2009–2010 Ten teams played in the inaugural
2009–2010 LFL season. The league schedule ran from September 4, 2009, to January 29, 2010, with one game each Friday. Teams played one game each against the other four teams in their conference. The top two teams in each conference advanced to the conference championship games held on February 4, 2010, in Miami, and the conference champions played in Lingerie Bowl VII on February 6, 2010. The Western Conference
Los Angeles Temptation defeated the Eastern Conference
Chicago Bliss by the score of 27–14.
2010–2011 For the 2010–2011 season, the LFL added new franchises in
Orlando and
Baltimore, while the New York Majesty and Denver Dream suspended operations. The 2011 Lingerie Bowl was held in
Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 6, 2011. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Temptation defeated Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Passion, 26–25. The 2011 All-Fantasy Game was held in
Hamilton, Ontario, on July 30, 2011, at
Copps Coliseum. Trailing 18–6 in the second half, the Eastern Conference rallied to win, 24–18, over the Western Conference. Anonka Dixon, quarterback for the Orlando Fantasy, was awarded offensive MVP for her 3 touchdown passes and game-winning rushing touchdown, while Liz Gorman, a safety with the Tampa Breeze, was named defensive MVP.
2011–2012 The LFL accepted five expansion franchises – the
Cleveland Crush,
Green Bay Chill,
Las Vegas Sin,
Minnesota Valkyrie, and
Toronto Triumph, while the
Dallas Desire,
San Diego Seduction, and
Miami Caliente suspended operations. The season kicked off on August 26, 2011, and culminated with Lingerie Bowl IX on February 4, 2012. The LFL Eastern and Western Conference championship games were played back-to-back on January 28, 2012, at
Citizens Business Bank Arena in
Ontario, California. For the second straight year, the
Los Angeles Temptation won the Western Conference championship while the
Philadelphia Passion won the Eastern Conference championship, setting up a rematch in the 2012
Lingerie Bowl of the previous year's championship game. The 2012 Lingerie Bowl was played at
Orleans Arena in
Las Vegas, in the afternoon prior to the start of
Super Bowl XLVI. The Los Angeles Temptation won its third consecutive Lingerie Bowl with a 28–6 victory over Philadelphia Passion. The Temptation's Ashley Salerno and Amber Reed were co-MVP's, with Salerno throwing three touchdown passes and Reed scoring two rushing touchdowns. In 2012, the LFL expanded its annual "All-Fantasy" game into a three-game international series, with one game in
Mexico and two games in Australia. The Mexico All-Fantasy Game took place on May 5, 2012, at the
Palacio de los Deportes in
Mexico City; the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 37–7. The second match of the "2012 LFL All-Fantasy Tour" took place in
Brisbane, Australia, on June 2, 2012, at the
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre; the Western Conference again emerged victorious, this time by a 45–36 score. The Western Conference took a 3–0 series sweep with a 31–24 victory in the third and final "All-Fantasy" match in
Sydney, Australia, on June 9, 2012, at
Allphones Arena.
Queensland native and wide receiver for the
Los Angeles Temptation Chloe Butler served as the ambassador of LFL Football coming to Australia and captained the Western Conference squad. The LFL then helped found the
Ladies Gridiron League in Australia to serve as a minor league for the announced LFL Australia expansion.
2012 Canada For the
2011–12 LFL United States season, the All-Fantasy Game was played in
Hamilton, Ontario. This was due in part to the league's announcement that in 2012 there would be a Canadian Lingerie Football League. LFL Canada was originally scheduled for a twelve-week season with teams in six markets. On September 28, 2011, it was announced that, in addition to the
Toronto Triumph who began play in LFL United States, LFL Canada's other five markets would consist of
Vancouver,
Calgary,
Edmonton,
Quebec City, and
Montreal; ironically, none of those five markets would actually get an LFL franchise. On February 9, 2012, the LFL announced that
Abbotsford, British Columbia, would be the next Canadian city to host a team in the League. The franchise played its home games at the
Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre and competed in the Western Division of LFL Canada. On February 20, 2012, the LFL announced that the franchise would be named the
BC Angels following the results of an online fan vote. The decision for Abbotsford to host a team sparked some controversy, including expressed concern from at least one city councilor, as "Abbotsford is a deeply religious agricultural community." On February 22, 2012, the LFL announced that
Regina, Saskatchewan, would be the next Canadian city to host a team in the League. Home games would be played at the
Brandt Centre. On March 6, the LFL announced that the franchise would be named the
Regina Rage after an online fan vote. Six days later, on February 28, the LFL announced that
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, would join Regina as LFL Canada's second team in the Wheat Province. Home games would be played at the
Credit Union Centre. Upon releasing the
Saskatoon Sirens' logo and colors, the league announced that LFL Canada was set at four teams for the 2012 season, with the league playing an eight-game schedule, scheduled to end with Lingerie Bowl I Canada the week before the Grey Cup. The 2012 LFL Canada season began on August 25, 2012, and culminated with Lingerie Bowl Canada I on November 17, 2012, between the
Saskatoon Sirens and the
BC Angels at the
Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre in
Abbotsford, British Columbia. The BC Angels won the inaugural championship game 25–12 with BC Angels' quarterback Mary Anne Hanson and receiver Aleesa Garcia named as the game's MVPs. On December 15, 2012, the first annual Pacific Cup was played between the Seattle Mist of LFL US and the BC Angels of LFL Canada. Dubbed the 'Border War', the game was hosted by the Seattle Mist at the
ShoWare Center in
Kent, Washington, with home venues alternating each season.
2013 season The league delayed the next LFL US season from fall/winter 2012 to April 2013 in order to shift to a spring/summer schedule and to focus on the 2012 LFL Canada season. On June 27, 2013, the 2013 LFL Canada schedule was released. LFL Canada accepted one proposed expansion team, the
Calgary Fillies; their home games would be played at the
Stampede Corral. Meanwhile, the
Toronto Triumph suspended operations for the 2013 season, bringing the number of LFL Canada teams back to four. On September 16, 2013, the LFL then postponed the entire 2013 LFL Canada season until 2014. On October 3, it was announced that the Angels would be replaced in the game by the LA Temptation, citing not enough preparation. The Pacific Cup was played at ShoWare Center on December 6, 2013. Several key players from the Angels joined the Mist while a few key players from Las Vegas Sin joined the Temptation.
2013–14 Australia Following the two All-Fantasy games held in Australia in 2012, LFL Australia premiered in December 2013. Prior to the playing a game, the LFL's deal with the
Ladies Gridiron League (LGL) fell through and the LGL no longer served as a minor league to the LFL. The New South Wales Surge, Queensland Brigade, Victoria Maidens, and Western Australia Angels participated in the inaugural 2013–14 LFL Australia season. The LFL Australia
Legends Cup was played on February 8, 2014, at
nib Stadium in
Perth, Western Australia. On March 23, 2014, LFL Australia accepted one proposed expansion team, the Adelaide Arsenal, with home games to be played at the
Coopers Stadium. However, on September 29, the 2014–2015 season was cancelled due to the lack of a broadcast partner with competition planned to resume in 2015–2016 including an expansion into New Zealand. In February 2015, it was revealed that the players and coaches had actually left after disputes and issues with LFL management, namely commissioner Mortaza. Players and coaches left and joined the
Ladies Gridiron League, originally a subsidiary of the LFL now operating as its own league.
2014 season In the 2013 offseason, the LFL announced that the
Philadelphia Passion and
Minnesota Valkyrie had suspended operations for the 2014 LFL US season. It was also announced that the
Cleveland Crush were moving to
Toledo, Ohio, and play its home games at the
Huntington Center.
2015 season 2016 season On September 16, 2015,
Austin, Texas, received an expansion team for 2016 to play at the
Cedar Park Center and the name was announced as the
Austin Acoustic. On November 2, it was announced that
Dallas, Texas, would rejoin the league in 2016 after being on hiatus since the end of the 2010–2011 season, retaining the
Dallas Desire name, at
Dr Pepper Arena. The
Las Vegas Sin then suspended operations. A team was also added for New England bringing the league's total to eight teams. During the season, New England was forced to forfeit its final game as injuries caused the team to have below the minimum number of players needed to field a team. Seattle won a three-way tie with Dallas and Los Angeles for the best record in the Western Conference while Chicago had the best record in the Eastern Conference. Chicago and Atlanta advanced to the playoffs in the East while Seattle and Dallas advanced in the West. Chicago and Seattle won their Conference Championships and advanced to the Legends Cup in a rematch of both the previous championship and a meeting earlier in the season though with the opposite result of those two prior matches. The season ended on August 27, 2016, with the
Chicago Bliss defeating the
Seattle Mist 31–26 to win their third
Legends Cup. The championship game was played at
WestWorld in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
2017 season The 2017 season began with new teams at Pittsburgh and Denver replacing New England and Dallas. Three teams (Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle) completed the regular season with perfect 4–0 records, a first in LFL history. Chicago and Atlanta advanced to the playoffs from the East while Seattle and Los Angeles advanced in the West. Atlanta upset Chicago in the Eastern Conference Championship, their first victory against the Bliss following seven consecutive defeats. In a war of unbeatens, Seattle bested Los Angeles in the Western Conference Championship. The season ended on September 3, 2017, as the
Seattle Mist beat the
Atlanta Steam 38–28 in the Legends Cup, played at the
Citizens Business Bank Arena in
Ontario, California, to cap off their perfect 6–0 season to go with their second LFL title.
2018 season 2019 season The 2019 season was the tenth and final season of the Legends Football League. It began April 5 and concluded on August 10.
2022 season Following a regular season reduced to two games per team, the
Chicago Blitz defeated the
Atlanta Empire in the first X Cup championship game, 19–12. with a schedule that divided the league into two conferences with the Western Conference playing all of their games before the Eastern Conference would begin play. This unusual format was questionable but no reason was given as to why it was chosen. While the schedule was posted, options for purchasing tickets to these games were not made available. As the date approached the league's website removed the season schedule and its social media ignored the lack of ticket sale options or the aforementioned change to its website. When April 4 arrived, no game was held and the league's social media went silent leaving fans to speculate on the possibility of fraud being perpetrated. ==Media==