2011 UIFL season

2011 UIFL season
League	Ultimate Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor Football
Duration	February 18, 2011 – June 9, 2011
Regular season
Season champions	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
Season MVP	Jared Lorenzen, NKY
League postseason
1 vs 4 UIFL Semifinals champions	Saginaw Sting
1 vs 4 UIFL Semifinals runners-up	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
2 vs 3 UIFL Semifinals champions	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
2 vs 3 UIFL Semifinals runners-up	Huntington Hammer
Ultimate Bowl I
Finals champions	Saginaw Sting
Runners-up	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
Ultimate Bowl I MVP	Tommy Jones (SAG)
UIFL seasons
	2012 →

The 2011 Ultimate Indoor Football League season will be the first season of the league. The regular season will last from February 18 to May 29^[1] and the postseason, will be held the following two weeks with the championship game being held at the highest remaining seed. The 2011 season went off without any teams folding or any games being missed or rescheduled. The Northern Kentucky River Monsters finished with the best regular season record, finished 11-3. However, due to league sanctions they were not able to host an playoff games and were dropped to a four seed.

Saginaw finished 9-5, followed by Eastern Kentucky 8-6, Huntington 7-7, Johnstown 6-8 and Canton 1-13.

Saginaw defeated Northern Kentucky, 48-47, in the first semifinals of the Ultimate Bowl I Playoffs, sponsored by Trophy Awards. In the other semifinal game, Eastern Kentucky advanced to the championship game with a 20-4 victory over Huntington.^[2] The 2011 Ultimate Bowl, sponsored by Trophy Awards, was played Friday, June 9 at the Dow Center in Saginaw, MI with the Sting claiming a 86-69 victory over the visiting Drillers.^[3]

Following the elimination of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters from the playoffs, NKY owner Jill Chitwood and the UIFL came to terms that allows the River Monsters to leave the UIFL.

1 Standings
2 Statistics
3 2011 Playoffs
4 Awards
5 References

Standings


Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Northern Kentucky River Monsters	11	3	0	.786	569	417	L1
x-Saginaw Sting	9	5	0	.643	473	415	L2
x-Eastern Kentucky Drillers	8	6	0	.571	390	373	W1
x-Huntington Hammer	7	7	0	.500	377	328	W2
Johnstown Generals	6	8	0	.429	292	416	W2
Canton Cougars	1	13	0	.071	370	522	L10

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long
Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	282	490	57.6	3473	81	19	48
Tommy Jones (SAG)	304	488	62.3	3400	87	25	46
Allan Holland (EKY)	200	381	52.5	2386	53	18	42
Martevious Young (HUNT)	201	432	46.5	2199	39	20	45
Ray Marrow (CAN)	84	167	50.3	1243	31	8	47

Rushing

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Martevious Young (HUNT)	85	358	4.2	12	33
Maurice Douse (NKY)	80	268	3.3	12	33
Dray Mason (HUNT)	76	309	4.1	9	25
Terrell Simms (JOHN)	80	240	3.0	7	18
Robert Haynes (SAG)	30	123	4.1	4	27

Receiving

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	116	1359	11.7	34	48
Matthew Barbour (EKY)	94	1216	12.9	25	42
Willie Idlette (NKY)	91	1178	12.9	21	40
LaVaughn Macon (SAG)	101	1184	11.7	32	41
Zac Nichols (SAG)	71	1013	14.3	25	46

2011 Playoffs

Semifinals			Ultimate Bowl I

1	Saginaw Sting	48
4	NK River Monsters	47
			1	Saginaw Sting	86
			2	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	69
2	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	20
3	Huntington Hammer	4

Awards

Most Valuable Player, Jared Lorenzen QB Northern Kentucky
Offensive Player of the Year, Tommy Jones QB Saginaw
Defensive Player of the Year, Thomas McKenzie DL Northern Kentucky

1st Team All-UIFL

Offense
Quarterback	Jared Lorenzen, Northern Kentucky Tommy Jones, Saginaw
Running Back	Dray Mason, Huntington
Wide Receiver	Ricardo Lenhart, Northern Kentucky Ryan Brinson, Canton Aric Evans, Eastern Kentucky
Offensive Line	Khalil El-Amin, Northern Kentucky Matt Rahn, Northern Kentucky Rashaud Mungro, Eastern Kentucky

Defense
Defensive Line	Mike McFadden, Saginaw Thomas McKenzie, Northern Kentucky Michael Robinson, Huntington
Linebacker	Phillip Smith, Saginaw
Jill	Jon D'Angelo, Northern Kentucky
Cornerback	David Jones, Eastern Kentucky DeQwan Young, Johnstown
Safety	Matt Speed, Johnstown

Special teams
Kicker	Dustin Zink, Northern Kentucky
Special Teams	Maurice Douse, Northern Kentucky

2nd Team All-UIFL

Offense
Quarterback	None
Running Back	Maurice Douse, Northern Kentucky
Wide Receiver	Willie Idlette, Northern Kentucky LaVaughn Macon, Saginaw Harry Lewis, Northern Kentucky
Offensive Line	George Frisch, Northern Kentucky Eric Brim, Saginaw Steve Michalek, Saginaw

Defense
Defensive Line	Antonio Reynolds, Canton D'arrell Brown, Northern Kentucky Victor Sesay, Johnstown
Linebacker	Santino Turnbow, Northern Kentucky
Jill	Cody Smith, Canton
Cornerback	Jaret Sanderson, Huntington Jason Connor, Eastern Kentucky Butch Abshire, Eastern Kentucky
Safety	Tez Morris, Northern Kentucky

Special teams
Kicker	Daniel Edison, Eastern Kentucky
Special Teams	Dray Mason, Huntington

Players of the Week

Week
Week	Offense^[4]	Defense^[5]	Special Teams^[6]
Week 1	Aric Evans (EKY)	Kevin Allen Jr. (HUN)	David Jones (EKY)
Week 2	Tommy Jones (SAG)	Kenneth Joshen (NKY)	Brandon Miller (EKY)
Week 3	Harry Lewis (NKY)	Victor Sesay (JOH)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 4	Allan Holland (EKY)	DeQwan Young (JOH)	Maurice Douse (NKY)
Week 5	Martevious Young (HUN)/Ryan Brison (CAN)	Thomas McKenzie (NKY)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 6	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Andre Portis (HUN)	Chris Kolias (SAG)
Week 7	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Santino Turnbow (NKY)	Matt Demunkus (JOH)
Week 8	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Phillip Smith (SAG)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 9	Ray Marrow (CAN)	Brett Hamblen (NKY)	Andrew Beaver (SAG)
Week 10	Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	John Jacobs (SAG)	Daniel Eidson (EKY)
Week 11	Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	Marcus McClinton (EKY)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 12	LaVaughn Macon (SAG)	Toheeb Akinola (JOH)	Matt Demunkus (JOH)
Week 13	Tommy Jones (SAG)	Jon D’Angelo (NKY)	Chris Kolias (SAG)
Week 14	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	DeQwan Young (JOH)	Victor Smith (HUN)
Week 15	Ryan Wells (NKY)	Aaron Princes (JOH)	Daniel Eidson (EKY)

2011 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons
Canton	Eastern Kentucky	Huntington	Johnstown	Northern Kentucky	Saginaw