2012 Florida Tarpons season

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2012 Florida Tarpons season
OwnerMichael Taylor
Andrew Haines
General managerMichael Taylor
Head coachMichael Taylor
Home field Germain Arena
11000 Everblades Parkway
Estero, FL 33928
Results
Record11-0
Conference place1st
Playoff finishWon Southern Conference Championship 60-29 (Raiders)
Lost Ultimate Bowl II 44-62 (Commandos)

The 2012 Florida Tarpons season was the first season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. [1]

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2FridayMarch 9 Mississippi Hound Dogs W 58-35 [2] 1-0 Germain Arena
3 BYE
4SundayMarch 25 Lakeland Raiders W 62-47 [3] 2-0 Germain Arena
5FridayMarch 30at Mississippi Hound Dogs W 45-22 [4] 3-0 BancorpSouth Arena
6FridayApril 6 Rome Rampage W 60-7 [5] 4-0 Germain Arena
7SaturdayApril 14at Lakeland Raiders W 59-51 [6] 5-0 Lakeland Center
8 BYE
9SaturdayApril 28 Mississippi Hound Dogs W 58-26 [7] 6-0 Germain Arena
10SundayMay 6 Lakeland Raiders W 55-24 [8] 7-0 Germain Arena
11MondayMay 14at Lakeland Raiders W 57-42 [9] 8-0 Lakeland Center
12MondayMay 21 Rome Rampage W 68-2 [10] 9-0 Germain Arena
13SaturdayMay 26 Mississippi Hound Dogs W 74-13 [11] 10-0 Germain Arena
14 BYE
15SaturdayJune 9 West Palm Beach Phantoms W 91-18 [12] 11-0 Germain Arena

Postseason

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Southern Semifinals BYE
Southern ChampionshipMondayJune 25 Lakeland Raiders W 60-29 [13] 1-0 Germain Arena
Ultimate Bowl IIMondayJuly 2 Cincinnati Commandos L 44-62 [14] 1-1 Germain Arena

Standings

2012 United Indoor Football League
TeamConferenceOverall
WLPCTWLPCTPFPA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y72.77882.800594373
Erie Explosion-x73.70083.727748362
Marion Blue Racers-x54.55665.636602467
Johnstown Generals 36.33336.333264441
Western Pennsylvania Sting 06.00007.000132497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y1101.0001101.000687287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers 54.55664.600613361
Lakeland Raiders-x55.50065.545639379
Rome Rampage 16.14316.143100462
Mississippi Hound Dogs 19.10019.100281559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2012 Florida Tarpons roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 77James Barker
  • --Sean Callahan
  • --Greg Walls

Defensive linemen

  • --Josh Long
  • --Darrell Roseman
  • 26Steven Turner
Linebackers
  • --Harriel Moore
  • --Tavares Woodley

Defensive backs

  • --Lance Burns
  • --Terrance Jones
  •  2Meenyus Miller
  • --E. J. Whitley
  • 21Willie Williams

Kickers

  • 20Ross Gornall
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 2, 2012
19 Active, 0 Inactive

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