SIFL releases inaugural schedule
January 26, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) News Release
The eyes of Texas will be upon the Southern Indoor Football League the weekend of April 18-20 with both opening weekend games taking place in the Lone Star state. The SIFL released its 2009 schedule Monday (January 26, 2009) afternoon.
The Austin Turfcats will host the league's inaugural game on Friday, April 17 when they host the Acadiana (Lafayette) Mudbugs. Two days later, the Pasadena-based Texas Pirates will host the Houma Conquerors.
Week two will be an all Bayou week with its three Louisiana teams - Houma, Acadiana and the Louisiana (Lake Charles) Swashbucklers celebrating their home openers.
"The hard work of combining available arena dates with a level playing field for our teams in now behind us,'' said SIFL Director of Operations Rob Winfrey. ``Now we can focus on playing football.''
Austin was awarded the honor of hosting the inaugural SIFL game for its pre-season diligence.
``There's no doubt that [General Manger] Ron [Oswalt] can produce a great opening night,'' Winfrey said. ``We're looking forward to being in Austin on April 17.''
The regular season will feature 30 games over a 13-week period ending July 11. The five charter teams will play an 11-game slate with six home games and five road contests while the Florida Kings, a 2010 provisional member, will play five road games that will count in the league standings for statistical purposes. However, the Kings are not eligible for a playoff berth.
Four teams will compete in the playoffs, with the semifinals on July 18 featuring the team with best regular season hosting the team with the fourth-best regular while the second-seeded team hosts the third seed. Those winners will meet in the inaugural SIFL championship game July 25.
The schedule can be viewed at www.southernifl.com, which is in the final stages of revision.
SIFL Schedule for 2009
Day Date TIME
WEEK 1
Acadiana Mudbugs Vs Austin Turfcats Friday 4/17/2008 7:30pm Â
Houma Conquerors Vs Texas Pirates Sunday 4/19/2009 7:00pm
BYE: Louisiana, Florida BYE Â Â
WEEK 2
Florida Kings Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Saturday 4/25/2009 6:30pm
Austin Turfcats Vs Houma Conquerors Sunday 4/26/2009 5:00pm
Texas Pirates Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Monday 4/27/2009 7:05pm
WEEK 3
Louisiana Swashbucklers Vs Texas Pirates Saturday 5/2/2009 7:00pm
BYE: Austin, Houma, Acadiana, Florida BYE Â Â
WEEK 4
Louisiana Swashbucklers Vs Austin Turfcats Saturday 5/9/2009 6:30pm
Houma Conquerors Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Saturday 5/9/2009 7:05pm
BYE: Texas , Florida BYE
WEEK 5
Houma Conquerors Vs Austin Turfcats Saturday 5/16/2009 6:30pm
Acadiana Mudbugs Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Saturday 5/16/2009 6:30pm
Florida Kings Vs Texas Pirates Sunday 5/17/2009 7:00pm     Â
WEEK 6
Houma Conquerors Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Saturday 5/23/2009 6:30pm
Texas Pirates Vs Austin Turfcats Saturday 5/23/2009 6:30pm
Florida Kings Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Monday 5/25/2009 7:05pm
WEEK 7
Austin Turfcats Vs Texas Pirates Saturday 5/30/2009 7:00pm
Acadiana Mudbugs Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Monday 6/1/2009 6:30pm
BYE: Houma, Florida BYE Â Â
WEEK 8
Florida Kings Vs AustinTurfcats Saturday 6/6/2009 6:30pm
Texas Pirates Vs Houma Conquerors Saturday 6/6/2009 7:00pm
Louisiana Swashbucklers Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Saturday 6/6/2009 7:05pm
WEEK 9
Houma Conquerors Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Saturday 6/13/2009 7:05pm Â
Austin Turfcats Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Monday 6/15/2009 6:30pm
BYE: Texas, Florida BYE Â Â
WEEK 10
Texas Pirates Vs Austin Turfcats Saturday 6/20/2009 6:30pm
Louisiana Swashbucklers Vs Houma Conquerors Monday 6/22/2009 6:00pm
BYE: Acadiana, Florida BYE
WEEK 11
Florida Kings Vs Houma Conquerors Saturday 6/27/2009 7:00pm Â
Texas Pirates Vs Louisiana Swashbucklers Monday 6/29/2009 6:30pm Â
Austin Turfcats Vs Acadiana Mudbugs Monday 6/29/2009 7:05pm     Â
WEEK 12
Louisiana Swashbucklers Vs Houma Conquerors Friday 7/3/2009 7:30pm
Acadiana Mudbugs Vs Texas Pirates Saturday 7/4/2009 7:00pm
BYE: Austin, Florida BYE
WEEK 13
Acadiana Mudbugs Vs Houma Conquerors Saturday 7/11/2009 7:00pm Â
Austin Turfcats Vs Texas Pirates Saturday 7/11/2009 7:00pm
BYE: Louisiana, Florida BYE Â Â
Playoff Round 1
# 4 seed Vs # 1 seed 7/18/2009 TBD
# 3 seed Vs # 2 seed 7/18/2009 TBD
SIFL Championship
Lowest remaining seed Vs Highest Remaining seed 7/25/2009 TBD
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