2008 Miami Valley Silverbacks season | |
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Head coach | Carl Allen |
Home field | Hobart Arena |
Results | |
Record | 3-9 |
Division place | 4th |
Playoff finish | DNQ |
The 2008 Miami Valley Silverbacks season was the third season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. In 2008, the team saw the only coach it had even known, removed himself from the position and become the team's president. His first move was to hire Carl Allen as his successor. [1] The team finished 3-9 and had their third season in a row of declining win totals.
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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March 15 | New Jersey Revolution | Home | Won 56-13 |
March 21 | Fort Wayne Freedom | Away | Lost 48-52 |
March 29 | Saginaw Sting | Home | Lost 26-70 |
April 4 | Chicago Slaughter | Away | Lost 38-57 |
April 12 | New England Surge | Home | Lost 26-54 |
April 19 | Marion Mayhem | Home | Lost 33-61 |
April 27 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Away | Won 43-42 |
May 2 | Fort Wayne Freedom | Home | Won 35-29 |
May 16 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Home | Lost 13-48 |
May 24 | Lehigh Valley Outlawz | Away | Lost 27-29 |
May 31 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Away | Lost 43-46 |
June 7 | Marion Mayhem | Away | Lost 44-51 |
Team | Overall | Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
Great Lakes Conference | |||||||||||
East Division | |||||||||||
Kalamazoo Xplosion-y | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |||
Muskegon Thunder-x | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |||
Fort Wayne Freedom | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | |||
Miami Valley Silverbacks | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | |||
West Division | |||||||||||
Chicago Slaughter-y | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
Rock River Raptors-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
Milwaukee Bonecrushers | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |||
Atlantic Conference | |||||||||||
East Division | |||||||||||
New England Surge-y | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |||
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |||
New Jersey Revolution | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |||
Chesapeake Tide | 2 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |||
West Division | |||||||||||
Rochester Raiders-z | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
Saginaw Sting-y | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
Marion Mayhem-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |||
Flint Phantoms | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
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