2011 Allen Wranglers season

The 2011 Allen Wranglers season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise, second in the Indoor Football League (IFL), and the first as the "Allen Wranglers". The team played their home games at the Allen Event Center in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas.[1]

2011 Allen Wranglers season
Head coach	Chris MacKeown
General manager	Drew Pearson
Home field	Allen Event Center
Results
Record	10-4 (regular season)
Division place	1st, Lonestar Division
Conference place	2nd, Intense Conference
Playoff finish	Won Intense Conference Wild Card 27-20 (Cavalry) Won Intense Conference Semi-Finals 72-54 (Grizzlies) Lost Intense Conference Championship 46-67 (Fever)

The team finished with a 10-4 regular season and first place in the Lonestar Division. They advanced through two rounds of the IFL playoffs before losing the Intense Conference Championship to the Tri-Cities Fever.[2][3]

Off-field moves

In October 2010, the team announced that Chris MacKeown would be the Wranglers' head coach for the 2011 season.[4] MacKeown had most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush after a stint as head coach and director of football operations for the Amarillo Dusters of af2.[5] During the 2011 season, MacKeown was suspended for one game due to a "verbal incident" with opposing coaches after a game in Amarillo on April 2, 2011.[6][7]

Logo presented when the Allen franchise was first announced.

Former Dallas Cowboys player Drew Pearson was named general manager of the franchise in early December 2010.[8][9] John Harris, Vice President of Operations, organized a publicity stunt in February 2011, reporting the team's mascot "Hoss" had been kidnapped and asking fans and the Chick fil-a Cow to help solve the mystery by following clues on the team's Facebook page. The Allen Police Department cooperated by assigning Officer Garrett Courtney, who was also the team's kicker, as lead investigator.[10][11]

In May 2011, with just over a month remaining in the regular season, the team announced a change in ownership groups.[12]

Roster moves

Former West Texas A&M Buffaloes running back Keithon Flemming joined the Wranglers on May 25, 2011.[13]

After the season, in late July 2011, Wranglers defensive end Keenan Mace signed with the Dallas Cowboys.[14]

Schedule

  Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Preseason

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	February 20	3:05pm	at Amarillo Venom	W 26-25[7]	1--	Amarillo Civic Center

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Monday	February 28	7:05pm	West Texas Roughnecks	L 46-60[15]	0-1	Allen Event Center
2	Sunday	March 6	3:00pm	at Bricktown Brawlers	W 39-36[16]	1-1	Cox Convention Center
3	BYE
4	Friday	March 18	7:05pm (AKDT)	at Fairbanks Grizzlies	L 37-57[17]	1-2	Carlson Center
5	Friday	March 25	7:00pm	Bricktown Brawlers	W 42-26[18]	2-2	Allen Event Center
6	Saturday	April 2	7:00pm	at Amarillo Venom	W 52-51[19]	3-2	Amarillo Civic Center
7	Friday	April 8	7:05pm	West Texas Roughnecks	W 33-28[20]	4-2	Allen Event Center
8	Saturday	April 16	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	L 37-60[21]	4-3	Eihusen Arena
9	Saturday	April 23	7:05pm	Wichita Wild	W 56-44[22]	5-3	Allen Event Center
10	Saturday	April 30	7:05pm	at Amarillo Venom	W 44-20[23]	6-3	Amarillo Civic Center
11	Saturday	May 7	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 49-23[24]	7-3	Allen Event Center
12	Saturday	May 14	7:11pm	at West Texas Roughnecks	W 54-26	8-3	Ector County Coliseum
13	Saturday	May 21	7:05pm	Amarillo Venom	L 33-36[25]	8-4	Allen Event Center
14	BYE
15	Saturday	June 4	7:05pm (MDT)	at Colorado Ice	W 57-37[26]	9-4	Budweiser Events Center
16	Saturday	June 11	7:00pm	Bricktown Brawlers** North Texas Crunch (IIFA)	W 85-6	10-4	Allen Event Center

** The IFL's Bricktown Brawlers based in Oklahoma City had collapsed financially and released all of their players late in the 2011 season. The North Texas Crunch of the Independent Indoor Football Alliance played as a replacement team to fill out the Brawlers' remaining scheduled games.

Playoffs

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	June 19	5:05pm	Wyoming Cavalry	W 27-20[27]	---	Allen Event Center
2	Friday	June 24	7:05pm (AKDT)	at Fairbanks Grizzlies	W 72-54[28]	---	Carlson Center
3	Saturday	July 9	7:00pm	Tri-Cities Fever	L 46-67[2]	---	Allen Event Center

Standings

2011 Lonestar Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Allen Wranglers	10	4	0	0.714	664	510	7–2	—	W2
x West Texas Roughnecks	10	4	0	0.714	656	391	6–3	—	W3
Amarillo Venom	4	10	0	0.286	529	522	3–6	6.0	L1
Bricktown Brawlers[lower-alpha 1]	2	12	0	0.143	292	717	2–7	8.0	L10

1. Last four games were losses played by replacements teams.

Final roster

2011 Allen Wranglers roster
Quarterbacks 14 Kewan Dewberry 16 Anthony Fisher Running Backs 11 Keithon Fleming Wide Receivers 80 Robert Chase 24 Jason Jones 10 Dedrick Poole 17 Jackie Robinson		Offensive Linemen 62 Prince Hickman 55 Wondell Rutledge 91 Mike Ward Defensive Linemen 21 TaVoris Horton  9 Fra'Shon McGee		Linebackers 12 Brett Bowers  4 James Lancaster Defensive Backs 13 Wonseleh Brewer  1 Nick Fellows  3 Joey Longoria 15 Frankie Solomon Jr. Kickers  6 Garrett Courtney		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 9, 2011 19 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

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2. "Fever a team of big believers". Tri-City Herald. July 12, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2012. That 70th victory came last Saturday, when his Fever beat the host Allen Wranglers 67-46 for the Intense Conference title.
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22. Schnabel, Mark (April 25, 2011). "Wild drops road game at Allen". The Newton Kansan. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2012. The Wichita Wild gave up too many defensive and special teams scores, falling to the Allen Wranglers 56-44 Saturday.
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External links

• Allen Wranglers official website