President Nargis Khokhar Arena/Stadium U.S. Cellular Coliseum Championships 0 Parent organization Hockey Sensations LLC | Founded 2005 Based in Bloomington Division titles 1 | |
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League UIF (2006–2008)
IFL (2009–2012)
CPIFL (2013–2014)
XLIF (2015)
CIF (2016–present) Conference United (2009–2012)
North (2017–present) Team history Bloomington Extreme (2006–2011)
Bloomington Edge (2012–present) Colors Navy Blue, Red, Silver, White Owner(s) Omar Khokhar
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The Bloomington Edge are a professional indoor football team based in Bloomington, Illinois. They are currently a member of the Northeast Division of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). Originally named the Bloomington Extreme, the team was a member of United Indoor Football (UIF), and joined the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2009 during the UIF and Intense Football League merger. They left the IFL for the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) in 2013, and in 2015 the CPIFL merged with the Lone Star Football League (LSFL) to create Champions Indoor Football (CIF), where Bloomington did not follow and joined X-League Indoor Football (X-League). Following the 2015 season the Edge joined the CIF. The Edge play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
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2006–2008
The Extreme started out as an expansion team in United Indoor Football in 2006. They missed the playoffs in their first season, but rebounded to get a franchise best record of 8-7 in 2007, when they fell to the Lexington Horsemen in the Eastern Conference championship. In 2008, they went 7-7, which was good enough for 1st place in a weak Eastern Conference. They won their first conference title and went on to the United Bowl where they would fall to the Sioux Falls Storm. The UIF merged with the Intense Football League in the 2008 offseason, meaning that the Extreme would compete in the new Indoor Football League in 2009.
2009
In 2009, former Florida State and NFL wide receiver Peter Warrick signed a one-year contract.
2011
In October 2010, team owner Ed Brady announced that he hired Mike Murray as the team's new head coach. Murray had been the Extreme offensive coordinator in 2006.
2012
In November 2011, the team was purchased by Jim Morris, who had been a minority owner of the team. The team agreed with change the name of the franchise to the Bloomington Edge as a tie-in to the Ford Edge. Morris hired Kenton Carr as the Edge's head coach on January 11, 2012. The Edge finished the regular season 10-4, earning the 3 seed in the United Conference playoffs. The Edge would end their season just as the Extreme had done the past 3 years, with a first round playoff loss. This time to the Green Bay Blizzard, 30-51.
2013
For the 2013 season, the Edge were owned by Bloomington Blaze owner Sandra Hunnewell, and played in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
2015
The Edge announced they would be joining X-League Indoor Football in October 2014. The Edge were acquired by Omar Khokhar at the end of the 2015 season. The team's season was abruptly ended and the league's X Bowl II championship game advanced to June 6 after the Cape Fear Heroes were suspended by the league.
2016
On August 19, 2015, the Edge announced that they would be moving to Champions Indoor Football.
Logos and uniforms
From the team's inception until 2011, the team was known as the Bloomington Extreme, with the having been derived from a naming rights deal with local auto dealer Extreme Motors. In the 2011-12 offseason, the team was sold to Jim Morris (owner of a local Sonic Drive-In franchise and of the Premier Basketball League's Central Illinois Drive), with a naming rights deal with another auto dealer; this time Heller Ford would acquire said rights, giving the team its new Edge nickname (derived from the Ford Edge automobile).
All-League selections
Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
* Season currently in progress