| Team: | Saginaw Sting |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Record: | 8-0 |
| League Place: | 1st |
| Coach: | Fred Townsend |
| General Manager: | Robert Licht |
| Stadium: | Dow Event Center |
| Playoffs: | Won CIFL Championship Game (Silverbacks) 35-7 |
| Mvp: | Tommy Jones |
The 2012 Saginaw Sting season is the fourth season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.
On November 11, 2011, Esposito sold his rights to operate the team to Schweigert, Rob Licht and Jim O'Brien. The new ownership announced the same day that they would be moving the team back to the CIFL.[1] On December 29, 2011, the Sting announced that 2011 interim head coach Vince Leveille would return as the full-time head coach for the 2012 season,[2] but just 11 days before the team's first game, Leveille stepped down as the head coach, citing that his full-time job made him unavailable to do both. Defensive Coordinator Fred Townsend took over as the team's head coach.[3]
With an 8–0 record, the Sting returned to the CIFL playoffs for the first time since 2008, when they won the 2008 CIFL Championship Game and finished the season as the Atlantic Conferences's #2 seed.
In the 2012 CIFL Championship Game, the Sting defeated the Dayton Silverbacks 35-7, to win the CIFL championship. The title for the Sting was their 3rd in the last 4 seasons of playing.[4]
| Position | Player | 2012 team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR | Andrew Beaver | Saginaw Sting | |
| OL | Eric Brim | Saginaw Sting | |
| DB | Calvin Brown | did not play | |
| DL | Saginaw Sting | ||
| DL | Michael Carter | Saginaw Sting | |
| WR | Chuck Dowdell | Bloomington Edge | |
| RB | Robert Haynes | did not play | |
| LB | James Herring | did not play | |
| DL | Shawn Horetski | did not play | |
| LB | John Jacobs | Saginaw Sting | |
| QB | Saginaw Sting | ||
| K | Chris Kolias | Marion Blue Racers | |
| DB | Ed Loscalzo | did not play | |
| WR | Yvens Louis | Chicago Vipers | |
| WR | Wyoming Cavalry | ||
| DL | Mike McFadden | did not play | |
| DL | Mike McGowan | did not play | |
| OL | Steve Milalak | did not play | |
| WR | Zac Nichols | Saginaw Sting | |
| DB | Tony Norman | did not play | |
| OL | Josh Pack | Saginaw Sting | |
| DB | Shawn Richardson | Saginaw Sting | |
| LB | Phillip Smith | did not play | |
| DB | Jaa Valentine | Marion Blue Racers |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | |||||||
| 1 | Bye | |||||||
| 2 | March 18 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Chicago Vipers | W 64-32 | 1-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 3 | March 25 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Indianapolis Enforcers | W 91-18 | 2-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 4 | March 30 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Evansville Rage | W 72-29 | 3-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 5 | April 7 | 7:30 P.M. EST | at Chicago Pythons | Cancelled | The Megaplex | |||
| 6 | April 14 | 7:30 P.M. EST | at Port Huron Patriots | W 49-35 | 4-0 | McMorran Arena | ||
| 7 | April 20 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Port Huron Patriots | W 42-20 | 5-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 8 | April 27 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Chicago Pythons | W 61-16 | 6-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 9 | May 5 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Indianapolis Enforcers | W 62-0 | 7-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 10 | May 11 | 7:30 P.M. EST | Dayton Silverbacks | W 41-25 | 8-0 | Dow Event Center | ||
| 11 | May 19 | 7:30 P.M. EST | at Evansville Rage | Cancelled | Swonder Ice Arena | |||
The Sting set a CIFL record by scoring 91 point in a single game. The previous high has been the Rochester Raiders in a 90-45 win over Lehigh Valley Outlawz on May 7, 2006.[5]
With the win, the Sting improved to 3-0.