IFL Announces 2009 Schedule
Published on December 8, 2008 under Indoor Football League (IFL) News Release
Richmond, VA: The Indoor Football League is proud to announce the inaugural, regular season schedule for 2009. With fierce rivals squaring off in the Northwest, the Mid-West, Texas, and the Northeast, the league will see each team play a 14 game regular season schedule. An impressive number of nineteen teams will be competing in a total of 133 games between March 14th and July 11th with four rounds of playoff to follow in late July and early August. A total of 12 teams will compete in the post-season with the top team in each of the four divisions earning a first round BYE and four wild cards from each of the two conferences joining them. "We are pleased to have the schedule out so early this year giving more time to the teams and fans alike to prepare for what looks to be an incredible inaugural season!", IFL commissioner Tommy Benizio enthusiastically explained.
The league has been organized into two conferences and a total of four divisions with the conference names commemorating the original two leagues that merged to create the Indoor Football League as follows:
INTENSE CONFERENCE UNITED CONFERENCE
Pacific Division: Central Division:
Alaska (Anchorage) Wild
Bloomington Extreme
Billings Outlaws Omaha Beef
Colorado Ice Sioux City Bandits
Fairbanks Grizzlies Sioux Falls Storm
Everett Destroyers (2010) Wichita Wild
Lone Star Division: Atlantic Division:
Abilene RuffRiders Maryland Maniacs
Corpus Christi Hammerheads Muskegon Thunder
El Paso Generals Saginaw Sting
Odessa Roughnecks Rivercity Rage
San Angelo Stampede Express Rochester Raiders
Frisco Thunder (2010)
Week 1, March 14th
Saginaw at Muskegon (Fri)
Sioux Falls at Bloomington (Sat)
Sioux City at Billings (Sun)
Week 2, March 21st
Sioux Falls at Rochester (Thurs)
Wichita at Omaha (Fri)
Rivercity at Saginaw (Fri)
Bloomington at Sioux City (Sat)
Fairbanks at Alaska (Mon)
Week 3, March 28th
Billings at Colorado (Sat)
Bloomington at Muskegon (Sat)
Omaha at Sioux Falls (Sat)
Rochester at Saginaw (Sun)
Rivercity at Maryland (Sun)
Week 4, April 3rd
Maryland at Fairbanks (Thurs)
Saginaw at Rivercity (Sat)
Omaha at Billings (Sat)
Sioux Falls at Wichita (Sat)
Odessa at Abilene (Sat)
Corpus Christi at El Paso (Sat)
Colorado at San Angelo (Sat)
Sioux City at Bloomington (Sat)
Muskegon at Rochester (Sat)
Week 5, April 11th
Maryland at Alaska (Thur)
Muskegon at Saginaw (Fri)
Bloomington at Colorado (Sat)
Fairbanks at Billings (Sat)
El Paso at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Odessa at San Angelo (Sat)
Sioux Falls at Sioux City (Sat)
Rivercity at Wichita (Sat)
Omaha at Abilene (Sat)
Week 6, April 18th
Rochester at Muskegon (Fri)
Fairbanks at Colorado (Sat)
Alaska at Maryland (Sat)
El Paso at Odessa (Sat)
Saginaw at Bloomington (Sat)
Abilene at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Billings at Omaha (Sat)
Wichita at Rivercity (Sat)
Sioux City at Sioux Falls (Sat)
Week 7, April 25th
Maryland at Muskegon (Fri)
Odessa at Omaha (Fri)
Bloomington at Fairbanks (Sat)
Sioux Falls at Billings (Sat)
Corpus Christi at El Paso (Sat)
Saginaw at Rivercity (Sat)
San Angelo at Abilene (Sat)
Wichita at Sioux City (Sat)
Colorado at Alaska (Sun)
Week 8, May 2nd
Saginaw at Muskegon (Fri)
Billings at Fairbanks (Sat)
Rochester at Maryland (Sat)
Omaha at Colorado (Sat)
Sioux City at Rivercity (Sat)
El Paso at San Angelo (Sat)
Abilene at Wichita (Sat)
Odessa at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Bloomington at Alaska (Mon)
Week 9, May 9th
Maryland at Saginaw (Fri)
Fairbanks at Colorado (Sat)
Corpus Christi at Odessa (Sat)
Alaska at Billings (Sat)
Wichita at San Angelo (Sat)
Abilene at El Paso (Sat)
Muskegon at Sioux Falls (Sat)
Bloomington at Rivercity (Sat)
Week 10, May 16th
Muskegon at Bloomington (Fri)
Alaska at Fairbanks (Sat)
Saginaw at Maryland (Sat)
San Angelo at Odessa (Sat)
Corpus Christi at Abilene (Sat)
Wichita at Sioux Falls (Sat)
Rivercity at Rochester (Sat)
Colorado at Sioux City (Sat)
Week 11, May 23rd
Colorado at Omaha (Fri)
Bloomington at Saginaw (Fri)
Billings at Fairbanks (Sat)
Rochester at Maryland (Sat)
San Angelo at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Sioux Falls at Muskegon (Sat)
El Paso at Abilene (Sat)
Odessa at Wichita (Sat)
Week 12, May 30th
Billings at Alaska (Thurs)
Omaha at Rivercity (Sat)
Muskegon at Maryland (Sat)
Colorado at Odessa (Sat)
Corpus Christi at Abilene (Sat)
Saginaw at Rochester (Sat)
Wichita at Sioux City (Sat)
San Angelo at El Paso (Sat)
Week 13, June 6th
Sioux City at Omaha (Fri)
Maryland at Saginaw (Fri)
Rochester at Fairbanks (Sat)
Alaska at Colorado (Sat)
Wichita at Bloomington (Sat)
Rivercity at Muskegon (Sat)
San Angelo at El Paso (Sat)
Sioux Falls at Billings (Sat)
Odessa at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Week 14, June 13th
Rochester at Alaska (Thurs)
El Paso at Colorado (Sat)
Abilene at Odessa (Sat)
Muskegon at Maryland (Sat)
Rivercity at Bloomington (Sat)
Corpus Christi at San Angelo (Sat)
Omaha at Wichita (Sat)
Fairbanks at Sioux City (Sat)
Billings at Sioux Falls (Sat)
Week 15, June 20th
Sioux City at Saginaw (Fri)
Colorado at Billings (Sat)
El Paso at Rivercity (Sat)
Alaska at Rochester (Sat)
Abilene at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Maryland at Bloomington (Sat)
Fairbanks at Sioux Falls (Sat)
San Angelo at Omaha (Sat)
Week 16, June 27th
Alaska at Fairbanks (Sat)
Corpus Christi at Odessa (Sat)
Colorado at El Paso (Sat)
Maryland at Rochester (Sat)
Abilene at San Angelo (Sat)
Rivercity at Wichita (Sat)
Omaha at Sioux City (Sat)
Week 17, July 4th
Alaska at Wichita (Fri)
Odessa at Abilene (Sat)
San Angelo at Corpus Christi (Sat)
Rochester at El Paso (Sat)
Week 18, July 11th
Abilene at Odessa (Sat)
Fairbanks at Alaska (Thurs)
Muskegon at Rochester (Sat)
El Paso at San Angelo (Sat)
Billings at Omaha (Sat)
Sioux City at Sioux Falls (Sat)
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