The Outlawz and the Reading Express were the first professional indoor football team to be based in Lehigh Valley.

They played their home games at the Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In 2006, the Outlawz made the jump to professional status when they joined the Great Lakes Indoor Football League.

The team would take a big step in winning their first playoff game against the New England Surge before being defeated by the Saginaw Sting in the Atlantic Division Championship.

Later three more teams, the Southland (IL) Chill, the Bridgeview Red Devils, and the Pennsylvania Stillers were announced as participants in the newly formed league.