Richmond Speed
Richmond Speed 
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| City: | Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Founded: | 1999 | ||
| Resolved: | 2003 | ||
| League (): | af2 (2000-2003) | ||
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| Greatest successes | |||
| af2 : 2001, 2002 | Playoff participations | ||
| af2 : - | League champions | ||
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Richmond Coliseum |
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| Address: | 601 East Leigh Street Richmond, Virginia, 23219 | ||
| Capacity: | 11,088 | ||
| Data status | |||
| August 9, 2017 | |||
The Richmond Speed were an arena football team from Richmond, Virginia that played in af2 . The Speed played their home games at the Richmond Coliseum .
history
The Swamp Foxes were founded in 1999 and started as one of the fifteen participating franchises in the newly founded af2 in 2000. The first game in franchise history was lost on April 8, 2000 at the Pensacola Barracudas with 41:48. The first home game was also the game with the most speed spectators. The 13:44 defeat against the Augusta Stallions was followed by 10,631 spectators in the same year. In general, their debut season could have ended much more successfully if the Speed hadn't lost all of their first seven. Of the remaining nine games, seven were won.
Undoubtedly their greatest success celebrated the Speed with the entry into the ArenaCup in 2001. However, they lost this just 51:55 against the Quad City Steamwheelers .
After the 2003 season, the Speed were dissolved.
Season statistics
| year | team | league | S. | N | Playoffs reached | Playoff round |
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| 2000 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 7th | 9 | No | |
| 2001 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 13 | 3 | Yes | S quarter-finals vs. Birmingham Steeldogs 67:60
S semifinals vs. Tennessee Valley Vipers 51:50 N ArenaCup vs. Quad City Steamwheelers 51:55 |
| 2002 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 12 | 4th | Yes | N Round of 16 vs. Cape Fear Wildcats 48:57 |
| 2003 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 6th | 10 | No |
Audience development
| year | team | league | Audience average |
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| 2000 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 5,929 |
| 2001 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 5,814 |
| 2002 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 4,921 |
| 2003 | Richmond Speed | af2 | 3,405 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Af2 Franchise Index (2000–2009). Sports Coast To Coast. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ^ Richmond Speed Team History - 2000 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ^ Richmond Speed Team History - 2000 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ At Arena Cup Nailbiter, 55-51 - OurSports Central. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Mitch Carr: Indoor football back in RVA X2. In: WRIC. February 13, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ^ Richmond Speed Team History - 2000 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ AFL Arena Football History - Year By Year - 2001 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .