2011 Sioux Falls Storm season

2011 Sioux Falls Storm season
Head coach	Kurtiss Riggs
Owner	Todd Tryon
Home field	Sioux Falls Arena
Results
Record	13–1
Division place	1st Great Plains
Playoff finish	Won UC Semifinals (Beef) 52-39 Won UC Championship (Blizzard) 52-12 Won 2011 United Bowl (Fever) 37-10

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.

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
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
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
Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final Score	Record	Location
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

2 Chris Dixon

Running Backs

22 Lorne Sam

Wide Receivers

84 Dusty Hovorka

8 Jason Jones

18 Carl Sims

9 James Terry

Offensive Linemen

71 Gerald Davis

55 Charlie Sanders

75 Myniya Smith

Defensive Linemen

15 Michael Bazemore

12 Tommy Chavis

52 Rachman Crable

96 Cory Johnson

94 Michael Landry

Linebackers

26 Tyler Knight

41 Brian McIntire

Defensive Backs

2 Stewart Franks

24 Jovan Jackson

20 Donta Moore

3 Reggie Sullivan

4 Kadafi Tunsil

Kickers

11 Parker Douglass

Injured Reserve

25 Hershel Dennis RB

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 Storm	13	1	0	0.929	1022	457	5-1	---	L1
x Omaha Beef	9	5	0	0.643	615	523	5-1	4.0	W1
Wichita Wild	6	8	0	0.429	571	618	1-5	7.0	W2
Nebraska Danger	3	11	0	0.214	617	788	1-5	10.0	L8

References

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

External links

2011 IFL season

Lonestar	Mountain West	Pacific	Atlantic	Great Lakes	Great Plains
Allen Wranglers	Arizona Adrenaline	Fairbanks Grizzlies	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	Bloomington Extreme	Nebraska Danger
Amarillo Venom	Colorado Ice	Seattle Timberwolves	Reading Express	Chicago Slaughter	Omaha Beef
Bricktown Brawlers	Wyoming Cavalry	Tri-Cities Fever	Richmond Revolution	Green Bay Blizzard	Sioux Falls Storm
West Texas Roughnecks		Wenatchee Valley Venom		La Crosse Spartans	Wichita Wild

Indoor Football League (2017)

United Conference	Intense Conference

Cedar Rapids Titans Green Bay Blizzard Iowa Barnstormers Sioux Falls Storm Wichita Falls Nighthawks	Arizona Rattlers Colorado Crush Nebraska Danger Salt Lake Screaming Eagles Spokane Empire

Previous seasons:

Sioux Falls Storm seasons

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Bold indicates League Championship victory Italics indicates League Championship Game appearance

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