2009 Indoor Football League season
The 2009 Indoor Football League season is the inaugural season of the Indoor Football League, a league formed as a merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. The regular season began on Friday, March 13 and ended on Saturday, July 11.[1] The league champions were the Billings Outlaws, who defeated the RiverCity Rage in the 2009 United Bowl.
| 2009 IFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Duration | March 13, 2009 – July 11, 2009 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Chris Dixon |
| Playoffs | |
| Intense champions | Billings Outlaws |
| Intense runners-up | El Paso Generals |
| United champions | RiverCity Rage |
| United runners-up | Wichita Wild |
| 2009 United Bowl Championship | |
| Champions | Billings Outlaws |
| Runners-up | RiverCity Rage |
Standings
United Conference
| Atlantic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| x-Maryland Maniacs | 10 | 4 | .714 |
| y-Rochester Raiders | 9 | 5 | .643 |
| y-RiverCity Rage | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| Saginaw Sting | 3 | 11 | .214 |
| Muskegon Thunder | 1 | 13 | .071 |
| Central | |||
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| z-Omaha Beef | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| y-Bloomington Extreme | 10 | 4 | .714 |
| y-Wichita Wild | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| Sioux Falls Storm [2][3][4] | 6 | 8 | .429 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 4 | 10 | .286 |
Intense Conference
| Lone Star | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| x-El Paso Generals | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| y-Abilene Ruff Riders | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| y-San Angelo Stampede Express | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Odessa Roughnecks | 3 | 11 | .214 |
| Pacific | |||
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| z-Billings Outlaws | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| y-Fairbanks Grizzlies | 7 | 7 | .500 |
| y-Colorado Ice | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Alaska Wild | 0 | 14 | .000 |
z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot
Playoffs
| Henrietta, NY | College Park, MD | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RiverCity | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RiverCity | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rochester | 42 | Park City, KS | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maryland | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bloomington, IL | A3 | RiverCity | 43 | |||||||||||||||
| Omaha, NE | ||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Wichita | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wichita | 46 | United Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wichita | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bloomington | 37 | Billings, MT | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Omaha | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card Round | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene, TX | U6 | RiverCity | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| El Paso, TX | ||||||||||||||||||
| I1 | Billings | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Angelo | 37 | 2009 United Bowl | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Angelo | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Abilene | 34 | Billings, MT | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | El Paso | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Intense Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fairbanks, AK | LS1 | El Paso | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Billings, MT | ||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Billings | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 14 | Intense Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fairbanks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fairbanks | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Billings | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
Awards
Individual season awards
| Award | Winner | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Chris Dixon | QB | BIL |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Chris Dixon | QB | BIL |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Michael Landry | DB | BIL |
| Special Teams Player of the Year | Demarcus James | KR | AK |
| Offensive Rookie of the Year | Darius Fudge | RB | WIC |
| Defensive Rookie of the Year | Michael Eby | DB | BIL |
| Coach of the Year | Brian Brents | HC | EP |
1st Team All-IFL
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| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Peter Christofilakos, Bloomington | ||||
| Kick returner | Demarcus James, Alaska | ||||
2nd Team All-IFL
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| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Scott Greene, Muskegon | ||||
| Kick returner | Randy Kelly, Wichita | ||||
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "IFL Levies Discipline on Sioux Falls Storm". IFL News. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- "IFL Imposes Punishment on Storm". Storm Web site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- "Attention Storm Fans". Storm Web site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- "IFL Announces 2009 Individual Awards". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 13, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "IFL Announces 2009 All-IFL First and Second Teams". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 15, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
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