2011 Sioux Falls Storm season

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2011 Sioux Falls Storm season
OwnerTodd Tryon
Head coach Kurtiss Riggs
Home field Sioux Falls Arena
Results
Record13–1
Division place1st Great Plains
Playoff finishWon UC Semifinals (Beef) 52-39
Won UC Championship (Blizzard) 52-12
Won 2011 United Bowl (Fever) 37-10

The 2011 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Storm were members of the Great Plains Division of the United Conference.

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Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls entered the 2011 season following a loss in the league's United Bowl championship game in 2010.

After a tornado dubbed the Father's Day Tornado hit Billings' Rimrock Auto Arena on June 20, 2010, causing major damage, [1] the Outlaws franchise folded, and their star quarterback Chris Dixon signed with the Storm. Led by Dixon, Sioux Falls scored an astounding 1022 points on the 2011 regular season, with 70 or more points in 10 games and opening with a 105-71 win over the Kent Predators in Kent, Washington. Only twice did the Storm fall short of 50 points and both were against the Omaha Beef, who handed them a 41-37 loss in the regular season finale after Sioux Falls had started 13-0. The two teams met in the next game, which was the playoff opener. The Storm won it, 52-39, then beat Green Bay 52-12 to return to the United Bowl. Although they tied their lowest scoring game of the season, Sioux Falls rolled over the Tri-Cities Fever 37-10 to earn the league championship after a two-year hiatus and also win its first IFL title.


Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1FridayFebruary 257:05pmat Kent Predators W 105-711-0 ShoWare Center
2 BYE
3MondayMarch 147:05pm Wenatchee Valley Venom W 80-192-0 Sioux Falls Arena
4MondayMarch 217:05pm Nebraska Danger W 80-323-0 Sioux Falls Arena
5SaturdayMarch 267:05pmat Wichita Wild W 92-204-0 Hartman Arena
6SundayApril 32:05pm Omaha Beef W 48-385-0 Sioux Falls Arena
7 BYE
8FridayApril 157:05pm La Crosse Spartans W 77-106-0 Sioux Falls Arena
9SaturdayApril 237:05pmat Bricktown Brawlers W 84-307-0 Cox Convention Center
10SaturdayApril 308:05pmat Nebraska Danger W 78-568-0 Eihusen Arena
11SaturdayMay 77:05pm Bloomington Extreme W 60-289-0 Sioux Falls Arena
12SundayMay 152:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 57-3810-0 Sioux Falls Arena
13FridayMay 207:05pmat Wyoming Cavalry W 70-3011-0 Casper Events Center
14SaturdayMay 287:05pm Wichita Wild W 78-1612-0 Sioux Falls Arena
15SaturdayJune 47:11pmat Chicago Slaughter W 76-2813-0 Sears Centre
16SaturdayJune 117:05pmat Omaha Beef L 37-4113-1 Omaha Civic Auditorium

Post-season

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
Final ScoreRecord
United Conference SemifinalSaturdayJune 257:05pm Omaha Beef W 52-391-0 Sioux Falls Arena
United Conference ChampionshipSaturdayJuly 97:15pm Green Bay Blizzard W 52-122-0 Sioux Falls Arena
United Bowl SaturdayJuly 167:15pm Tri-Cities Fever W 37-10 [2] 3-0 Sioux Falls Arena

Roster

2011 Sioux Falls Storm roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • 84Dusty Hovorka
  • 18Carl Sims
  •  9James Terry
Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 15Michael Bazemore
  • 12Tommy Chavis
  • 52Rachman Crable
  • 96Cory Johnson
  • 94Michael Landry
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  2Stewart Franks
  • 24Jovan Jackson
  • 20Donta Moore
  •  3Reggie Sullivan
  •  4Kadafi Tunsil

Kickers

Injured reserve

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine updated July 16, 2011
23 Active, 1 Inactive, 0 PS

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Standings

2011 Great Plains Division
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
z Sioux Falls Storm 13100.92910224575–1—L1
x Omaha Beef 9500.6436155235–14.0W1
Wichita Wild 6800.4295716181–57.0W2
Nebraska Danger 31100.2146177881–510.0L8

References

  1. ↑ Gazette Staff. "Tornado destroys MetraPark arena, Heights stores". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fever falls to Storm 37-10 in IFL title game". www.tri-cityherald.com. Tri-City Herald. July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
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