Established 2013 Folded 2015 Played in Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minnesota MinnesotaAxemen.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Football League (2014–2015)
United Conference (2014–2015)
Current uniform
Team colors
Red, blue, silver, white
Mascot
Axel the Axeman
Cheerleaders
The Axes
Personnel
Owner(s)
Phil Sallberg Nate Coffin Dan Skaug Tom Ulve
President
Tom Ulve
General manager
Richard Davis
Head coach
Richard Davis
Team history
Bemidji Axeman (2014–2015)
Minnesota Axemen
Championships
League championships (0) 0
Conference championships (0) 0
Division championships (0) 0
Home arena(s)
Sanford Center (2014–2015)
The Bemidji Axemen were a professional indoor football team based in Bemidji, Minnesota. The Axemen joined the Indoor Football League (IFL) as an expansion team in 2013 and first took the field for the 2014 season. They participated in the United Conference of the IFL. The Axemen played their home games at the Sanford Center in Bemidji.
The Axemen are the first-ever indoor/arena football team to call Bemidji home, as well as Minnesota's first indoor/arena football team since the Duluth-Superior Lumberjacks and the Mankato-based Minnesota Purple Rage both played in the original Indoor Football League for the 2000 season, the league's last before folding.
The team would change their name to the Minnesota Axemen prior to the 2016 season.[1] However, the league terminated the franchise's membership as they failed to meet the league's operational standards and commitments. Thus, the franchise folded on November 24, 2015[2]
^New Axemen GM starting fresh: Changes on the horizon as IFL team will drop ‘Bemidji,’ become ‘Minnesota Axemen’, Kristopher Lodes, The Bemidji Pioneer, August 20, 2015
^IFL Issues Statement on Minnesota Axemen Archived 2015-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, IFL website, November 25, 2015
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to the BemidjiAxemen of the Indoor Football League. The team was disbanded after the 2015 season. Albright, David (April 8, 2009). "Bemidji State Finally...
league this season as planned. The league added the Minnesota-based BemidjiAxemen to expand to 10 teams but the Chicago Slaughter were sold and changed...
The 2015 BemidjiAxemen season was the team's second and final season as a professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League...
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Football League (IFL). He has also been a member of the Iowa Barnstormers, BemidjiAxemen and the Cleveland Gladiators. He attended the Iowa State University...
for a td. Lester signed with the BemidjiAxemen of the IFL for 2014. He only played in a single game for the Axemen on February 22. On February 24, 2014...
participation prior to graduating. On November 20, 2013, Padron signed with the BemidjiAxemen of the Indoor Football League. Padron asked to be released to pursue...
while the Minneapolis teams played at Nicollet Park. In 2014, the BemidjiAxemen of Bemidji played two seasons as a team in the Indoor Football League. The...
Virginia Eagles and Jacksonville Axemen. His position is at prop. He has played American Football for the BemidjiAxemen, Louisiana Swashbucklers and Richmond...
when the reigning league champion Sioux Falls Storm travelled to the BemidjiAxemen. The regular season ended 16 weeks later on June 20, 2015, with the...
April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014. "BemidjiAxemen game moved up a day". The Bemidji Pioneer. Bemidji, MN: Forum Communications. March 24, 2014...
to Bemidji's 33-14 win over Wyoming". The Bemidji Pioneer. Bemidji, MN: Forum Communications. Retrieved April 12, 2014. "Cavalry host BemidjiAxemen"....
Pat (February 7, 2014). "IFL: Axemen fall to Cedar Rapids 40-32 but win over fans in debut". The Bemidji Pioneer. Bemidji, MN: Forum Communications. Retrieved...
World-Herald Co. Retrieved March 15, 2014. "Nebraska Danger vs. BemidjiAxemen at Bemidji, MN - 3/21/14 at 7:05 PM". Indoor Football League. March 21, 2014...
2015). "INDOOR FOOTBALL: Axemen fall to four-time defending champs Sioux Falls 66-42". www.bemidjipioneer.com. The Bemidji Pioneer. Retrieved April 15...
number of teams as played in the 2013 IFL season. The Minnesota-based BemidjiAxemen expansion team replaced the Chicago Slaughter which returned to the...
the United Conference continued to have five teams with the expansion BemidjiAxemen. In September 2013, Titletown Football Group, LLC sold their majority...
its name to the Colorado Crush, and the former BemidjiAxemen changed their name to the Minnesota Axemen. The IFL originally announced that it would continue...
Titans that year before played for the Colorado Ice (now Crush) and BemidjiAxemen of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2014. He played in one game for...
Retrieved April 20, 2015. Terry Douglass (April 24, 2015). "Danger turns back Axemen". www.theindepedent.com. The Grand Island Independent. Retrieved April 27...
24, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014. "Texas Revolution vs. BemidjiAxemen at Bemidji, MN - 5/31/2014 at 7:05 PM". Indoor Football League. May 31, 2014...
Nebraska Danger L 42-52 4-2 Eihusen Arena 8 Saturday April 18 7:05pm at BemidjiAxemen W 39-36 5-2 Sanford Center 9 Saturday April 25 7:00pm Green Bay Blizzard...
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 27, 2015. "Blizzard 'D' shuts down Bemidji in second half". www.greenbaypressgazette.com. Green Bay Press Gazette...
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