Dayton Silverbacks

Dayton Silverbacks
Dayton Silverbacks
Founded 2006
League AIFL (2006)
CIFL (2007–present)
Team history Miami Valley Silverbacks (2006-2010)
Dayton Silverbacks (2011-present)
Arena Hara Arena
Based in Trotwood, Ohio
Team colors Black, Green, Silver
              
President Jeff Kolaczkowski
Head coach Mister Askew
Championships 0
Division titles 0
Dancers Silverbabes
Mascot Congo

The Dayton Silverbacks are a professional indoor football team based in Dayton, Ohio. A member of the Continental Indoor Football League, the Silverbacks play their home games at Hara Arena in nearby Trotwood.

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History

The team began play in 2006 as the Miami Valley Silverbacks, an expansion member of the American Indoor Football League. On Saturday, March 25, 2006, WR/DB Maurice Lee managed to set five AIFL wide receiver records, en route to his team's 57–54 Week 5 road victory over the Steubenville Stampede. He set the records for most catches (16), most reception yards (191), most receiving touchdowns (7), most points (42), and total touchdowns (7).

After the season, the team decided to move to the Continental Indoor Football League, along with their brother franchise, the Steubenville Stampede.

The Silverbacks planned on sitting out the 2009 CIFL season, but due to the West Virginia Wild getting suspended from the league, the CIFL offered for the Silverbacks to take the place of the Wild. They will play a 12-game season, primarily as a traveling team.

On April 14, the Silverbacks announced that a majority of their remaining 2009 season will be broadcast live online for free on MCP-TV at www.miamicountypost.com. Professional sports announcer, JT Szabo will provide the play-by-play. [1] The 2010 Silverbacks announced they will continue play in the CIFL as a travel squad. The team named former Cincinnati Swarm (af2), Louisville Fire (af2) and Cincinnati Marshals (NIFL) assistant Brian Wells as head coach. The 2010 Silverbacks finished the regular season with the best winning percentage in team history (.400) and their second ever playoff berth; Friday, June 18 vs. Cincinnati Commandos at Cincinnati Gardens.

On September 8th, 2011, Mister Askew was named the 6th coach in Silverbacks history.[2]

Current Roster

Dayton Silverbacks Rosterview · Jarvis Taylor
  • 12 Bruce Jones
  • Offensive backs

    • 22 Ronald Russell


    Receivers

    •  8 Melvin Bryant
    • 11 Daniel Stover QB/WR
    • 18 Marque Jones
    • 80 Victor Jett Jr.

    Kickers

    • 84 Jeff Hubbard
     

    Offensive Linemen

    • 50 E Starks
    • 70 Michael Melampy
    • 88 Justin Barnett OL/TE

    Defensive Linemen

    • 33 Thaddeus Crosby
    • 52 James Spikes
    • 55 Shawn Stewart

    Linebackers

    • 44 Marcus Young DL/LB
    • 48 Johnny Wright LB/DL
     

    Defensive backs

    •  2 Neimiah Simons
    •  7 Donavan Evans
    • 10 Vitario Jones
    • 15 Mychal Davis
    • 37 Chris Respress

    Inactive

    •  1 Fred Cromartie WR
    •  3 Marcus Fails RB/WR
    • 12 Isaiah Cheatham WR
    • 16 Jeremy Greenleaf QB
    • 18 Chris Stanford QB/WR
    • 33 Josh Davis DL
    • 50 Kevin West OL
    • 55 Adam Bradley OL
    • 75 Trent Marlow OL


    Injured Reserve Injury icon 2.svg

    Updated 2011-05-26

    Rookies in italics
    22 Active, 9 Inactive

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    Season-By-Season

    Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

    Season W L T Finish Playoff results
    Miami Valley Silverbacks (AIFL)
    2006 5 9 0 5th (Northern) --
    Miami Valley Silverbacks (CIFL)
    2007 4 9 0 6th (Great Lakes) Lost GLD Qualifier (Chicago) 60-28
    2008 3 9 0 4th (GLC East) --
    2009 0 10 0 4th (East) --
    2010 4 6 0 4th Lost Semifinals (Cincinnati Commandos) 24-48
    Dayton Silverbacks (CIFL)
    2011* 5 5 0 3rd --
    Totals 21 47 0 (including playoffs)

    * = Current Standing

    Head coaches

    Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season.

    Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
    W L T Win% W L
    Matt King 20062007 9 18 0 .333 0 1
    Carl Allen 2008 3 9 0 .250 0 0
    Brian Wells 2010 4 6 0 .400 0 1 Co-CIFL Coach of the Year
    Derrick Shepard 2009,2011 5 15 0 .250 0 1
    Mister Askew 2012 0 0 0 0 0

    2007 CIFL Season Schedule

    Date Opponent Home/Away Result
    March 24 Port Huron Pirates Away Lost 7-54
    March 30 Chicago Slaughter Home Lost 44-66
    April 14 Marion Mayhem Home Won 51-48
    April 21 Springfield Stallions Home Won 67-29
    April 28 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 34-42
    May 4 Port Huron Pirates Home Lost 19-78
    May 11 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home Lost 37-40
    May 18 Steubenville Stampede Home Won 66-44
    May 25 Chicago Slaughter Away Lost 47-48
    June 2 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away Lost 21-41
    June 9 Springfield Stallions Away Won 56-22
    June 16 Chesapeake Tide Away Lost 53-54
    June 30 Chicago Slaughter (Playoffs) Away Lost 28-60

    2007 CIFL Standings

    2007 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Michigan Pirates-y
    12 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000
    Kalamazoo Xplosion-x 10 2 0 .833 10 2 0 .833
    Chicago Slaughter-x 9 3 0 .750 8 2 0 .800
    Marion Mayhem-x 6 6 0 .500 6 5 0 .545
    Muskegon Thunder-x 4 8 0 .333 4 7 0 .364
    Miami Valley Silverbacks 4 8 0 .333 3 7 0 .300
    Summit County Rumble 1 11 0 .083 0 7 0 .000
    Springfield Stallions 0 12 0 .000 0 11 0 .000
    Atlantic Conference
    Rochester Raiders-y 10 2 0 .833 90 0 0 1.000
    New England Surge-x 8 4 0 .667 8 3 0 .727
    Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 5 5 0 .500
    Chesapeake Tide-x 7 5 0 .583 6 5 0 .545
    Steubenville Stampede 5 7 0 .417 2 6 0 .250
    NY/NJ Revolution 1 11 0 .083 0 11 0 .000

    2008 CIFL Season Schedule

    Date Opponent Home/Away Result
    March 15 New Jersey Revolution Home Won 56-13
    March 21 Fort Wayne Freedom Away Lost 48-52
    March 29 Saginaw Sting Home Lost 26-70
    April 4 Chicago Slaughter Away Lost 38-57
    April 12 New England Surge Home Lost 26-54
    April 19 Marion Mayhem Home Lost 33-61
    April 27 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away Won 43-42
    May 2 Fort Wayne Freedom Home Won 35-29
    May 16 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home Lost 13-48
    May 24 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Lost 27-29
    May 31 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away Lost 43-46
    June 7 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 44-51

    2008 CIFL Standings

    2008 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Kalamazoo Xplosion-y
    11 1 0 .917 5 1 0 .833
    Muskegon Thunder-x 5 7 0 .417 2 2 0 .500
    Fort Wayne Freedom 5 7 0 .417 2 4 0 .333
    Miami Valley Silverbacks 3 9 0 .250 1 2 0 .333
    West Division
    Chicago Slaughter-y 8 4 0 .667 3 1 0 .750
    Rock River Raptors-x 7 5 0 .583 3 1 0 .750
    Milwaukee Bonecrushers 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000
    Atlantic Conference
    East Division
    New England Surge-y 8 3 0 .727 5 1 0 .833
    Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 4 2 0 .667
    New Jersey Revolution 3 9 0 .250 2 5 0 .286
    Chesapeake Tide 2 10 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
    West Division
    Rochester Raiders-z 12 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000
    Saginaw Sting-y 10 2 0 .833 3 1 0 .750
    Marion Mayhem-x 7 5 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
    Flint Phantoms 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000

    2009 CIFL Season Schedule

    Date Opponent Home/Away Result
    March 27 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 0-55
    April 4 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away CANCELLED
    April 11 Rock River Raptors Away Lost 14-41
    April 19 Wheeling Wildcats Home Lost 28-52
    April 25 Fort Wayne Freedom Away Lost 28-34
    May 2 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 2-36
    May 9 Wheeling Wildcats Away Lost 13-33
    May 17 Fort Wayne Freedom Home Lost 28-56
    May 23 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away Lost 30-53
    May 30 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Away Lost 32-40
    June 6 Fort Wayne Freedom Away CANCELLED
    June 13 Marion Mayhem Away Lost 20-53

    2009 CIFL Standings

    2009 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Marion Mayhem-y
    9 3 0 .750 8 1 0 .889
    Fort Wayne Freedom-x 6 5 0 .545 5 2 0 .294
    Wheeling Wildcats 2 10 0 .167 2 5 0 .286
    Miami Valley Silverbacks 0 10 0 .000 0 7 0 .000
    West Division
    Chicago Slaughter-y 12 0 0 1.000 8 0 0 1.000
    Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 7 5 0 .583 4 4 0 .500
    Rock River Raptors 7 5 0 .583 3 5 0 .167
    Milwaukee Bonecrushers 3 8 0 .273 1 7 0 .167

    2010 CIFL Season Schedule

    Date Opponent Home/Away Result
    March 13 Cincinnati Commandos Away L, 26-53
    April 3 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away L, 32-38
    April 10 Fort Wayne Firehawks Away L, 28-44
    April 17 Chicago Cardinals Away W, 46-29
    April 24 Cincinnati Commandos Away L, 50-58
    May 1 Marion Mayhem Away L, 39-64
    May 9 Fort Wayne Firehawks Away L, 8-26
    May 15 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away W, 22-18
    May 29 Chicago Cardinals Away W, 58-24
    June 12 Marion Mayhem Away W, 2-0 FORFEIT
    June 18 Cincinnati Commandos Away - (Playoffs) L, 24-48

    2010 CIFL Standings

    2010 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Cincinnati Commandos-y
    9 1 0 .900 493 294 49.3 29.4 L1 Details
    Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 8 2 0 .800 345 213 34.5 21.3 W3 Details
    Fort Wayne Firehawks-x 6 4 0 .600 294 267 36.75 33.375 W2 Details
    Miami Valley Silverbacks-x 4 6 0 .400 309 354 34.33 39.33 W1 Details
    Marion Mayhem 3 7 0 .300 202 193 33.67 32.16 L5 Details
    Chicago Cardinals 0 10 0 .000 205 525 20.5 52.5 L10 Details

    y - clinched regular-season title

    x - clinched playoff spot

    2011 CIFL Season Schedule

    Date Opponent Home/Away Result
    March 5 Indianapolis Enforcers Home Won 69-19
    March 19 Port Huron Predators Away Lost 34-61
    March 26 Marion Blue Racers Away Lost 13-34
    April 2 Cincinnati Commandos Home Lost 15-32
    April 9 Marion Blue Racers Home Lost 14-31
    April 23 Chicago Knights Away Won 24-21
    April 29 Cincinnati Commandos Away Lost 7-41
    May 7 Indianapolis Enforcers Home Won 75-6
    May 13 Chicago Knights Home Won 37-20
    May 26 Port Huron Predators Home Won 2-0 (Forfeit)
    June 6 Marion Blue Racers Away - (Playoffs) Lost 18-53

    2011 Standings

    2011 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Cincinnati Commandos-y
    10 0 0 1.000 484 158 53.77 17.55 W10 Details
    Marion Blue Racers-x 8 2 0 .800 455 218 45.5 21.8 L1 Details
    Dayton Silverbacks-x 5 5 0 .500 288 265 32 39.4 W3 Details
    Chicago Knights-x 4 6 0 .400 255 295 28.33 32.77 L5 Details
    Port Huron Predators 2 8 0 .200 238 226 39.6 37.6 L7 Details
    Indianapolis Enforcers 1 9 0 .100 71 621 7.88 69 L3 Details

    y - clinched regular-season title

    x - clinched playoff spot

    References

    1. ^ Silverbacks Broadcast Live On www.miamicountypost.com
    2. ^ Silverbacks coach knows indoor football

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