New Mexico Stars
| New Mexico Stars | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Folded | 2016 | ||
| Headquartered | Rio Rancho, New Mexico at Santa Ana Star Center | ||
| Colors | Black, red, gold, white | ||
| NMStarsIF.com | |||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | Dart Clark (2011–2012) Jerry Dunn (2012) Chris Williams (2013) Paul Parsons, Samuel Rodriguez & Ernie Guill (2014) Tracy & Crystal Duran (2015–2016) | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
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| League / conference affiliations | |||
| Indoor Football League (2012) * Intense (2012) Lone Star Football League (2013–2014) American Indoor Football (2016) * Western/Southern (2016) | |||
| Championships | |||
| Division championships: 1 AIF Western: 2016 (by default) | |||
| Playoff appearances (3) | |||
| LSFL: 2013, 2014 AIF: 2016 | |||
The New Mexico Stars were a professional indoor football team based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The Stars played their home games at the Santa Ana Star Center.
They began play in the Indoor Football League (IFL) during the 2012 season as an expansion team. The Stars left the IFL after one season and joined the Texas-based Lone Star Football League (LSFL) where they would play for two seasons. Prior to the 2015 season, the Stars were purchased by Tracy and Crystal Duran and the team announced it was going to play in Champions Indoor Football for 2015. However, the team would instead go on hiatus for the season. The Stars then attempted to join other indoor football leagues until playing the 2016 season as a member of American Indoor Football (AIF) as part of a West Division. Most of the West Division collapsed leaving the Stars regionally isolated and forced to schedule games against many local semi-professional teams. The AIF ceased operations following the 2016 season, leaving the Stars without a league. The Durans would move to Mississippi later in 2016 and the Stars would officially fold.
The Stars were the second indoor team to play in Rio Rancho, following the American Indoor Football Association's New Mexico Wildcats, which played the 2008 and 2009 seasons before folding.