2013 Cedar Rapids Titans season

2013 Cedar Rapids Titans season
OwnerChris Kokalis
Bob Sullivan
Mike Polaski
Angelique Wonders
Kenneth Moninski
General managerChris Kokalis
Head coachMark Stoute
Home fieldCedar Rapids Ice Arena
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Results
Record9–5
Division placeUnited Conference
Playoff finishLost Conference Championship

The 2013 Cedar Rapids Titans season was the second season of the Cedar Rapids Titans as a football franchise in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of just nine teams competing in the IFL for the 2013 season, the Cedar Rapids Titans were members of the league's United Conference.[1] The team played their home games at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Titans had been scheduled to play this season in the renovated U.S. Cellular Center but construction delays kept that building from re-opening during the 2013 IFL season.

Off-field moves

All Titans games, home and away, were broadcast live on WMT-FM (95.7 FM) this season. Play-by-play duties were split by local radio hosts Dan Egger and Jon Swisher plus Jarod Aarons doing color commentary during home games. In addition, home games were televised on a tape-delay via Mediacom's MC22 with Rob Brooks and Jerry Kiwala calling the action. Local media coverage included a weekly wrap-up show titled Titans Extra hosted by Rob Brooks, head coach Mark Stoute, and general manager Chris Kokalis.[2]

Shortly before the 2013 season began, the owner of the Cheyenne Warriors died and the IFL revised its schedule to accommodate the now 9-team league.[3]

On March 4, 2013, minority owner Mike Polaski placed an advertisement on Craigslist offering his 20 percent stake in the Titans for sale. The restaurateur cited a "downturn in [his] core business" for seeking $80,000 for his fifth of the team's shares. The ad was taken down after local media reports about the sale.[4][5]

Roster moves

The coaching staff for 2013 included head coach Mark Stoute and assistant coaches Sean Ponder, Michael Custer, and Ed Flanagan.[6]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Preseason

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Thursday February 7 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard L 47–67[7] 0–1 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[8][9]

Regular season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent[1] Results Location[10]
Score Record
1 Saturday February 16 6:05pm Chicago Slaughter W 41–31[11][12] 1–0 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
2 Sunday February 23 2:05pm at Chicago Slaughter W 58–52[13][14] 2–0 Sears Centre[15][16]
3 Friday March 1 7:05pm Texas Revolution W 60–21[17][18] 3–0 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[19][20]
4 Friday March 8 7:05pm Wyoming Cavalry W 54–12[21][22] 4–0 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[23][24]
5 BYE
6 BYE
7 Saturday March 30 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard L 38–41 (2OT)[25] 4–1 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[26][27]
8 Saturday April 6 6:05pm at Chicago Slaughter L 45–50[28][29] 4–2 Sears Centre[30]
9 Saturday April 13 7:05pm at Texas Revolution L 72–82[31][32] 4–3 Allen Event Center
10 Saturday April 20 6:05pm Chicago Slaughter W 62–28[33][34] 5–3 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[35]
11 BYE
12 Saturday May 4 7:05pm at Tri-Cities Fever L 68–70[36][37] 5–4 Toyota Center
13 Saturday May 11 7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm W 52–18[38][39] 6–4 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[40]
14 Saturday May 18 7:05pm at Green Bay Blizzard W 54–37[41][42] 7–4 Resch Center[43]
15 Saturday May 25 6:05pm at Sioux Falls Storm L 24–30[44][45] 7–5 Sioux Falls Arena[46][47]
16 Friday May 31 6:05pm at Wyoming Cavalry W 67–55[48] 8–5 Casper Events Center[49]
17 Saturday June 8 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 49–42[50][51] 9–5 Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[52]
18 BYE

Post-season

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
United Conference Championship Saturday June 22 7:05pm at Sioux Falls Storm L 20-44 9–6 Sioux Falls Arena

Roster

2013 Cedar Rapids Titans roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Colton Hansen
  • -- Timothy Curry


Running backs

  • 23 Anthony Silvers


Wide receivers

  •  9 Bryan Pray
  •  4 Carl Sims
  •  7 Desmond Tardy


 Offensive linemen
  • 67 Courtney Abbott
  • 75 Albert Erni Jr.
  • 72 Maurice Robinson
  • -- Brody Dixon


Defensive linemen

  • 52 Robert Jackson
  • 90 Richard Posey


 Linebackers
  • 19 Courtney Daniels
  • -- Vernard Wilkins


Defensive backs

  • 23 Cashmin Thomas
  •  3 Ricky Johnson
  • 28 T. J. Simmons


Kickers

  • 12 Rockne Belmonte

Injured Reserve

  •  1 Charles McCullum QB (IR)
  •  6 LaRon Council RB (IR)
  • 38 Michael Graise DL (IR)


Refuse To Report

  • currently vacant

Roster updated June 20, 2013
20 Active, 3 Inactive

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Standings

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

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