2019 Indoor Football League season explained

2019 IFL season
League:Indoor Football League
Sport:Indoor football
Duration:February 22 – July 13
No Of Teams:10
Finals Champ:Sioux Falls Storm
Finals Runner-Up:Arizona Rattlers
Seasonslist:List of Indoor Football League seasons
Seasonslistnames:IFL
Prevseason Link:2018 Indoor Football League season
Prevseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2020 Indoor Football League season
Nextseason Year:2020

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 Kevin Guy
Bismarck Bucks Bismarck Event CenterRod Miller
Cedar Rapids River Kings Mark Stoute
Green Bay Blizzard Corey Roberson
Iowa Barnstormers Dixie Wooten
Nebraska Danger Pig Brown
Quad City Steamwheelers Cory Ross
San Diego Strike Force Burt Grossman
Sioux Falls Storm Kurtiss Riggs
Tucson Sugar Skulls Marcus Coleman

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IFL Announces 2019 Schedule . IFL . November 19, 2018 . January 2, 2019 . January 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110325/http://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20181119ikkgni . dead .
  2. Web site: TUCSON INDOOR FOOTBALL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR THE 2019 SEASON . Tucson IFL team . August 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180824002207/http://www.tucsonindoorfootball.com/press-release.html . August 24, 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: Bismarck Bucks moving to IFL, hire new general manager, head coach. Kosirowski. Ken. MyNDNow. October 5, 2018. October 5, 2018. October 6, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075342/https://www.myndnow.com/sports/bismarck-bucks-moving-to-ifl-hire-new-general-manager-head-coach/1501643882. dead.
  4. Web site: Cedar Rapids Indoor Football League announces new name . . September 24, 2018.
  5. Web site: IFL Announces San Diego Expansion Team . OurSportsCentral.com . November 19, 2018.