New Haven Ninjas

New Haven Ninjas
New Haven Ninjas
	Established 2001; Folded 2002; Played in New Haven Coliseum; in New Haven, Connecticut
League/conference affiliations
	af2 (2002) American Conference (2002) Northeast Division (2002); ;
	Current uniform
Team colors	Black, orange-red, yellow, white;
Personnel
Owner(s)	Charles Wang
Head coach	Rick Buffington
Team history
	New Haven Ninjas (2002);
Championships
	League championships (0);
	Conference championships (0);
	Division championships (0);
Home arena(s)
	New Haven Coliseum (2002);

The New Haven Ninjas were an indoor American football team based in New Haven, Connecticut. They were an expansion team in the af2 for the 2002 season.^[2] On October 24, 2001, it was announced that Ninjas had won the name-the-team contest over Cyclones, Gladiators, Hawkeyes and ShoreDawgs.^[3] Along with the Ninjas, New Haven was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Fresno Frenzy, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, San Diego Riptide & the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. New Haven played in the American Conference of the Northeast Division. In 2002, the Ninjas finished 6–10, third in the Northeast Division. Still, that wasn't enough to play football in August. After the 2002 season, the Ninjas folded because the New Haven Coliseum closed, and the experiment for arena football in New Haven was done.

Roster

New Haven Ninjas roster

Quarterbacks

Fullbacks/Linebackers

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

Offensive/Defensive linemen

Wide Receivers/Linebackers

Defensive specialists

Kickers

Reserve lists

Rookies in itlatics
Roster updated October 12, 2002
20 Active, 7 Inactive

Season records
Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2002	6	10	0	4th AC Northeast	--

^ Fran Stuchbury (March 18, 2002). "Ninjas ready for af2 under Buffington". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "af2 adds New Haven, Connecticut". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 25, 2001. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
^ "Ninja invasion begins in New Haven". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 24, 2001. Retrieved July 20, 2017.