2011 Reading Express season

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2011 Reading Express season
OwnerTed Lavender
Lisa Lavender
Head coachMark Steinmeyer
Home field Sovereign Center
700 Penn Street
Reading, PA 19602
Results
Record8-6
Division place1st Atlantic
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Round (Slaughter) 76-33
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (Blizzard) 51-68

The 2011 Reading Express season was the sixth season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Reading Express were members of the Atlantic Division of the United Conference.

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The team played their home games under head coach Mark Steinmeyer at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Express earned an 8–6 record, placing 1st in the Atlantic Division.


Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
0* BYE
1SundayFebruary 267:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 33–261–0 Sovereign Center
2SaturdayMarch 57:05pmat Chicago Slaughter L 55–591-1 Sears Centre
3FridayMarch 117:30pm Bloomington Extreme L 14–441–2 Sovereign Center
4SundayMarch 204:00pm Arizona Adrenaline W 31–142-2 Sovereign Center
5 BYE
6FridayApril 17:30pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 63–583–2 Sovereign Center
7SaturdayApril 97:00pmat Richmond Revolution W 25–144–2 Arthur Ashe Athletic Center
8FridayApril 157:30pmat Green Bay Blizzard L 19–624–3 Resch Center
9SaturdayApril 237:05pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 40–375–3 Stabler Arena
10SaturdayApril 307:00pm Richmond Revolution W 49–286–3 Sovereign Center
11SundayMay 84:00pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 51–147–3 Stabler Arena
12SundayMay 154:30pm Fairbanks Grizzlies L 45–607–4 Sovereign Center
13SaturdayMay 217:30pmat Green Bay Blizzard L 40–727–5 Stabler Arena
14 BYE
15SaturdayJune 48:00pm Richmond Revolution W 76–78–5 Sovereign Center
16SaturdayJune 117:00pmat Richmond Revolution L 14–428–6 Arthur Ashe Athletic Center

* Kickoff Classic week

Playoffs

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayJune 187:00pm Chicago Slaughter W 76–331–0 Sovereign Center
2SaturdayJune 257:30pmat Green Bay Blizzard L 51–681-1 Resch Center

Roster

2011 Reading Express roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3Chris Malleo
  • 14Bill Winters

Running backs

  •  8Matt Sola

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • --Will Keglar
  • 71Michael Lewis
  • 54Chris Nunn
  • 59Mark Stout

Defensive linemen

  • 68Greg Brown
  • 48Ian Dell
  • 11Mike Dell
  • 90Daniel Orlebar
Linebackers
  •  4Anthony Kelly
  • 51Michael Thompson

Defensive backs

  •  2Jesse Cooper
  •  7 Clarence Curry
  • --Aaron Moore
  •  5Armar Watson
  • 23Anthony Wood

Kickers

  • 25Eric Rockhold
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

Roster Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine updated June 25, 2011
23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Division Standings

2011 Atlantic Division
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
y Reading Express 8600.5715255167–1L1
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 41000.2864325953–54.0L2
Richmond Revolution 31100.2144415932–65.0W1

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