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2025 Fishers Freight season
OwnerJim Hallett
General managerDixie Wooten
Head coachDixie Wooten
Home stadiumFishers Event Center
Results
Record4–9
Conference place6th Eastern

The 2025 season is the Fishers Freight's inaugural season in the Indoor Football League (IFL) and the first IFL season for the state of Indiana. The team is led by general manager and head coach Dixie Wooten.

Founding

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On October 24, 2023, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced an expansion team, tentatively known as "Indy Indoor Football", that would play at the brand-new Fishers Event Center and begin play in 2025.[1] On December 15, the team was named the Fishers Freight.[2]

Staff

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2025 Fishers Freight staff

Front office

  • Owner – Jim Hallett
  • President/CEO – Larry McQueary
  • General manager – Dixie Wooten
  • Vice president of operations – Matthew Louck

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Dixie Wooten
  • Assistant head coach – Chuck Miller

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Dixie Wooten III
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Chuck Miller
  • Defensive backs – Kiante Northington

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Kiante Northington

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Bob Buckland
  • Head athletic trainer – Madison Sikyta

→ Coaching staff
→ Front office

Roster

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2025 Fishers Freight roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

  • – John Gay
  • – Jon Lewis
  • – Morian Walker

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

  • None
 Offensive linemen (OL)
  • – Johari Branch
  • – Kaleb Brewer
  • – Jeremy Cooper
  • – AJ Forbes
  • – David Munoz
  • – LaQuinston Sharp
  • – Geor’Terrius Spivey

Defensive linemen (DL)

  • – Tamar Heart
  • – Robert Horsey
  •  0 Krystapher Oakley
  • – Kwame Sutton
  • – Jaylin Swan
  • – Brayden Utley
 Linebackers (LB)
  • – Trajan Stephens-McQueen

Defensive backs (DB)

  • – Kareem Gaulden
  • – Devin Hafford
  • – AJ Felton
  • – Aaron Jackson
  • – Chris Jefferson
  • – Tyrell Pearson
  • – Jaiden Roe
  • – Shawn Steele II
  • – Greg Thomas Jr.

Special teams (ST)

  • – Michael Baloga
Rookies in italics
30 active

Regular season

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 Bye
2 March 29 at Northern Arizona Wranglers W 41–29 1–0 Findlay Toyota Center Recap
3 April 4 Tulsa Oilers W 40–29 2–0 Fishers Event Center Recap
4 April 12 at Massachusetts Pirates L 47–50 2–1 Tsongas Center Recap
5 April 19 Bay Area Panthers Fishers Event Center
6 April 26 at Iowa Barnstormers Wells Fargo Arena[a]
7 May 3 Quad City Steamwheelers Fishers Event Center
8 Bye
9 May 17 at Jacksonville Sharks VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
10 May 24 Jacksonville Sharks Fishers Event Center
11 May 30 at Green Bay Blizzard Resch Center
12 June 7 Massachusetts Pirates Fishers Event Center
13 June 14 at Quad City Steamwheelers Vibrant Arena at The MARK
14 June 21 Green Bay Blizzard Fishers Event Center
15 June 28 at Tulsa Oilers BOK Center
16 Bye
17 July 12 at Iowa Barnstormers Casey's Center[a]
18 July 19 San Diego Strike Force Fishers Event Center
19 July 25 Iowa Barnstormers Fishers Event Center
Notes:
* Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Legend:
 –  Light green background indicates a victory.
 –  Light red background indicates a loss.

Game summaries

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Week 2: at Northern Arizona Wranglers

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Week 2: Fishers Freight at Northern Arizona Wranglers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Freight 0 13 20841
Wranglers 7 14 0829

at Findlay Toyota Center, Prescott Valley, Arizona

  • Date: March 29, 2025
  • Game time: 9:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: None (indoor arena)
  • TV announcers (IFL Network): James Poovey (play-by-play), Brecken Poovey (analyst)
Game information

Week 3: vs. Tulsa Oilers

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Week 3: Tulsa Oilers at Fishers Freight – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Oilers 0 7 71529
Freight 14 12 7740

at Fishers Event Center, Fishers, Indiana

  • Date: April 4, 2025
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: None (indoor arena)
  • TV announcers (IFL Network): Andrew Smith (play-by-play), Jim Leisure (analyst), Eva Hallman (sideline reporter)
Game information

Week 4: at Massachusetts Pirates

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Week 4: Fishers Freight at Massachusetts Pirates – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Freight 13 12 61647
Pirates 14 19 71050

at Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

  • Date: April 12, 2025
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: None (indoor arena)
  • TV: IFL Network
Game information

Week 5: vs. Bay Area Panthers

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Week 5: Bay Area Panthers at Fishers Freight – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Panthers 0 0 000
Freight 0 0 000

at Fishers Event Center, Fishers, Indiana

  • Date: April 12, 2025
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: None (indoor arena)
  • TV: IFL Network
Game information

Standings

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Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB CONF PF PA STK
Quad City Steamwheelers 10 3 .750 – 6–2 - - W1
Jacksonville Sharks[b] 9 4 .692 1.5 3–2 - - W2
Green Bay Blizzard 8 5 .615 1.0 5–2 - - L1
Massachusetts Pirates[c] 7 6 .538 4.5 2–3 - - W1
Tulsa Oilers[b] 7 6 .538 1.5 3–2 - - L2
Fishers Freight[c] 4 9 .308 4.5 1–4 - - W2
Iowa Barnstormers 1 12 .077 5.5 1–6 - - L10

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Wells Fargo Arena was renamed Casey's Center on July 1, 2025.[3]
  2. ^ a b Jacksonville holds the tiebreaker over Tulsa by the strength-of-schedule tiebreaker. (15–13 to 15–14)
  3. ^ a b Massachusetts holds the tiebreaker over Fishers by conference record.

References

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  1. ^ Van Beek, Eric (October 23, 2023). "INDIANAPOLIS TO JOIN IFL IN 2025". Indoor Football League. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "Kicking off March 2025..." Fishers Freight. December 15, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "Wells Fargo Arena to be renamed Casey's Center July 1". Iowa Events Center. October 21, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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