2013 Salina Bombers season

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2013 Salina Bombers season
OwnerChris Vercher
Jake Leighty
Jake Sharp
General managerMike Reid
Head coachBob Frey
Home field Bicentennial Center
800 The Midway
Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record9–3 (regular season)
League place4th

The 2013 Salina Bombers season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise and first as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of ten teams in the CPIFL for the league's inaugural season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Force played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of veteran head coach Bob Frey. [1]

Contents

Season summary

With a 9–3 record, the Bombers finished 4th in the final CPIFL standings, which qualified the team for the playoffs. The Bombers traveled to Sioux City, Iowa, where they defeated the first-seeded Sioux City Bandits to advance to the Champions Bowl. In the first-ever Champions Bowl, the Bombers were defeated 47–34 by the Wichita Wild. [2] Despite the loss, head coach Bob Frey was named CPIFL Coach Of Year for 2013.

Awards and honors

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2SaturdayMarch 167:30pm Wichita Wild L 34–630–1 Bicentennial Center
3 BYE
4SaturdayMarch 307:30pm Mid-Missouri Outlaws W 43–211–1 Bicentennial Center
5SaturdayApril 67:30pm Oklahoma Defenders W 50–312–1 Bicentennial Center
6FridayApril 127:30pm Sioux City Bandits L 43–462–2 Bicentennial Center
7FridayApril 197:05pmat Lincoln Haymakers W 31–193–2 Pershing Center
8SaturdayApril 277:30pmat Kansas City Renegades W 47–314–2 Kemper Arena
9SaturdayMay 47:30pmat Kansas Koyotes W 55–315–2 Landon Arena
10SaturdayMay 117:05pmat Wichita Wild L 40–455–3 Hartman Arena
11SaturdayMay 187:30pm Kansas Koyotes W 37–206–3 Bicentennial Center
12SaturdayMay 257:30pm Lincoln Haymakers W 46–147–3 Bicentennial Center
13SaturdayJune 17:30pmat Mid-Missouri Outlaws W 48–238–3 Mathewson Exhibition Center
14SaturdayJune 87:30pmat Oklahoma Defenders W 46–349–3 Cox Business Center

Post-season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Semi-finalsSaturdayJune 157:05pmat Sioux City Bandits W 28–261–0 Tyson Events Center
Champions Bowl ISaturdayJune 227:05pmat Wichita Wild L 34–47 [2] 1–1 Hartman Arena

Roster

2013 Salina Bombers roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1Travis Hunter
  •  9Dane Simoneau

Running backs

  • 26Demetrius Cox
  • 11Frank Miles

Wide receivers

  •  8Corey Ham
  • 14Seth Myers
  •  7Ricky Roberts
  • 84Pelton Smalls
  • 80Attrail Snipes
Offensive linemen
  • 73Jarvis Jones
  • 55Ed Prince
  • 65Roy Richard
  • 77John Steel

Defensive linemen

  • 34Quentin Benning
  • 58Kyron Hill
  • 20Jake Lattimer
  • 88Brandon McKinney
  • 90Ben Pister
Linebackers
  • 10Adrian Thomas

Defensive backs

  •  5DeWayne Autrey
  •  2Ira Autrey
  • 15Isiah Barfield
  •  6Paul Barber
  • 21Cory Dunbar
  •  4Justice Scales

Kickers

  • 13Corey Hoover
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • 27Benardis Hughes WR
  • 79Ryan Peterson OL
  • 75Tyler Vogt OL
  •  3Zach Waggoner QB

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 22, 2013
26 Active, 0 Inactive, 4 PS

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References

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