2013 Florida Tarpons season

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2013 Florida Tarpons season
OwnerMichael Taylor
General managerMichael Taylor
Head coachMichael Taylor
Home field Germain Arena
11000 Everblades Parkway
Estero, FL 33928
Results
Record5-1
League place1st
Playoff finishWon Ultimate Bowl III 58-68 (Fury)

The 2013 UIFL season was the second season for the Florida Tarpons in the Ultimate Indoor Football League.

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2 BYE
3SundayMarch 18 Sarasota Thunder Cancelled0-0 Germain Arena
4SundayMarch 24 Lakeland Raiders W 41-361-0 Germain Arena
5SaturdayMarch 30at Lakeland Raiders L 40-52 [1] 1-1 Lakeland Center
6 BYE
7SaturdayApril 13at Missouri Monsters W 43-202-1 Family Arena
8FridayApril 19 Georgia Rampage W 43-133-1 Germain Arena
9SundayApril 28 Sarasota Thunder W 62-04-1 Germain Arena
10 BYE
11FridayMay 17 Sarasota Thunder Cancelled [2] 4-1 Germain Arena
12SundayMay 19at Corpus Christi Fury W 75-665-1 American Bank Center
13 BYE

Postseason

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Semifinals BYE
Ultimate Bowl IIISaturdayJune 8 Corpus Christi Fury W 40-321-0 Germain Arena

Standings

TeamWLPCTPFPASTK
y-Florida Tarpons 51.833304187W4
x-Corpus Christi Fury 61.857431345L1
x-Lakeland Raiders 63.667573232W1
Missouri Monsters 55.500459424W1
Georgia Rampage 35.375318343W1
Sarasota Thunder 03.0000230L3

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2013 Florida Tarpons roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • currently vacant

Linebackers

  • currently vacant
Defensive backs
  • currently vacant

Kickers

  • currently vacant
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 8, 2013

2 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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References

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  2. "Indoor football: Florida Tarpons' Friday night game canceled". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. May 11, 2013. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2015.