Dayton Silverbacks

Dayton Silverbacks
Founded 2006
League AIFL (2006)
CIFL (2007–present)
Team history Miami Valley Silverbacks (2006-2010)
Dayton Silverbacks (2011-present)
Arena Hobart Arena (2006-2008)
Hara Arena (2011-present)
Based in Trotwood, Ohio
Team colors Black, Green, Silver
              
Owner Jeff Kolaczkowski
President Jeff Kolaczkowski
Head coach Mister Askew
Championships 0
Division titles 0
Dancers Silverbabes
Mascot Congo

The Dayton Silverbacks are a professional indoor football team based in Dayton, Ohio. The team is currently a member of the Continental Indoor Football League. The Silverbacks joined the CIFL in 2007 after playing their inaugeral season as a expansion team in the American Indoor Football Association as the Miami Valley Silverbacks. 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. The Owner of the Silverbacks is Jeff Kolaczkowski. The Silverbacks play their home games at Hara Arena in nearby Trotwood, Ohio.

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Franchise history

Play begins: 2006

The team began play in 2006 as the Miami Valley Silverbacks, an expansion member of the American Indoor Football League. On Saturday, March 25, 2006, WR/DB Maurice Lee managed to set five AIFL wide receiver records, en route to his team's 57–54 Week 5 road victory over the Steubenville Stampede. He set the records for most catches (16), most reception yards (191), most receiving touchdowns (7), most points (42), and total touchdowns (7).

2007

After the season, the team decided to move to the Continental Indoor Football League, along with their brother franchise, the Steubenville Stampede.

2007 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 24 Port Huron Pirates Away Lost 7-54
March 30 Chicago Slaughter Home Lost 44-66
April 14 Marion Mayhem Home Won 51-48
April 21 Springfield Stallions Home Won 67-29
April 28 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 34-42
May 4 Port Huron Pirates Home Lost 19-78
May 11 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home Lost 37-40
May 18 Steubenville Stampede Home Won 66-44
May 25 Chicago Slaughter Away Lost 47-48
June 2 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away Lost 21-41
June 9 Springfield Stallions Away Won 56-22
June 16 Chesapeake Tide Away Lost 53-54
June 30 Chicago Slaughter (Playoffs) Away Lost 28-60

2007 standings

Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
Great Lakes Conference
Michigan Pirates-y 12 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000
Kalamazoo Xplosion-x 10 2 0 .833 10 2 0 .833
Chicago Slaughter-x 9 3 0 .750 8 2 0 .800
Marion Mayhem-x 6 6 0 .500 6 5 0 .545
Muskegon Thunder-x 4 8 0 .333 4 7 0 .364
Miami Valley Silverbacks 4 8 0 .333 3 7 0 .300
Summit County Rumble 1 11 0 .083 0 7 0 .000
Springfield Stallions 0 12 0 .000 0 11 0 .000
Atlantic Conference
Rochester Raiders-y 10 2 0 .833 90 0 0 1.000
New England Surge-x 8 4 0 .667 8 3 0 .727
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 5 5 0 .500
Chesapeake Tide-x 7 5 0 .583 6 5 0 .545
Steubenville Stampede 5 7 0 .417 2 6 0 .250
NY/NJ Revolution 1 11 0 .083 0 11 0 .000

2008

2008 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 15 New Jersey Revolution Home Won 56-13
March 21 Fort Wayne Freedom Away Lost 48-52
March 29 Saginaw Sting Home Lost 26-70
April 4 Chicago Slaughter Away Lost 38-57
April 12 New England Surge Home Lost 26-54
April 19 Marion Mayhem Home Lost 33-61
April 27 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away Won 43-42
May 2 Fort Wayne Freedom Home Won 35-29
May 16 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home Lost 13-48
May 24 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Lost 27-29
May 31 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away Lost 43-46
June 7 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 44-51

2008 standings

Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
Great Lakes Conference
East Division
Kalamazoo Xplosion-y 11 1 0 .917 5 1 0 .833
Muskegon Thunder-x 5 7 0 .417 2 2 0 .500
Fort Wayne Freedom 5 7 0 .417 2 4 0 .333
Miami Valley Silverbacks 3 9 0 .250 1 2 0 .333
West Division
Chicago Slaughter-y 8 4 0 .667 3 1 0 .750
Rock River Raptors-x 7 5 0 .583 3 1 0 .750
Milwaukee Bonecrushers 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000
Atlantic Conference
East Division
New England Surge-y 8 3 0 .727 5 1 0 .833
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 4 2 0 .667
New Jersey Revolution 3 9 0 .250 2 5 0 .286
Chesapeake Tide 2 10 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
West Division
Rochester Raiders-z 12 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000
Saginaw Sting-y 10 2 0 .833 3 1 0 .750
Marion Mayhem-x 7 5 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
Flint Phantoms 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000

2009

The Silverbacks planned on sitting out the 2009 CIFL season, but due to the West Virginia Wild getting suspended from the league, the CIFL offered for the Silverbacks to take the place of the Wild. They played a 12-game season, primarily as a traveling team. On April 14, the Silverbacks announced that a majority of their remaining 2009 season will be broadcast live online for free on MCP-TV at www.miamicountypost.com. Professional sports announcer, JT Szabo will provide the play-by-play. [1]

2009 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 27 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 0-55
April 4 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away CANCELLED
April 11 Rock River Raptors Away Lost 14-41
April 19 Wheeling Wildcats Home Lost 28-52
April 25 Fort Wayne Freedom Away Lost 28-34
May 2 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 2-36
May 9 Wheeling Wildcats Away Lost 13-33
May 17 Fort Wayne Freedom Home Lost 28-56
May 23 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away Lost 30-53
May 30 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away Lost 32-40
June 6 Fort Wayne Freedom Away CANCELLED
June 13 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 20-53

2009 standings

Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
East Division
Marion Mayhem-y 9 3 0 .750 8 1 0 .889
Fort Wayne Freedom-x 6 5 0 .545 5 2 0 .294
Wheeling Wildcats 2 10 0 .167 2 5 0 .286
Miami Valley Silverbacks 0 10 0 .000 0 7 0 .000
West Division
Chicago Slaughter-y 12 0 0 1.000 8 0 0 1.000
Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 7 5 0 .583 4 4 0 .500
Rock River Raptors 7 5 0 .583 3 5 0 .167
Milwaukee Bonecrushers 3 8 0 .273 1 7 0 .167

2010

Main article: 2010 Miami Valley Silverbacks season

The 2010 Silverbacks announced they will continue play in the CIFL as a full travel squad. The team named former Cincinnati Swarm (af2), Louisville Fire (af2) and Cincinnati Marshals (NIFL) assistant Brian Wells as head coach. The 2010 Silverbacks finished the regular season with, at the time, the best winning percentage in team history (.400) and their second ever playoff berth. The Silverbacks were eliminated in the first round by the eventual CIFL Champion Cincinnati Commandos.[2]

2010 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 13 Cincinnati Commandos Away L, 26-53
April 3 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away L, 32-38
April 10 Fort Wayne Firehawks Away L, 28-44
April 17 Chicago Cardinals Away W, 46-29
April 24 Cincinnati Commandos Away L, 50-58
May 1 Marion Mayhem Away L, 39-64
May 9 Fort Wayne Firehawks Away L, 8-26
May 15 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away W, 22-18
May 29 Chicago Cardinals Away W, 58-24
June 12 Marion Mayhem Away W, 2-0 FORFEIT
June 18 Cincinnati Commandos Away - (Playoffs) L, 24-48

2010 standings

Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
Cincinnati Commandos-y 9 1 0 .900 493 294 49.3 29.4 L1 Details
Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 8 2 0 .800 345 213 34.5 21.3 W3 Details
Fort Wayne Firehawks-x 6 4 0 .600 294 267 36.75 33.375 W2 Details
Miami Valley Silverbacks-x 4 6 0 .400 309 354 34.33 39.33 W1 Details
Marion Mayhem 3 7 0 .300 202 193 33.67 32.16 L5 Details
Chicago Cardinals 0 10 0 .000 205 525 20.5 52.5 L10 Details

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

2011

Main article: 2011 Dayton Silverbacks season

In 2011, the Silverbacks saw several changes. They changed the franchise name from the "Miami Valley Silverbacks" to the "Dayton Silverbacks" and found a home arena in Hara Arena in Trotwood, Ohio.[3] The Silverbacks brought back Derrick Shepard to coach the team after Brian Wells took a job with the Commandos. The Silverbacks continued their success from the following season, finished with a franchise best .500 winning percentage, and a second consecutive playoff appearence. They would go on to lose in the Semi-finals to the Marion Blue Racers.

2011 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 5 Indianapolis Enforcers Home Won 69-19
March 19 Port Huron Predators Away Lost 34-61
March 26 Marion Blue Racers Away Lost 13-34
April 2 Cincinnati Commandos Home Lost 15-32
April 9 Marion Blue Racers Home Lost 14-31
April 23 Chicago Knights Away Won 24-21
April 29 Cincinnati Commandos Away Lost 7-41
May 7 Indianapolis Enforcers Home Won 75-6
May 13 Chicago Knights Home Won 37-20
May 26 Port Huron Predators Home Won 2-0 (Forfeit)
June 6 Marion Blue Racers Away - (Playoffs) Lost 18-53

2011 standings

Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
Cincinnati Commandos-y 10 0 0 1.000 484 158 53.77 17.55 W10 Details
Marion Blue Racers-x 8 2 0 .800 455 218 45.5 21.8 L1 Details
Dayton Silverbacks-x 5 5 0 .500 288 265 32 39.4 W3 Details
Chicago Knights-x 4 6 0 .400 255 295 28.33 32.77 L5 Details
Port Huron Predators 2 8 0 .200 238 226 39.6 37.6 L7 Details
Indianapolis Enforcers 1 9 0 .100 71 621 7.88 69 L3 Details

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

2012

After much speculation about whether or not the Silverbacks would leave the CIFL and join the Ultimate Indoor Football League, the Silverbacks management made an announcement that they would be staying in the CIFL and helping the league rebuild after losing it's top two teams from the 2011 season. Coach Derrick Shepad resigned at the end of the 2011 season.[4] On September 8th, 2011, Mister Askew was named the 6th coach in Silverbacks history.[5]

2012 schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 11 Indianapolis Enforcers Home
March 17 Port Huron Patriots Away
March 23 Chicago Vipers Home
March 31 Port Huron Patriots Home
April 7 Evansville Rage Away
April 14 Indianapolis Enforcers Away
April 21 Chicago Vipers Home
April 28 Evansville Rage Home
May 6 Chicago Knights Away
May 11 Saginaw Sting Away

2012 standings

Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK SEA
Chicago Vipers 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details
Dayton Silverbacks 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details
Evansville Rage 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details
Indianapolis Enforcers 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details
Port Huron Patriots 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details
Saginaw Sting 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 -- Details

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Logos and uniforms

The Silverbacks organization had the same primary logo from 2006 till 2010, featuring a Silverback, who was in brush, waiting to attack about the text, "Miami Valley Silverbacks." When the team mean moved to Dayton in 2011, they unvailed a new logo, again featuring a Silverback, roaring above the word "Silverbacks." The team's primary uniform colors are black, forest green and silver. The Silverbacks' helmet is black with the letter D going through the letter S. The team wore black pants and green and silver jerseys for the entire 2011 season.

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Notable players

Current roster

Quarterbacks
  • Currently vacant

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

  • Currently vacant
 Offensive Linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive Linemen

  • Currently vacant

Linebackers

  • Currently vacant
 Defensive Backs

Kickers

  • Currently vacant
 Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
[1] updated December 7, 2011
1 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Awards and honors

The following is a list of all Miami Valley/Dayton Silverbacks players who have won CIFL Awards

Season Player Position Award
2011 Chris Respress Defensive Back Defensive Player of the Year

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season.

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Matt King 2006–2007 9 18 0 .333 0 1
Carl Allen 2008 3 9 0 .250 0 0
Brian Wells 2010 4 6 0 .400 0 1 Co-CIFL Coach of the Year
Derrick Shepard 2009,2011 5 15 0 .250 0 1
Mister Askew 2012 0 0 0 — 0 0

Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season W L T Finish Playoff results
Miami Valley Silverbacks (AIFL)
2006 5 9 0 5th (Northern) --
Miami Valley Silverbacks (CIFL)
2007 4 9 0 6th (Great Lakes) Lost GLD Qualifier (Chicago) 60-28
2008 3 9 0 4th (GLC East) --
2009 0 10 0 4th (East) --
2010 4 6 0 4th Lost Semifinals (Cincinnati Commandos) 24-48
Dayton Silverbacks (CIFL)
2011 5 5 0 3rd Lost Semifinals (Marion Blue Racers) 18-53
2012* 0 0 0 -- --
Totals 21 47 0 (including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

References

  1. ^ Silverbacks Broadcast Live On www.miamicountypost.com
  2. ^ "Silverbacks Season Ends With A Loss And Lots Of Promise". oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 21, 2010. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4032591. Retrieved December 16, 2011. 
  3. ^ Greg Billing (March 4, 2011). "Silverbacks ready to kick off 6th season". Dayton Daily News. http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/silverbacks-ready-to-kick-off-6th-season-1097230.html. Retrieved December 16, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Coach resigns from Silverbacks". Dayton Daily News. June 15, 2011. http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/coach-resigns-from-silverbacks--1186089.html. Retrieved December 16, 2011. 
  5. ^ Silverbacks coach knows indoor football

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