First Draft Pick: Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes was selected first overall by the Miami Pirates in the 2004 Initital Draft

First Rookie Draft Pick: Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown was selected first overall by the Green Bay Cheese with the first pick of the 2005 Draft

First Draft Pick Trade: On March 6, 2005, the Chicago Cougars traded their first round pick of the 2005 Draft to the Oakland Choppers as part of a deal that involved four players (Javon Walker and Anquan Boldin to Oakland, LaDanian Tomlinson and Santana Moss to Chicago)

First (and Only) Coin Flip to Determine Draft Position: On March 13, 2012, the two expansion teams for the 2012 season - the Denver Destroyers and Washington Corruption - participated in a coin flip on the day of the Expansion Draft to determine who would pick second in the 2012 Draft after the San Francisco Quake; Denver won the toss and was awarded the second pick, while Washington received the third pick

First Player Release/Signing: The Chicago Cougars released running back Correll Buckhalter, a twelfth-round pick in the Initital Draft, on August 10, 2004, and signed running back Willis McGahee to a then-league minimum deal of $0.5 million

First Restricted Free Agent Re-Signing: On April 1, 2005, the Chicago Cougars re-signed wide receiver Keary Colbert, wide receiver Brandon Stokley, and kicker Lawrence Tynes to three-year deals worth $1 million each

First Restricted Free Agents Signed to Guaranteed Contracts: On April 2, 2007, the Oakland Choppers re-signed wide receivers Marvin Harrison (3 years, $16 million per year) and Anquan Boldin (3 years, $14 million per year) to contracts over the $4 million threshold

First Cap Penalty Taken: On November 2, 2007, the Los Angeles Quake released kicker Jeff Wilkins, who had originally been signed to a three-year, $4.5 million per year deal by the Chicago Cougars on Free Agency Day in 2007; the Cougars then traded Wilkins to the Quake for a 2008 second-round pick

First Player Signed to a Contract Over $10 Million Per Year on Free Agency Day: On July 17, 2005, the Chicago Cougars signed running back Larry Johnson to a three-year, $11.5 million per year deal, while the Miami Pirates signed running back Lamont Jordan to a three-year deal for $13 million per year

First Player Signed to a Contract of at Least $20 Million Per Year: On April 9, 2007, the Buffalo Stallions re-signed quarterback Peyton Manning to a three-year deal for $20 million per season; three years later, the Stallions would re-sign Manning to a $40 million per year contract

First Kicker Selected in the Rookie Draft: In the 2005 Draft, the Green Bay Cheese selected Mike Nugent with the eleventh overall pick (Round 2, Pick 1); it would not be until the 2020 Draft that another kicker would be selected (Pittsburgh selected Justin Rohrwasser with the 33rd pick)

First Franchise Relocation: Prior to the 2004 Initial Draft, the Tampa Bay Barracudas relocated to Green Bay and were renamed the Cheeese; the next FFL franchise relocation did not occur until July 24, 2011, when the Los Angeles Quake announced that they were relocating to San Francisco

First Teams to Switch Divisions: Prior to the 2006 season, the first Divisional Switch Lottery was held; the Oakland Choppers moved from the AFC to the NFC, while the Chicago Cougars went from the NFC to the AFC (there were only two divisions from 2004-2011)

First Three-Way Division Switch: On April 19, 2015, the Oakland Choppers moved from the AFC to the CFC, the Chicago Cougars moved from the CFC to the NFC, and the Buffalo Stallions moved from the NFC to the AFC

First Player Placed on Injured Reserve: On September 7, 2004, the Miami Pirates placed wide receiver David Boston on IR

First Trade: On September 9, 2004, the Chicago Cougars traded Donte Stallworth and Willis McGahee to the Cincinnati Scrubs for Carson Palmer

First Player Claimed off of Waivers: On October 18, 2004, the Chicago Cougars were awarded running back Tatum Bell off of waivers and assumed the remainder of his contract (2 years, at a rate of $1 million per year); to make room for Bell, the Cougars released running back Michael Pittman

First Tie Game: In Week 1 of the 2004 season, the Green Bay Cheese and Los Angeles Quake played to a 14-14 tie

First Team to Score Fewer Than 10 Points in a Game: In Week 3 of the 2004 season, the Cincinnati Scubs scored only six points in their 58-6 loss to the Chicago Cougars

First Team to Score Fewer Than 10 Points in a Playoff Game: In Week 15 of the 2018 season, the New York Freedom failed to hit double digits as they were defeated by the Cincinnati Cyclones 53-8

First Team to Score More Than 100 Points in a Game: In Week 8 of the 2004 season, the Buffalo Stallions crossed the century mark in their 106-19 victory over the Chicago Cougars

First Team to Score More Than 100 Points in a Playoff Game: In 2013, the Green Bay Cheese scored 123 points in their Week 15 overtime playoff win over the Cincinnati Cyclones

First Non-Division Winner to Win a Playoff Game: In Week 15 of the 2012 season - the first with the playoff field at four teams - the wild card Cincinnati Cylones defeated the Chicago Cougars 45-36 to advance to Fantasy Bowl XIII; it was not until the 2022 season that the #1 seed would defeat the wild card team in the Week 15 playoff game under the current format (Washington Wildcats defeated the Minnesota Renegades 52-40)

First (and Only) Fantasy Bowl Replay: In 2013, Fantasy Bowl XIV was replayed after the Green Bay Cheese and Miami Pirates tied at 60 in the initial game; Green Bay won the replay (officially considered overtime) 62-48

First FFL Game to Have Every Player on One Team Score: In 2007, the Pittsburgh Pride defeated the Cincinanti Scrubs 96-26 to win Fantasy Bowl VIII; every player in the Pride's lineup scored - QB Kellen Clemens (12 points), RBs Joseph Addai (33) and Ryan Grant (6), WRs Randy Moss (18) and Braylon Edwards (6), TE Antonio Gates (6), K Adam Vinatieri (6), and Vikings defense (9)

First (and Only) Compensatory Draft Pick Awarded: The Chicago Cougars were awarded a compensatory, non-tradeable first-round pick in the 2007 Draft as part of a resolution stemming from a controversy between the Cougars, the Buffalo Stallions, and the Green Bay Cheese over Jeremy Shockey, Julius Jones, and Deuce McAlister. As a result, all three players were declared free agents, and only those three teams could bid on the players (and could sign them to one-year contracts) during the free agency portion of the 2006 Draft; in the event a team did not win the bidding on the players and had attempted to bid on at least one of them, they would receive the compensatory pick; the Cougars ultimately received said pick and used it to select Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe 11th overall in 2007

First Player Selected in the Third Round of the Rookie Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool was selected by the New York Freedom with the 25th overall pick of the 2020 Draft, the first year that the Rookie Draft was expanded from two to three rounds

First Third-Round Rookie Draft Pick Traded: On April 9, 2022, the Pittsburgh Pride traded their 2022 third-round pick to the Minnesota Renegades as part of a trade that involved a total of four draft picks and a player release. No third-round picks had been traded in the 2020 or 2021 drafts

First Undrafted Rookie to Win Rookie of the Year: Buffalo Stallions wide receiver Keenan Allen won the 2013 award despite not being drafted in the two rounds of that year's Rookie Draft; this would not happen again until 2020, when New York Freedom running back James Robinson was named Rookie of the Year despite going undrafted in the three rounds of that year's Draft

First Team to Win the Fantasy Bowl the Season After Finishing with the Worst Record: In 2020, the San Francisco Sabers won Fantasy Bowl XXI one season after finishing with the worst record in the league; the New York Freedom (2015), Minnesota Renegades (2017), and Washington Widlcats (2022) have all made it to the Fantasy Bowl the season after finishing with the worst record, but  lost in their respective title game appearances

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