2013 UIFL season

2013 UIFL season
LeagueUltimate Indoor Football League
SportIndoor Football
DurationMarch 4, 2013 – June 8, 2013
Regular season
#1 Seed championsFlorida Tarpons
  #1 Seed runners-upbye
#2 vs. #3 championsCorpus Christi Fury
  #2 vs. #3 runners-upLakeland Raiders
Ultimate Bowl III
ChampionsFlorida Tarpons
  Runners-upCorpus Christi Fury
Finals MVPChris Wallace[1]
UIFL seasons

The 2013 Ultimate Indoor Football League season was the third season of the league. The league contracted down to just 6 teams.

Team movement

Expansion

On May 29, 2013, the Missouri Monsters were announced as the first expansion team for the 2013 season.[2] On July 23, 2012, the league announced that the Indianapolis Panthers would be joining the UIFL,[3] however they would later be removed from the league prior to the beginning of the season. On August 12, 2012, it was announced that the Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota Thunder) marked would be joining the UIFL.[4] On September 27, 2012, the fourth and final expansion team was accepted into the UIFL, the Corpus Christi Fury.[5]

Retraction

The Cincinnati Commandos, Eastern Kentucky Drillers, Erie Explosion and Marion Blue Racers all left the UIFL to join the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). The league also announced that the Western Pennsylvania Sting would relocate to Coral Gables, Florida as the Miami Sting,[6] however the Sting never played a game, folding before the season began.[7]

Standings

2013 UIFL standings[ref 1]
Team W L PCT PF PA STK
y-Florida Tarpons 5 1 .833 304 187 W4
x-Corpus Christi Fury 6 1 .857 431 345 L1
x-Lakeland Raiders 6 3 .667 573 232 W1
Missouri Monsters 5 5 .500 459 424 W1
Georgia Rampage 3 5 .375 318 343 W1
Sarasota Thunder 0 3 .000 0 230 L3
  1. ^ http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

2013 Playoffs

Semifinal Ultimate Bowl III
2 Corpus Christi 32
3 Lakeland 58 1 Florida 40
2 Corpus Christi 68
2013 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons
Corpus Christi Florida Georgia Lakeland Missouri Sarasota

References

  1. ^ Scott Butherus (June 8, 2013). "Arena football: Wallace leads Tarpons to Ultimate title in his final game". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "UIFL Announces 1st Expansion Team for 2013 season". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 29, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Indianapolis Joins the UIFL for 2013". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 23, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Sarasota, FL Added as UIFL Expansion Team for 2013". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. August 12, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "UIFL Announces New Expansion Team in Corpus Christi, TX". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Sting Fly South to Coral Gables, FL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "UIFL Terminates Miami Sting". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 25, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.