Mobile Wizards

{{short description|Arena football team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox indoor American football team | name = Mobile Wizards | logo = MobileWizards.PNG | founded = 2001 | folded = 2002 | city = [[Mobile Civic Center]]<br> in [[Mobile, Alabama]] | misc = | uniform = | colors = Deep purple, teal, white<br>{{Color box|#702963}} {{Color box|#40E0D0}} {{Color box|white}} | coach = | owner = | chairman = | president = | general manager = | mascot = | cheerleaders = | nicknames = | league = [[af2]] ({{af2 Year|2002}}) * National Conference (2002) ** South Division (2002) | team_history = *'''Mobile Wizards''' (2002) | no_league_champs = | no_conf_champs = | no_div_champs = | league_champs = | conf_champs = | div_champs = | playoff_appearances = | no_playoff_appearances = | arena_years = *[[Mobile Civic Center]] (2002) }}

The '''Mobile Wizards''' were an [[af2]] [[arena football]] team that played their home games in [[Mobile, Alabama]] at the [[Mobile Civic Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/af2-expands-to-mobile-al/n-2708268 |title=af2 expands to Mobile, AL |date=June 15, 2001 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=July 19, 2017}}</ref>

On June 15, 2001, the af2 awarded a franchise to Mobile businessman Norris Armstrong, who ran the team with his wife Beth. The af2 club replaced the [[Mobile Seagulls]] in the market, who played the 2000 season in the [[IPFL]] and 2001 in the [[National Indoor Football League|NIFL]]. The Civic Center (capacity: 10,112) was a hub of activity in early 2000s, as it also hosted the [[ECHL]]'s [[Mobile Mysticks]] and the [[NBDL]]'s [[Mobile Revelers]].

The Wizards were anything but on the turf or at the box office. They lost all sixteen games they played in 2002, often by ugly scores such as 80–18 and 72–6. They did manage to draw 5,427 – barely half-filling the arena – for their first home game, but averaged less than 2,000 a night the rest of the season, finishing with an average attendance of only 2,342 fans per game. The Wizards disbanded after only one season, making them the only [[af2]] team to never have won a game in their history.

== Season record == {{Start NFL SBS}} |- |2002 || 0 || 16 || 0 || 4th NC Southern || -- |}

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== External links == * [http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=93&year=2002 Mobile Wizards at ArenaFan.com]

[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Mobile, Alabama]] [[Category:Defunct AF2 teams]] [[Category:American football teams established in 2001]] [[Category:American football teams disestablished in 2002]] [[Category:American football teams in Alabama]]