2009 Indoor Football League season
| 2009 IFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Duration | March 13, 2009 – July 11, 2009 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Chris Dixon |
| Playoffs | |
| Intense champions | Billings Outlaws |
| Intense runners-up | El Paso Generals |
| United champions | RiverCity Rage |
| United runners-up | Wichita Wild |
| 2009 United Bowl Championship | |
| Champions | Billings Outlaws |
| Runners-up | RiverCity Rage |
The 2009 Indoor Football League season is the inaugural season of the Indoor Football League (the league was the result of a merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. The regular season began on Friday, March 13 and ended on Saturday, July 11. The league champions were the Billings Outlaws, who defeated the RiverCity Rage in the 2009 United Bowl.
Standings
United Conference
| Atlantic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| x-Maryland Maniacs | 10 | 4 | .714 |
| y-Rochester Raiders | 9 | 5 | .643 |
| y-RiverCity Rage | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| Saginaw Sting | 3 | 11 | .214 |
| Muskegon Thunder | 1 | 13 | .071 |
| Central | |||
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| z-Omaha Beef | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| y-Bloomington Extreme | 10 | 4 | .714 |
| y-Wichita Wild | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| Sioux Falls Storm [1][2][3] | 6 | 8 | .429 |
| Sioux City Bandits | 4 | 10 | .286 |
Intense Conference
| Lone Star | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| x-El Paso Generals | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| y-Abilene Ruff Riders | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| y-San Angelo Stampede Express | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Odessa Roughnecks | 3 | 11 | .214 |
| Pacific | |||
| Team | W | L | PCT |
| z-Billings Outlaws | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| y-Fairbanks Grizzlies | 7 | 7 | .500 |
| y-Colorado Ice | 5 | 9 | .357 |
| Alaska Wild | 0 | 14 | .000 |
z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot
Playoffs
| Wild Card | Division Championships | Conference Championships | 2009 United Bowl | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Angelo | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | El Paso | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Angelo | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Abilene | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| LS1 | El Paso | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Intense Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Billings | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fairbanks | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fairbanks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Billings | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| I1 | Billings | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| U6 | RiverCity | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RiverCity | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maryland | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RiverCity | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rochester | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | RiverCity | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Wichita | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wichita | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bloomington | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wichita | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Omaha | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
Awards
Individual season awards
| Award | Winner | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Chris Dixon | QB | BIL |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Chris Dixon | QB | BIL |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Michael Landry | DB | BIL |
| Special Teams Player of the Year | Demarcus James | KR | AK |
| Offensive Rookie of the Year | Darius Fudge | RB | WIC |
| Defensive Rookie of the Year | Michael Eby | DB | BIL |
| Coach of the Year | Brian Brents | HC | EP |
1st Team All-IFL
| Offense | |
|---|---|
| Quarterback | Chris Dixon, Billings |
| Running back | Darius Fudge, Wichita |
| Wide receiver | James Walton, Billings Clinton Solomon, Wichita DeAngelo Woodie, El Paso |
| Offensive lineman | Bruce McCaleb, Sioux Falls Jermaine Pruitt, El Paso Jordon Piccou, Sioux City |
| Defense | |
|---|---|
| Defensive line | Michael Landry, Billings Ron Ellington, El Paso Eddie Bynes, Rochester |
| Linebacker | Joe Bevis, River City Lamont Reid, Wichita |
| Defensive Back | Joey Longoria, Abilene LaRoche Jackson, Bloomington Brent Hafford, Omaha |
| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Peter Christofilakos, Bloomington | ||||
| Kick returner | Demarcus James, Alaska | ||||
2nd Team All-IFL
| Offense | |
|---|---|
| Quarterback | Tommy Jones, Omaha |
| Running back | Sean Treasure, Sioux Falls |
| Wide receiver | Lonnie Sanders, Fairbanks Jimmy Conner, Odessa Rob Mager, Rochester |
| Offensive lineman | Charlston Gray, Wichita Tyree Spinner, Maryland Kiamni Jones, Omaha |
| Defense | |
|---|---|
| Defensive end | Oby Arah, Maryland Corey Johnsen, Sioux Falls Michael Bazemore, Outlaws |
| Linebacker | Kyle McKenzie, Saginaw Tonga Spetlar, Omaha |
| Defensive Back | James Temple, Bloomington Mike Hill, Maryland Michael Eby, Billings |
| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Scott Greene, Muskegon | ||||
| Kick returner | Randy Kelly, Wichita | ||||
References
- ↑ "IFL Levies Discipline on Sioux Falls Storm". IFL News.
- ↑ "IFL Imposes Punishment on Storm". Storm Web site.
- ↑ "Attention Storm Fans". Storm Web site.
- ↑ "IFL Announces 2009 Individual Awards". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 13, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ↑ "IFL Announces 2009 All-IFL First and Second Teams". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 15, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
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