2014 PIFL season
The 2014 Professional Indoor Football League season was the third season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 29, 2014, and ended on June 28, 2014. Each team played a 12-game schedule. The top 2 teams in each conference advanced to the playoffs that began on July 5. The final was played July 12, with the Nashville Venom defeating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks to win their first league championship.[1]
| 2014 Professional Indoor Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Professional Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor American football |
| Duration | March 29, 2013 – July 12, 2013 |
| Season MVP | Warren Smith (Trenton) |
| Playoffs | |
| American Conference champions | Nashville Venom |
| American Conference runners-up | Columbus Lions |
| National Conference champions | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks |
| National Conference runners-up | Trenton Freedom |
| PIFL Cup III | |
| Champions | Nashville Venom |
| Runners-up | Lehigh Valley Steelhawks |
| Finals MVP | Charles McCullum (Nashville) |
Pre-season
The Harrisburg Stampede joined the league, after playing two seasons in American Indoor Football.[2] The Nashville Venom and the Trenton Freedom joined the league as expansion members.[3][4] With complications surrounding the Albany Panthers franchise for the 2014 season, the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) introduced the Fire to replace the Panthers for the 2014 season. With the league running the team, PIFL Executive Director, Jeff Ganos was named the franchise's general manager and Cosmo DeMatteo was named the team's innaurgal head coach on February 27, 2014.[5]
Regular season
| Team | Overall | Conference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
| National Conference | |||||||||||
| y-Trenton Freedom | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | |||
| x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | |||
| Richmond Raiders | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | |||
| Harrisburg Stampede | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |||
| American Conference | |||||||||||
| y-Nashville Venom | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | |||
| x-Columbus Lions | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | |||
| Georgia Fire | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | |||
| Alabama Hammers | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |||
Playoffs
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Nashville | 43 | |||||||
| 2 | Columbus | 39 | |||||||
| A1 | Nashville | 64 | |||||||
| N2 | Lehigh Valley | 43 | |||||||
| 1 | Trenton | 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Lehigh Valley | 49 | |||||||
Awards
- Most Valuable Player - Warren Smith, Trenton Freedom
- Offensive Player of the Year - Phillip Barnett, Nashville Venom
- Defensive Player of the Year - Devin Jones, Richmond Raiders
- Offensive Rookie of the Year - Roger Jackson, Trenton Freedom
- Defensive Rookie of the Year - Devin Jones, Richmond Raiders
- Special Teams Player of the Year - Dwayne Hollis, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
- Coach of the Year - Billy Back, Nashville Venom
References
- Lauren Moore (July 13, 2014). "Nashville Venom win first indoor football title". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- "Harrisburg Stampedes into the PIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- J. R. Lind (November 9, 2013). "Indoor football set to return to Nashville". www.nashvillepost.com. SouthComm Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- "Trenton Freedom join PIFL". www.nj.com. New Jersey On-Line LLC. September 20, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- "DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 27, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- Matthew Hester (July 12, 2014). "Venom Sink Their Fangs Into First Ever Championship". www.proifl.com. Professional Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.