2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season

2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
Head coach	Chris Thompson
General manager	Michael Clark
Owner	Glenn W. Clark
Home field	Stabler Arena
Results
Record	6-6
Conference place	2nd
Playoff finish	Won National Conference Championship (Trenton) 49-38 Lost PIFL Cup III (Nashville) 43-64

The 2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the fourth season as a professional indoor football franchise and their second in the Professional Indoor Football League. One of 8 teams competing in the PIFL for the 2014 season.

The team played their home games under head coach Chris Thompson at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Steelhawks earned a 6-6 record, placing 2nd in the National Conference, winning the National Conference Championship, before losing to the Nashville Venom in PIFL Cup III.^[1]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	BYE
2	Sunday	April 6	4:00pm	Trenton Freedom	W 48-47	1-0	Stabler Arena
3	Friday	April 11	7:05pm	at Harrisburg Stampede	W 35-27	2-0	Giant Center
4	BYE
5	Saturday	April 26	7:00pm	Trenton Freedom	W 42-36	3-0	Stabler Arena
6	Friday	May 3	7:00pm	Harrisburg Stampede	W 36-30	4-0	Stabler Arena
7	Sunday	May 11	4:00pm	Alabama Hammers	L 48-51	4-1	Stabler Arena
8	Saturday	May 17	7:00pm	Nashville Venom	L 38-53	4-2	Stabler Arena
9	Saturday	May 24	7:00pm	at Trentom Freedom	L 42-55	4-3	Sun National Bank Center
10	Friday	May 31	7:00pm	at Columbus Lions	L 42-54	4-4	Columbus Civic Center
11	Friday	June 6	7:05pm	at Richmond Raiders	L 37-38	4-5	Richmond Coliseum
12	Saturday	June 14	7:30pm	at Georgia Fire	W 63-57 OT	5-5	Forum Civic Center
13	Saturday	June 21	7:05pm	at Harrisburg Stampede	L 52-55	5-6	Giant Center
14	Saturday	June 28	7:00pm	Richmond Raiders	W 51-41	6-6	Stabler Arena

Postseason

All start times are local to home team

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
National Conference Championship	Saturday	July 5	7:01pm	at Trenton Freedom	W 49-38	1-0	Sun National Bank Center
PIFL Cup III	Saturday	July 12	7:15pm	at Nashville Venom	L 64-43	1-1	Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Roster

2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks roster
Quarterbacks -- Andre Coles  7 Shane McSweeny Running Backs 40 Jeff Link Wide Receivers 81 Matt Coston  5 Richie Martin  3 Troy Pascley  1 Brandon Renford  6 Chris Schubert		Offensive Linemen 75 Justin Bathurst 77 Corey Konycki 72 John Lavelle 97 Travis Miller 68 J. B. Walton Defensive Linemen 92 Larry Ford 12 Tim Hume 92 Vince Lands 99 Brandon Sutton 58 Michael Woodhouse		Linebackers -- Chindy Agugua  8 Cory Darby Defensive Backs  4 Stanley Dunbar 21 Dwayne Hollis 33 Leavander Jones 13 Terrence Osborne  2 Stefaun Whitehead Kickers 10 Michael Barnard		Injured Reserve 81 Devron Clark WR -- Devin Duggan DB -- Justin Smith OL Exempt List -- Rudy Cerami DL  6 Toriel Gibson WR Failure to Report - Exmpt -- Mike Jones FB Left Squad -- Michael Atunrase DL  1 Scott Pillar WR Suspension Current vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated June 22, 2014 26 Active, 8 Inactive → More rosters

Division Standings

2014 Professional Indoor Football League
Team	Overall				Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
National Conference
y-Trenton Freedom	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	6	0	.500	5	3	0	.625
Richmond Raiders	5	7	0	.417	3	5	0	.375
Harrisburg Stampede	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250
American Conference
y-Nashville Venom	10	2	0	.833	6	2	0	.750
x-Columbus Lions	7	5	0	.583	5	3	0	.625
Georgia Fire	4	8	0	.333	3	5	0	.375
Alabama Hammers	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250

References

1. Josh Folck (July 12, 2014). "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks lose to Nashville Venom in Pro Indoor Football League championship game". www.lehighvalleylive.com. PennLive LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

External links

• 2014 Results