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SIFL Playoff Capsules/Webcast Info

July 17, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) News Release


Teams split regular season meeting with both winning on the road ... Mudbugs won 37-29 at Austin while Turfcats won 50-40 in Lafayette ... Austin 5-1 at home this season while Mudbugs were 2-3 on road ... Mudbugs have outscored opponents 146-82 in first quarter but have been outscored 280-243 in final three period ... WR Anthony Parks had season-highs of 10 catches and 105 yards, but did not score in season finale at Houma ... DB Kimmee Lewis has gone two games without an INt after posting 12 in first nine ... Austin RB Keith Clay has rushed for 9 TDs in last four games ... Darrick Wallace returned five MFG and two KO for touchdowns ... Mudbugs coach John Fourcade won the 2000 IPFL championship as coach of the Mississippi Firedogs and coached the 2002 Florida Firecats to a berth in the ArenaCup ... Turfcats coach Chris Duliban coached the IFL's CenTex Barracudas to a 1-1 post-season record last year.

HOUMA CONQUERORS (3-8) AT LOUISIANA SWASHBUCKLERS (10-1) 7 p.m. Lake Charles Civic Center.

Louisiana swept all three regular-season match-ups with Conquerors ... Houma started the season 0-5, but rallied under interim coach C.J. Maiden to go 3-3 and pass Texas for the final playoff berth ... LA scored 40 or more in all but one game ... WRs Marcus Wilridge and Sammy Knight posted 18 and 10 TD catches, respectively ... DL John Paul Jones had a sport-wide best 17 sacks, while K Tommy Hebert's PAT success rate of 93.3 percent was a sport-wide best as well ... Conquerors have scored 166 points in last three games ... QB Omar Haugabook led SIFL in total yards ... WR Gerald Landry had 53 receptions in 10 game and will finish leading the league in receptions despite one stat report missing ... Louisiana has not lost a post-season game in Lake Charles.

ALL SIFL PLAYOFF GAMES TO BE WEBCASTED

Southern Indoor Football League fans who can't make it to Saturday's playoff game in Austin between the Austin Turfcats and the Acadiana Mudbugs or to Lake Charles, La. Monday for the LA Swashbucklers- Houma Conquerors matchup will be able to access webcasts to both games ... and the inaugural Southern Indoor Football League championship game.

Austin will offer its first live home webcast Saturday. Web viewers will see the game from the 25-yard line camera, plus interviews with Turfcats staff during halftime and postgame. Users will also be able to chat with one another during the game.

The Turfcats LiveBlog will also make its first home game appearance, after a successful debut during the team's recent back-to-back trips to College Station. As always, scoreboard updates will be available on the homepage of Turfcats.com and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/austinturfcats as well.

Turfcats Live is being generously underwritten by Adfirmative.com, Austin Extreme Graphics, Family Health Chriopractic, and sparkNet Creative.

Pregame coverage begins at 6:20pm Saturday at www.turfcats.com/live.

On Monday, SIFL Director of Creative Services Scott Blanchard will lead the coverage at www.stickam.com/bucsfootball and the twitter feed at www.twitter.com/coachsmb05.

All links will also be accessible through www.southernifl.com, which will expand its gameday coverage already recognized as one of the most comprehensive in the sport of indoor football. Game recaps, stats, and photography will be available within hours of the final horn sounding.



Southern Indoor Football League Stories from July 17, 2009


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