2014 Salina Bombers season

The 2014 Salina Bombers season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of nine teams in the CPIFL for the league's final season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Bombers played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of three head coaches in 2014. Coach Bob Frey began the year before stepping down and was succeeded by Eric Clayton. Clayton resigned and was replaced by Bob Ray.[1]

2014 Salina Bombers season
OwnerChris Vercher
Jake Leighty
Head coachBob Frey
Eric Clayton
Bob Ray
General managerMike Reid
Home fieldBicentennial Center
800 The Midway
Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record8–4 (regular season)
League place3rd

Season summary

In 2014, the Bombers finished the regular season with a record of 8-4, good enough for 3rd place in the final CPIFL standings. They were defeated 66-37 by the Sioux City Bandits at the Tyson Events Center in the first round of the post-season. Standout players this season included defensive linebacker Meshak Williams who claimed both Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors from the CPIFL.

Off-field moves

After the 2014 season ended, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form a new league, Champions Indoor Football.[2][3]

Awards and honors
  • 2014 1st Team All CPIFL: Ed Prince OL, Meshak Williams DL, DeWayne Autrey DB
  • 2014 CPIFL Defensive Player of the Year: Meshak Williams DL
  • 2014 CPIFL Defensive Rookie of The Year: Meshak Williams DL
  • 2014 CPIFL Best Media Relations/Social Media

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Pre-season
Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Sunday February 16 2:30pm Kansas City Bulldogs W 75–6 1–0 Bicentennial Center
2 Saturday February 22 7:05pm Kansas Koyotes W 75–8[4] 2–0 Bicentennial Center

Regular season
Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Sunday March 2 3:00pm at Sioux City Bandits W 77–70 (OT) 1–0 Tyson Events Center
2 Friday March 7 7:05pm Bloomington Edge W 56–20 2–0 Bicentennial Center
3 BYE
4 Sunday March 23 3:00pm at Kansas Koyotes W 51–27[5] 3–0 Landon Arena
5 Saturday March 29 7:05pm at Dodge City Law L 31–34 3–1 United Wireless Arena
6 BYE
7 Saturday April 12 7:05pm Dodge City Law W 57–45 4–1 Bicentennial Center
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 26 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 42–56 4–2 Bicentennial Center
10 Saturday May 3 7:05pm Wichita Wild W 13–11 5–2 Bicentennial Center
11 Saturday May 10 7:05pm at Bloomington Edge L 50–58 5–3 U.S. Cellular Coliseum
12 Saturday May 17 7:05pm at Oklahoma Defenders W 60–40 6–3 Cox Business Center
13 Friday May 23 7:05pm Lincoln Haymakers W 36–15 7–3 Bicentennial Center
14 Saturday May 31 7:05pm Omaha Beef W 50–43 8–3 Bicentennial Center
15 Saturday June 7 7:05pm at Wichita Wild L 41–63 8–4 Hartman Arena

Post-season
Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Semi-finals Saturday June 14 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 37–66 0–1 Tyson Events Center

Roster
2014 Salina Bombers roster
Quarterbacks
  •  6 Chris Rini
  •  9 Dane Simoneau

Running backs

  • 33 Quentin Benning
  • 25 Keithen Valentine

Wide receivers

  •  8 Corey Ham
  • 80 Zach McClain
  • -- Felix Moret
  •  7 Ricky Roberts
  • -- Tremon Robinson
  •  5 Attrail Snipes
Offensive linemen
  • 75 George Bias
  • 56 Rod Ewing
  • 65 Roy Richard
  • -- Allan Stroud

Defensive linemen

  • 45 Nathan Carter DL/LB
  • 63 Eric Cherry
  • 34 Adam Davis
  • 88 Brandon McKinney
Linebackers
  • 11 Vernon Brooks
  • 20 Jake Lattimer
  •  4 Justiss Scales

Defensive backs

  •  1 DeWayne Autrey
  • 13 Ira Autrey
  • 19 Isiah Barfield
  • 23 Jarard Milo
  •  2 Taikwon Paige

Special teams

  • 99 Austin Ledy
Reserve lists
  • 84 Pelton Smalls WR (IR)
  •  3 Jacarious Lucas WR (IR)
  • 55 Ed Prince WR (Exempt)

Roster updated June 2, 2014
Transactions
28 Active, 3 Inactive

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References
  1. "2014 Salina Bombers Coaching Staff". Salina, KS: Salina Bombers. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  2. Krieger, Dan (September 22, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. Davidson, Bob (February 28, 2015). "Bombers open today at Wichita". The Salina Journal. Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. Green, Arne (February 23, 2014). "Frey plenty pleased after another Bombers exhibition blowout". The Salina Journal. Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2014-04-28. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  5. Peterson, Jr., Rick (March 23, 2014). "Koyotes drop home opener to Salina, 51–27". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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