2013 Sioux Falls Storm season
2013 Sioux Falls Storm season | |
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File:Sioux Falls Storm logo.png | |
Owner | Todd Tryon |
Head coach | Kurtiss Riggs |
Home field | Sioux Falls Arena |
Results | |
Record | 12–4 |
Division place | United Conference |
Conference place | 1st |
League place | 1st |
Playoff finish | 1st |
The 2013 Sioux Falls Storm season is the team's fourteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and fifth in the Indoor Football League. One of just nine teams competing in the IFL for the 2013 season, the Sioux Falls Storm are members of the United Conference.[1]
Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm plays their home games at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls entered the 2013 season following consecutive wins in the league's "United Bowl" championship game in 2011 and 2012.
After early season struggles, 36-year old former MVP quarterback Terrance Bryant returned under center. Bryant had quarterbacked the team to their titles from 2005-2008 and had his number 5 retired. Bryant returned as number 15. The Storm finished the regular season 10-4 and earned homefield throughout the playoffs. Sioux Falls defeated Cedar Rapids 44-20 in the United Conference Championship to return to the United Bowl. The Storm won a back-and-forth United Bowl over Nebraska 43-40, capturing their third straight IFL title and seventh overall indoor football title. Bryant was named MVP of the United Bowl after throwing four touchdowns in the championship.
Off-field moves
Shortly before the 2013 season began, the owner of the Cheyenne Warriors died which forced that team to suspend operations and the IFL to revise its schedule to accommodate the now 9-team league.[2]
Schedule
Key: Win Tie Loss Bye
Regular season
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent[1] | Results | Location | |
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Final Score | Record | ||||||
1 | Friday | February 15 | 7:30pm | at Green Bay Blizzard | W 64–41[3][4] | 1–0 | Resch Center[5][6] |
2 | BYE | ||||||
3 | Saturday | March 2 | 7:00pm | at Nebraska Danger | L 21–30[7][8] | 1–1 | Eihusen Arena[9][10] |
4 | BYE | ||||||
5 | Sunday | March 17 | 3:05pm | Wyoming Cavalry | W 67–7[11][12] | 2–1 | Sioux Falls Arena[13][14] |
6 | Sunday | March 24 | 3:00pm | at Colorado Ice | L 33–37[15][16] | 2–2 | Budweiser Events Center[17][18] |
7 | BYE | ||||||
8 | Sunday | April 7 | 3:05pm | Green Bay Blizzard | W 48–29[19][20] | 3–2 | Sioux Falls Arena |
9 | Friday | April 12 | 7:05pm | at Tri-Cities Fever | W 56–43[21][22] | 4–2 | Toyota Center |
10 | Saturday | April 20 | 7:05pm | Colorado Ice | W 45–43[23][24] | 5–2 | Sioux Falls Arena[25] |
11 | Saturday | April 27 | 6:05pm | at Chicago Slaughter | L 56–61[26][27] | 5–3 | Sears Centre[28] |
12 | Saturday | May 4 | 7:05pm | Nebraska Danger | W 43–41[29][30] | 6–3 | Sioux Falls Arena[31][32] |
13 | Saturday | May 11 | 7:05pm | at Cedar Rapids Titans | L 18–52[33][34] | 6–4 | Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[35][36] |
14 | Saturday | May 18 | 7:05pm | Chicago Slaughter | W 53–38[37][38] | 7–4 | Sioux Falls Arena[39] |
15 | Saturday | May 25 | 7:05pm | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 30–24[40][41] | 8–4 | Sioux Falls Arena[42][43][44] |
16 | BYE | ||||||
17 | Saturday | June 8 | 7:05pm | Texas Revolution | W 59–16[45][46] | 9–4 | Sioux Falls Arena[47][48] |
18 | Saturday | June 15 | 7:05pm | at Texas Revolution | W 52–38 | 10–4 | Allen Event Center |
Post-season
Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | |
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Final Score | Record | ||||||
United Conference Championship | Saturday | June 22 | 7:05pm | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 44-20 | 11–4 | Sioux Falls Arena |
United Bowl | Saturday | June 29 | 7:05pm | Nebraska Danger | W 43-40 | 12-4 | Sioux Falls Arena |
Roster
Template:Sioux Falls Storm roster
Standings
2013 United Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
y - Sioux Falls Storm | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 645 | 500 | 4-2 | 0.0 | W3 |
x - Cedar Rapids Titans | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 744 | 569 | 6-4 | 1.0 | w2 |
Chicago Slaughter | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 598 | 602 | 6-5 | 1.0 | W2 |
Texas Revolution | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 563 | 747 | 3-4 | 6.0 | L2 |
Green Bay Blizzard | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 622 | 652 | 2-6 | 6.0 | L5 |
References
- ^ a b "2013 IFL Schedule Announced". Indoor Football League. October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ "IFL Announces Revised 2013 Schedule". Indoor Football League. January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "Fri Feb 15, 2013 - Sioux Falls Storm @ Green Bay Blizzard". Indoor Football League. February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Slattery, Tom (February 16, 2013). "Storm Win 2013 Kickoff Classic!". Sioux Falls, SD: Sioux Falls Storm. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Blizzard Fall in Season Opener; Green Bay loses to defending IFL Champion Storm". Green Bay, WI: Green Bay Blizzard. February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ^ "Storm open season with 64-41 win". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, SD: Gannett Company. February 26, 2013. p. 5. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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- ^ Tilus, Spenser (March 25, 2013). "Colorado Ice Defeat Reigning IFL Champs Storm". Cheyenne, WY: KGWN-TV/Northern Colorado 5. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
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- ^ "Ice win streak snapped in Sioux Falls". Reporter-Herald. Loveland, CO: Prairie Mountain Publishing. April 20, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
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