2017 Indoor Football League season

2017 IFL season
League	Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor Football
Duration	February 16, 2017 – June 17, 2017
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Season MVP	Charles McCullum (Wichita Falls Nighthawks)
Playoffs
Intense champions	Arizona Rattlers
Intense runners-up	Nebraska Danger
United champions	Sioux Falls Storm
United runners-up	Iowa Barnstormers
2017 United Bowl
Champions	Arizona Rattlers
Runners-up	Sioux Falls Storm
Finals MVP	Justin Shirk (LB, ARI)
IFL seasons
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Indoor Football League season was the ninth season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Playing with ten teams in two conferences spread across the midwestern and western United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 16, 2017, when the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles hosted the Nebraska Danger. The regular season ended 18 weeks later on June 18, 2017, with the defending league champion Sioux Falls Storm visiting the Iowa Barnstormers and the Wichita Falls Nighthawks visiting the Nebraska Danger. The playoffs were held in two rounds, with the top two seeds in each conference playing against each other in the conference championships. The winner of those games met in the United Bowl. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

For 2017, the IFL maintained its two-conference, no-divisions format, with each of the ten teams playing 16 games during the 18-week regular season. The Billings Wolves and Tri-Cities Fever announced their suspension of operations for the 2017 season, maintaining hope of a return for 2018. ^{[3] [4]} In their place, the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (owned by Project FANchise, with fans controlling every aspect of the team) were accepted into the IFL as an expansion team, ^[5] and the Arizona Rattlers joined the IFL after having played the last 24 seasons in the Arena Football League. ^[6]

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined	Head coach
United Conference
Cedar Rapids Titans	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	U.S. Cellular Center	6,900	2012	2012	Marvin McNutt
Green Bay Blizzard	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Resch Center	8,600	2003	2010	Chris Williams
Iowa Barnstormers	Des Moines, Iowa	Wells Fargo Arena	15,181	1995	2015	Dixie Wooten
Sioux Falls Storm	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Denny Sanford Premier Center	10,678	2000	2009	Kurtiss Riggs
Wichita Falls Nighthawks	Wichita Falls, Texas	Kay Yeager Coliseum	7,380	2013	2015	Billy Back
Intense Conference
Arizona Rattlers	Phoenix, Arizona	Talking Stick Resort Arena	15,505	1992	2017	Kevin Guy
Colorado Crush	Loveland, Colorado	Budweiser Events Center	5,289	2007	2009	Jose Jefferson
Nebraska Danger	Grand Island, Nebraska	Eihusen Arena	6,000	2011	2011	Hurtis Chinn
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles	West Valley City, Utah	Maverik Center	10,000	2016	2017	Matthew Sauk
Spokane Empire	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	10,771	2006	2016	Adam Shackleford

Standings

2017 Intense Conference view talk edit W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK y - Arizona Rattlers 12 4 0 .750 782 610 8–1 — W8 x - Nebraska Danger 9 7 0 .563 717 660 5–2 3.0 W1 Spokane Empire 8 8 0 .500 654 677 7–5 4.0 L3 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles 5 11 0 .313 675 762 4–8 7.0 W1 Colorado Crush 3 13 0 .188 629 821 2–10 8.0 L4

2017 United Conference view talk edit W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK y - Sioux Falls Storm 14 2 0 .875 769 467 9–2 — W3 x - Iowa Barnstormers 13 3 0 .813 702 580 8–3 1.0 L1 Wichita Falls Nighthawks 12 4 0 .750 832 745 6–2 2.0 L1 Green Bay Blizzard 3 13 0 .188 513 665 2–9 11.5 W1 Cedar Rapids Titans 1 15 0 .063 494 780 1–10 13.0 L10

Playoffs

	Semifinals					2017 United Bowl
	I2	Nebraska	36
	I1	Arizona	62
						I1	Arizona	50
						U1	Sioux Falls	41
	U2	Iowa	32
	U1	Sioux Falls	66

Awards

Players of the week

The following were named the top performers during the 2017 season:

Week	Offensive Player of the Week	Defensive Player of the Week	Special Teams Player of the Week
1 [7]	Charles McCullum (Nighthawks)	Rashard Smith (Storm)	Trey Wafford (Danger)
2 [8]	Verlon Reed (Screaming Eagles)	Robert Brown (Empire)	Tyler Williams (Nighthawks)
3 [9]	Derrick Bernard (Danger)	Tyree Robinson (Empire)	Tanner Graeber (Nighthawks)
4 [10]	Trevor Kennedy (Empire)	Javicz Jones (Barnstormers)	Jamal Miles (Rattlers)
5 [11]	Charles Dowdell (Empire)	Manny Asprilla (Blizzard)	Carlton Watkins (Storm)
6 [12]	Mike Tatum (Storm)	John Hardy-Tuliau (Empire)	Joshua Gable (Danger)
7 [13]	Charles McCullum (Nighthawks)	Nikolas Sierra (Danger)	Spencer Groner (Crush)
8 [14]	Cody Sokol (Rattlers)	Javicz Jones (Barnstormers)	Justin Syrovatka (Storm)
9 [15]	Darrell Monroe (Rattlers)	DaeJohn Love (Barnstormers)	Marcus Barnett (Titans)
10 [16]	Liam Nadler (Crush)	Eze Obiora (Danger)	Trevor Kennedy (Empire)
11 [17]	Darrell Monroe (Rattlers)	James Calhoun (Screaming Eagles)	Tyler Williams (Nighthawks)
12 [18]	Travis Partridge (Barnstormers)	Tyler Knight (Storm)	Tyrell Pearson (Blizzard)
13 [19]	Tre' Parmalee (Titans)	Khalif Mitchell (Storm)	Sawyer Petre (Rattlers)
14 [20]	Travis Partridge (Barnstormers)	Justin Shirk (Rattlers)	Chris Robinson (Screaming Eagles)
15 [21]	Brady Roland (Barnstormers)	James Calhoun (Screaming Eagles)	Rockne Belmonte (Nighthawks)
16 [22]	Drew Powell (Danger)	Jamie Bender (Barnstormers)	Tyler Williams (Nighthawks)
17 [23]	Brady Roland (Barnstormers)	Allen Chapman (Rattlers)	Miles Bergner (Crush)
18 [24]	Drew Powell (Danger)	Rashard Smith (Storm)	Miles Bergner (Crush)

Individual season awards

Award	Winner	Position	Team
Most Valuable Player	Charles McCullum	Quarterback	Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Offensive Player of the Year	Charles McCullum	Quarterback	Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Defensive Player of the Year	Javicz Jones	Linebacker	Iowa Barnstormers
Special Teams Player of the Year	Tyler Williams	Kick returner	Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Verlon Reed	Quarterback	Salt Lake Screaming Eagles
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Trey Wafford	Defensive back	Nebraska Danger
Most Improved Award	Travis Partridge	Quarterback	Iowa Barnstormers
Adam Pringle Award	Jack Bramswig	Wide receiver	Green Bay Blizzard
Coach of the Year	Dixie Wooten	Head coach	Iowa Barnstormers

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1st Team All-IFL

Offense Quarterback Charles McCullum, Wichita Falls Running back Darrell Monroe, Arizona Wide receiver Jordan Jolly, Wichita Falls Brady Roland, Iowa Damond Powell, Cedar Rapids Offensive tackle Darius Savage, Nebraska Lamar Mady, Arizona Center Rashad Mungro, Sioux Falls

Defense Defensive line J. D. Griggs, Spokane Ra'Shawde Myers, Iowa Chris McAllister, Arizona Linebacker Javicz Jones, Iowa Defensive back Trey Wafford, Nebraska Allen Chapman, Arizona Rashard Smith, Sioux Falls James Calhoun, Salt Lake

Special teams Kicker Rockne Belmonte, Wichita Falls Kick returner Tyler Williams, Wichita Falls

2nd Team All-IFL

Offense Quarterback Travis Partridge, Iowa Running back Tyler Williams, Wichita Falls Wide receiver Kyle Kaizer, Colorado Devin Mahina, Salt Lake Marquel Willis, Green Bay Offensive tackle Kyle Bryant, Sioux Falls D'Angelo McCray, Iowa Center Damian Love, Arizona

Defense Defensive end Eze Obiora, Nebraska Claude Davis, Sioux Falls Walter Thomas, Wichita Falls Linebacker Tyler Knight, Sioux Falls Defensive back Jamie Bender, Iowa Matt Hermanson, Sioux Falls John Hardy-Tuliau, Spokane Manny Asprilla, Green Bay

Special teams Kicker Sawyer Petre, Arizona Kick returner Daniel Lindsey, Colorado

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See also

• 2017 National Arena League season