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The Sharks won the inaugural NAL championship game 27–21 over the Columbus Lions. In 2018, the Jacksonville Sharks went 10–7 under returning head coach Burley. The Sharks advanced to the National Arena League playoffs, but lost on the road to the Carolina Cobras 73–48. The Cobras won the 2018 championship over the Columbus Lions.
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena [5] (originally Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena) is a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida.It currently serves as the home arena of the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL, the Jacksonville Giants of the American Basketball Association, and the Jacksonville Sharks of the Indoor Football League.
The Sharks are a professional indoor American football franchise in the National Arena League (NAL), based in Jacksonville, Florida, and plays its home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was established in 2010 in the Arena Football League (AFL) until it left the league after the 2016 season.
The Jacksonville Sharks won their third championship in the six seasons of the National Arena League, fighting back from 17 points down.
On August 20, 2023, the league announced they would be adding the three-time, and defending, National Arena League champions in the Jacksonville Sharks as their 15th franchise. [2] On September 26, the league added the San Antonio Gunslingers as their 16th franchise to even out the conferences. [ 3 ]
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Jacksonville had its first professional football team in 1974 with the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League, a short-lived attempt to establish a rival to the NFL. The Sharks' financial troubles led the league to fold the team; the franchise was revived the following year as the Jacksonville Express. [4]
The 2014 Jacksonville Sharks season was the fifth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Les Moss and played their home games at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Finishing with a 7–11 record, this was the first season in the franchise's history that the team not only failed reach the playoffs, but ...