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{{Short description|Indoor football team}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Baltimore Blackbirds
| current = 
| logo =Baltimore Blackbirds Logo.jpg
| helmet = Baltimore Blackbirds Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2007
| folded = 2007
| city = [[Baltimore, Maryland]]<br>at the [[1st Mariner Arena]]
| misc = 
| colors = Black, Red, White <br>{{color box|black}} {{color box|#CD0000}} {{color box|white}}
| owner = 
| president = 
| general manager = [[John Wolfe (American football)|John Wolfe]]
| coach = [[Chris Simpson (American football)|Chris Simpson]]
| cheerleaders = 
| mascot = 
| league =
'''[[American Indoor Football Association]] (2007)'''
| team_history       =
*'''Baltimore Blackbirds (2007)'''
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs = 
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs = 
| no_playoff_appearances = 0
| playoff_appearances = 
| arena_years =
*'''[[1st Mariner Arena]] (2007)'''
}}

The '''Baltimore Blackbirds''' were an [[indoor American football|indoor football]] team based in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. They played the 2007 season as an expansion member of the [[American Indoor Football Association]], at the [[1st Mariner Arena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/high_school_sports/ph-ac-cs-newcoaches-20140829-story.html|title=Anne Arundel County's new football coaches scramble to get teams on good footing - Capital Gazette|author=Capital Gazette|date=29 August 2014|work=capitalgazette.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-orioles-white-sox-riots-ppd-0428-20150428-story.html|title=Baltimore Riots Cause Second White Sox-Orioles Game To Be Postponed - Hartford Courant|agency=Associated Press|date=28 April 2015|work=courant.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-06-21/sports/bs-sp-preston-ravens-column-0622-20100621_1_fire-station-firefighter-long-snapper-joe-maese|title=Joe Maese - Ex-Raven Maese goes from football field to fire station - tribunedigital-baltimoresun|work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun}}</ref>

==History==
The team was originally going to be a member of the [[Eastern Indoor Football League]], but left for the AIFA soon after the "League Showcase/Jamboree" held inside the [[Mahoning Valley HitMen]]'s "ThunderDome".

The Blackbirds played a predominant road schedule (eight away games, five at home), finishing with a record of 1–12. The team suffered severe financial problems, which resulted in players and coaches not receiving paychecks from their last two games for several months. Simpson resigned as head coach on August 3, 2007, expressing doubt about the future of the team. Three days later the AIFA moved to expel the Blackbirds from the league for breach of contract resulting from the Blackbirds negotiations with other leagues.

The arena lease was held by the league who opted to replace them with a new team which brought about the creation of the [[Baltimore Mariners]].

== Season-by-season ==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
|2007 || 1 || 12 || 0 || 7th Southern || --
{{s-end}}

==2007 season schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/[[Home team|Away]]
!Result
|-
|March 10
|[[Reading Express]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 6-78
|-
|March 16
|[[Lakeland Thunderbolts]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 14-69
|-
|March 24
|[[Mississippi Mudcats]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 20-80
|-
|March 31
|[[Carolina Speed]]
|Home
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 25-48
|-
|April 6
|[[Canton Legends]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 2-38
|-
|April 14
|[[Montgomery Bears]]
|Home
|[[Wiktionary:wloss|Lost]] 22-51
|-
|April 21
|[[Florence Phantoms]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 40-65
|-
|April 29
|[[Gulf Coast Raiders]]
|Home
|[[Wiktionary:win|Won]] 44-10
|-
|May 5
|[[Carolina Speed]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 32-52
|-
|May 12
|[[Montgomery Bears]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 11-58
|-
|May 21
|[[Reading Express]]
|Home
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 32-58
|-
|May 25
|[[Tallahassee Titans]]
|Away
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 40-73
|-
|June 1
|[[Johnstown Riverhawks]]
|Home
|[[Wiktionary:loss|Lost]] 17-19
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070103215117/http://www.baltimoreblackbirdsfootball.com/ Official website] Website down as of 9/19/07
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070501214432/http://www.thestatguys.com/AIFA/BAL.HTM#team.tem Blackbirds' 2007 Stats]

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{{Maryland Sports}}

[[Category:American Indoor Football Association teams]]
[[Category:American football teams in Baltimore]]
[[Category:Defunct American football teams in Maryland]]
[[Category:American football teams established in 2007]]
[[Category:American football teams disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Maryland]]
[[Category:2007 disestablishments in Maryland]]

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