The 2012 Women's Football Alliance season was the fourth season of the Women's Football Alliance, a league of 64 teams. The regular season began on Saturday, April 2, and ended on Saturday, June 18. After the playoffs, which fielded 12 teams in each conference instead of the 8 that were fielded in the 2011 season, the season ended with the WFA Championship Game on Saturday, August 4 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers (it was the first women's football championship game to be played at a National Football League stadium).[1] The game was shown live on ESPN3, the first time a live women's football game has been shown on a major network. In the championship, the San Diego Surge defeated the Chicago Force 40–36, winning its first championship, having lost the previous year to the Boston Militia.
Regular-season standings
National Conference
| 2012 Division 1 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Keystone Assault | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 204 | 45 | 2-0 | --- | W3 |
| New England Nightmare | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | 99 | 91 | 1-1 | 1.0 | L1 |
| Maine Lynx | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 38 | 117 | 0-2 | 3.0 | W1 |
| 2012 WFA Division 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| y - Boston Militia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 458 | 139 | 4-0 | --- | W8 |
| z - New York Sharks | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 104 | 227 | 2-2 | 4 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Liberty Belles | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 30 | 234 | 0-3 | 6 | L3 |
y - clinched division title
z - clinched division title
| 2012 Division 3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Pittsburgh Passion | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | 407 | 90 | 3-1 | --- | W3 |
| D.C. Divas | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 289 | 157 | 4-1 | 1 | L1 |
| Columbus Comets | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 78 | 139 | 0-2 | 4 | W1 |
| 2012 Division 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Detroit Dark Angels | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 248 | 46 | 4-0 | --- | W8 |
| Cleveland Fusion | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.333 | 60 | 168 | 2-1 | 3 | L1 |
| Pittsburgh Force | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 26 | 210 | 0-4 | 5 | L6 |
| 2012 Division 5 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Toledo Reign-y | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 136 | 237 | 3-1 | --- | L1 |
| Derby City Dynamite | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 128 | 100 | 3-1 | --- | W1 |
| Cincinnati Sizzle | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 66 | 333 | 0-4 | 3 | L8 |
American Conference
| 2012 Division 10 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Minnesota Machine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 128 | 71 | 4-0 | --- | W4 |
| Wisconsin Wolves | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 75 | 85 | 2-1 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Nebraska Stampede | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | 52 | 82 | 1-3 | 1.5 | L2 |
| Wisconsin Dragons | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 21 | 160 | 0-3 | 5 | L4 |
| 2012 Division 11 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| Kansas City Tribe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 208 | 41 | 2-0 | --- | W3 |
| St. Louis Slam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 146 | 90 | 1-1 | 0.5 | L1 |
| Kansas City Spartans | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 33 | 150 | 0-2 | 2.0 | L3 |
| 2012 Division 16 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
| y-Bay Area Bandits | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 324 | 7151 | 7-0 | --- | |
| Central Cal War Angels | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 352 | 125 | 4-3 | --- | |
| West Coast Lightning | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 69 | 234 | 2-4 | --- | |
| Valley Vipers | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | 12 | 334 | 0-6 | --- | |
'''y''' = Clinched Division Title
References
- ↑ "Heinz Field To Host SilverSport Women's Football Alliance National Championship". Steelers.com. 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2019-08-31.