2013 Salina Bombers season

2013 Salina Bombers season
Owner	Chris Vercher Jake Leighty Jake Sharp
General manager	Mike Reid
Head coach	Bob Frey
Home field	Bicentennial Center 800 The Midway Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record	9–3 (regular season)
League place	4th

The 2013 Salina Bombers season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise and first as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of ten teams in the CPIFL for the league's inaugural season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Force played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of veteran head coach Bob Frey.[1]

Season summary

With a 9–3 record, the Bombers finished 4th in the final CPIFL standings, which qualified the team for the playoffs. The Bombers traveled to Sioux City, Iowa, where they defeated the first-seeded Sioux City Bandits to advance to the Champions Bowl. In the first-ever Champions Bowl, the Bombers were defeated 47–34 by the Wichita Wild.[2] Despite the loss, head coach Bob Frey was named CPIFL Coach Of Year for 2013.

Awards and honors

• 2013 Defensive Rookie of The Year: DeWayne Autrey DB
• 2013 1st Team All CPIFL: Ricky Roberts WR, Jarvis Jones OL, DeWayne Autrey DB
• 2013 CPIFL Offensive MVP: Dane Simoneau QB
• 2013 CPIFL Coach Of Year: Bob Frey

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	BYE
2	Saturday	March 16	7:30pm	Wichita Wild	L 34–63	0–1	Bicentennial Center
3	BYE
4	Saturday	March 30	7:30pm	Mid-Missouri Outlaws	W 43–21	1–1	Bicentennial Center
5	Saturday	April 6	7:30pm	Oklahoma Defenders	W 50–31	2–1	Bicentennial Center
6	Friday	April 12	7:30pm	Sioux City Bandits	L 43–46	2–2	Bicentennial Center
7	Friday	April 19	7:05pm	at Lincoln Haymakers	W 31–19	3–2	Pershing Center
8	Saturday	April 27	7:30pm	at Kansas City Renegades	W 47–31	4–2	Kemper Arena
9	Saturday	May 4	7:30pm	at Kansas Koyotes	W 55–31	5–2	Landon Arena
10	Saturday	May 11	7:05pm	at Wichita Wild	L 40–45	5–3	Hartman Arena
11	Saturday	May 18	7:30pm	Kansas Koyotes	W 37–20	6–3	Bicentennial Center
12	Saturday	May 25	7:30pm	Lincoln Haymakers	W 46–14	7–3	Bicentennial Center
13	Saturday	June 1	7:30pm	at Mid-Missouri Outlaws	W 48–23	8–3	Mathewson Exhibition Center
14	Saturday	June 8	7:30pm	at Oklahoma Defenders	W 46–34	9–3	Cox Business Center

Post-season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
Semi-finals	Saturday	June 15	7:05pm	at Sioux City Bandits	W 28–26	1–0	Tyson Events Center
Champions Bowl I	Saturday	June 22	7:05pm	at Wichita Wild	L 34–47[2]	1–1	Hartman Arena

Roster

2013 Salina Bombers roster
Quarterbacks  1 Travis Hunter  9 Dane Simoneau Running backs 26 Demetrius Cox 11 Frank Miles Wide receivers  8 Corey Ham 14 Seth Myers  7 Ricky Roberts 84 Pelton Smalls 80 Attrail Snipes		Offensive linemen 73 Jarvis Jones 55 Ed Prince 65 Roy Richard 77 John Steel Defensive linemen 34 Quentin Benning 58 Kyron Hill 20 Jake Lattimer 88 Brandon McKinney 90 Ben Pister		Linebackers 10 Adrian Thomas Defensive backs  5 DeWayne Autrey  2 Ira Autrey 15 Isiah Barfield  6 Paul Barber 21 Cory Dunbar  4 Justice Scales Kickers 13 Corey Hoover		Injured Reserve currently vacant Exempt List currently vacant Practice squad 27 Benardis Hughes WR 79 Ryan Peterson OL 75 Tyler Vogt OL  3 Zach Waggoner QB rookies in italics Roster updated June 22, 2013 26 Active, 0 Inactive, 4 PS → More rosters

References

1. "2014 Salina Bombers Coaching Staff". Salina, KS: Salina Bombers. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
2. Bates, Jenn (June 22, 2013). "Wichita outlasts Salina to win CPIFL Championship". KWCH-TV. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

External links

• Salina Bombers official website
• Salina Bombers at Our Sports Central