Colorado Spartans
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| Colorado Spartans | |||
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 Current season | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2023 | ||
| Headquartered | Denver, Colorado at the Denver Coliseum | ||
| Colors | Black, sky blue, silver | ||
| CO-Spartans.com | |||
| Personnel | |||
| Owner | Tony Thompson | ||
| Head coach | Fred Shaw | ||
| Team history | |||
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The Colorado Spartans are a professional indoor football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are an expansion team that are current members of the National Arena League. They play their home games at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado.
Head to Head
On August 31, 2023, the National Arena League announced the addition of the Spartans as an expansion team. They previously played in Loveland following the Colorado Ice/Crush of the Indoor Football League.[1] On October 2, 2024, the Spartans announced their move to Denver and the Denver Coliseum for the 2025 National Arena League season.[2]
| Year | League | Home | Away | Division | Non-League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-4 | N/A | 2–0 |
| 2025 | 7-3 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1–0* |
| Total | 11-8 | 7-2 | 4-6 | 3-3 | 3–0 |
- Counted towards League Standings
Playoffs: Loss at Omaha 54–71 on 6/7/2025
| Team | Total | Home | Away | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Horsemen | 5-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 242 | 98 |
| Wheeling Miners | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 90 | 69 |
| Columbus Lions | 1-0 | 1-0 | N/A | 42 | 38 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 1-2 | N/A | 1-2 | 148 | 128 |
| Carolina Cobras | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 129 | 135 |
| Omaha Beef | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 112 | 167 |
The Oklahoma Flying Aces, Beaumont Renegades, & Shreveport Rouxgaroux played concurrently with the Spartans, but haven't/won't gone head to head. Topeka Tropics, North Texas Bulls, Amarillo Dusters, Corpus Christi Tritons, & Harrisburg Stampede were league members, but never hit the field during the Spartan's tenure.
| Team | Total | Home | Away | PF | PA |
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| Omaha | 0-1 | N/A | 0-1 | 54 | 71 |
| Team | Total | Home | Away | PF | PA |
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| Northern Colorado Nightmare | 1-0 | 1-0 | N/A | 70 | 12 |
| Cedar Rapids River Kings | 1-0 | 1-0 | N/A | 35 | 26 |
| Las Vegas Kings | 1–0* | 1-0 | N/A | 69 | 18 |
- The NAL counts this game towards the League Standings
