The Texas Revolution were an American professional indoor football team and a founding member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Revolution were based in Allen and Frisco, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

Founded in 2000 as the Arkansas Twisters, the Little Rock-based team played 10 seasons in af2 before that league folded. The team jumped to the Indoor Football League as the Arkansas Diamonds for the 2010 season. Remaining in the IFL, the team moved to Texas to become the Allen Wranglers for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In 2012, former NFL standout and future hall of famer Terrell Owens played eight games for the Wranglers before being cut in late May.

In 2012, the Wranglers franchise was transferred to a new ownership group and the team was renamed the Texas Revolution for the 2013 season. After five seasons in the IFL, the team moved to the Champions Indoor Football league for that circuit's inaugural season. 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

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| style="background:#fcc;"|League Champions

| style="background:#dfd;"|Conference Champions

| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|Division Champions

| style="background:#96cdcd;"|Playoff berth

| style="background:#c8a2c8;"|League leader

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!rowspan="2" | Season

!rowspan="2" | Team

!rowspan="2" | League

!rowspan="2" | Conference

!rowspan="2" | Division

!colspan="4" | Regular season

!rowspan="2" | Postseason results

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! Finish !! Wins !! Losses !! Ties

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| colspan=11 | Arkansas Twisters

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| 2000 || af2 || National ||

| 6th || 7 || 9 || 0 || align=left |

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| 2001 || af2 || National || South Central

| 5th || 6 || 10 || 0 || align=left |

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| 2002 || af2 || National || Central

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 11 || 5 || 0 || align=left | Lost Division Championship, 32–34 (Tulsa)

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| 2003 || af2 || National || Central

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 9 || 7 || 0 || align=left | Won Wild Card Round, 36–28 (Bakersfield)<br>Won Conference Semifinal, 63–61 (Quad City)<br>Lost Conference Championship, 52–63 (Tulsa)

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| 2004 || af2 || American || Midsouthern

| 4th || 4 || 12 || 0 || align=left |

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!

| 2005 || af2 || American || Southern

| 3rd || 5 || 11 || 0 || align=left |

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!

| 2006 || af2 || National || Midwestern

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 3rd || 10 || 6 || 0 || align=left | Won First Round, 47–43 (Oklahoma City)<br>Won Conference Semifinal, 53–51 (Tulsa)<br>Lost Conference Championship, 30–48 (Spokane)

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| 2007 || af2 || National || Central

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 12 || 4 || 0 || align=left | Lost First Round, 40–62 (Bossier-Shreveport)

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| 2008 || af2 || National || Central

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 11 || 5 || 0 || align=left | Lost First Round, 55–68 (Central Valley)

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| 2009 || af2 || National || Southwest

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 11 || 5 || 0 || align=left | Lost First Round, 36–77 (Boise)

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| colspan=11 | Arkansas Diamonds

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| 2010 || IFL || Intense || Lonestar East

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 11 || 3 || 0 || align=left | Won Conference Quarterfinal, 44–29 (Corpus Christi)<br>Won Conference Semifinal, 36–31 (Amarillo)<br>Lost Conference Championship, 42–53 (Billings)

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| colspan=11 | Allen Wranglers

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| 2011 || IFL || Intense || Lonestar

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 10 || 4 || 0 || align=left | Won First Round, 27–20 (Wyoming)<br>Won Conference Semifinal, 72–54 (Fairbanks)<br>Lost Conference Championship, 46–62 (Tri-Cities)

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| 2012 || IFL || Intense ||

| bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 9 || 5 || 0 || align=left | Lost Conference Semifinal, 40–43 (Wichita)

  • Texas Revolution official website