| Atlanta Vultures | |
| Founded: | 2015 |
| Folded: | 2016 |
| City: | Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia |
| Misc: | Atlanta Vultures |
| Colors: | Charcoal, gray, silver, blue, white |
| Coach: | Cedric Roach |
| Owner: | Barrington Young Janice Strong |
| President: | Barrington Young |
| General Manager: | Barrington Young |
| League: | American Indoor Football (2016)
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| Team History: |
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| No League Champs: | 0 |
| No Conf Champs: | 0 |
| No Div Champs: | 0 |
| No Playoff Appearances: | 0 |
| Arena Years: | |
The Atlanta Vultures were a professional indoor football team and a member of American Indoor Football (AIF) that played part of the 2016 season. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Vultures were to play their home games at the Georgia International Convention Center.
The Vultures are Atlanta's second AIF team, following the Atlanta Sharks who began play in 2014 and folded during the 2015 season.[1]
The Vultures ran into operational issues when they found their home arena lacked quality playing turf. The Vultures would end up cancelling all home games and played three road games during the season, winning two of the three games. However, after winning the third game against the Savannah Steam on April 17, the AIF ruled that the Vultures had played the game using illegal players and reversed the score of the game (essentially making it a forfeit). The Vultures folded and took down their website later that week.[2]
| Team: | Atlanta Vultures |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Record: | 1–5 |
| Division Place: | 7th |
| Coach: | Cedric Roach |
| General Manager: | Barrington Young |
| Owner: | Barrington Young Janice Strong |
| Stadium: | Georgia International Convention Center 2000 Convention Center Concourse Atlanta, GA 30337 |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| No Prevseason: | true |
| No Nextseason: | true |
Key:
All start times were local to home team
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||||
| 1 | Sunday | March 6 | 3:05pm | at West Michigan Ironmen | L 29–63 | 0–1 | L. C. Walker Arena | |
| 2 | Sunday | May 22 | 7:05pm | South Carolina Ravens | Georgia International Convention Center | |||
All start times were local to home team
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||||
| 1 | colSpan=7 | BYE | ||||||
| 2 | colSpan=7 | BYE | ||||||
| 3 | colSpan=7 | BYE | ||||||
| 4 | Sunday | March 20 | 4:00pm | Savannah Steam | Cancelled | Georgia International Convention Center | ||
| 5 | Saturday | March 26 | 7:00pm | at Georgia Firebirds | W 40–38[3] | 1–0 | Albany Civic Center | |
| 6 | Sunday | April 3 | 7:05pm | Florida Tarpons | Cancelled | Georgia International Convention Center | ||
| 7 | Saturday | April 9 | 7:05pm | at Columbus Lions | L 8–65[4] | 1–1 | Columbus Civic Center | |
| 8 | Sunday | April 17 | 7:05pm | at Savannah Steam | L 19–32 | 1–2 | Savannah Civic Center | |
| 9 | colSpan=7 | BYE | ||||||