The Arkansas Stars were a professional Indoor football team based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. They were planning to join the Ultimate Indoor Football League in the 2007 football season. They would play their home games at Randal Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus. The team was a 2006 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League.
Notable players include receiver Darrian Chestnut and defensive tackle Chris Charles (who weighs 467 pounds). Also, their clutch kicker Stephen Arnold. Arnold joined the team after three games and made an immediate impact by nailing the game winning extra point in overtime of his first game to give the Stars their first franchise win.
The team had announced their move into the Ultimate Indoor Football League in 2007, then were linked to the NAIFL, when the UIFL and NAIFL announced their merger. When the NAIFL decided not to begin operations, Stars management announced that they would join the UIFL and would play in 2007.
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