2019 Indoor Football League season

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.

2019 IFL season
LeagueIndoor Football League
SportIndoor football
DurationFebruary 22 – July 13
Finals championsSioux Falls Storm
  Runners-upArizona Rattlers

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
TeamLocationArenaHead coach
Arizona RattlersPhoenix, ArizonaTalking Stick Resort ArenaKevin Guy
Bismarck BucksBismarck, North DakotaBismarck Event CenterRod Miller
Cedar Rapids River KingsCedar Rapids, IowaU.S. Cellular CenterMark Stoute
Green Bay BlizzardGreen Bay, WisconsinResch CenterCorey Roberson
Iowa BarnstormersDes Moines, IowaWells Fargo ArenaDixie Wooten
Nebraska DangerGrand Island, NebraskaEihusen ArenaPig Brown
Quad City SteamwheelersMoline, IllinoisTaxSlayer CenterCory Ross
San Diego Strike ForceSan Diego, CaliforniaPechanga ArenaBurt Grossman
Sioux Falls StormSioux Falls, South DakotaDenny Sanford Premier CenterKurtiss Riggs
Tucson Sugar SkullsTucson, ArizonaTucson Convention CenterMarcus Coleman

Standings
2019 Indoor Football League
W L PCT PF PA GB
z–Arizona Rattlers 1401.000879510—
y–Iowa Barnstormers 122.8577165222.0
x–Sioux Falls Storm 113.7867385893.0
x–Green Bay Blizzard 95.6435905215.0
x–Nebraska Danger 77.5007146567.0
x–Tucson Sugar Skulls 77.5007287057.0
Quad City Steamwheelers 68.4297096508.0
Bismarck Bucks 212.14347475112.0
Cedar Rapids River Kings 113.07141373013.0
San Diego Strike Force 113.07152485113.0

z – clinched regular season title

y – clinched playoff bye

x – clinched playoff spot

Last updated: 06/15/2019[6]

Playoffs
  First Round   Semifinals   2019 United Bowl
                           
  6 Tucson 47   5 Nebraska 45  
  3 Sioux Falls 50   1 Arizona 62    
  (Pairings are reseeded after the first round)     3 Sioux Falls 56
      1 Arizona 53
  5 Nebraska 45   3 Sioux Falls 52    
  4 Green Bay 40   2 Iowa 50  

References
  1. "IFL Announces 2019 Schedule". IFL. November 19, 2018.
  2. "TUCSON INDOOR FOOTBALL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR THE 2019 SEASON". Tucson IFL team. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. Kosirowski, Ken (October 5, 2018). "Bismarck Bucks moving to IFL, hire new general manager, head coach". MyNDNow. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  4. "Cedar Rapids Indoor Football League announces new name". KCRG-TV. September 24, 2018.
  5. "IFL Announces San Diego Expansion Team". OurSportsCentral.com. November 19, 2018.
  6. "IFL standings". IFL. Retrieved June 15, 2019.


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