2012 Columbus Lions season

2012 Columbus Lions season
OwnerJohn Hargrove
Keith Norred
Kike Seda
Skip Seda
Rich Jacobson
Head coachJason Gibson
Home fieldColumbus Civic Center
Results
Record6–6
League place3rd
Playoff finishLost Semifinals (Albany) 36–60

The 2012 Columbus Lions season was the sixth season for the professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

The team played their home games under head coach Jason Gibson at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Preseason

Date Kickoff Opponent Result Game Site Recap
March 4 6:00 PM EST Team James All-Stars W 77–12 Columbus Civic Center [1]

Regular season

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site Recap
Final Record
1 March 10 7:30 PM EST at Richmond Raiders L 64–58 0–1 Richmond Coliseum [2]
2 March 17 7:30 PM EDT Knoxville NightHawks W 64–59 1–1 Columbus Civic Center [3]
3 March 24 7:30 PM EDT at Alabama Hammers W 56–43 2–1 Von Braun Center [4]
4 March 31 7:30 PM EDT Alabama Hammers L 63–60 2–2 Columbus Civic Center [5]
5 BYE
6 April 14 7:30 PM EDT Louisiana Swashbucklers W 75–61 3–2 Columbus Civic Center [6]
7 April 21 7:30 PM EDT at Albany Panthers L 57–40 3–3 Albany Civic Center [7]
8 BYE
9 May 6 4:00 PM EDT Albany Panthers W 58–56 4–3 Columbus Civic Center [8]
10 May 12 7:30 PM EDT at Knoxville NightHawks W 58–55 5–3 Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum [9]
11 May 19 7:30 PM EDT at Richmond Raiders L 74–64 5–4 Richmond Coliseum [10]
12 BYE
13 June 2 7:30 PM EDT at Louisiana Swashbucklers L 61–57 5–5 Sudduth Coliseum [11]
14 June 9 7:30 PM EDT Albany Panthers L 57–54 5–6 Columbus Civic Center [12]
15 June 16 7:30 PM EDT Knoxville NightHawks W 76–63 6–6 Columbus Civic Center [13]

Postseason

Round Date Kickoff Opponent Result Game site Recap
Round 1 June 23 7:30 PM EDT at Albany Panthers L 60–36 Albany Civic Center [14]

Roster

2012 Columbus Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 77 Gabe Hollivay

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 58 Dion Small
  • 72 Arthur Smith
  • 65 Issac Williams

Defensive linemen

  • 74 Franklin Lloyd
  • 50 Melvin Matthews
  • 92 Lawson Scott
  •  6 Armond Willis
Linebackers
  • 42 Matt Dunham
  • 51 Justen Rivers

Defensive backs

  •  3 Ramon Broadway
  • 23 Derek Douglas
  •  9 David Smith
  • 14 Cortez Stubbs

Kickers

  • 11 Trey Crum
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 23, 2013
20 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Division standings

2012 Professional Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Richmond Raiders 10 2 0 .833 722 589 61.2 49.1 W6
x-Albany Panthers 10 2 0 .833 694 554 57.8 46.2 L1
x-Columbus Lions 6 6 0 .500 720 713 60.0 59.4 W1
x-Louisiana Swashbucklers 6 6 0 .500 639 647 53.3 59.9 W1
Alabama Hammers 3 9 0 .250 642 683 53.5 56.9 L1
Knoxville NightHawks 1 11 0 .083 547 778 45.6 64.8 L5

References