title: 2017 Iowa Barnstormers season
text: # 2017 Iowa Barnstormers season
  
  The 2017 Iowa Barnstormers season was the team's seventeenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Barnstormers were members of the United Conference.
  
  Led by first-year head coach Dixie Wooten, the Barnstormers played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena in the Des Moines, Iowa.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  Key:  Win  Tie  Loss  Bye
  
  ### Pre-season
  
  | Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location |
  | 1 | Saturday | February 4 | 7:05pm | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 38–26 | 1–0 | U.S. Cellular Center |
  
  ### Regular season
  
  All start times are local time
  
  | Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance |
  | 1 | Saturday | February 18 | 7:05 PM | at Wichita Falls Nighthawks | L 53–68 | 0–1 | Kay Yeager Coliseum | 3,353 |
  | 2 | Sunday | February 26 | 5:00 PM | at Arizona Rattlers | W 51-47 | 1-1 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 11,438 |
  | 3 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
  | 4 | Sunday | March 12 | 3:05 PM | at Green Bay Blizzard | W 49–30 | 2–1 | Resch Center | 4,409 |
  | 5 | Monday | March 20 | 6:05 PM | at Sioux Falls Storm | L 13–70 | 2–2 | Denny Sanford Premier Center | 5,246 |
  | 6 | Sunday | March 26 | 3:05 PM | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 46–23 | 3–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 5,653 |
  | 7 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
  | 8 | Saturday | April 8 | 7:05 PM | Green Bay Blizzard | W 27–26 | 4–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 6,028 |
  | 9 | Saturday | April 15 | 7:05 PM | Nebraska Danger | W 48–14 | 5–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 5,683 |
  | 10 | Saturday | April 22 | 7:05 PM | at Cedar Rapids Titans | W 31–25 | 6–2 | U.S. Cellular Center | |
  | 11 | Saturday | April 29 | 7:05 PM | Colorado Crush | W 33–21 | 7–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 6,942 |
  | 12 | Saturday | May 6 | 7:05 PM | at Green Bay Blizzard | W 41–34 | 8–2 | Resch Center | |
  | 13 | Saturday | May 13 | 7:05 PM | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 56–54 | 9–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 7,763 |
  | 14 | Saturday | May 20 | 7:05 PM | at Wichita Falls Nighthawks | W 50–47 | 10–2 | Kay Yeager Coliseum | |
  | 15 | Friday | May 26 | 7:05 PM | Green Bay Blizzard | W 64–12 | 11–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 8,377 |
  | 16 | Friday | June 2 | 8:00 PM | at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles | W 58–36 | 12–2 | Maverik Center | 3,873 |
  | 17 | Friday | June 9 | 7:05 PM | Spokane Empire | W 58–28 | 13–2 | Wells Fargo Arena | 7,153 |
  | 18 | Saturday | June 17 | 7:05 PM | Sioux Falls Storm | L 24–45 | 13–3 | Wells Fargo Arena | 8,638 |
  
  **Standings**
  
  2017 United Conference :
  
  | viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | CON | GB | STK |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | y - Sioux Falls Storm | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 769 | 467 | 9–2 | — | W3 |
  | x - Iowa Barnstormers | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 702 | 580 | 8–3 | 1.0 | L1 |
  | Wichita Falls Nighthawks | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 832 | 745 | 6–2 | 2.0 | L1 |
  | Green Bay Blizzard | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 513 | 665 | 2–9 | 11.5 | W1 |
  | Cedar Rapids Titans | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 494 | 780 | 1–10 | 13.0 | L10 |
  
  ### Postseason
  
  | Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Location |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United Conference Championship | Saturday | July 24 | 7:05pm | at Sioux Falls Storm | L 32–66 | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
  