2013 UIFL season
The 2013 Ultimate Indoor Football League season was the third season of the league. The league contracted down to just 6 teams.
| 2013 UIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Ultimate Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Duration | March 4, 2013 – June 8, 2013 |
| Regular season | |
| #1 Seed champions | Florida Tarpons |
| #1 Seed runners-up | bye |
| #2 vs. #3 champions | Corpus Christi Fury |
| #2 vs. #3 runners-up | Lakeland Raiders |
| Ultimate Bowl III | |
| Champions | Florida Tarpons |
| Runners-up | Corpus Christi Fury |
| Finals MVP | Chris Wallace[1] |
Team movement
Expansion
On May 29, 2013, the Missouri Monsters were announced as the first expansion team for the 2013 season.[2] On July 23, 2012, the league announced that the Indianapolis Panthers would be joining the UIFL,[3] however they would later be removed from the league prior to the beginning of the season. On August 12, 2012, it was announced that the Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota Thunder) marked would be joining the UIFL.[4] On September 27, 2012, the fourth and final expansion team was accepted into the UIFL, the Corpus Christi Fury.[5]
Retraction
The Cincinnati Commandos, Eastern Kentucky Drillers, Erie Explosion and Marion Blue Racers all left the UIFL to join the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). The league also announced that the Western Pennsylvania Sting would relocate to Coral Gables, Florida as the Miami Sting,[6] however the Sting never played a game, folding before the season began.[7]
Standings
2013 UIFL standings[ref 1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||||
| y-Florida Tarpons | 5 | 1 | .833 | 304 | 187 | W4 | |||||
| x-Corpus Christi Fury | 6 | 1 | .857 | 431 | 345 | L1 | |||||
| x-Lakeland Raiders | 6 | 3 | .667 | 573 | 232 | W1 | |||||
| Missouri Monsters | 5 | 5 | .500 | 459 | 424 | W1 | |||||
| Georgia Rampage | 3 | 5 | .375 | 318 | 343 | W1 | |||||
| Sarasota Thunder | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 230 | L3 | |||||
y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot
2013 Playoffs
| Semifinal | Ultimate Bowl III | |||||||
| 2 | Corpus Christi | 32 | ||||||
| 3 | Lakeland | 58 | 1 | Florida | 40 | |||
| 2 | Corpus Christi | 68 | ||||||
| 2013 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi | Florida | Georgia | Lakeland | Missouri | Sarasota | ||||||||||||||
References
- Scott Butherus (June 8, 2013). "Arena football: Wallace leads Tarpons to Ultimate title in his final game". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "UIFL Announces 1st Expansion Team for 2013 season". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 29, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- "Indianapolis Joins the UIFL for 2013". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 23, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- "Sarasota, FL Added as UIFL Expansion Team for 2013". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. August 12, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- "UIFL Announces New Expansion Team in Corpus Christi, TX". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- "Sting Fly South to Coral Gables, FL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- "UIFL Terminates Miami Sting". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 25, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.