peat in NSFC history, winning the conference championship every year from 2024 (S9) to 2027 (S12). The Yellowknife Wraiths are the current champions of the NSFC.
The Yellowknife Wraiths lead the conference in NSFC Championship appearances with 15. The Baltimore Hawks have the second most appearances with 14. The Yellowknife Wraiths and Baltimore Hawks are the only NSFC teams to win multiple Ultimus Bowls.
Year-by-Year
Year | Reg. Season champions (Record) | Conference championship winners |
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2016 (S1) | Colorado Yeti (8-6) | Colorado Yeti |
2017 (S2) | Baltimore Hawks (8-6) | Baltimore Hawks |
2018 (S3) | Baltimore Hawks (9-5) | Baltimore Hawks (2) |
2019 (S4) | Yellowknife Wraiths (8-6) | Yellowknife Wraiths |
2020 (S5) | Yellowknife Wraiths (10-4) | Yellowknife Wraiths (2) |
2021 (S6) | Philadelphia Liberty (9-5) | Philadelphia Liberty |
2022 (S7) | Yellowknife Wraiths (13-1) | Philadelphia Liberty (2) |
2023 (S8) | Yellowknife Wraiths (11-3) | Yellowknife Wraiths (3) |
2024 (S9) | Baltimore Hawks (11-3) | Baltimore Hawks (3) |
2025 (S10) | Baltimore Hawks (13-1) | Baltimore Hawks (4) |
2026 (S11) | Baltimore Hawks (9-5) | Baltimore Hawks (5) |
2027 (S12) | Baltimore Hawks (8-6) | Baltimore Hawks (6) |
2028 (S13) | Colorado Yeti (8-6) | Colorado Yeti (2) |
2029 (S14) | Baltimore Hawks (11-3) | Philadelphia Liberty (3) |
2030 (S15) | Baltimore Hawks (12-2) | Baltimore Hawks (7) |
2031 (S16) | Chicago Butchers (10-3) | Philadelphia Liberty (4) |
2032 (S17) | Yellowknife Wraiths (8-5) | Baltimore Hawks (8) |
2033 (S18) | Yellowknife Wraiths (11-2) | Yellowknife Wraiths (4) |
2034 (S19) | Yellowknife Wraiths (9-4) | Yellowknife Wraiths (5) |
2035 (S20) | Yellowknife Wraiths (9-4) | Yellowknife Wraiths (6) |
2036 (S21) | Baltimore Hawks (9-4) | Yellowknife Wraiths (7) |
2037 (S22) | Yellowknife Wraiths (11-2) | Colorado Yeti (3) |
2038 (S23) | Yellowknife Wraiths (10-6) | Yellowknife Wraiths (8) |
2039 (S24) | Colorado Yeti (14-2) | Colorado Yeti (4) |
2040 (S25) | Colorado Yeti (13-3) | Colorado Yeti (5) |
2041 (S26) | Yellowknife Wraiths (13-3) | Yellowknife Wraiths (9) |
All-time win-loss records
Figures below count games between NSFC teams only.
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
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1 | Wraiths | 194 | 119 | 75 | 0 | 61.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2 | Hawks | 194 | 105 | 89 | 0 | 54.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
3 | Sailfish | 54 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 63.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
4 | Liberty | 186 | 84 | 102 | 0 | 45.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 | Yeti | 194 | 89 | 105 | 0 | 45.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
6 | Butchers | 102 | 37 | 65 | 0 | 36.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
7 | Fire Salamanders | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 25.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |