2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season

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2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season
OwnerRick Kranz
Head coachLance Brown
Home field Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
126 Main Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
Results
Record8–6
Division place3rd
Playoff finishWon Semifinals 20–4 (Hammer)
Lost Ultimate Bowl I 69–86 (Sting)

The 2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season was the 1st season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. On November 26, 2010, the UIFL announced that the team in Pikeville, Kentucky would be named the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. [1] The Drillers lost their first game in franchise history, a 44–49 defeat to the hands of the Saginaw Sting. [2] Even in the defeat, two Drillers (Aric Evans and David Jones), won the first ever Offensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week Awards in the history of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. [3] The following week, the Drillers played their first ever home game at Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, and in front of 3,500 fans, the Drillers won 37–26 over the Huntington Hammer. [4] The Drillers were able to finish the season with an 8–6 record. In the playoffs, they defeated the Huntington Hammer, and advanced to Ultimate Bowl I, where they lost to the Saginaw Sting.

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1FridayFebruary 18at Saginaw Sting L 46–490–1 Dow Event Center
2FridayFebruary 25 Huntington Hammer W 37–26 [5] 1–1 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
3 BYE
4SaturdayMarch 12 Northern Kentucky River Monsters W 60–332–1 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
5FridayMarch 18at Huntington Hammer L 28–39 [6] 2–2 Big Sandy Superstore Arena
6FridayMarch 25at Saginaw Sting L 41–762–3 Dow Event Center
7SundayApril 3 Canton Cougars W 56–293–3 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8SaturdayApril 9 Johnstown Generals W 43–214–3 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
9SaturdayApril 16at Northern Kentucky River Monsters L 42–594–4 The Bank of Kentucky Center
10FridayApril 22at Johnstown Generals L 37–414–5 Cambria County War Memorial Arena
11SaturdayApril 30 Canton Cougars W 45–05–5 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
12SundayMay 8at Canton Cougars W 38–266–5 Canton Memorial Civic Center
13SundayMay 15 Johnstown Generals W 35–227–5 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
14SaturdayMay 21at Northern Kentucky River Monsters L 40–547–6 The Bank of Kentucky Center
15SaturdayMay 28 Northern Kentucky River Monsters W 44–438–6 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center

Postseason schedule

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
SemifinalsSaturdayJune 4 Huntington Hammer W 20–4 [7] 1–0 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
Ultimate Bowl IFridayJune 10at Saginaw Sting L 69–86 [8] 1–1 Dow Event Center

Standings

2011 UIFL standings [ref 1]
TeamWLTPCTPFPASTK
y-Northern Kentucky River Monsters [ref 2] 1130.786569417L1
x-Saginaw Sting 1040.714473415L2
x-Eastern Kentucky Drillers 860.571390373W1
x-Huntington Hammer 770.500377328W2
Johnstown Generals 680.429292416W2
Canton Cougars 1130.071370522L10
  1. ↑ http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm
  2. ↑ Although Northern Kentucky were awarded the season title, they entered the postseason as the 4 seed due to salary cap violations.

Roster

2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

  •  9E. J. Adams WR/DB
  •  8Drew Anthony
  • 80Matthew Barbour
  • 11Aric Evans
  • 88Justin Lamb
Offensive linemen
  • 55Phil Blaising
  • 79Jack Breckner
  • 60James Jenkins
  • 90Rashaud Mungro
  • 67Joe Parker

Defensive linemen

  • 91Robert Brown
  • 44Rodrick Davis
  • 32Shawn Lewis
Linebackers
  • 85Zane Cooper
  • 20Shaun Jones

Defensive backs

  •  1Troy Cloud
  • 21Jason Conner
  •  7David Jones
  • 19Juan Ramirez
  •  4Jamell Ringo
  •  3Rakiem Rowland

Kickers

  • 55Brandon Miller
Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
updated March 28, 2011
23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

Box Scores

Week 1: Eastern Kentucky Drillers vs. Saginaw Sting

Week 1: Eastern Kentucky Drillers at Saginaw Sting – Game summary
Period1234Total
Drillers20613746
Sting141361649

at Dow Event Center, Saginaw, Michigan

  • Date: Feb. 18, 2011
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 3,164
  • [9]
Game information

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References

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  2. ↑ "Saginaw Sting capture season opener". Midland Daily News. February 19, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
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