2011 Allen Wranglers season | |
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General manager | Drew Pearson |
Head coach | Chris MacKeown |
Offensive coordinator | Special Teams Coordinator Tim Smith Equipment Manager Steve Smith |
Defensive coordinator | Def. Coordinator Quinn Cairo OL / DL Coach Bryan Raymond |
Home field | Allen Event Center |
Results | |
Record | 10-4 (regular season) |
Division place | 1st, Lonestar Division |
Conference place | 2nd, Intense Conference |
Playoff finish | Won Intense Conference Wild Card 27-20 (Cavalry) Won Intense Conference Semi-Finals 72-54 (Grizzlies) Lost Intense Conference Championship 46-67 (Fever) |
The 2011 Allen Wranglers season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise, second in the Indoor Football League (IFL), and the first as the "Allen Wranglers". The team played their home games at the Allen Event Center in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas. [1]
The team finished with a 10-4 regular season and first place in the Lonestar Division. They advanced through two rounds of the IFL playoffs before losing the Intense Conference Championship to the Tri-Cities Fever. [2] [3]
In October 2010, the team announced that Chris MacKeown would be the Wranglers' head coach for the 2011 season. [4] MacKeown had most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush after a stint as head coach and director of football operations for the Amarillo Dusters of af2. [5] During the 2011 season, MacKeown was suspended for one game due to a "verbal incident" with opposing coaches after a game in Amarillo on April 2, 2011. [6] [7]
Former Dallas Cowboys player Drew Pearson was named general manager of the franchise in early December 2010. [8] [9] John Harris, Vice President of Operations, organized a publicity stunt in February 2011, reporting the team's mascot "Hoss" had been kidnapped and asking fans and the Chick fil-a Cow to help solve the mystery by following clues on the team's Facebook page. The Allen Police Department cooperated by assigning Officer Garrett Courtney, who was also the team's kicker, as lead investigator. [10] [11]
In May 2011, with just over a month remaining in the regular season, the team announced a change in ownership groups. [12]
Former West Texas A&M Buffaloes running back Keithon Flemming joined the Wranglers on May 25, 2011. [13]
After the season, in late July 2011, Wranglers defensive end Keenan Mace signed with the Dallas Cowboys. [14]
Win Tie Loss Bye
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | |
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Score | Record | ||||||
1 | Sunday | February 20 | 3:05pm | at Amarillo Venom | W 26-25 [7] | 1-- | Amarillo Civic Center |
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | |
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Score | Record | ||||||
1 | Monday | February 28 | 7:05pm | West Texas Roughnecks | L 46-60 [15] | 0-1 | Allen Event Center |
2 | Sunday | March 6 | 3:00pm | at Bricktown Brawlers | W 39-36 [16] | 1-1 | Cox Convention Center |
3 | BYE | ||||||
4 | Friday | March 18 | 7:05pm (AKDT) | at Fairbanks Grizzlies | L 37-57 [17] | 1-2 | Carlson Center |
5 | Friday | March 25 | 7:00pm | Bricktown Brawlers | W 42-26 [18] | 2-2 | Allen Event Center |
6 | Saturday | April 2 | 7:00pm | at Amarillo Venom | W 52-51 [19] | 3-2 | Amarillo Civic Center |
7 | Friday | April 8 | 7:05pm | West Texas Roughnecks | W 33-28 [20] | 4-2 | Allen Event Center |
8 | Saturday | April 16 | 7:05pm | at Nebraska Danger | L 37-60 [21] | 4-3 | Eihusen Arena |
9 | Saturday | April 23 | 7:05pm | Wichita Wild | W 56-44 [22] | 5-3 | Allen Event Center |
10 | Saturday | April 30 | 7:05pm | at Amarillo Venom | W 44-20 [23] | 6-3 | Amarillo Civic Center |
11 | Saturday | May 7 | 7:05pm | Nebraska Danger | W 49-23 [24] | 7-3 | Allen Event Center |
12 | Saturday | May 14 | 7:11pm | at West Texas Roughnecks | W 54-26 | 8-3 | Ector County Coliseum |
13 | Saturday | May 21 | 7:05pm | Amarillo Venom | L 33-36 [25] | 8-4 | Allen Event Center |
14 | BYE | ||||||
15 | Saturday | June 4 | 7:05pm (MDT) | at Colorado Ice | W 57-37 [26] | 9-4 | Budweiser Events Center |
16 | Saturday | June 11 | 7:00pm | North Texas Crunch (IIFA) | W 85-6 | 10-4 | Allen Event Center |
** The IFL's Bricktown Brawlers based in Oklahoma City had collapsed financially and released all of their players late in the 2011 season. The North Texas Crunch of the Independent Indoor Football Alliance played as a replacement team to fill out the Brawlers' remaining scheduled games.
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | |
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Score | Record | ||||||
1 | Sunday | June 19 | 5:05pm | Wyoming Cavalry | W 27-20 [27] | --- | Allen Event Center |
2 | Friday | June 24 | 7:05pm (AKDT) | at Fairbanks Grizzlies | W 72-54 [28] | --- | Carlson Center |
3 | Saturday | July 9 | 7:00pm | Tri-Cities Fever | L 46-67 [2] | --- | Allen Event Center |
2011 Lonestar Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | GB | STK | |
y Allen Wranglers | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.714 | 664 | 510 | 7–2 | — | W2 |
x West Texas Roughnecks | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.714 | 656 | 391 | 6–3 | — | W3 |
Amarillo Venom | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.286 | 529 | 522 | 3–6 | 6.0 | L1 |
Bricktown Brawlers [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.143 | 292 | 717 | 2–7 | 8.0 | L10 |
2011 Allen Wranglers roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
| Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers
| Injured Reserve
Exempt List
rookies in italics → More rosters | |||
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