2017 Sioux City Bandits season explained

Team:	Sioux City Bandits
Year:	2017
Record:	9–3
League Place:	2nd
Conference Place:	1st
Coach:	Erv Strohbeen
General Manager:	Bob Scott
Owner:	Bob Scott
Stadium:	Tyson Events Center 401 Gordon Drive Sioux City, Iowa 51101
Playoffs:	Won Quarter-Finals (Bismarck) 82–43 Lost North Conference Championship (Omaha) 55–45
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 Sioux City Bandits season is the team's seventeenth as the Sioux City Bandits, eighteenth overall and third as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 14 teams in the CIF for the 2017 season, they play in the 7-team North Conference.

The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Dave Croston and Paul Dacres.

Awards and honors

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories.

• For Week 1, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week,^[1] and kick returner Dominique Carson as the Special Teams Player of the Week.^[1]
• For Week 2, the CIF named running back Frederick Bruno as the Offensive Player of the Week, scoring five touchdowns and rushing for 93 yards on ten carries and also caught three passes for 31 yards.^[1]
• In Week 5, the CIF honored defensive back Cliff Stokes as the Defensive Player of the Week, as he recorded six tackles and intercepted three passes (scoring on one interception), to accompany his 71 interception-return yards.^[1]
• For Week 6, the CIF brought kicker Greg Conry into the spotlight as the Special Teams Player of the Week, as he scored 21 of the team's 63 points, pushing the Bandits past Omaha, 63–56. Conry was 6/6 on extra point attempts, and went 5/6 on field goal kicking. He nailed kicks from 29, 32, 35, 40, and 49 yards. His only Miss came from 46 yards away.^[1]
• In Week 7, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week for his second time of the season. He made eight tackles, had three tackles-for-loss, including 1.5 sacks.^[1]
• During Week 13, Bandits kicker Greg Conry became the Special Team's Player of the Week for the second week, scoring 17 total points, as he was perfect for both field goals (3/3) and extra points (8/8).^[1]

Schedule

Key:

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	February 25	7:05pm	Omaha Beef	W 63–44	1–0	Tyson Events Center	3,381
2	Saturday	March 4	7:05pm	Bismarck Bucks	W 77–37	2–0	Tyson Events Center	2,720
3	BYE
4	Friday	March 17	7:05pm	at Bismarck Bucks	W 30–16	3–0	Bismarck Event Center	N/A
5	Saturday	March 25	7:05pm	Kansas City Phantoms	W 62–35	4–0	Tyson Events Center	3,436
6	Friday	March 31	7:05pm	at Omaha Beef	W 63–56	5–0	Ralston Arena	3,810
7	BYE
8	Saturday	April 15	7:05pm	Bloomington Edge	W 62–56	6–0	Tyson Events Center	3,060
9	Saturday	April 22	7:05pm	at West Michigan Ironmen	L 35–76	6–1	L.C. Walker Arena	N/A
10	Saturday	April 29	7:05pm	West Michigan Ironmen	W 53–37	7–1	Tyson Events Center	4,787
11	Saturday	May 6	7:05pm	at Bismarck Bucks	L 61–63	7–2	Bismarck Event Center	N/A
12	BYE
13	Saturday	May 20	7:05pm	Bismarck Bucks	W 67–49	8–2	Tyson Events Center	4,529
14	Saturday	May 27	7:05pm	at Omaha Beef	W 61–55	9–2	Ralston Arena	3,277
15	Friday	June 2	7:05pm	at Kansas City Phantoms	L 70–75	9–3	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena	N/A

Post-season

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
First Round	Saturday	June 10	7:05pm	Bismarck Bucks	W 82–43	1–0	Tyson Events Center	1,753
Conference Championship	Saturday	June 17	7:05pm	Omaha Beef	L 45–55	1–1	Tyson Events Center	2,407

Notes and References

1. Web site: Players of the Week . 2017-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170708032650/http://gocif.net/playersoftheweek.html . 2017-07-08 . dead .