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Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues play by similar rules to the men's game.
The Women's Football Alliance was established in 2009 and began its inaugural season with 36 teams. Many of the teams were already established teams from other leagues such as Women's Professional Football League, Independent Women's Football League and National Women's Football Association, while others began their inaugural season of play in the WFA.
The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's semi-professional tackle football league. [11] The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. [12]
“The Herricanes,” a film that documents a team from the first women’s tackle football league in the 1970s, is set to make its Michigan premiere during the 11th annual Freep Film Festival on ...
Most leagues in the United States, such as the Women's Football Alliance, play by rules similar to men's tackle football. [1] Although women's flag football is emerging as a collegiate sport, [2] women playing gridiron football at the college level have historically joined men's teams, often (though not exclusively) as placekickers. [3]
The Women's National Football Conference (WNFC) is a semi-pro full-contact Women's American football league in the United States. With teams across the United States, the WNFC had its first game in 2019 with fourteen regular teams and one exhibition team.
The league was known as the "Women's Spring Football League" from 2009 to 2015. The USWFL played with 11-player and 8-player divisions from 2011 through 2013. In 2014, the league split into two leagues, with the 11-woman division retaining the WSFL name and the 8-woman division taking the name the Women's Eights Football League (W8FL). In 2016 ...
Toledo won seven National Women’s Football League titles in a row from 1971-1977. And Jefferson played a key role in their championship culture. “Oh my goodness, Toledo really supported the ...