The National Women's Football Association (NWFA) was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in exhibition games.

The NWFA was originally called the National Women's Football League, but changed its name after the 2002 season.

League founder Catherine Masters was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

[3] NWFA teams played according to standard National Football League rules with the following notable exceptions: