2013 Erie Explosion season

2013 Erie Explosion season
2013 Erie Explosion season
Owner	Bill Stafford
General manager	Shawn Liotta
Head coach	Shawn Liotta
Home field	Erie Insurance Arena
Results
Record	10-0
Division place	1st
Playoff finish	Won CIFL Championship Game (vs. Saginaw Sting) 37-36
	← 2012; Erie Explosion; 2014 →;

The 2013 Erie Explosion season was the 7th season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.

The Explosion left the United Indoor Football League after the 2012 season. The team remained idle for about a month, while fielding offers to join four different leagues. Owner Bill Stafford ultimately decided to join the Continental Indoor Football League.^[1]

The Explosion accrued a perfect season in their first year in the CIFL, winning all ten regular season games (one of which was played against the semi-pro Flint Fury after the Owensboro Rage failed toward the end of the season) and defeated the Saginaw Sting in the CIFL Championship Game.

Roster edit

2013 Erie Explosion roster

Quarterbacks

3 Aaron Smetanka
10 Darmel Whitfield

Running backs

13 Richard Stokes

Wide receivers

-- DeAndre Green
1 Alfonso Hoggard
8 Terry Jackson
-- Michael Johnson
6 Andre London
-- Javon Rowan

Offensive linemen

-- Taofik Amokomowo
75 George Frisch
52 Marcus Gordon
55 Dave McQuiston
-- Brannon Pate
51 Skylar Trimble

Defensive linemen

-- Chad Brooks
99 Bob Hammer
9 Andre Portis
-- Jackson Tolle
12 Zach Williams

Linebackers

24 Jon D'Angelo
-- Marquis Kirkland

Defensive backs

7 Brandon Clarke
-- Dustin Craig
-- Ashton Jones
17 Ricardo Kemp
11 Brandon McElwee
-- Jayson Nickson
21 Kwaheem Smith
-- Maleek Toran
2 Sean White
-- Jake Wickline

Kickers

14 Shon Rowser

Injured reserve

currently vacant

Exempt list

currently vacant

Practice squad

currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated February 19, 2013
32 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

Schedule edit

Regular season edit

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
1	Bye
2	February 16	7:00 P.M. EST	at Marion Blue Racers	W 42-40	1-0	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3	February 24	4:00 P.M. EST	at Detroit Thunder	W 64-27	2-0	Taylor Sportsplex
4	March 3	2:00 P.M. EST	Kane County Dawgs	W 69-13	3-0	Erie Insurance Arena
5	March 10	2:00 P.M. EST	Marion Blue Racers	W 45-13	4-0	Erie Insurance Arena
6	Bye
7	March 24	4:00 P.M. EST	at Kentucky Drillers	W 79-26	5-0	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8	March 29	7:30 p.m. EST	at Saginaw Sting	W 52-20	6-0	Dow Event Center
9	April 7	2:00 P.M. EST	Kentucky Xtreme	W 32-28	7-0	Erie Insurance Arena
10	April 14	2:00 P.M. EST	Detroit Thunder	W 61-37	8-0	Erie Insurance Arena
11	April 20	7:30 p.m. EST	at Dayton Sharks	W 21-14	9-0	Hara Arena
12	April 28	2:00 p.m. EST	Flint Fury^[2]	W 95-0	10-0	Erie Insurance Arena

Standings edit

2013 Continental Indoor Football League view talk edit
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-Erie Explosion	10	0	0	1.000	467	218	46.7	21.8	W10
x-Dayton Sharks	8	2	0	.800	478	303	47.8	30.3	L2
x-Saginaw Sting	8	2	0	.800	377	320	37.7	32.0	W3
x-Kentucky Xtreme	7	3	0	.700	497	328	49.7	32.8	W2
Detroit Thunder	4	6	0	.400	282	389	28.2	38.9	L1
Port Huron Patriots	4	6	0	.400	255	336	25.5	33.6	L1
Kentucky Drillers	2	8	0	.200	270	475	27.0	47.5	W1
Marion Blue Racers	2	8	0	.200	317	428	31.7	42.8	W1
Owensboro Rage	5	5	0	.500	195	267	19.5	26.7	L2
Kane County Dawgs^†	0	1	0	.000	13	69	13	69	L1

y - clinched home playoff game

x - clinched playoff spot

^†Kane County played the second game on their schedule, but forfeited the other nine.

Postseason edit

Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
Semi-Finals	May 5	2:00 P.M. EST	Kentucky Xtreme	W 55-6	1-0	Erie Insurance Arena
CIFL Championship Game	May 12	2:00 P.M. EST	Saginaw Sting	W 37-36	2-0	Erie Insurance Arena

Coaching staff edit

2013 Erie Explosion staff

Front office

Director of operations – Bill Stafford
Marketing – Sarah Lander
Director of Sales - Shawn Struble

Director of Player Personnel- Jeremy Liotta

Head coach

Head coach – Shawn Liotta

Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator – Shawn Liotta

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator – Jeremy Liotta
Defensive backs – Sam Reynolds

Defensive assistant - Kirk Rearick

Special teams coaches

Special Teams Coordinator - Ed Martin

References edit

^ Bob Jarzomski (August 31, 2012). "Erie Explosion join new indoor football league". Erie Times-News. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^ The Fury was a semi-pro team that took the place of the Owensboro Rage after the Rage folded two weeks prior to the end of the season.

[1] Bob Jarzomski (August 31, 2012). "Erie Explosion join new indoor football league". Erie Times-News. Retrieved August 31, 2012.

[2] The Fury was a semi-pro team that took the place of the Owensboro Rage after the Rage folded two weeks prior to the end of the season.

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