Fayetteville Mustangs

Arena football team

Fayetteville Mustangs

Established 2022
Folded 2023
Played in Fayetteville, North Carolina
at the Crown Coliseum
fayettevillemustangs.com
League/conference affiliations

* National Arena League (2023)

Current uniform

Personnel
Owner(s)| Dr. Robert Twaddell
Jack Smith
Head coach| Charles Gunnings
Team history

* Fayetteville Mustangs (2023)

Championships
League championships (0)

Conference championships (0)

Division championships (0)

Home arena(s)

* Crown Coliseum (2023)

The Fayetteville Mustangs were a professional indoor football team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, playing their home games at Crown Coliseum. The Mustangs began play as members of the National Arena League in 2023.

On August 24, 2022, the National Arena League announced the Fayetteville Mustangs as an expansion franchise for the upcoming 2023 National Arena League season[1] However, the team withdrew from their inaugural season after playing eight games due to financial difficulties with hopes to return in 2024.[2][3]

## 2023 regular season

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The original schedule was changed following the removal of the Albany Empire on June 15. However, the Mustangs also withdrew from the season on June 26 without playing any of the revised schedule.

Original schedule

Week  | Day  | Date  | Opponent  | Results  | Location
Score  | Record
1  | Saturday  | April 8  | at Orlando Predators | W 68–43  | 1–0  | Amway Center
2  | Bye
3  | Sunday  | April 23  | Jacksonville Sharks | L 53–73  | 1–1  | Crown Coliseum
4  | Saturday  | April 29  | at West Texas Warbirds | W 50–18  | 2–1  | Ector County Coliseum
5  | Sunday  | May 7  | San Antonio Gunslingers | L 27–40  | 2–2  | Crown Coliseum
6  | Bye
7  | Friday  | May 19  | Carolina Cobras | L 34–72  | 2–3  | Crown Coliseum
8  | Saturday  | May 27  | at Albany Empire | W 49-27  | 3–3  | MVP Arena
9  | Saturday  | June 3  | at Carolina Cobras  | W 70–41  | 4–3  | Greensboro Coliseum
10  | Saturday  | June 10  | at Jacksonville Sharks  | L 35–63  | 4–4  | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
11  | Bye
12  | Saturday  | June 24  | West Texas Warbirds  |  |  | Crown Coliseum
13  | Saturday  | July 1  | at Albany Empire  |  |  | MVP Arena
14  | Saturday  | June 15  | Carolina Cobras  |  |  | Crown Coliseum
15  | Saturday  | July 15  | Orlando Predators  |  |  | Crown Coliseum
16  | Saturday  | July 22  | at San Antonio Gunslingers  |  |  | Freeman Coliseum
17  | Saturday  | July 29  | Albany Empire  |  |  | Crown Coliseum

## References

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1. ^ "New arena football team coming to Fayetteville". August 24, 2022.
2. ^ "LEAGUE UPDATES REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE FOR 2023 SEASON". NAL. June 26, 2023.
3. ^ "A MESSAGE TO OUR LOYAL FAYETTEVILLE MUSTANGS FANS". Fayetteville Mustangs. June 26, 2023. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023.

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Former teams|

* Albany Empire (2021–2023)
* Beaumont Renegades (2025)
* Carolina Cobras (2018–2025)
* Corpus Christi Rage (2017)
* Dayton Wolfpack (2017)
* Fayetteville Mustangs (2023)
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* Monterrey Steel (2017)
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* Oklahoma Flying Aces (2024)
* Orlando Predators (2019–2023)
* San Antonio Gunslingers (2022–2023)
* West Virginia Roughriders (2020)

Former venues|

* Albany Civic Center (Georgia)
* Amway Center (Orlando)
* Arena Monterrey (Monterrey)
* Chisholm Trail Coliseum (Oklahoma)
* Cross Insurance Arena (Maine)
* Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville)
* CURE Insurance Arena (Jersey)
* DCU Center (Massachusetts)
* Ector County Coliseum (West Texas)
* Ford Arena (Beaumont)
* Freeman Coliseum (San Antonio)
* Greensboro Coliseum Complex (Carolina)
* Holmes Center (High Country)
* MVP Arena (Albany)
* PPL Center (Lehigh Valley)
* VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville)
* Westchester County Center (New York)

Seasons|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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