Champions Indoor Football 2021

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Champions Indoor Football Logo [Reference: 1]

Regular Season Standings

CIF 2021PCIF W-L-TAll W-L-TPFPAPct
Salina Liberty76-0-07-0-03721881.000
Dodge City Law42-2-02-2-0141170.500
Wichita Force62-3-03-3-0195213.500
Omaha Beef62-3-03-3-0228195.500
Sioux City Bandits72-4-03-4-0267235.429
Wyoming Mustangs61-3-03-3-0225216.500
[Reference: 2]

Legend / Key: Conf= CIF Games; All= All Games; P=Played; W=Won; L=Lost; T=Tied; PF= Total Points For (All Games) PA= Total Points Against (All Games); Pct=Winning Percentage (expressed as a fraction of one)

Schedule

DateHome TeamAway Team
Week 1
27.03.2021Sioux City Bandits55Sioux Empire Crusaders *13
27.03.2021Salina Liberty62Arlington *17
27.03.2021Wyoming Mustangs42Dallas Prime *40
Week 2
02.04.2021Salina Liberty42Wichita Force27
03.04.2021Omaha Beef70Crusaders *24
03.04.2021Wyoming Mustangs56Rapid City War Eagles *0
Week 3
09.04.2021Sioux City Bandits38Wichita Force6
10.04.2021Salina Liberty39Omaha Beef14
10.04.2021Wyoming Mustangs18Dodge City Law20
Week 4
17.04.2021Omaha Beef22Sioux City Bandits33
17.04.2021Wyoming Mustangs32Salina Liberty63
Week 5
22.04.2021Dodge City Law44Wyoming Mustangs56
24.04.2021Salina Liberty53Sioux City Bandits24
26.04.2021Wichita Force38Arlington *18
Week 6
01.05.2021Wichita Force34Dodge City Law43
02.05.2021Sioux City Bandits37Omaha Beef41
Week 7
08.05.2021Wyoming Mustangs21Omaha Beef49
08.05.2021Wichita Force49Sioux City Bandits40
09.05.2021Dodge City Law34Salina Liberty62
Week 8
15.05.2021Omaha Beef32Wichita Force41
15.05.2021Sioux City Bandits40Salina Liberty51
Week 11
21.05.2021Amarillo VenomWyoming Mustangs
21.05.2021Omaha BeefSioux City Bandits
22.05.2021West Texas WarbirdsSalina Liberty
22.05.2021Wichita ForceOklahoma Flying Aces
Week 12
29.05.2021Wyoming MustangsOmaha Beef
29.05.2021Salina LibertySioux City Bandits
29.05.2021West Texas WarbirdsAmarillo Venom
Week 13
05.06.2021Oklahoma Flying AcesWyoming Mustangs
05.06.2021Wichita ForceWest Texas Warbirds
06.06.2021Amarillo VenomSalina Liberty
Week 14
12.06.2021Omaha BeefWyoming Mustangs
12.06.2021Sioux City BanditsAmarillo Venom
12.06.2021West Texas WarbirdsOklahoma Flying Aces
13.06.2021Wichita ForceSalina Liberty
[Reference: 3]

Note: *Non-CIF team.

Report

Champions Indoor Football started its 2021 schedule with a reduced roster of teams due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. West Texas Warbirds, Oklahoma Flying Aces and Amarillo Venom were all victims of the virus and failed to start the season. This left 6 teams, playing Inter-Conference games for the first two weeks, followed by CIF Conference matches.

Weeks 1-4 27 March -17 April 2021

After 4 weeks Salina Liberty, Sioux City Bandits and Dodge City Law were all undefeated in CIF play, although Dodge City Law had only played the one match – a 20-18 victory over Wyoming Mustangs in Week 3. Of the other three teams Wyoming Mustangs had picked up two Inter-Conference victories and Omaha Beef one, though both of those teams and Wichita Force were 0-2 in CIF play.

Week 5-6 22 April- 2 May 2021

By the first week in May Salina Liberty had defeated the other top two team Sioux City Bandits 53-24 on the 24th of April to claim sole ownership of top spot after Dodge City Law had lost 44-56 to Wyoming Mustangs two days previously. Sioux City Bandits then lost another match on 2nd May to the previously winless Omaha Beef, thus opening up the mid-table positions.

Week 7 8-9 May 2021

Salina Liberty continued their winning ways with a 62-34 victory at Dodge City Law. Wichita Force gained the first League win with a 49-40 victory at home to Sioux City Bandits and Omaha Beef moved into second in the standings with a 49-21 win at Wyoming Mustangs.

Week 8 15 May 2021

Wichita Force continued their new-found winning ways with a 41-32 victory at Omaha Beef placing them above the Beef on head-to-head, while Salina Liberty maintained their 100% record with a 51-40 win at Sioux City Bandits.

About the CIF

The Champions Indoor Football is a AA (Third Level) American Football League based primarily in the Texas and Prairie States of the Mid-West. It is one of 4 AA Indoor Football Leagues in the USA, the others in the Eastern Seaboard( American Arena League), West (American West Football Conference) and Southwest & Mexico (Super 8 Football League)

About Arena / Indoor Football

Indoor (also known as Arena) Football plays an 8 v 8 version of American Football on a converted Ice Hockey Rink 50-yards long with 2 10 -yard endzones. Teams have 5 downs (attempts) to score or the ball is turned over – 3 of which must be passing plays. It is therefore a higher scoring game than standard 11 v 11 American Football. The main difference between Arena Football and Indoor Football is that there is no rebound net either side of the goalposts in Indoor Football. Arena Football rules allow the ball stay in play when it comas back off the rebound nets.

Refences

Images

[1] Champions Indoor Football (2019) logo [Internet] Available from: http://gocif.net/images/logo.png %5BAccessed  26 November 2019]

Websites

[2] Champions Indoor Football (2019) Standings 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/sports/fball/2020-21/standings [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[3] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Mar 27 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-03-27 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[4] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 2 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-02 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[5] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 3 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-03 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[6] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 10 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-10 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[7] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 17 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-17 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[8] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 22 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-22 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[9] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 24 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-24 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[10] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule Apr 26  [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-04-26 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[11] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule May 1 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-05-01  [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[12] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule May 2  [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-05-02 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[13] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule May 8  [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-05-08 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[14] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule May 9  [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-05-09 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

[15] Champions Indoor Football (2020) Schedule May 15  [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2021-05-15 [Accessed 21 April 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 May 2021

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