2011 Wichita Wild season

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2011 Wichita Wild season
OwnerWink Hartman
Head coachMorris Lolar (interim)
Ken Matous (fired April 11; 0-5 record)
Home field Hartman Arena
8151 N. Hartman Arena Drive
Park City, KS 67147
Results
Record6-8
Division place3rd Great Plains
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2011 Wichita Wild season was the team's fifth 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 Park City, Kansas-based Wichita Wild were members of the Great Plains Division of the Intense Conference.

Contents

Under the leadership of interim head coach Morris Lolar, who took over for Ken Matous after an 0–5 start, [1] the team played their home games at the Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2MondayMarch 77:05pmat Nebraska Danger L 59-70 [2] 0-1 Eihusen Arena
3SaturdayMarch 127:05pm Green Bay Blizzard L 41-55 [3] 0-2 Hartman Arena
4 BYE
5SaturdayMarch 267:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 20-92 [4] 0-3 Hartman Arena
6FridayApril 17:05pm West Texas Roughnecks L 47-54 [5] 0-4 Hartman Arena
7SaturdayApril 97:05pmat Omaha Beef L 24-36 [6] 0-5 Omaha Civic Auditorium
8SaturdayApril 167:05pm Amarillo Venom W 56-32 [7] 1-5 Hartman Arena
9SaturdayApril 237:05pmat Allen Wranglers L 44-56 [8] 1-6 Allen Event Center
10FridayApril 297:05pmat Bloomington Extreme W 20-18 [9] 2-6 U. S. Cellular Coliseum
11SaturdayMay 77:00pmat Bricktown Brawlers W 51-14 [10] 3-6 Cox Convention Center
12SaturdayMay 147:05pm Omaha Beef L 44-48 [11] 3-7 Hartman Arena
13SaturdayMay 217:05pmat West Texas Roughnecks W 22-21 [12] 4-7 Ector County Coliseum
14SaturdayMay 287:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 16-78 [13] 4-8 Sioux Falls Arena
15SaturdayJune 47:05pm Nebraska Danger W 65-22 [14] 5-8 Hartman Arena
16SaturdayJune 117:05pm Bloomington Extreme W 62-22 [15] 6-8 Hartman Arena

Roster

2011 Wichita Wild roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  7Darius Fudge

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 53Brett Cavanah
  • 50Calvin Collazo
  • 66Wes Yarbough

Defensive linemen

  • 99Matt Moss
  • 64Dane Robinson
  • 92Marques Walton
Linebackers
  • 18Xavier Jordan
  • 48Kenny Wilson

Defensive backs

  • 24Kendrick Harper
  • 18Brandon Kaufmann
  •  6Randy Kelly
  • 26Scooter Rogers
  •  2 Rashad Washington

Kickers

  • 21Dylan Pohlman
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Refused to Report

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine updated June 11, 2011
20 Active, 0 Inactive

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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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Wooten leads Nebraska by Wild". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. March 8, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
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  5. ↑ Kollen long (April 2, 2011). "West Texas drops Wild to 0-4". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wild loses to Beef". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. April 10, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jeffrey Lutz (April 17, 2011). "Defensive delivers first win for Wild". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wranglers beat visiting Wild". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. April 24, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
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  11. ↑ "Wild can't complete rally". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. May 15, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
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  13. ↑ "Wild suffers 62-point loss". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. May 29, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Wild wallops Danger". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. June 5, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ Kollen Long (June 12, 2011). "Wild finishes with big victory". www.kasas.com. The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2015.


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