2019 Indoor Football League season

2019 IFL season
LeagueIndoor Football League
SportIndoor football
DurationFebruary 22 – July 13
Number of teams10
Finals championsSioux Falls Storm
  Runners-upArizona Rattlers
IFL seasons

The 2019 Indoor Football League season was the eleventh of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league played this season with ten teams, up from six the previous season, by adding two expansion teams and two teams from Champions Indoor Football.

The top six teams made the IFL playoffs, with the first round consisting of the top two seeds earning byes, the third seed hosting the sixth seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth seed. In the semifinals, the top seed hosted the lower remaining seed and the second hosting the higher-seeded winner from the first round. The semifinal winners met in the 2019 United Bowl on the weekend of July 13.[1]

Offseason

In August 2018, the IFL announced the first 2019 expansion team, the Tucson Sugar Skulls, owned by Arizona Rattlers' head coach Kevin Guy. On September 7, the IFL announced the Quad City Steamwheelers had joined the league from Champions Indoor Football (CIF).[2] On October 5, the Bismarck Bucks of the CIF also announced their move to the IFL.[3]

During the previous season, the Cedar Rapids Titans were sold to Roy Choi and the team was rebranded as Cedar Rapids River Kings for the 2019 season.[4] In November 2018, Choi also launched a second 2019 IFL expansion team called the San Diego Strike Force.[5]

Teams

Team Location Arena Head coach
Arizona Rattlers Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena Kevin Guy
Bismarck Bucks Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck Event Center Rod Miller
Cedar Rapids River Kings Cedar Rapids, Iowa U.S. Cellular Center Mark Stoute
Green Bay Blizzard Green Bay, Wisconsin Resch Center Corey Roberson
Iowa Barnstormers Des Moines, Iowa Wells Fargo Arena Dixie Wooten
Nebraska Danger Grand Island, Nebraska Eihusen Arena Pig Brown
Quad City Steamwheelers Moline, Illinois TaxSlayer Center Cory Ross
San Diego Strike Force San Diego, California Pechanga Arena Burt Grossman
Sioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls, South Dakota Denny Sanford Premier Center Kurtiss Riggs
Tucson Sugar Skulls Tucson, Arizona Tucson Convention Center Marcus Coleman

Standings

2019 Indoor Football League
W L PCT PF PA GB
z–Arizona Rattlers 14 0 1.000 879 510 —
y–Iowa Barnstormers 12 2 .857 716 522 2.0
x–Sioux Falls Storm 11 3 .786 738 589 3.0
x–Green Bay Blizzard 9 5 .643 590 521 5.0
x–Nebraska Danger 7 7 .500 714 656 7.0
x–Tucson Sugar Skulls 7 7 .500 728 705 7.0
Quad City Steamwheelers 6 8 .429 709 650 8.0
Bismarck Bucks 2 12 .143 474 751 12.0
Cedar Rapids River Kings 1 13 .071 413 730 13.0
San Diego Strike Force 1 13 .071 524 851 13.0

z – clinched regular season title

y – clinched playoff bye

x – clinched playoff spot

Last updated: 06/15/2019[6]

Playoffs

First Round Semifinals 2019 United Bowl
5 Nebraska 45
6 Tucson 47 1 Arizona 62
3 Sioux Falls 50 3 Sioux Falls 56
1 Arizona 53
3 Sioux Falls 52
5 Nebraska 45 2 Iowa 50
4 Green Bay 40

References

  1. ^ "IFL Announces 2019 Schedule". IFL. November 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "TUCSON INDOOR FOOTBALL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR THE 2019 SEASON". Tucson IFL team. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Kosirowski, Ken (October 5, 2018). "Bismarck Bucks moving to IFL, hire new general manager, head coach". MyNDNow. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Cedar Rapids Indoor Football League announces new name". KCRG-TV. September 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "IFL Announces San Diego Expansion Team". OurSportsCentral.com. November 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "IFL standings". IFL. Retrieved June 15, 2019.


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