This is a list of seasons completed by the Iowa Barnstormers. The Barnstormers are a professional indoor football franchise of the Indoor Football League (IFL), based in Des Moines, Iowa. The team was established in 1995, and the original franchise became the New York Dragons after the 2000 season. Prior to relocating, the Barnstormers competed in ArenaBowl X and ArenaBowl XI and lost both contests. Iowa was awarded a franchise in arenafootball2 (AF2), the AFL's developmental league, assuming the history of the original franchise. The Barnstormers competed in the 2001 season, but ceased operations following that season. After a seven-year period of inactivity, the Barnstormers returned in 2008 after AF2 approved the sale of the team to new ownership.
In 2010, after the AFL resumed operations following a year-long hiatus, the Barnstormers returned to AFL competition.[1] The Barnstormers moved to the IFL for the 2015 season.
| ArenaBowl/United Bowl | ArenaBowl appearance | Division champions | Playoff berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Iowa Barnstormers | ||||||||
| AFL | American | Central | 2nd | 7 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Arizona) 56–52 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 56–49 | ||
| AFL | American | Central | 1st | 12 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (St. Louis) 52–49 Won Semifinals (Albany) 62–55 Lost ArenaBowl X (Tampa Bay) 42–38 | ||
| AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (San Jose) 68–59 Won Semifinals (Orlando) 52–34 Lost ArenaBowl XI (Arizona) 55–33 | ||
| AFL | American | Central | 3rd | 5 | 9 | |||
| AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (Milwaukee) 66–34 Lost Semifinals (Orlando) 48–41 | ||
| AFL | American | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | Lost Quarterfinals (Nashville) 63–56 | ||
| 2001 | AF2 | American | Midwest | 3rd | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2002 | Did not play | |||||||
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| 2008 | AF2 | American | Midwest | 5th | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2009 | AF2 | American | Midwest | 1st | 12 | 4 | Won Conference Quarterfinals (Manchester) 70–53 Lost Conference Semifinals (Green Bay) 51–46 | |
| AFL | National | Midwest | 4th | 7 | 9 | |||
| AFL | National | Central | 5th | 5 | 13 | |||
| AFL | National | Central | 2nd | 7 | 11 | |||
| AFL | National | Central | 3rd | 6 | 12 | |||
| AFL | American | East | 4th | 6 | 12 | |||
| IFL | United | 5th | 6 | 8 | ||||
| IFL | United | 5th | 4 | 12 | ||||
| IFL | United | 2nd | 13 | 3 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Sioux Falls) 45–24 | |||
| IFL | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Semifinal (Nebraska) 48–17 Won United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 42–38 | ||||
| IFL | 2nd | 12 | 2 | Lost Semifinal (Sioux Falls) 52–50 | ||||
| IFL | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| IFL | 5th | 6 | 6 | Lost First round (Duke City) 33–34 | ||||
| IFL | Eastern | 4th | 9 | 7 | Lost First round (Frisco) 39–64 | |||
| IFL | Eastern | 6th | 3 | 13 | ||||
| IFL | Eastern | 7th | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 182 | 170 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 9 | 10 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 191 | 180 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||