2013 Indoor Football League season

2013 IFL season
League Indoor Football League
Sport Indoor Football
Duration February 15, 2013 – June 15, 2013
Regular season
Season MVP Jameel Sewell
Playoffs
Intense champions Nebraska Danger
  Intense runners-up Colorado Ice
United champions Sioux Falls Storm
  United runners-up Cedar Rapids Titans
2013 United Bowl Championship
Champions Sioux Falls Storm
  Runners-up Nebraska Danger
2013 United Bowl Championship MVP Terrence Bryant

The 2013 Indoor Football League season was the fifth season of the Indoor Football League. Playing with nine teams in two conferences spread across the United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 15, 2013, when the Sioux Falls Storm beat the Green Bay Blizzard 64–41. The season ended on June 15, 2013, with the visiting Sioux Falls Storm defeating the Texas Revolution 52-38.

Teams

For 2013, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each team scheduled to play 14 games during the 16-week regular season. The league contracted from 16 teams to just 9 with the Bloomington Edge, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, Omaha Beef, Reading Express, Everett Raptors, New Mexico Stars, and Wichita Wild either folding, hibernating, or moving to a different league.[1] A new team, the Cheyenne Warriors were expected to join the league for 2013 until the death of the team's owner in late December 2012.[2][3][4] The Texas-based Allen Wranglers changed ownership and became the Texas Revolution.[5]

United Conference

Team Location Arena (Capacity)
Cedar Rapids Titans Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids Ice Arena (4,000)
Chicago Slaughter Hoffman Estates, Illinois Sears Centre (9,500)
Green Bay Blizzard Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin Resch Center (8,621)
Sioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls Arena (4,700)
Texas Revolution Allen, Texas Allen Event Center (6,275)

Intense Conference

Team Location Arena (Capacity)
Colorado Ice Loveland, Colorado Budweiser Events Center (7,200)
Nebraska Danger Grand Island, Nebraska Eihusen Arena (7,500)
Tri-Cities Fever Kennewick, Washington Toyota Center (5,970)
Wyoming Cavalry Casper, Wyoming Casper Events Center (8,395)

Personnel

Robert Loving served as interim commissioner of the IFL in 2012 after Tommy Benizio left mid-season to pursue other opportunities. Benizio is now president of the Texas Revolution, the IFL franchise based in Allen, Texas. Loving was officially named as the IFL's commissioner by the league's board of directors during the 2012 annual league meetings.[6]

For 2013, Michael Allshouse is Director of Football Operations, Sean Whitmire is Director of Communications/Team Services, and Tom Falcinelli is the Director of Officiating.[6]

Standings

2013 Intense Conference
W L T PCT PF PA DIV GB STK
y-Nebraska Danger 10 4 0 0.714 767 655 5-2 0.0 W4
x -Colorado Ice 9 5 0 0.643 651 579 5-3 1.0 L1
Tri-Cities Fever 6 8 0 0.429 626 591 4-4 4.0 W1
Wyoming Cavalry 1 13 0 0.071 433 754 1-7 9.0 L9
2013 United Conference
W L T PCT PF PA DIV GB STK
y - Sioux Falls Storm 10 4 0 .714 645 500 4-2 0.0 W3
x - Cedar Rapids Titans 9 5 0 .643 744 569 6-4 1.0 w2
Chicago Slaughter 9 5 0 .643 598 602 6-5 1.0 W2
Texas Revolution 5 9 0 .357 563 747 3-4 6.0 L2
Green Bay Blizzard 4 10 0 .286 622 652 2-6 6.0 L5

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
      
UC1 Sioux Falls Storm 44
UC2 Cedar Rapids Titans 20
UC1 Sioux Falls Storm 43
IC1 Nebraska Danger 40
IC1 Nebraska Danger 55
IC2 Colorado Ice 50

References

  1. ↑ Hamar, Bob (March 7, 2013). "IFL has seen dramatic change". Grand Island Independent (Grand Island, NE: Berkshire Hathaway). Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cheyenne Warriors join Indoor Football League". Casper Star-Tribune. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "For The Record: Thomas Scott “Toby” SerVoss". The Platte County Record-Times (Wheatland, WY). January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "IFL Announces Revised 2013 Schedule". Indoor Football League. January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ Cummings, Tommy (September 19, 2012). "Allen indoor football league team gets new name". The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX: A. H. Belo). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About the IFL: Staff". Indoor Football League. Retrieved February 23, 2013.