2011 CIFL season | |
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League | Continental Indoor Football League |
Sport | Indoor Football |
Duration | February 26, 2011 – June 11, 2011 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
Season MVP | Tyler Sheehan |
League postseason | |
1 vs 4 Semifinals champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
1 vs 4 Semifinals runners-up | Chicago Knights |
2 vs 3 Semifinals champions | Marion Blue Racers |
2 vs 3 Semifinals runners-up | Dayton Silverbacks |
CIFL Championship Game | |
Champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
Runners-up | Marion Blue Racers |
Finals MVP | Tyler Sheehan (CIN) |
The 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's sixth overall season. The regular season started on Saturday, February 26, with the expansion Port Huron Predators defeating the expansion Indianapolis Enforcers 69-12, and ended with the 2011 CIFL Championship Game on June 11, 2011, at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Cincinnati Commandos defeated the Marion Blue Racers 44-29 to clinch their second consecutive CIFL Championship.
In 2011, the league saw its size stay the same for the first time. There were changes to the teams that made up the 6 teams, as Fort Wayne FireHawks, Marion Mayhem and the Wisconsin Wolfpack folded following the 2010 season, and the Chicago Cardinals changed their name to the Chicago Knights, and the Miami Valley Silverbacks established a home arena in Dayton, Ohio and changed their names to the Dayton Silverbacks. The CIFL awarded the Indianapolis Enforcers, the Marion Blue Racers and the Port Huron Predators expansion franchises.
On April 29, 2011 it was announced that the Port Huron Predators would ceased operations immediately. This made the league finish with 5 teams for a second consecutive season.
Since the league remained at 6 teams, they stuck to their ten-game schedule for each team. Every team was scheduled to play a home and away game with every team except Indianapolis, as they were competing as a travel team.
On April 29, 2011 it was announced that the Port Huron Predators would ceased operations immediately As a result of Port Huron folding Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Indianapolis were awarded wins for their remaining games against Port Huron.[1]
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK | ||
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Cincinnati Commandos-y | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 484 | 158 | 53.77 | 17.55 | W10 | ||
Marion Blue Racers-x | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 455 | 218 | 45.5 | 21.8 | L1 | ||
Dayton Silverbacks-x | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 288 | 265 | 32 | 39.4 | W3 | ||
Chicago Knights-x | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 255 | 295 | 28.33 | 32.77 | L5 | ||
Port Huron Predators | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 238 | 226 | 39.6 | 37.6 | L7 | ||
Indianapolis Enforcers | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 71 | 621 | 7.88 | 69 | L3 |
y - clinched regular-season title
x - clinched playoff spot
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Predators | 7 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 69 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Commandos | 13 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 53 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Predators | 6 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
Blue Racers | 7 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 44 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
Silverbacks | 23 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 69 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commandos | 6 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 50 |
Blue Racers | 6 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 44 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Commandos | 26 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 82 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
Predators | 13 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 61 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Blue Racers | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commandos | 14 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
Silverbacks | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 45 |
Predators | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blue Racers | 26 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 78 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Predators | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
Commandos | 7 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 47 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
Silverbacks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Enforcers | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
at 10th Street Sports Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Knights | 6 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 52 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 47 |
Predators | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Knights | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Commandos | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Blue Racers | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Predators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at McMorran Arena, Port Huron, Michigan
Game information |
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Port Huron Forfeit |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Silverbacks | 14 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 75 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commandos | 14 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 48 |
Knights | 6 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 41 |
at Victory Sports Complex, Loves Park, Illinois
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
Silverbacks | 10 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 37 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Blue Racers | 0 | 32 | 14 | 27 | 73 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commandos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Predators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at McMorran Arena, Port Huron, Michigan
Game information |
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Port Huron Forfeit |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Enforcers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Commandos | 14 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 81 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 13 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 53 |
Knights | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Commandos | 13 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 50 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Predators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Silverbacks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Game information |
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Port Huron Forfeit |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Predators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knights | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
at Victory Sport Complex, Loves Park, Illinois
Game information |
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Port Huron Forfeit |
Semifinals | CIFL Championship Game | ||||||||
3 | Dayton | 18 | |||||||
2 | Marion | 53 | |||||||
2 | Marion | 29 | |||||||
1 | Cincinnati | 44 | |||||||
4 | Chicago | 13 | |||||||
1 | Cincinnati | 71 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Knights | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Commandos | 20 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 71 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Blue Racers | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 53 |
Game information | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
Commandos | 7 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
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The league launched the Gameday Center on its website that would allow followers to enjoy live stats for each game. Teams were also allowed to use local media to broadcast the teams under their own terms.
Team | 2011 Coach | 2010 Coach(es) | Reason for leaving | Story/accomplishments |
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Dayton Silverbacks | Derrick Shepard | Brian Wells | Took a job with the Cincinnati Commandos | Wells left to become the special teams coordinator for the Cincinnati Commandos after the 2010 season after compiling a 4–6 (.400) record in 1 year as the head coach.
Shepard, who was the Dayton Silverbacks' head coach in 2009 before he was replaced prior to the 2010 regular season, after posting a 0-10 record. In 2010, he served as the line coach for the Silverbacks under Wells.[3] |
Team | 2011 Coach | Interim | Reason for leaving | Story/Accomplishments |
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Port Huron Predators | Doug Warren | [Jason Lovelock, John Forti |
Fired | Warren was fired before the season started for the Predators and Offensive Coordinator Jason Lovelock took over.[4]
On March 28, the Predators fired their second coach of the season as well as their director of operations. Head Coach Jason Lovelock was let go after Brusate said, "The players wanted something different." Brusate appointed offensive coordinator, John Forti, as the interim head coach.[5] |
Marion Blue Racers | Demetrius Ross | Ryan Terry | Personal reasons | After the Blue Racers got off to a 3-1 start, Demetrius Ross stepped down from his head coaching position, citing personal reasons. His defensive coordinator, Ryan Terry, took over as head coach, just 2 days before the Blue Racers played their first road game at the Dayton Silverbacks.[6] |
Week | |||
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Offense | Defense | Special Teams | |
Week 1 | Robert Height/Levi Raines (PH) | Ernie Smith/Ruben Gay (PH) | Rasko Apostolovski (PH) |
Week 2 | Josh Harris (MAR) | Torry Cornett (CIN) | Tyler Lorenz (MAR) |
Week 3 | George Murray (CIN) | Marcus Allen (MAR) | Mike Tatum (MAR) |
Week 4 | Tyler Sheehan (CIN) | Roger Sippio (PH) | Fred Cromartie (DAY) |
Week 5 | Josh Harris (MAR) | Bryan Williams (MAR) | Tyler Lorenz (MAR) |
Week 6 | Christen Haywood (MAR) | Ray Saunders (MAR) | Brandon Wogoman (CHI) |
Week 7 | Josh Harris (MAR) | James Spikes (DAY) | Fred Cromartie (DAY) |
Week 8 | Josh Harris (MAR) | Kurt James (CHI) | Mike Tatum (MAR) |
Week 9 | Jeremy Greenleaf (DAY) | Viterio Jones (DAY) | Julie Harshbarger (CHI) |
Week 10 | Tyler Sheehan(CIN) | James Cichon (CHI) | Fred Cromartie (DAY) |
Week 11 | George Murray(CIN) | Viterio Jones (DAY) | Brandon Yingling (CIN) |
Week 12 | Josh Harris (MAR) | Viterio Jones (DAY) | JaMarcus Walters (IND) |
Week 13 | George Murray (CIN) | Pernell Phillips/Wendell Brown (CIN) | JaMarcus Walters (IND) |
Week 14 | Tyler Sheehan (CIN) | Pernell Phillips (CIN) | Brandon Yingling (CIN) |
2011 Continental Indoor Football League seasons | |||||||||
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Chicago | Cincinnati | Dayton | Indianapolis | Marion | Port Huron |