Arkansas Twisters The franchise began play as the
Arkansas Twisters in 2000 as the only professional football team in the state of
Arkansas. The team played 10 seasons as a charter member of
af2, the "developmental" league of the original
Arena Football League. The Twisters played their home games at
Verizon Arena in
North Little Rock, Arkansas. The team enjoyed success on the field, twice reaching the league's championship game. After the AFL took a season off and was forced into
bankruptcy in 2009, the af2 was dissolved and the Twisters were announced as a planned charter member of
Arena Football 1. led by CEO Tommy Benizio, the former IFL commissioner, with co-owners in
Tim Brown and
Ken Paxton. Days later, the team announced it was leaving the
Indoor Football League for the new
Champions Indoor Football. The team's 2015 schedule began with a pre-season home game on February 27 and two regular season road games before the home opener on March 20. On March 30, after just four regular season games, the team released Wendell Davis and promoted defensive coordinator
Devin Wyman to head coach. The team made its best playoff run since moving to Allen, advancing to
Champions Bowl I but falling to the
Sioux City Bandits, 76–61. Later that year, a team and potential regional rival called the
Mesquite Marshals were launched in nearby
Mesquite for the 2016 season. In 2017, the Revolution won
Champions Bowl III. The team then relocated to
Frisco, Texas, and the
Dr Pepper Arena for the 2018 season. On April 9, 2018, Victor Mann returned as head coach. The team finished the 2018 season 5–7 but advanced as far as the conference championship, where they lost to the eventual league champion
Duke City Gladiators 41–28. For the 2019 season, the Revolution again moved to a new arena in the
Ford Center at The Star, the
Dallas Cowboys' practice facility, on a three-year lease. Sometime just prior to the start of the season, a new ownership group called Owner's Box Inc obtained the majority ownership of the team, keeping Benizio as the CEO. However, after three home games into the 2019 season, the Revolution cancelled their home game scheduled for May 4. The remainder of the team's home games were then cancelled as well and the Ford Center stated that the team's games would no longer be played there. On May 9, the team announced it had ceased operations after the new ownership failed to back its financial obligations. ==Season-by-season results==