Gillette Mustangs
| Gillette Mustangs | |
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| Established 2020 Folded 2023 Played in Wyoming Center at the CAM-PLEX in Gillette, Wyoming www | |
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| Team colors | Black, yellow, green and white |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Steven Titus |
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| League championships (0) | |
| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Playoff appearances (2) | |
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The Gillette Mustangs (formerly Wyoming Mustangs) were a professional indoor football team based in Gillette, Wyoming, with home games at Wyoming Center at the CAM-PLEX. The team was a member of Champions Indoor Football.
History
[edit]The team was announced as a 2021 expansion team as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF).[1][2][3]
In 2022, Gillette lawyer Steven Titus purchased the team from Russ, as well as Russ' other team, the Billings Outlaws.[4][5] The team had its first playoff berth in its second season eventually losing to the Outlaws. It was announced in late 2022 that Titus would rename the team to the Gillette Mustangs to shift the focus of the team's name from the state of Wyoming to the City of Gillette.
Following the 2023 season, Titus announced that his Outlaws team would join the relaunched Arena Football League for the 2024 season, and that the Mustangs' head coach Cedric Walker would be the Outlaws' head coach. Titus initially attempted to put the Mustangs up for sale, believing that CIF would continue operating. On September 25, the Mustangs website posted that due to the CIF teams joining the relaunched Arena Football League, and that the CAM-PLEX is incapable of the rebound nets used in that league, that the team would be unable to return to Gillette in 2024.[6] Titus indicated that the Mustangs' AFL rights would be transferred to a new team in Kansas, what eventually became the Wichita Regulators.[7]
Season-by-season results
[edit]| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
| 2021 | CIF | 6th | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | CIF | 6th | 3 | 7 | 0 | Lost Quarterfinal (Billings Outlaws) 40–49 | ||
| 2023 | CIF | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 0 | Won Quarterfinal (Southwest Kansas Storm) 40–35 Lost Semifinal (Salina Liberty) 30–37 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 18 | 0 | All-time regular season record | ||||
| 1 | 2 | — | All-time postseason record | |||||
| 13 | 20 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2021–2023) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Wyoming Mustangs become CIF's 8th team for 2021 season". Salina Post. October 8, 2020.
- ^ "Champions Indoor Football Teams". CIF. May 28, 2021.
- ^ "CHAMPIONS INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE ADDS NEW TEAM FOR 2021". CIF. May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Local Attorney Steven Titus Purchases Wyoming Mustangs". oursportscentral.com. March 24, 2022.
- ^ "'Rebuild, refocus, improve:' New Billings Outlaws owner Steven Titus introduced at press conference". Billings Gazette/406 MT Sports. June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Mustangs football will not play in Gillette in 2024". county17.com. September 25, 2023.
- ^ "GILLETTE MUSTANGS FOR SALE". Gillette Mustangs. August 30, 2023. Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
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