2011 Seattle Timberwolves season

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2011 Seattle Timberwolves season
OwnerTom Dowling
General managerMike Berry
Head coachSean Ponder (interim)
Keith Evans (fired April 12th; 1-5 record)
Home field ShoWare Center
625 West James Street
Kent, WA 98032
Results
Record5-9
Division place3rd Pacific
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2011 Kent Predators/Seattle Timberwolves season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Kent, Washington-based Seattle Predators were members of the Pacific Division of the Intense Conference.

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Under the leadership of owner, Tom Dowling, general manager Mike Berry and head coach Sean Ponder, the team played their home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.

On January 10, 2011, the Kent Predators were sold to Jeffery Scott, [1] who hired new head coach Keith Evans, just two days later. [2] On April 13, the team was sold again, this time to Tom Dowling, changed the team's name to the Seattle Timberwovles while naming Mike Berry the team general manager, and Sean Ponder the team's new head coach. [3]

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResults
Final ScoreTeam Record
1February 25 (Fri)7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 71-1050-1
2March 6 (Sun)3:05pm Fairbanks Grizzlies W 56-41 [4] 1-1
3Bye
4March 17 (Thu)7:00pm
(5:00 Pacific)
@La Crosse Spartans L 28-661-2
5March 25 (Fri)7:35pm
(5:35 Pacific)
@Chicago Slaughter L 36-371-3
6April 1 (Fri)7:05pm Fairbanks Grizzlies L 30-311-4
7April 10 (Sun)1:00pm@Tri-Cities Fever L 42-601-5
8April 16 (Sat)7:05pm Wenatchee Valley Venom W 51-122-5
9Bye
10April 30 (Sat)7:05pm@Tri-Cities Fever L 33-632-6
11May 6 (Fri)7:05pm Omaha Beef W 52-503-6
12May 14 (Sat)7:05pm
(6:05 Pacific)
@Wyoming Cavalry L 39-593-7
13May 21 (Sat)7:05pm@Wenatchee Valley Venom W 66-564-7
14May 27 (Fri)7:05pm Wenatchee Valley Venom W 61-455-7
15June 3 (Fri)7:05pm
(8:05 Pacific)
@Fairbanks Grizzlies L 54-855-8
16June 12 (Sun)7:05pm Tri-Cities Fever L 59-865-9

Standings

2011 Pacific Division
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
y Fairbanks Grizzlies 10400.7147235456–3W2
x Tri-Cities Fever 10400.7148165756–3W2
Seattle Timberwolves 5900.3576787964–55.0L2
Wenatchee Valley Venom 31100.2145088452–77.0L4

Roster

2011 Seattle Timberwolves roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1Charles McCullum
  •  7Kevin Warner

Running backs

  • 29Marell Booker
  •  4Jarvis Dunn
  •  3D. D. Holyfield

Wide receivers

  •  5Michael Bush
  • 15Andre Piper-Jordan
  •  9Travis Poole
  •  2Maurice Young
Offensive linemen
  • 68Frank Connell
  • 68Vaughn Lesuma

Defensive linemen

  • 99Fevaei Ahmu
  • 44Faleaoga Faumui
  • 51Chuck Jones
Linebackers
  • 45Drew Coplin
  • 32Greg Trent
  • 29Eric Pederson

Defensive backs

  • 13Jeremiah Captain
  •  8Daniel Griggs
  • 18Xavier Hicks
  • 21Alonzo McCord

Kickers

  • 22Dan Kleckner
Injured Reserve
  •  9 Aaron Striten WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine updated June 12, 2011

22 Active, 1 Inactive

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