Springfield Stallions

Springfield Stallions
Established 2006
Folded 2007
Played in Springfield, Illinois
at the Prairie Capital Convention Center
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League/conference affiliations

Continental Indoor Football League (2007)

  • Great Lakes Conference (2007)
Team colors Red, Black, Silver
              
Personnel
Head coach Kevin Gade (2007)
Team history
  • Springfield Stallions (2007)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

The Springfield Stallions were an indoor football team that played their home games in Springfield Illinois.[1] They were a 2007 expansion member of the Continental Indoor Football League. The Stallions played their home football games at the Prairie Capital Convention Center which is located in downtown Springfield. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 for football games.

This was the inaugural season for the Stallions at the professional level. There had previously been a semi-pro team in Springfield called the Stallions in 2006 which played for the 8FL. While the current Stallions ownership maintained the rights to the original franchise (and maintained a few players from the semi-pro team) the current Stallions' history was not considered a continuation of the original team's. The team was originally coached by Kevin Gade. They did sign former professional NFL or other professional indoor league players like Winston Taylor, Kevin Galbreath and Freddie Weinke [2]

The Stallions one season in the CIFL ended with a few weeks remaining in the season. The owner of the team, Justin Gettys disappeared three weeks into the season leaving management and the coaching staff to try and scrape together a team for the remainder of the season.

Following a teleconference involving remaining management and the league office, the team ended operations before the conclusion of the 2007 season.[3] The semi-pro 8-man football team, the Capital City Outlaws, replaced the Stallions for one game against the Chicago Slaughter, only to be blown out 61-6. [4]

Season-By-Season

SeasonWLTFinishPlayoff results
200701208th Great Lakes--

2007 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
April 7 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home Lost 19-47
April 14 Port Huron Pirates Home Lost 6-54
April 21 Miami Valley Silverbacks Away Lost 29-67
April 28 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away Lost 14-38
May 5 Marion Mayhem Home Lost 26-51
May 12 Steubenville Stampede Away Lost** 8-66
May 19 Muskegon Thunder Home Lost 25-49
May 25 Muskegon Thunder Away Lost 36-52
June 3 Chicago Slaughter Home Lost 44-69
June 9 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home Lost 22-56
June 16 Marion Mayhem (Stallions forfeit) Away Lost 0-2
June 24 Chicago Slaughter (Stallions forfeit) Away Lost 0-2
    • - "Stallions" team was actually fielded by the league and was not the actual Stallions team from Springfield.

2007 CIFL Standings

2007 Continental Indoor Football League
Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
Great Lakes Conference
Michigan Pirates-y12001.00010001.000
Kalamazoo Xplosion-x1020.8331020.833
Chicago Slaughter-x930.750820.800
Marion Mayhem-x660.500650.545
Muskegon Thunder-x480.333470.364
Miami Valley Silverbacks480.333370.300
Summit County Rumble1110.083070.000
Springfield Stallions0120.0000110.000
Atlantic Conference
Rochester Raiders-y1020.83390001.000
New England Surge-x840.667830.727
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x750.583550.500
Chesapeake Tide-x750.583650.545
Steubenville Stampede570.417260.250
NY/NJ Revolution1110.0830110.000

References

  1. ↑ "Springfield Stallions". oursportscentral.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Leonard joins Stallions Coaching Staff". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. January 8, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jr. Blues skate on as Springfield's longest-operating sports franchise". sj-r.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. ↑ Capital City Outlaws page at Indoor Football Encyclopedia
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