Norfolk Seawolves
| Norfolk Seawolves | |||
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| Established 2018 First season: 2018 Play in Norfolk, Virginia | |||
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DSFL (2018–present)
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Current uniform
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| Team colors | Blue, White, Black | ||
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| General manager | Scorp | ||
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| League championships (0) | |||
Conference championships (1)
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Division championships (1)
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| Playoff appearances (7) | |||
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The Norfolk Seawolves are a professional American football franchise based in Norfolk, Virginia. The Seawolves currently compete in the Developmental Simulation Football League (DSFL) as a member club of the league's DSFL Southern Conference (DSFL South) which currently only has one division. The franchise was established in 2018 (S3) as one of the original DSFL teams. The Seawolves have yet to win the Ultimini.
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History of the Norfolk Seawolves
2018-2019: Early Era
The Norfolk Seawolves were founded by To12143 and Perry87 before the inaugural season of the Developmental Simulation Football League. Despite going 0-4 in preseason the actual season got off to a solid start for the team going 2-2 in the first four weeks of the season. Going into week five they picked up eventual running back of the year Shawn Ariel, but despite the gain they lost the three following games. Their close to the season was a strong one as they went 4-3 with just one two score loss among them. Seawolves just made it to the playoffs with a one game lead over the Portland Pythons with a final 6-8 record, and managed a ten point win over the conference leader Chicago Blues (Now known as the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers) in their first ever playoff game to make it to the first Ultimini. The Ultimini ended in heartbreak though with the Seawolves being outscored 19-3 by the San Antonio Marshals (Now known as the Minnesota Grey Ducks) to finish out the postseason.
The off-season was particularly hard on the Seawolves as they traded hands twice to end up in the hands of RavensFanFromOntario. This season got off to a similar start as the first with the team going 2-2 with two tough losses to division rival Portland Pythons. Two wins after that to get a nice 3-2 record over the middle part of the season. Seawolves had their first tie against the Kansas City Coyotes to go on an eventual 2-2-1 finish to the season. With a final record of 7-6-1 the Norfolk Seawolves made the playoffs with their first winning record in franchise history; only to be outscored 31-0 in the semifinals against the Portland Pythons.
2020-2029: Contraction Era
A lack of humans willing to play for the league led to the head office deciding that the Developmental Simulation Football League would need to be contracted based on the number of active humans willing to play for the team. The Norfolk Seawolves were one of the teams that were contracted due to this, but thanks to the team being purchased by Doug Norfolk and Neff Wonks they were able to carry on. The combined fortune of those two allowed them to replace all of the human players with football playing robots. Although they made sure to keep on at least one human staff member for the first year as they appointed John J. Johnson as general manager. It was also accompanied by a change in conference from West to East.
The team adjusted well to being entirely robots going 3-1 in preseason to show that robots could play football too. They continued this impressive displayed going 3-2 over the first five weeks. Other teams caught on to their robotic tricks though as they went just 2-3 over weeks six to ten to have an even record on the season. Just managed to 1-3 over the last four weeks and one win is not ideal, but with two wins over the Kansas City Coyotes they managed to make it to the playoffs. Norfolk's season ended with a rough first round loss to the Portland Pythons by just four points.
Before the second season as robots the conferences were shuffled once again becoming the North and South with the Norfolk Seawolves being placed in the North. The season got off to an alright start going 2-3 over the first five weeks, although 0-3 against conference rival Portland Pythons left them low. Middle part of the season carried on the same with a 2-3 record with another loss to the Portland Pythons that put them in a tough spot aiming for the playoffs. Norfolk's season closed out strong as they went 2-1-1 over the last four weeks to finish out 6-7-1 on the season. That unfortunately was not good enough to make the playoffs as the league leaders in wins were the conference rivals Portland Pythons and Kansas City Coyotes.
Their third season as robots and the fifth season of the Developmental Simulation Football League got off to a great start for the Norfolk Seawolves as they went 3-1 in preseason and inspired confidence in all the robot players. Possibly too much confidence as they dropped their first two games and went just 1-3 over the first four weeks of the season. They hit their stride in the middle of the season though as they went 5-0 with four two score wins to improve their record. The end of the season was a brutal stretch going 0-5 with all five losses being by double-digits to keep them out of the playoffs.
The sixth season of the Developmental Simulation Football League got off to a solid start with the team going 2-2 in preaseason. Their regular season carried on with another 2-2 run that gave them a decent start as both wins were against their conference rival the Kansas City Coyotes. Middle of the season was not as kind as they went 2-3 with a split against conference rival the Portland Pythons. Their season ended just as brutally as the previous season though with an 0-5 stretch that included three double-digit losses that kept them from making the playoffs.
Logos and uniforms
Season-by-season records
| Season | Regular Season Record | Post Season Record | ||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | |||
| 2018 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .536 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .464 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2027 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2028 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2029 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2030 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2031 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2032 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2033 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2034 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2035 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2036 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 90 | 174 | 2 | .342 | 1 | 7 | ||
Players of note
Current roster
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Current staff
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