The History of The Colorado Springs Flames

The Colorado Springs Flames were established in 1987 as the Olympians by owner Bob Harrelson and have been a member of the Colorado Football Conference (CFC) since Its Inception in 1989. The name was changed in 1990 to the Flames by then owner Bill Jacobs.  Its logo was then changed to its present state in 2001 by owner Kasey Cibart.  The CFC is a state of Colorado network of compliant semi-professional football teams located in the Denver Metro, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Cheyenne, WY. The teams consist of players who are not paid, but instead, pay to play the sport they love.  The Flames  prides themselves as an organization that is willing and looks forward to helping young adults promote positive attitudes while enjoying the sport of football and expanding their hopes and possibilities of  playing at the next level, college or professional.  The Flames organization has won 6 CFC Titles (competed in 9), won 3 Minor League Battle of The Plains Bowl games and appeared in 15Divisional Titles in a span of 16 years.

The CFC is a non-profit organization whose teams annually rank high among the nations top semi-professional football organizations.  The conference schedule usually consist of an 8 game season with play-offs at seasons' end.  The Colorado Springs Flames in keeping compliance with the CFC rules and standards, is also a non-profit armature  organization.  Team try-outs are conducted annually during the month of March and competition is fierce as indicated by the 2007 try-outs, where 80 plus players competed to make the team.  For further information contact Coach Reese at freese3344@msn.com or phone (719) 390-7230