The 2013 Indoor Football League season was the fifth 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 15, 2013, when the Sioux Falls Storm beat the Green Bay Blizzard 64–41. The season ended on June 15, 2013, with the visiting Sioux Falls Storm defeating the Texas Revolution 52-38.
Teams For 2013, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each team scheduled to play 14 games during the 16-week regular season. The league contracted from 16 teams to just nine with the Bloomington Edge, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, Omaha Beef, Reading Express, Everett Raptors, New Mexico Stars, and Wichita Wild either folding, hibernating, or moving to a different league. A new team, the Cheyenne Warriors, were expected to join the league for 2013 until the death of the team's owner in late December 2012; the team subsequently became inactive. The Texas-based Allen Wranglers changed ownership and became the Texas Revolution.
United Conference TeamLocationArena (Capacity)Cedar Rapids TitansCedar Rapids, IowaCedar Rapids Ice Arena (4,000)Chicago SlaughterHoffman Estates, IllinoisSears Centre (9,500)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 Robert Loving served as interim commissioner of the IFL in 2012 after Tommy Benizio left mid-season to pursue other opportunities. Benizio became president of the Texas Revolution, an IFL franchise based in Allen, Texas. Loving was officially named as the IFL's commissioner by the league's board of directors during the 2012 annual league meetings.
For 2013, Michael Allshouse was Director of Football Operations, Sean Whitmire was Director of Communications/Team Services, and Tom Falcinelli was the Director of Officiating.
Standings
Playoffs
Awards Individual season awards Award Winner Position Team Most Valuable Player Jameel Sewell Quarterback Nebraska Danger Offensive Player of the Year Jameel Sewell Quarterback Nebraska Danger Defensive Player of the Year Ross Cochran Linebacker Wyoming Cavalry Special Teams Player of the Year B. J. Hill Kick returner Green Bay Blizzard Rookie of the Year Cody Kirby Quarterback Chicago Slaughter Adam Pringle Award Lionell Singleton Defensive back Tri-Cities Fever Coach of the Year Mark Stoute Head coach Cedar Rapids Titans
1st Team All-IFL
OffenseQuarterbackJameel Sewell, NebraskaRunning backLaRon Council, Cedar RapidsWide receiverKayne Farquharson, NebraskaCarl Sims, Cedar RapidsKyle Kaiser, ColoradoOffensive tackleMyniya Smith, Sioux FallsDarius Savage, NebraskaCenterCharlie Sanders, Sioux FallsDefenseDefensive lineXzavie Jackson, Cedar RapidsRachman Crable, Sioux FallsGabe Knapton, ColoradoLinebackerRoss Cochran, Wyoming Ameer Ismail, ChicagoDefensive backLionell Singleton, Tri-CitiesRudell Crim, Tri-CitiesFrankie Solomon, Jr., Texas
Special teamsKickerParker Douglass, Sioux FallsKick returnerB. J. Hill, Green Bay
2nd Team All-IFL
OffenseQuarterbackCody Kirby, ChicagoRunning backDaniel DuFrene, ChicagoWide receiverRyan Balentine, Green BayBryan Pray, Cedar Rapids Troy Evans, WyomingOffensive tackleJason Baksas, ChicagoMichael Trice, ColoradoCenterMaurice Robinson, Cedar RapidsDefenseDefensive endJeremiah Price, Sioux FallsP. J. South, ChicagoMichael Stover, ColoradoLinebackerMaurice Simpkins, NebraskaElijah Fields, Green BayDefensive backRoy Polite, Sioux FallsRicky Johnson, Cedar RapidsJovan Jackson, Colorado
Special teamsKickerJoe Houston, Nebraska
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