2013 Florida Tarpons season

2013 Florida Tarpons season
2013 Florida Tarpons season
Owner	Michael Taylor
General manager	Michael Taylor
Head coach	Michael Taylor
Home field	Germain Arena ; 11000 Everblades Parkway; Estero, FL 33928
Results
Record	5-1
League place	1st
Playoff finish	Won Ultimate Bowl III 58-68 (Fury)
	← 2012 ; Florida Tarpons ; 2014 →;

Last updated August 17, 2023

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

Schedule

Key: Win Tie Loss Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
1	BYE
2	BYE
3	Sunday	March 18	Sarasota Thunder	Cancelled	0-0	Germain Arena
4	Sunday	March 24	Lakeland Raiders	W 41-36	1-0	Germain Arena
5	Saturday	March 30	at Lakeland Raiders	L 40-52^[1]	1-1	Lakeland Center
6	BYE
7	Saturday	April 13	at Missouri Monsters	W 43-20	2-1	Family Arena
8	Friday	April 19	Georgia Rampage	W 43-13	3-1	Germain Arena
9	Sunday	April 28	Sarasota Thunder	W 62-0	4-1	Germain Arena
10	BYE
11	Friday	May 17	Sarasota Thunder	Cancelled^[2]	4-1	Germain Arena
12	Sunday	May 19	at Corpus Christi Fury	W 75-66	5-1	American Bank Center
13	BYE

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
Round	Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
Semifinals	BYE
Ultimate Bowl III	Saturday	June 8	Corpus Christi Fury	W 40-32	1-0	Germain Arena

Standings

2013 UIFL standings^{[ref 1]} view talk edit
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Florida Tarpons	5	1	.833	304	187	W4
x-Corpus Christi Fury	6	1	.857	431	345	L1
x-Lakeland Raiders	6	3	.667	573	232	W1
Missouri Monsters	5	5	.500	459	424	W1
Georgia Rampage	3	5	.375	318	343	W1
Sarasota Thunder	0	3	.000	0	230	L3

↑ http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2013 Florida Tarpons roster

Quarterbacks

7 Chris Wallace

Running backs

currently vacant

Wide receivers

5 Carlos Singleton

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

↑ Blake Hasenzahl (March 31, 2013). "Raiders Finally Beat Rival Tarpons". www.theledger.com. The Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
↑ "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.

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[1] Blake Hasenzahl (March 31, 2013). "Raiders Finally Beat Rival Tarpons". www.theledger.com. The Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

[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.

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