2011 Kansas City Command season
Head coachDanton Barto
Home fieldSprint Center
Results
Record6–12
Division place4th NC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2011 Kansas City Command season was the fourth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and the first under their new team name, having previously been known as the Kansas City Brigade. The team was coached by Danton Barto and played their home games at Sprint Center. This is the first season for the Command since 2008, after the league went on hiatus in 2009 and the franchise was not active in 2010. The Command finished the season 6–12, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Standings

Central Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
y-Chicago Rush 13 5 .722 957 833 6–2 9–3 7–2 6–3
x-Dallas Vigilantes 11 7 .611 1061 1007 6–2 7–5 6–3 5–4
Tulsa Talons 8 10 .444 894 899 3–5 4–7 4–5 4–5
Kansas City Command 6 12 .333 854 974 3–5 4–9 4–4 2–7
Iowa Barnstormers 5 13 .278 916 1116 2–6 5–7 4–5 1–8

y - Clinched division
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

The Command began the season on the road against the Dallas Vigilantes on March 12. Their first home game of the season did not come until April 15 when they took on the Iowa Barnstormers. They played the Tulsa Talons at home in their final regular season game.[1]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Report
Score Record
1 Saturday March 12 Noon CST at Dallas Vigilantes L 46–53 0–1 American Airlines Center [2]
2 Friday March 18 9:30 p.m. CDT at San Jose SaberCats L 60–57 0–2 HP Pavilion at San Jose [3]
3 Bye
4 Friday April 1 10:00 p.m. CDT at Spokane Shock L34–61 0–3 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena [4]
5 Saturday April 9 7:30 p.m. CDT Iowa Barnstormers W 62–48 1–3 Sprint Center [5]
6 Saturday April 16 7:00 p.m. CDT Arizona Rattlers L 49–63 1–4 Sprint Center [6]
7 Friday April 22 7:00 p.m. CDT at Chicago Rush W 58–51 2–4 Allstate Arena [7]
8 Friday April 29 7:30 p.m. CDT Dallas Vigilantes L 63–72 2–5 Sprint Center [8]
9 Saturday May 7 7:00 p.m. CDT New Orleans VooDoo L 52–59 2–6 Sprint Center [9]
10 Friday May 13 6:30 p.m. CDT at Tampa Bay Storm L 30–46 2–7 St. Pete Times Forum [10]
11 Saturday May 21 7:00 p.m. CDT at Tulsa Talons W 40–38 3–7 BOK Center
12 Saturday May 28 7:00 p.m. CDT Spokane Shock W 45–42 4–7 Sprint Center [11]
13 Saturday June 4 1:00 p.m. CDT Chicago Rush L 30–58 4–8 Sprint Center [12]
14 Saturday June 11 7:00 p.m. CDT at Milwaukee Mustangs L 34–54 4–9 Bradley Center [13]
15 Sunday June 19 1:00 p.m. CDT Cleveland Gladiators W 50–41 5–9 Sprint Center [14]
16 Friday June 24 7:00 p.m. CDT at Utah Blaze L 60–61 5–10 EnergySolutions Arena [15]
17 Bye
18 Saturday July 9 7:05 p.m. CDT at Iowa Barnstormers L 40–48 5–11 Wells Fargo Arena [16]
19 Friday July 15 7:30 p.m. CDT Jacksonville Sharks W 49–48 (OT) 6–11 Sprint Center [17]
20 Saturday July 23 7:00 p.m. CDT Tulsa Talons L 55–71 6–12 Sprint Center [18]

Roster

Kansas City Command 2011 final roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 22 Victor Mann FB/LB

Wide receivers

  •  2 Bradly Chavez
  •  6 Steven Savoy
  •  6 Christian Wise
  •  8 Bret Smith
  • 10 Robert Gill
  • 11 Brent Holmes
  • 13 Aaron Hosack
  • 18 O. J. Simpson WR/DB
  • 18 Tommy Saunders
  • 20 Tod Devoe
 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

  • 15 Brian Umstead

Regular season

Week 1: at Dallas Vigilantes

Week 1: Kansas City Command at Dallas Vigilantes – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 0 14 131946
Vigilantes 13 10 141653

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: March 12
  • Game time: Noon CST
  • Game attendance: 5,129
  • Referee: Chris Snead
  • Recap
Game information

Week 2: at San Jose SaberCats

Week 2: Kansas City Command at San Jose SaberCats – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 6 22 141557
SaberCats 14 20 9750

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: March 18
  • Game time: 9:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 9,563
  • Referee: Shawn Hochuli
  • Recap
Game information

Week 3: BYE

Week 4: at Spokane Shock

Week 4: Kansas City Command at Spokane Shock – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 6 6 71534
Shock 17 21 101361

at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington

  • Date: April 1
  • Game time: 10:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 9,172
  • Referee: Shawn Hochuli
  • Recap
Game information

Week 5: vs. Iowa Barnstormers

Week 5: Iowa Barnstormers at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Barnstormers 0 12 63048
Command 13 7 142862

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 9
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 5,438
  • Referee: Shawn Hochuli
  • Recap
Game information

Week 6: vs. Arizona Rattlers

Week 6: Arizona Rattlers at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rattlers 21 7 142163
Command 7 14 141449

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 16
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 4,166
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • Recap
Game information

Week 7: at Chicago Rush

Week 7: Kansas City Command at Chicago Rush – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 7 31 61458
Rush 13 17 71451

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: April 22
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 7,310
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • Recap
Game information

Week 8: vs. Dallas Vigilantes

Week 8: Dallas Vigilantes at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Vigilantes 14 14 212372
Command 29 8 131363

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 29
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 3,502
  • Referee: Jim Corpora
  • Recap
Game information

Week 9: vs. New Orleans VooDoo

Week 9: New Orleans VooDoo at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
VooDoo 14 7 72149
Command 7 21 141052

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: May 7
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 4,422
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • Recap
Game information

Week 10: at Tampa Bay Storm

Week 10: Kansas City Command at Tampa Bay Storm – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 3 13 7730
Storm 14 13 61346

at St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

  • Date: May 13
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 11,172
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • Recap
Game information

Week 11: at Tulsa Talons

Week 11: Kansas City Command at Tulsa Talons – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 7 6 72040
Talons 7 7 101438

at BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • Date: May 21
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Referee: Joe Pester
Game information

Week 12: vs. Spokane Shock

Week 12: Spokane Shock at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Shock 7 7 131542
Command 13 16 13345

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: May 28
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 3,870
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • Recap
Game information

Week 13: vs. Chicago Rush

Week 13: Chicago Rush at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rush 7 16 72858
Command 0 9 14730

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: June 4
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 3,635
  • Referee: Tom McCabe
  • Recap
Game information

Week 14: at Milwaukee Mustangs

Week 14: Kansas City Command at Milwaukee Mustangs – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 7 14 7634
Mustangs 14 7 102354

at Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Date: June 11
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 5,249
  • Referee: Tony Cannella
  • Recap
Game information

Week 15: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

Week 15: Cleveland Gladiators at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Gladiators 14 7 13741
Command 13 13 141050

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: June 19
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 3,938
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • Recap
Game information

Week 16: at Utah Blaze

Week 16: Kansas City Command at Utah Blaze – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 6 27 72060
Blaze 13 20 141461

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: June 24
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 9,270
  • Referee: Shaun Hochuli
  • Recap
Game information

Week 17: BYE

Week 18: at Iowa Barnstormers

Week 18: Kansas City Command at Iowa Barnstormers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Command 6 13 71440
Barnstormers 7 21 14648

at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa

  • Date: July 9
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 8,347
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • Recap
Game information

Week 19: vs. Jacksonville Sharks

Week 19: Jacksonville Sharks at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Sharks 6 21 015648
Command 0 21 129749

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: July 15
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • recap
Game information

Week 20: vs. Tulsa Talons

Week 20: Tulsa Talons at Kansas City Command – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Talons 14 20 102771
Command 7 7 142755

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: July 23
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 5,575
  • Referee: Reggie Smith
  • Recap
Game information

References

  1. ^ Marissa Merritt (October 27, 2010). "Historic AFL 18-Game Schedule Kicks Off on March 11, 2011" (PDF). Arena Football League. Retrieved January 21, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "KC Nearly Pulls Off Comeback in First Game". Kansas City Command. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "Command Goes The Distance With #1 Ranked SaberCats". Kansas City Command. Retrieved March 22, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Command in Awe as Shock Win by 27 Points". Kansas City Command. Retrieved April 17, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Command Wins Home Opener!". Kansas City Command. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "Command Go Down to Undefeated Arizona, But Not Without a Fight — (49–63)". Kansas City Command. Retrieved April 20, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Command Steals Rush's Limelight and Gets First Road Win — 58–51". Kansas City Command. Retrieved April 23, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Command Falls as Dallas Makes Heroic Comeback in Second Half". Kansas City Command. Retrieved May 10, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Command Bewitched by VooDoo, 52–59". Kansas City Command. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  10. ^ "Mistakes Doom Command in Loss at Tampa Bay". Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "Command Get Revenge Against Shock". Retrieved June 1, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Command Drop Game to Division-Leaders Rush". Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  13. ^ "Command Falls on the Road to Milwaukee". Retrieved June 15, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Command Bomb Gladiators". Retrieved June 22, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Command Fall Short in Utah". Retrieved June 26, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Turnovers Doom Command in Loss to Iowa". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  17. ^ "Command Pull Off Upset Win Over Jacksonville". Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  18. ^ "Command Fall in 2011 Finale". Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
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