American 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) | New Orleans Second Line (4th title) |
| Most titles | New Orleans Second Line (4 titles) Orange County Otters (4 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 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 Las Vegas Legion (now New Orleans Second Line).
Current Teams
Since 2017 (S2) ASFC has 4 teams.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | First season | General manager(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Outlaws† | Phoenix, AZ | Outlaw Stadium | 63,400 | 2016 | run_CMC | |
| New Orleans Second Line* | New Orleans, LA | The Meme Coliseum | 60,000 | 2017 (rel. 2021) | Bayley | |
| Orange County Otters† | Santa Ana, CA | Santa Ana Stadium | 9,900 | 2016 | speculadora | |
| San Jose Sabercats† | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion | 16,657 | 2016 | ckroyal92 | |
| * 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 14 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.
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)). San Jose Sabercats are yet to win ASFC Championship Game. Otter County Otters made the playoffs every year since the inception of the league, participating in all ASFC Championship Games.
