2011 United Bowl

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2011 United Bowl
2011UnitedBowl.jpg
1234Total
Tri-Cities370010
Sioux Falls10714637
DateJuly 16, 2011
Stadium Sioux Falls Arena
Location Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
MVPSioux Falls QB Chris Dixon
Referee Craig Helser
Attendance4,696
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The 2011 United Bowl was the third title game of the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was played on July 16, 2011, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top seed in the United Conference, the Sioux Falls Storm, defeated the fourth-seed Intense Conference champion Tri-Cities Fever, by a score of 37–10. [1]

Contents

Road to the United Bowl

United Conference

Intense Conference

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Kennewick, WA Loveland, CO
5 West Texas 49
4Tri-Cities45
4 Tri-Cities 61 Allen, TX
1 Colorado 42
Intense Conference
Allen, TX 4Tri-Cities67
Fairbanks, AK
3Allen46
6 Wyoming 20Intense Conference Championship
3Allen72
3 Allen 27 Sioux Falls, SD
2 Fairbanks 54
Wild Card Round
 
Reading, PA I4Tri-Cities10
Ashwaubenon, WI
U1Sioux Falls37
6 Chicago 33 2011 United Bowl
3Reading51
3 Reading 76 Sioux Falls, SD
2 Green Bay 68
United Conference
Omaha, NE 2Green Bay12
Sioux Falls, SD
1Sioux Falls52
5 Bloomington 34United Conference Championship
4Omaha39
4 Omaha 39
1 Sioux Falls 52

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References

  1. "Fever falls to Storm 37-10 in IFL title game". Tri-City Herald . July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2024.