2012 UIFL season
LeagueUltimate Indoor Football League
SportIndoor football
DurationFebruary, 2012 – June, 2012
Regular season
Season championsFlorida Tarpons
North championsCincinnati Commandos
  North runners-upErie Explosion
South championsFlorida Tarpons
  South runners-upLakeland Raiders
Ultimate Bowl II
ChampionsCincinnati Commandos
  Runners-upFlorida Tarpons
Finals MVPKyenes Mincy
UIFL seasons

The 2012 United Indoor Football League season was the second season of the league. The league was split into two conferences, and four divisions (two divisions in each conference).[1]

On April 24, the league announced that it had taken over operations of the Mississippi Hound Dogs due to financial difficulty,[2] and modified their schedule to make them a travel-only squad.[3]

On May 14, The UIFL suspended the ownership of Johnstown, Western Pennsylvania The result of the Johnstown suspension leads to the cancellation of the June 2 contest with Erie, and sets the field for the North division. Cincinnati, Erie and Marion will spend the final four weeks of the season fighting for playoff seeding. The Palm Beach Phantoms a former NIFL team will replace the Sting for its two games in Florida. The Phantoms, who are currently participating in an eight-man outdoor league, are applying for inclusion for the 2013 UIFL season.[4] Johnstown was reinstated on May 30, 2012[5]

On June 11, the UIFL accepted self-imposed penalties of the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. As a reaction to several off-the-field incidents, at home and on the road, by some players, the Drillers are banning themselves from the 2012 season. The resulting ban moves Lakeland into the UIFL South division championship game on June 25 against Florida.[6]

For this season only, the UIFL used the name "United Indoor Football League;" the more widely known (and unrelated) United Football League had suspended its operations during the 2012 offseason. Upon the UFL's resumption of operations in late summer 2012, the UIFL reverted to the "Ultimate Indoor Football League" name it had used in 2011.

Standings

2012 United Indoor Football League
Team Conference Overall
W L PCT W L PCT PF PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y 7 2 .778 8 2 .800 594 373
Erie Explosion-x 7 3 .700 8 3 .727 748 362
Marion Blue Racers-x 5 4 .556 6 5 .636 602 467
Johnstown Generals 3 6 .333 3 6 .333 264 441
Western Pennsylvania Sting 0 6 .000 0 7 .000 132 497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y 11 0 1.000 11 0 1.000 687 287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers 5 4 .556 6 4 .600 613 361
Lakeland Raiders-x 5 5 .500 6 5 .545 639 379
Rome Rampage 1 6 .143 1 6 .143 100 462
Mississippi Hound Dogs 1 9 .100 1 9 .100 281 559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

2012 Playoffs

The host for the Ultimate Bowl is determined by the following tiebreakers: overall record, head to head record, record against playoff teams, margin in head to head game, total points allowed, coin flip[7] Due to continued usage of the "United Bowl" name by the Indoor Football League (an issue that also affected the UFL), the UIFL continued to use the "Ultimate Bowl" name for its championship, despite the change in the league's name. N1-Cincinnati N2-Erie N3-Marion S1-Florida S2-Lakeland Raiders

Qualifier Conference Championships Ultimate Bowl II
         
2 Erie 42
1 Cincinnati 60
3 Marion 47
2 Erie 56
N1 Cincinnati 62
S1 Florida 44
2 Lakeland 29
1 Florida 60
2012 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons
Cincinnati Eastern Kentucky Erie Florida Johnstown Lakeland Marion Mississippi Rome Western Pennsylvania

References

  1. ^ Andrew Haines (September 4, 2011). "UIFL President Andrew Haines Blog 9/4/2011". TheUIFL.com. UIFL. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "League steps in on Mississippi". UIFL. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ Montrose, Dave (28 April 2012). "Tarpons clinch playoff spot with win over Dogs". Fort Myers News-Press. Retrieved 29 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "UIFL suspends Johnstown, Western PA". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Johnstown ownership reinstated". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Drillers impose post-season ban". www.wkyt.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. ^ "2012 UIFL playoff schedule". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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