Muncie River Monsters

Muncie River Monsters

Founded	2010
League	TBD
Team history	Northern Kentucky River Monsters (2011) Muncie River Monsters (2012-present)
Based in	Muncie, Indiana
Arena	TBD
Colors	Green and Black
Owner(s)	Jill Chitwood
Head coach	Brian Schmidt
Division titles	2011 UIFL Regular Season Champion
Cheerleaders	Monster Bait "The Bait" Dance Crew

The Muncie River Monsters are a professional indoor football team. Based in Muncie, Indiana.

The River Monsters began play as a charter member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League for its inaugural 2011 season known as the Northern Kentucky River Monsters, spending one season in the UIFL before reaching an agreement with league management to leave. While in Northern Kentucky, the River Monsters were specifically based in Highland Heights, Kentucky, and played their home games played at The Bank of Kentucky Center. On June 6, 2011, it was announced that the UIFL and the River Monsters mutually agreed to part ways, leaving the team free to join another league. However, the UIFL maintained a lease agreement with the arena to prevent the River Monsters from using it in 2012, even going so far to create a dummy franchise (the Kentucky Monsters, who never played a single game) to occupy the lease. The team had been mentioned as a charter member of the proposed Stadius Football Association, but that league never got off the ground. On their web show, the Dayton Silverbacks announced the River Monsters would be joining the CIFL, moving to Muncie, and retaining the River Monsters name.

Season-By-Season

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2011*	11	3	0	1st UIFL	Lost UIFL semifinals (Saginaw)

* = Current Standing

2011 Season

Regular season schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
February 25	Canton Cougars	Away	Won 63-41
March 5	Johnstown Generals	Away	Won 62-49
March 12	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	Away	Lost 33-60
March 18	Johnstown Generals	Home	Won 79-21
March 28	Canton Cougars	Home	Won 62-53
April 1	Huntington Hammer	Home	Won 69-40
April 9	Canton Cougars	Away	Won 78-55
April 16	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	Home	Won 59-42
April 23	Saginaw Sting	Home	Won 64-56
April 30	Huntington Hammer	Away	Won 44-23
May 6	Saginaw Sting	Away	Lost 58-63
May 14	Huntington Hammer	Home	Won 34-28
May 21	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	Home	Won 54-40
May 28	Eastern Kentucky Drillers	Away	Lost 43-44

Standings

2011 UIFL Standings[ref 1]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Northern Kentucky River Monsters	11	3	0	.786	569	417	L1
x-Saginaw Sting	9	5	0	.643	473	415	L2
x-Eastern Kentucky Drillers	8	6	0	.571	390	373	W1
x-Huntington Hammer	7	7	0	.500	377	328	W2
Johnstown Generals	6	8	0	.429	292	416	W2
Canton Cougars	1	13	0	.071	370	522	L10

1. http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm

Current Roster

Northern Kentucky River Monsters roster
Quarterbacks 10 Antonio Davis Running Backs 14 Clay Cunningham  6 Maurice Douse Wide Receivers 11 Aric Evans  8 Willie Idlette  3 Ricardo Lenhart  5 Ahoma Maxwell  9 Shawn McGarity		Offensive Linemen 77 Bob Beeler 55 Thomas Gholston 74 Matt Money Defensive Linemen 57 D'arrell Brown 52 Rico Middlebrooks 99 Luke Scarborough		Linebackers  1 David James 48 Tommie McBride 37 Santino Turnbow Defensive Backs 12 Butch Abshire 32 David Hampton  4 T. J. Harris 21 Marcus Lancaster 23 Dekota Marshall  7 Jeff Ward Kickers 13 Dustin Zink		Injured Reserve 22 Jared Lorenzen QB Exempt List Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated February 17, 2013 24 Active, 1 Inactive → More rosters

Notable Players

• Jared Lorenzen - QB
• Khalil El-Amin - OL/DL
• Thomas McKenzie - DL

References

External links

• Northern Kentucky River Monsters official site
• UIFL press release announcing the team