Continental Indoor Football League

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Continental Indoor Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	2006
No. of teams	14
Country	United States
Current champions	Port Huron Pirates
Official website	www.contintentalindoorfootball.com

The Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) is a new indoor football league based along the Northeastern United States region. It began play in April of 2006 as the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL).

The league was originally called the OPIFL (short for Ohio-Penn Indoor Football League), but then the executives decided to increase the league's appeal to the entire Great Lakes region. So far, the league has been relatively successful, having a cumulative attendance of over 75,000 in the inaugural regular season. The league was once known for its reasonable expansion practices with quality ownership groups, but problems in Toledo/WayneCounty/Summit County, as well as Motor City, Battle Creek, Port Huron, and NY/NJ have changed that. The two remaining teams in the playoffs met in the Great Lakes Bowl. With the name change, it is unclear what the championship game will be called now.

On March 15, 2007 a new commissioner, Jim Ballard, was named for the league.

Contents 1 Current CIFL Teams 1.1 Atlantic Division 1.2 Great Lakes Division 1.3 Inactive teams 1.4 Defunct Teams 2 2006 Season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Awards 3 External links

[edit] Current CIFL Teams

[edit] Atlantic Division

• Chesapeake Tide - 2007 expansion
• Lehigh Valley Outlawz - Charter member
• New England Surge - 2007 expansion
• New York/New Jersey Revolution - Charter Member
• Rochester Raiders - Charter Member
• Steubenville Stampede - from AIFL

[edit] Great Lakes Division

• Chicago Slaughter - 2007 expansion
• Kalamazoo Xplosion - 2007 expansion
• Marion Mayhem - Charter member
• Miami Valley Silverbacks - from AIFL
• Muskegon Thunder - 2007 expansion
• Port Huron Pirates - Charter member and defending champions
• Springfield Stallions - 2007 expansion
• Summit County Rumble - 2007 expansion

[edit] Inactive teams

• Motor City Reapers - decided not to play in 2007, hope to begin in 2008

[edit] Defunct Teams

• Battle Creek Crunch - Charter member

[edit] 2006 Season

[edit] Final standings

• Source: [1]

Rank	Team	Record	Playoffs
1	Port Huron Pirates	10-0-0	Champions
2	Rochester Raiders	7-3-0	Lost Great Lakes Bowl I to Port Huron
3	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	5-5-0	Lost Semi-final to Rochester
4	Battle Creek Crunch	4-6-0	Lost Semi-final to Port Huron
5	Marion Mayhem	4-6-0	DNQ (Lost H2H points tiebreaker to Battle Creek)
6	NY/NJ Revolution	0-10-0	DNQ

[edit] Awards

• Season Most Valuable Player (Vincent Cleveland Memorial Trophy): Matt Cottengim (QB, Rochester)
• Great Lakes Bowl I Most Valuable Player: Eddie Bynes (DL, Port Huron)
• All-Star Game Most Valuable Player: Shane Franzer (QB, Port Huron)
• Offensive Player of the Year: Matt Cottengim
• Defensive Player of the Year: Eddie Bynes
• Coach of the Year: Brian Hug (Port Huron)

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• GLIFL's 2006 Stats

CIFL
Great Lakes Division	Atlantic Division
Chicago Slaughter	Chesapeake Tide
Kalamazoo Xplosion	Lehigh Valley Outlawz
Marion Mayhem	New England Surge
Miami Valley Silverbacks	New York/New Jersey Revolution
Muskegon Thunder	Rochester Raiders
Port Huron Pirates	Steubenville Stampede
Springfield Stallions
Summit County Rumble
Continental Indoor Football League | Great Lakes Bowl | Indoor football | Arena football