Bemidji Axemen
| Bemidji Axemen | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Folded | 2015 | ||
| Headquartered | Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minnesota | ||
| Colors | Red, blue, silver, white | ||
| Mascot | Axel the Axeman | ||
| MinnesotaAxemen.com | |||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | Phil Sallberg Nate Coffin Dan Skaug Tom Ulve | ||
| General manager | Richard Davis | ||
| Head coach | Richard Davis | ||
| President | Tom Ulve | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
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| League / conference affiliations | |||
Indoor Football League (2014–2015)
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| Championships | |||
| League championships: 0 0 | |||
| Conference championships: 0 0 | |||
| Division championships: 0 0 | |||
The Bemidji Axemen were a professional indoor football team based in Bemidji, Minnesota. The Axemen joined the Indoor Football League (IFL) as an expansion team in 2013 and first took the field for the 2014 season. They participated in the United Conference of the IFL. The Axemen played their home games at the Sanford Center in Bemidji.
The Axemen are the first-ever indoor/arena football team to call Bemidji home, as well as Minnesota's first indoor/arena football team since the Duluth-Superior Lumberjacks and the Mankato-based Minnesota Purple Rage both played in the original Indoor Football League for the 2000 season, the league's last before folding.
The team would change their name to the Minnesota Axemen prior to the 2016 season. However, the league terminated the franchise's membership as they failed to meet the league's operational standards and commitments. Thus, the franchise folded on November 24, 2015