2011 CIFL season | |
League: | Continental Indoor Football League |
Sport: | Indoor Football |
Duration: | February 26, 2011 – June 11, 2011 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champs: | Cincinnati Commandos |
Mvp: | Tyler Sheehan |
Playoffs: | League postseason |
Conf1: | 1 vs 4 Semifinals |
Conf1 Champ: | Cincinnati Commandos |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Chicago Knights |
Conf2: | 2 vs 3 Semifinals |
Conf2 Champ: | Marion Blue Racers |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Dayton Silverbacks |
Finals: | CIFL Championship Game |
Finals Link: | CIFL Championship Game |
Finals Champ: | Cincinnati Commandos |
Finals Mvp: | Tyler Sheehan (CIN) |
Finals Mvp Link: | Most valuable player |
Seasonslist: | List of Continental Indoor Football League seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | CIFL |
Prevseason Link: | 2010 Continental Indoor Football League season |
Prevseason Year: | 2010 |
Nextseason Link: | 2012 CIFL season |
Nextseason Year: | 2012 |
The 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's sixth overall season. The regular season started on Saturday, February 26, with the expansion Port Huron Predators defeating the expansion Indianapolis Enforcers 69-12, and ended with the 2011 CIFL Championship Game on June 11, 2011, at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Cincinnati Commandos defeated the Marion Blue Racers 44-29 to clinch their second consecutive CIFL Championship.
In 2011, the league saw its size stay the same for the first time. There were changes to the teams that made up the 6 teams, as Fort Wayne FireHawks, Marion Mayhem and the Wisconsin Wolfpack folded following the 2010 season, and the Chicago Cardinals changed their name to the Chicago Knights, and the Miami Valley Silverbacks established a home arena in Dayton, Ohio and changed their names to the Dayton Silverbacks. The CIFL awarded the Indianapolis Enforcers, the Marion Blue Racers and the Port Huron Predators expansion franchises.
On April 29, 2011 it was announced that the Port Huron Predators would ceased operations immediately. This made the league finish with 5 teams for a second consecutive season.
Since the league remained at 6 teams, they stuck to their ten-game schedule for each team. Every team was scheduled to play a home and away game with every team except Indianapolis, as they were competing as a travel team.
On April 29, 2011 it was announced that the Port Huron Predators would ceased operations immediately As a result of Port Huron folding Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Indianapolis were awarded wins for their remaining games against Port Huron.[1]
[2] y - clinched regular-season title
x - clinched playoff spot
The league launched the Gameday Center on its website that would allow followers to enjoy live stats for each game. Teams were also allowed to use local media to broadcast the teams under their own terms.