2014 Salina Bombers season

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2014 Salina Bombers season
OwnerChris Vercher
Jake Leighty
General manager Mike Reid
Head coach Bob Frey
Eric Clayton
Bob Ray
Home stadium Bicentennial Center
800 The Midway
Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record8–4 (regular season)
League place3rd

The 2014 Salina Bombers season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of nine teams in the CPIFL for the league's final season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Bombers played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of three head coaches in 2014. Coach Bob Frey began the year before stepping down and was succeeded by Eric Clayton. Clayton resigned and was replaced by Bob Ray. [1]

Contents

Season summary

In 2014, the Bombers finished the regular season with a record of 8-4, good enough for 3rd place in the final CPIFL standings. They were defeated 66-37 by the Sioux City Bandits at the Tyson Events Center in the first round of the post-season. Standout players this season included defensive linebacker Meshak Williams who claimed both Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors from the CPIFL.

Off-field moves

After the 2014 season ended, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form a new league, Champions Indoor Football. [2] [3]

Awards and honors

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Pre-season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1SundayFebruary 162:30pm Kansas City Bulldogs W 75–61–0 Bicentennial Center
2SaturdayFebruary 227:05pm Kansas Koyotes W 75–8 [4] 2–0 Bicentennial Center

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1SundayMarch 23:00pmat Sioux City Bandits W 77–70 (OT)1–0 Tyson Events Center 2,317
2FridayMarch 77:05pm Bloomington Edge W 56–202–0 Bicentennial Center
3 BYE
4SundayMarch 233:00pmat Kansas Koyotes W 51–27 [5] 3–0 Landon Arena
5SaturdayMarch 297:05pmat Dodge City Law L 31–343–1 United Wireless Arena
6 BYE
7SaturdayApril 127:05pm Dodge City Law W 57–454–1 Bicentennial Center
8 BYE
9SaturdayApril 267:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 42–564–2 Bicentennial Center
10SaturdayMay 37:05pm Wichita Wild W 13–115–2 Bicentennial Center
11SaturdayMay 107:05pmat Bloomington Edge L 50–585–3 U.S. Cellular Coliseum 1,252
12SaturdayMay 177:05pmat Oklahoma Defenders W 60–406–3 Cox Business Center
13FridayMay 237:05pm Lincoln Haymakers W 36–157–3 Bicentennial Center
14SaturdayMay 317:05pm Omaha Beef W 50–438–3 Bicentennial Center
15SaturdayJune 77:05pmat Wichita Wild L 41–638–4 Hartman Arena 3,784

Post-season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
Semi-finalsSaturdayJune 147:05pmat Sioux City Bandits L 37–660–1 Tyson Events Center 2,007

Roster

2014 Salina Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 33Quentin Benning
  • 25Keithen Valentine

Wide receivers

  •  8Corey Ham
  • 80Zach McClain
  • --Felix Moret
  •  7Ricky Roberts
  • --Tremon Robinson
  •  5Attrail Snipes
Offensive linemen
  • 75George Bias
  • 56Rod Ewing
  • 65Roy Richard
  • --Allan Stroud

Defensive linemen

  • 45Nathan Carter DL/LB
  • 63Eric Cherry
  • 34Adam Davis
  • 88Brandon McKinney
  • 42 Meshak Williams
Linebackers
  • 11Vernon Brooks
  • 20Jake Lattimer
  •  4Justiss Scales

Defensive backs

  •  1DeWayne Autrey
  • 13Ira Autrey
  • 19Isiah Barfield
  • 23Jarard Milo
  •  2Taikwon Paige

Special teams

  • 99Austin Ledy
Reserve lists
  • 84 Pelton Smalls WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR)
  •  3 Jacarious Lucas WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR)
  • 55 Ed Prince WR(Exempt)

Roster updated June 2, 2014
Transactions
28 Active, 3 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "2014 Salina Bombers Coaching Staff". Salina, KS: Salina Bombers. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ Krieger, Dan (September 22, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Davidson, Bob (February 28, 2015). "Bombers open today at Wichita". The Salina Journal . Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Green, Arne (February 23, 2014). "Frey plenty pleased after another Bombers exhibition blowout". The Salina Journal . Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Jr., Rick (March 23, 2014). "Koyotes drop home opener to Salina, 51–27". The Topeka Capital-Journal . Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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