The Silverbacks are the third indoor football team to be based in Dayton, the first being the Dayton Warbirds, who later became the Dayton Bulldogs, of the National Indoor Football League and the second being the Cincinnati Marshals who playing their 2007 season in Dayton.
The Silverbacks are the fourth indoor football team to be based in Dayton, the first being the Dayton Skyhawks of the original Indoor Football League. The Skyhawks were followed by the Dayton Warbirds, who later became the Dayton Bulldogs, of the National Indoor Football League and the third being the Cincinnati Marshals who playing their 2007 season in Dayton.