The San Antonio Gunslingers are a professional indoor football team based in San Antonio, Texas, that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The team plays its home games at Freeman Coliseum. They share their name with the original USFL's team of the same name that played from 1984 to 1985.
The San Antonio Gunslingers were brought back and owned by three home town families, the Garcia, Torres and Young family. After five years on getting the stage ready, The Gunslingers joined the American Arena League for the inaugural 2021 season as an expansion team playing in the Texas-based West Division. They led the West Division going into the division championship, but lost to the North Texas Bulls 46âÂÂ28 on June 6, 2021.
After a very successful 2021 the Garcia, Torres and Young family made the decision join the National Arena League. Two games into the season the three families announced the sale of the team to Don and Brandon Rackler on June 7, 2022. The team went 4âÂÂ8 and did not make the playoffs.
On September 26, 2023, the Gunslingers were announced as join the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the 2024 season.
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