The Winston Wildcats were an indoor football team based in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The Wildcats joined the professional American Indoor Football (AIF) as an expansion team in 2015. Following the 2016 season, the AIF ceased operations, leaving the Wildcats without a league. The Wildcats have periodically played as an independent against various teams in the local market. When they were in the AIF, their home games were at the LJVM Coliseum Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since the 2019 season, they are based out of High Point, North Carolina, operating as a travel team called the High Point Wildcats in the Southern Steam's Elite Indoor Football, a league composed of a variety of professional to semi-professional indoor football teams. During the 2019 season, the team announced that coaches Malachi King, Dale Glossenger, and John Burns had purchased the team from Roderick Hinton and rebranded as the Carolina Wildcats.
The Wildcats were the first indoor football team to call Winston-Salem home since the Winston-Salem Energy, which played in the National Indoor Football League for the 2002 season before folding.
Statistics and records
Season-by-season results League championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season League Division Regular season PostseasonFinish Wins Losses Ties 2016 AIF Northern 8th 3 5 0 Did not qualify
Head coaches' record Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards W L T Win% W L Barry Marrow 2016 3 5 0 ——
2016 season
Schedule Key:
Regular season All start times were local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 BYE 2 BYE 3 BYE 4 Sunday March 20 4:05pm at Triangle Torch L 33–53 0–1 Dorton Arena 5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm Philadelphia Yellow Jackets L 9–55 0–2 LJVM Coliseum Annex 6 Saturday April 2 7:05pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 18–43 0–3 LJVM Coliseum Annex 7 Friday April 8 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 8–72 0–4 PPL Center 8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Triangle Torch L 12–58 0–5 LJVM Coliseum Annex 9 BYE 10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm Maryland Eagles W 49–19 1–5 LJVM Coliseum Annex 11 BYE Cancelled 12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm Philadelphia Yellow Jackets W 2–0* 2–5 13 Saturday May 21 7:05pm at Philadelphia Yellow Jackets W 2–0 (forfeit) 3–5 Class of 1923 Arena 14 BYE * — Game was never scheduled to be played but was credited as forfeit win to the Wildcats one week after the non-played game with no explanation given by the AIF. (The Yellow Jackets were scheduled against the Maryland Eagles that week but had to forfeit due to the loss of their arena lease.)
Standings
2016 roster
2016 Winston Wildcats roster Quarterbacks
Running backs Currently vacant
Wide receivers Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers Injured reserve Currently vacant
Exempt list Currently vacant
References
External links Winston Wildcats official website High Point Wildcats website American Indoor Football official website