2013 Salina Bombers season

2013 Salina Bombers season
Head coach Bob Frey
General manager Mike Reid
Owner Chris Vercher
Jake Leighty
Jake Sharp
Home field Bicentennial Center
800 The Midway
Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record 9–3 (regular season)
League place 4th

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]

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

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 Saturday March 16 7:30pm Wichita Wild L 34–63 0–1 Bicentennial Center
3 BYE
4 Saturday March 30 7:30pm Mid-Missouri Outlaws W 43–21 1–1 Bicentennial Center
5 Saturday April 6 7:30pm Oklahoma Defenders W 50–31 2–1 Bicentennial Center
6 Friday April 12 7:30pm Sioux City Bandits L 43–46 2–2 Bicentennial Center
7 Friday April 19 7:05pm at Lincoln Haymakers W 31–19 3–2 Pershing Center
8 Saturday April 27 7:30pm at Kansas City Renegades W 47–31 4–2 Kemper Arena
9 Saturday May 4 7:30pm at Kansas Koyotes W 55–31 5–2 Landon Arena
10 Saturday May 11 7:05pm at Wichita Wild L 40–45 5–3 Hartman Arena
11 Saturday May 18 7:30pm Kansas Koyotes W 37–20 6–3 Bicentennial Center
12 Saturday May 25 7:30pm Lincoln Haymakers W 46–14 7–3 Bicentennial Center
13 Saturday June 1 7:30pm at Mid-Missouri Outlaws W 48–23 8–3 Mathewson Exhibition Center
14 Saturday June 8 7:30pm at Oklahoma Defenders W 46–34 9–3 Cox Business Center

Post-season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Semi-finals Saturday June 15 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 28–26 1–0 Tyson Events Center
Champions Bowl I Saturday June 22 7:05pm at Wichita Wild L 34–47[2] 1–1 Hartman Arena

Roster

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

Running Backs

  • 26 Demetrius Cox
  • 11 Frank Miles

Wide Receivers

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

Defensive Linemen

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

Defensive Backs

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

Kickers

  • 13 Corey Hoover
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

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

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

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References

  1. "2014 Salina Bombers Coaching Staff". Salina, KS: Salina Bombers. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bates, Jenn (June 22, 2013). "Wichita outlasts Salina to win CPIFL Championship". KWCH-TV. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

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