2011 Sioux Falls Storm season

The 2011 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Storm were members of the Great Plains Division of the United Conference.

2011 Sioux Falls Storm season
OwnerTodd Tryon
Head coachKurtiss Riggs
Home fieldSioux Falls Arena
Results
Record13–1
Division place1st Great Plains
Playoff finishWon UC Semifinals (Beef) 52-39
Won UC Championship (Blizzard) 52-12
Won 2011 United Bowl (Fever) 37-10

Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls entered the 2011 season following a loss in the league's United Bowl championship game in 2010.

After a tornado dubbed the Father's Day Tornado hit Billings' Rimrock Auto Arena on June 20, 2010, causing major damage,[1] the Outlaws franchise folded, and their star quarterback Chris Dixon signed with the Storm. Led by Dixon, Sioux Falls scored an astounding 1022 points on the 2011 regular season, with 70 or more points in 10 games and opening with a 105-71 win over the Kent Predators in Kent, Washington. Only twice did the Storm fall short of 50 points and both were against the Omaha Beef, who handed them a 41-37 loss in the regular season finale after Sioux Falls had started 13-0. The two teams met in the next game, which was the playoff opener. The Storm won it, 52-39, then beat Green Bay 52-12 to return to the United Bowl. Although they tied their lowest scoring game of the season, Sioux Falls rolled over the Tri-Cities Fever 37-10 to earn the league championship after a two-year hiatus and also win its first IFL title.


Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Friday February 25 7:05pm at Kent Predators W 105-71 1-0 ShoWare Center
2 BYE
3 Monday March 14 7:05pm Wenatchee Valley Venom W 80-19 2-0 Sioux Falls Arena
4 Monday March 21 7:05pm Nebraska Danger W 80-32 3-0 Sioux Falls Arena
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at Wichita Wild W 92-20 4-0 Hartman Arena
6 Sunday April 3 2:05pm Omaha Beef W 48-38 5-0 Sioux Falls Arena
7 BYE
8 Friday April 15 7:05pm La Crosse Spartans W 77-10 6-0 Sioux Falls Arena
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Bricktown Brawlers W 84-30 7-0 Cox Convention Center
10 Saturday April 30 8:05pm at Nebraska Danger W 78-56 8-0 Eihusen Arena
11 Saturday May 7 7:05pm Bloomington Extreme W 60-28 9-0 Sioux Falls Arena
12 Sunday May 15 2:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 57-38 10-0 Sioux Falls Arena
13 Friday May 20 7:05pm at Wyoming Cavalry W 70-30 11-0 Casper Events Center
14 Saturday May 28 7:05pm Wichita Wild W 78-16 12-0 Sioux Falls Arena
15 Saturday June 4 7:11pm at Chicago Slaughter W 76-28 13-0 Sears Centre
16 Saturday June 11 7:05pm at Omaha Beef L 37-41 13-1 Omaha Civic Auditorium

Post-season
Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Final Score Record
United Conference Semifinal Saturday June 25 7:05pm Omaha Beef W 52-39 1-0 Sioux Falls Arena
United Conference Championship Saturday July 9 7:15pm Green Bay Blizzard W 52-12 2-0 Sioux Falls Arena
United Bowl Saturday July 16 7:15pm Tri-Cities Fever W 37-10[2] 3-0 Sioux Falls Arena

Roster
2011 Sioux Falls Storm roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  8 James Jones

Wide receivers

  • 84 Dusty Hovorka
  • 18 Carl Sims
  •  9 James Terry
Offensive linemen
  • 55 Charlie Sanders

Defensive linemen

  • 15 Michael Bazemore
  • 12 Tommy Chavis
  • 52 Rachman Crable
  • 96 Cory Johnson
  • 94 Michael Landry
Linebackers
  • 41 Brian McIntire

Defensive backs

  •  2 Stewart Franks
  • 24 Jovan Jackson
  • 20 Donta Moore
  •  3 Reggie Sullivan
  •  4 Kadafi Tunsil

Kickers

 Injured reserve

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 16, 2011
23 Active, 1 Inactive, 0 PS

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Standings
2011 Great Plains Division
W L T PCT PF PA DIV GB STK
z Sioux Falls Storm13100.92910224575–1—L1
x Omaha Beef9500.6436155235–14.0W1
Wichita Wild6800.4295716181–57.0W2
Nebraska Danger31100.2146177881–510.0L8

References
  1. Gazette Staff. "Tornado destroys MetraPark arena, Heights stores". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. "Fever falls to Storm 37-10 in IFL title game". www.tri-cityherald.com. Tri-City Herald. July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
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