Springfield Stallions
The Springfield Stallions were an indoor football team that played their home games in Springfield, Illinois. They were a 2007 expansion member of the Continental Indoor Football League. The Stallions played their home football games at the Prairie Capital Convention Center which is located in downtown Springfield. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 for football games. This was the inaugural season for the Stallions at the professional level. There had previously been a semi-pro team in Springfield called the Stallions in 2006 which played for the 8FL. While the current Stallions ownership maintained the rights to the original franchise (and maintained a few players from the semi-pro team) the current Stallions' history was not considered a continuation of the original team's. The team was originally coached by Kevin Gade. They did sign former professional NFL or other professional indoor league players like Winston Taylor, Kevin Galbreath and Freddie Weinke The Stallions one season in the CIFL ended with a few weeks remaining in the season. The owners of the team, disappeared three weeks into the season leaving management and the coaching staff to try and scrape together a team for the remainder of the season, leaving numerous outstanding debts to sponsors, the Prairie Capitol Convention Center, and all players and coaches. Many players and coaches never received a paycheck. Following a teleconference involving remaining management and the league office, the team ended operations before the conclusion of the 2007 season. The semi-pro 8-man football team, the Capital City Outlaws, replaced the Stallions for one game against the Chicago Slaughter, only to be blown out 61-6.
| Springfield Stallions | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2006 | ||
| Folded | 2007 | ||
| Headquartered | Springfield, Illinois at the Prairie Capital Convention Center | ||
| Colors | Red, Black, Silver | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | Justin Gettys, Kris Underwood (Coyote Kris Underwood) Accie Connor (D’Lo Brown) | ||
| Head coach | Kevin Gade (2007) | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
| League / conference affiliations | |||
Continental Indoor Football League (2007)
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The Springfield Stallions were an indoor football team that played their home games in Springfield, Illinois.[1] They were a 2007 expansion member of the Continental Indoor Football League. The Stallions played their home football games at the Prairie Capital Convention Center which is located in downtown Springfield. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 for football games.
This was the inaugural season for the Stallions at the professional level. There had previously been a semi-pro team in Springfield called the Stallions in 2006 which played for the 8FL. While the current Stallions ownership maintained the rights to the original franchise (and maintained a few players from the semi-pro team) the current Stallions' history was not considered a continuation of the original team's. The team was originally coached by Kevin Gade. They did sign former professional NFL or other professional indoor league players like Winston Taylor, Kevin Galbreath and Freddie Weinke [2]
The Stallions one season in the CIFL ended with a few weeks remaining in the season. The owners of the team, disappeared three weeks into the season leaving management and the coaching staff to try and scrape together a team for the remainder of the season, leaving numerous outstanding debts to sponsors, the Prairie Capitol Convention Center, and all players and coaches. Many players and coaches never received a paycheck.
Following a teleconference involving remaining management and the league office, the team ended operations before the conclusion of the 2007 season.[3] The semi-pro 8-man football team, the Capital City Outlaws, replaced the Stallions for one game against the Chicago Slaughter, only to be blown out 61-6.[4]
Season-by-season
[edit]| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8th Great Lakes | -- |
2007 season schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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| April 7 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Home | Lost 19-47 |
| April 14 | Port Huron Pirates | Home | Lost 6-54 |
| April 21 | Miami Valley Silverbacks | Away | Lost 29-67 |
| April 28 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Away | Lost 14-38 |
| May 5 | Marion Mayhem | Home | Lost 26-51 |
| May 12 | Steubenville Stampede | Away | Lost** 8-66 |
| May 19 | Muskegon Thunder | Home | Lost 25-49 |
| May 25 | Muskegon Thunder | Away | Lost 36-52 |
| June 3 | Chicago Slaughter | Home | Lost 44-69 |
| June 9 | Miami Valley Silverbacks | Home | Lost 22-56 |
| June 16 | Marion Mayhem (Stallions forfeit) | Away | Lost 0-2 |
| June 24 | Chicago Slaughter (Stallions forfeit) | Away | Lost 0-2 |
- - "Stallions" team was actually fielded by the league and was not the actual Stallions team from Springfield.
2007 CIFL standings
[edit]| Team | Overall | Division | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
| Great Lakes Conference | |||||||||||
| Michigan Pirates-y | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| Kalamazoo Xplosion-x | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | |||
| Chicago Slaughter-x | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | |||
| Marion Mayhem-x | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | |||
| Muskegon Thunder-x | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | |||
| Miami Valley Silverbacks | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | |||
| Summit County Rumble | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Springfield Stallions | 0 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Atlantic Conference | |||||||||||
| Rochester Raiders-y | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| New England Surge-x | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | |||
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | |||
| Chesapeake Tide-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | |||
| Steubenville Stampede | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |||
| NY/NJ Revolution | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Springfield Stallions". oursportscentral.com. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ "Leonard joins Stallions Coaching Staff". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. January 8, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ "Jr. Blues skate on as Springfield's longest-operating sports franchise". sj-r.com. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ Capital City Outlaws page at Indoor Football Encyclopedia