The 2014 Indoor Football League season was the sixth season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Playing with nine teams in two conferences spread across the United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 21, 2014, when the reigning league champion Sioux Falls Storm played host to the Nebraska Danger. The regular season ended 17 weeks later on June 21, 2014, with the Nebraska Danger visiting the Texas Revolution.
Teams For 2014, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each of 9 teams scheduled to play 14 games during the 17-week regular season. That was the same number of teams as played in the 2013 IFL season. The Minnesota-based Bemidji Axemen expansion team replaced the Chicago Slaughter which returned to the Continental Indoor Football League for the 2014 season.
United Conference TeamLocationArena (Capacity)Bemidji AxemenBemidji, MinnesotaSanford Center (4,700)Cedar Rapids TitansCedar Rapids, IowaU.S. Cellular Center (6,900)Green Bay BlizzardAshwaubenon, WisconsinResch Center (8,621)Sioux Falls StormSioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls Arena (4,700)Texas RevolutionAllen, TexasAllen Event Center (6,275)
Intense Conference TeamLocationArena (Capacity)Colorado IceLoveland, ColoradoBudweiser Events Center (7,200)Nebraska DangerGrand Island, NebraskaEihusen Arena (7,500)Tri-Cities FeverKennewick, WashingtonToyota Center (5,970)Wyoming CavalryCasper, WyomingCasper Events Center (8,395)
Personnel In mid-December 2013, Michael Allshouse moved up from assistant to commissioner of the IFL, replacing Robert Loving who is now the league's chief financial officer. For 2014, Mike McCoy serves as the Director of Business Development and Tom Falcinelli returns as the Director of Officiating.
Expansion In January 2014, the league announced that the Billings Wolves would join the league for the 2015 season. The Wolves played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana. The city was previously home to the Billings Outlaws who folded after a tornado heavily damaged their home arena.
Standings
Playoffs
Awards
Individual season awards Award Winner Position Team Most Valuable Player Willie Copeland Quarterback Colorado Ice Offensive Player of the Year Chris Dixon Quarterback Sioux Falls Storm Defensive Player of the Year Tyler Knight Linebacker Sioux Falls Storm Special teams Player of the Year Rockne Belmonte Kicker Cedar Rapids Titans Rookie of the Year Nathan Wara Quarterback Green Bay Blizzard Adam Pringle Award Cody Kirby Quarterback Bemidji Axemen Coach of the Year Heron O'Neal Head coach Colorado Ice Executive of the Year Charlies Bosselman Owner Nebraska Danger
1st Team All-IFL
OffenseQuarterbackWillie Copeland, ColoradoRunning backLaRon Council, Cedar RapidsWide receiverClinton Solomon, TexasRyan Balentine, BemidjiKyle Kaiser, ColoradoOffensive tackleMyniya Smith, Sioux FallsDarius Savage, NebraskaCenterCharlie Sanders, Sioux FallsDefenseDefensive lineClaude Wroten, NebraskaKyle Jenkins, Cedar RapidsJordan Morgan, BemidjiLinebackerTyler Knight, Sioux FallsJoe Thornton, ColoradoDefensive backFrankie Solomon, Jr., TexasJamar Love, NebraskaDonyae Coleman, Tri-Cities
Special teamsKickerRockne Belmonte, Cedar RapidsKick returnerTory Harrison, Sioux Falls
2nd Team All-IFL
OffenseQuarterbackChris Dixon, Sioux FallsRunning backKeithon Flemming, Tri-CitiesWide receiverSamuel Charles, WyomingDonte Sawyer, Green BayKayne Farquharson, NebraskaOffensive tackleAlbert Erni, Jr., Cedar RapidsSanford Banks, ColoradoCenterWilliam Maxwell, Green BayDefenseDefensive endDemario Dixon, TexasEze Obiora, Sioux FallsJason Jones, ColoradoLinebackerCorneilus Brown, NebraskaJavicz Jones, TexasDefensive backKyle Theret, Sioux FallsCorey Sample, ColoradoLionell Singleton, Tri-Cities
Special teamsKickerParker Douglass, Sioux FallsKick returnerRobert Brown, Cedar Rapids
References