2009 Colorado Ice season

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2009 Colorado Ice season
OwnerDanny DeGrande
Head coachCollins Sanders
Home field Budweiser Events Center
Results
Record5–9
Division place3rd Pacific
Playoff finishLost Wild Card 14–42 (Grizzlies)

The 2009 Colorado Ice season was the team's third season as a professional indoor football franchise and first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of nineteen teams that competed in the IFL in the 2009 season, the Fort Collins-based Colorado Ice were members of the Intense Conference.

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Founded in 2007 as part of United Indoor Football, the Colorado Ice became charter members of the IFL when the UIF merged with the Intense Football League before the 2009 season. In their third season under head coach Collins Sanders, the team played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2 BYE
3SaturdayMarch 28 Billings Outlaws L 41–45 [1] 0–1 Budweiser Events Center
4SaturdayApril 4at San Angelo Stampede Express L 47–48 [2] 0–2 Foster Communications Coliseum
5SaturdayApril 11 Bloomington Extreme W 44–26 [3] 1–2 Budweiser Events Center
6SaturdayApril 18 Fairbanks Grizzlies W 61–30 [4] 2–2 Budweiser Events Center
7SundayApril 26at Alaska Wild W 38–19 [5] 3–2 Sullivan Arena
8SaturdayMay 2 Omaha Beef L 68–70 [6] 3–3 Budweiser Events Center
9SaturdayMay 9Fairbanks GrizzliesL 36–50 [7] 3–4 Budweiser Events Center
10SaturdayMay 16at Sioux City Bandits L 34–64 [8] 3–5 Tyson Events Center
11FridayMay 22at Omaha BeefL 42–55 [9] 3–6 Omaha Civic Auditorium
12SaturdayMay 30at Odessa Roughnecks W 60–50 [10] 4–6 Ector County Coliseum
13SaturdayJune 6Alaska WildW 73–38 [11] 5–6Budweiser Events Center
14SaturdayJune 13 El Paso Generals L 33–63 [12] 5–7Budweiser Events Center
15SaturdayJune 20at Billings OutlawsL 30–83 [13] 5–8 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
16SaturdayJune 27at El Paso GeneralsL 18–515–9 El Paso County Coliseum
17 BYE
18 BYE

Standings

TeamOverallDivision
WinsLossesPercentageWinsLossesPercentage
United Conference
Atlantic Division
Maryland Maniacs 1040.714810.888
Rochester Raiders 1040.714530.625
RiverCity Rage 860.571520.714
Saginaw Sting 3120.200380.273
Muskegon Thunder 1130.0711110.083
Central Division
Omaha Beef 1220.857410.800
Bloomington Extreme 1130.786401.000
Wichita Wild 950.643340.429
Sioux Falls Storm 680.429230.400
Sioux City Bandits 690.400270.222
Intense Conference
Lone Star Division
El Paso Generals 1220.857820.800
Abilene Ruff Riders 950.643930.750
San Angelo Stampede Express 590.357380.273
Corpus Christi Hammerheads 590.357590.357
Odessa Roughnecks 3110.214380.273
Pacific Division
Billings Outlaws 1220.857701.000
Fairbanks Grizzlies 770.500540.555
Colorado Ice 590.357320.600
Alaska Wild 0140.000080.000

Postseason

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
Final scoreRecord
Wild CardSundayJuly 19Fairbanks GrizzliesL 14–420–1Budweiser Events Center


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References

  1. ↑ "CO ICE Fall to Billings 46-41". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. March 28, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "ICE Fall to San Angelo 48-47". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. April 5, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Colorado ICE Beat Bloomington Extreme 44-26". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. April 11, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "CO ICE Conquer Fairbanks Grizzlies 61-30". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. April 18, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ice Defeat Wild 38-19". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. April 27, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "CO ICE Lose to Beef in Final Second". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. May 2, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ "ICE Fall to Grizzlies 36-50". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. May 9, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Costly Mistakes Hurt ICE for Third Loss in a Row". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. May 16, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Back-and-Forth Game Ends in ICE's Loss to Beef". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. May 22, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ice Slip Past Roughnecks To Win 60-50". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. May 31, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ "ICE Win 73-38". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. June 6, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Colorado Loses to El Paso 65-33". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. June 13, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ "CO ICE Gunned Down by Outlaws". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. June 20, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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