2011 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season

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2011 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season
OwnerJill Chitwood
Head coachRodney Swinigan
Home field The Bank of Kentucky Center
500 Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Results
Record11–3
League place1st
Playoff finishLost Semifinals 37–38 (Sting)

The 2011 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season was the first season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. Announced as a startup team for the newly formed Ultimate Indoor Football League in 2010, the team was purchased by Jill Chitwood from the UIFL in February 2011. [1] Just a week before the season began, team General Manager, Jared Lorenzen, relieved himself of his duties as general manager, and became the quarterback for the franchise. [2] In the River Monsters first ever game they defeated the Canton Cougars by a score of 63–41. [3] With a Week 9 win over the Saginaw Sting, the River Monsters had clinched a postseason berth in their first season, [4] clinching home field advantage throughout the playoffs. [5] After wrapping up the season, the UIFL had discovered that the River Monsters had been paying their players over the league's salary cap. The UIFL stripped the River Monsters of the #1 seed and made them the #4 seed, taking away the River Monster's chance to earn playoff money. [6] The River Monster now traveled to Saginaw, Michigan to play the Sting, where the Sting upset the River Monsters 48–47. [7] On June 6, 2011, it was announced that the UIFL and the River Monsters mutually agreed to part ways, leaving the team free to join another league. However, the UIFL had a lease agreement with the arena, which hampered the likelihood the River Monsters would play in Highland Heights in 2012. The team had been mentioned as a charter member Stadius Football Association, but that league never got off the ground. [8] [9]

Contents

Offseason

2011 draft board

RoundSelectionPlayerPosition
13Sly Brumfield WR/DB
29George Frisch OL
315Jon D'Angelo LB
421Greg JohnstonDB

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2FridayFebruary 25at Canton Cougars W 63–411–0 Canton Memorial Civic Center
3SaturdayMarch 5at Johnstown Generals W 62–492–0 Cambria County War Memorial Arena
4SaturdayMarch 12at Eastern Kentucky Drillers L 33–602–1 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
5FridayMarch 18 Johnstown Generals W 79–213–1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
6MondayMarch 28 Canton Cougars W 62–534–1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
7FridayApril 1 Huntington Hammer W 69–405–1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
8SaturdayApril 9at Canton Cougars W 78–556–1 Canton Memorial Civic Center
9SaturdayApril 16 Eastern Kentucky Drillers W 59–427–1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
10FridayApril 22 Saginaw Sting W 64–568–1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
11SaturdayApril 30at Huntington Hammer W 44–239–1 Big Sandy Superstore Arena
12SundayMay 8at Saginaw Sting L 58–639–2 Dow Event Center
13SaturdayMay 14 Huntington Hammer W 34–2810–2 The Bank of Kentucky Center
14SaturdayMay 21 Eastern Kentucky Drillers W 54–4011–2 The Bank of Kentucky Center
15SaturdayMay 28at Eastern Kentucky Drillers L 43–4411–3 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center

Postseason schedule

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
SemifinalsSaturdayJune 4at Saginaw Sting L 47–480–1 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.

Final roster

2011 Northern Kentucky River Monsters roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  6Maurice Douse

Wide receivers

  • 84A. J. Allen
  • 88Antonie Bagwell
  •  8Willie Idlette
  •  3Ricardo Lenhart
  •  5Harry Lewis
Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  •  7Jon D'Angelo
  • 95Wallace Morris
  • 51Santino Turnbow

Defensive backs

  • 12Butch Abshire
  • 16Austin Goss
  • 10Brett Hamblen
  • 21Kenneth Joshen
  •  2Tez Morris
  • 24Jermaine Woods

Kickers

  • 28Dustin Zink
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 29, 2011
24 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

References

  1. ↑ "Chitwood Assumes River Monsters Ownership". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 10, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ Richard Skinner (February 24, 2011). "Jared Lorenzen lured back to field". www.cincinnati.com. Gannett. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "River Monsters defeat Cougars". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 25, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "River Monsters Clinch Playoff Berth". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. April 24, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Northern Kentucky Torches Top-Scoring Defense, Clinches Home Field". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 22, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Northern Kentucky Penalized by UIFL is Eastern Kentucky's Gain". www.nationofblue.com. Nation of Blue LLC. May 24, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ Kyle Austin (June 3, 2011). "Saginaw Sting earn berth in Ultimate Bowl with 48-47 upset win over Northern Kentucky". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  8. ↑ "FireHawks joining new league". www.wane.com. WANE. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ Tom Davis (July 2, 2011). "Fire Wayne FireHawks to try again in new 2012 league". The News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
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