The 2008 Marion Mayhem season was the third season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. Finishing with a 7–5 record in 2008, the Mayhem were eliminated from the 2008 CIFL playoffs. The Mayhem players had already turned in their equipment for the year when it was announced that the defending CIFL champion Rochester Raiders (12-0) had been suspended by the league and had to forfeit their playoff spot. The Mayhem were invited to replace the former champs in the CIFL Atlantic Conference Western Division playoffs where they would face their conference foe Saginaw. The Mayhem gathered their players back together and headed to Saginaw to face the Sting. The playoff game went down to the wire where a goal-line stand by the Saginaw defense with only seconds left on the clock ended the Mayhem's season. The final score Sting 41 - Mayhem 34.
Schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultMarch 8Muskegon ThunderAwayW 34-33March 21Saginaw StingAwayL 48-54March 29Chesapeake TideHomeW 70-35April 5Rochester RaidersHomeL 19-52April 12Milwaukee BonecrushersHomeW 43-19April 19Miami Valley SilverbacksAwayW 61-33April 26Fort Wayne FreedomAwayL 40-55May 3Lehigh Valley OutlawzAwayL 33-44May 9Chicago SlaughterHomeL 38-41May 16Lehigh Valley OutlawzHomeW 36-23May 24Chesapeake TideAwayW 67-39June 7Miami Valley SilverbacksHomeW 51-442008 CIFL PLAYOFFSJune 14Saginaw Sting (Atl Semifinals)AwayL 34-41
2008 standings
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