Bluegrass Warhorses

Bluegrass Warhorses

Founded	2013
Folded	2014
League	CIFL
Division	South
Team history	Bluegrass Warhorses (2014)
Based in	Lexington, Kentucky
Arena	Alltech Arena
Colors	Blue, Red & White
Owner(s)	JaQuar Sanders
Head coach	Harry Lewis
Website	BluegrassWarhorses.com

The Bluegrass Warhorses were a professional indoor American football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League in 2014 as an expansion team. The Warhorses were the second indoor football team based in Lexington. (The Kentucky Horsemen of the United Indoor Football and af2 were the first.) The owner of the Warhorses is JaQuar Sanders. The Warhorses played their home games at the Alltech Arena inside of Kentucky Horse Park but were forced to cancel their last four home games "due to unpaid arena rent and other bills".^[1]

Franchise history

2014

The franchise was first announced in May 2013. It announced that the Warhorses would be playing at the Alltech Arena on the grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park.^[2] In July, it was announced the Warhorses would be a member of the Continental Indoor Football League.^[3][4] Harry Lewis was introduced in August as the team's first head coach.^[5] With former University of Kentucky quarterback, Shane Boyd leading the Warhorses,^[6] they fell to the Northern Kentucky River Monsters 20-36, in what became an internet sensation game, due to Jared Lorenzen's 320-pound quarterback play.^[7] The team fell into financial problems halfway through the season, cancellation of their four remaining home dates, and moving the league to seek new ownership for a possible 2015 season.^[1][8]

Players of note

Current roster

Bluegrass Warhorses roster
Quarterbacks  3 Dan McNutt  4 Elonzo Scott Running Backs 30 Derrick Brown  2 Kenna Watts Wide Receivers 21 Ronyal Britton 20 Ricardo Hinkle  8 Tyler Ray		Offensive Linemen 73 Cody Grundle 99 Ace Rios 52 Jason Webb Defensive Linemen  9 Ryan Seay 49 David Southers Linebackers 30 Cory McDonald		Defensive Backs 17 Nick Kerney 11 Jame Morris 49 Terrance Neal 32 John Patrick Kickers 31 Derrick Anderson		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated April 19, 2014 18 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through Week 12 of the 2014 Continental Indoor Football League season.

Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs		Awards
		W	L	T	Win%	W	L
Harry Lewis	2014-present	1	7	0	.125	0	0

Coaching staff

Bluegrass Warhorses staff
	Front Office Owner/General Manager – JaQuar Sanders Ticket Manager – Starr Williams Sales – Bob Kozachik Head Coach Head Coach – Harry Lewis			Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Chad Spencer Offensive Line – Sylvester Peeples Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Jamal Naji Defensive Line – Sylvester Peeples Secondary – J. T. Haskins

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

League Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Wild Card Berth

League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason Results
					Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
2014	2014	CIFL		South	4th	1	7	0
Totals						1	7	0	All-time regular season record (2014)
						0	0	-	All-time postseason record (2014)
						1	6	0	All-time regular season and postseason record (2014)

References

1. Krieger, Dan (March 24, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
2. Ian Preston (May 3, 2013). "New Pro Football Team Coming to Bluegrass". www.wtvq.com. WTVQ-TV, LLC. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
3. Tyler Lashbrook (July 9, 2013). "Bluegrass Warhorses, new semi-pro indoor football team, holds tryouts". www.kentucky.com. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
4. "CIFL Welcomes Bluegrass Warhorses". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
5. Zack Klemme (August 28, 2013). "Lewis tabbed as Warhorses' first coach". www.maysville-online.com. Ledger Independent. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
6. "UK's Own Shane Boyd to QB Bluegrass Warhorses". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
7. "Jared Lorenzen's CIFL opening performance goes viral". www.cincinnati.com. Gannett. February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
8. Linda B. Blackford (March 20, 2014). "Kentucky Horse Park says arena football team failed to pay rent; home games canceled". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Ledger. Retrieved April 3, 2014.