2011 Allen Wranglers season

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2011 Allen Wranglers season
Allen Wranglers IFL team logo.png
General manager Drew Pearson
Head coachChris MacKeown
Offensive coordinatorSpecial Teams Coordinator Tim Smith Equipment Manager Steve Smith
Defensive coordinatorDef. Coordinator Quinn Cairo OL / DL Coach Bryan Raymond
Home field Allen Event Center
Results
Record10-4 (regular season)
Division place1st, Lonestar Division
Conference place2nd, Intense Conference
Playoff finishWon 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]

Contents

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]

Off-field moves

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]

Logo presented when the Allen franchise was first announced. Allen Wranglers IFL first logo.png
Logo presented when the Allen franchise was first announced.

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]

Roster moves

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]

Schedule

  Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Preseason

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SundayFebruary 203:05pmat Amarillo Venom W 26-25 [7] 1-- Amarillo Civic Center

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1MondayFebruary 287:05pm West Texas Roughnecks L 46-60 [15] 0-1 Allen Event Center
2SundayMarch 63:00pmat Bricktown Brawlers W 39-36 [16] 1-1 Cox Convention Center
3 BYE
4FridayMarch 187:05pm (AKDT)at Fairbanks Grizzlies L 37-57 [17] 1-2 Carlson Center
5FridayMarch 257:00pm Bricktown Brawlers W 42-26 [18] 2-2Allen Event Center
6SaturdayApril 27:00pmat Amarillo Venom W 52-51 [19] 3-2 Amarillo Civic Center
7FridayApril 87:05pm West Texas Roughnecks W 33-28 [20] 4-2Allen Event Center
8SaturdayApril 167:05pmat Nebraska Danger L 37-60 [21] 4-3 Eihusen Arena
9SaturdayApril 237:05pm Wichita Wild W 56-44 [22] 5-3Allen Event Center
10SaturdayApril 307:05pmat Amarillo Venom W 44-20 [23] 6-3 Amarillo Civic Center
11SaturdayMay 77:05pm Nebraska Danger W 49-23 [24] 7-3Allen Event Center
12SaturdayMay 147:11pmat West Texas Roughnecks W 54-268-3 Ector County Coliseum
13SaturdayMay 217:05pm Amarillo Venom L 33-36 [25] 8-4Allen Event Center
14 BYE
15SaturdayJune 47:05pm (MDT)at Colorado Ice W 57-37 [26] 9-4 Budweiser Events Center
16SaturdayJune 117:00pm Bricktown Brawlers **
North Texas Crunch (IIFA)		W 85-610-4Allen 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.

Playoffs

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SundayJune 195:05pm Wyoming Cavalry W 27-20 [27] --- Allen Event Center
2FridayJune 247:05pm (AKDT)at Fairbanks Grizzlies W 72-54 [28] --- Carlson Center
3SaturdayJuly 97:00pm Tri-Cities Fever L 46-67 [2] ---Allen Event Center

Standings

2011 Lonestar Division
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
y Allen Wranglers 10400.7146645107–2—W2
x West Texas Roughnecks 10400.7146563916–3—W3
Amarillo Venom 41000.2865295223–66.0L1
Bricktown Brawlers [lower-alpha 1] 21200.1432927172–78.0L10
  1. ↑ Last four games were losses played by replacements teams.

Final roster

2011 Allen Wranglers roster
Quarterbacks
  • 14Kewan Dewberry
  • 16Anthony Fisher

Running backs

  • 11Keithon Fleming

Wide receivers

  • 80Robert Chase
  • 24 Jason Jones
  • 10Dedrick Poole
  • 17Jackie Robinson
Offensive linemen
  • 62Prince Hickman
  • 55Wondell Rutledge
  • 91Mike Ward

Defensive linemen

  • 21TaVoris Horton
  •  9Fra'Shon McGee
Linebackers
  • 12Brett Bowers
  •  4James Lancaster

Defensive backs

  • 13Wonseleh Brewer
  •  1Nick Fellows
  •  3Joey Longoria
  • 15Frankie Solomon Jr.

Kickers

  •  6Garrett Courtney
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated July 9, 2011
19 Active, 0 Inactive

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