2012 Indoor Football League season

2012 IFL season
LeagueIndoor Football League
SportIndoor Football
DurationFebruary 19, 2012 – July 14, 2012
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season championsSioux Falls Storm
Season MVPChris Dixon
Playoffs
Intense championsTri-Cities Fever
  Intense runners-upWichita Wild
United championsSioux Falls Storm
  United runners-upGreen Bay Blizzard
2012 United Bowl Championship
ChampionsSioux Falls Storm
  Runners-upTri-Cities Fever
Finals MVPJeremiah Price (SF)
IFL seasons
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The 2012 Indoor Football League season was the fourth season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league lost nine of its previous teams but gained three new teams. The three new teams were the Cedar Rapids Titans, New Mexico Stars and the Everett Raptors. The season kicked off on February 19, 2012, when the Chicago Slaughter beat the Bloomington Edge 50–34. For the 2012 season, the IFL switched to a two-conference format with no divisions,[1] due, in large part, to the loss of all the Texas-based teams (except the Allen Wranglers) to the newly formed Lone Star Football League. The Wranglers brought attention to the league for offering a US$500,000 contract to unemployed wide receiver Terrell Owens to become the team's part-owner and wide receiver. Owens accepted the contract. ESPN3 carried Owens's debut game against the Wichita Wild. The front office of the league saw changes as well, as Commissioner Tommy Benizio resigned.[2] The league appointed assistant commissioner Robert Loving as the interim Commissioner.[2]

  1. ^ "expressindoorfootball.com: News". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. ^ a b "IFL Elects Commissioner". www.keloland.com. KELO-TV. September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.