2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season

The 2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season was the 1st season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. On November 26, 2010, the UIFL announced that the team in Pikeville, Kentucky would be named the Eastern Kentucky Drillers.[1] The Drillers lost their first game in franchise history, a 44-49 defeat to the hands of the Saginaw Sting.[2] Even in the defeat, two Drillers (Aric Evans and David Jones), won the first ever Offensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week Awards in the history of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.[3] The following week, the Drillers played their first ever home game at Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, and in front of 3,500 fans, the Drillers won 37-26 over the Huntington Hammer.[4] The Drillers were able to finish the season with an 8-6 record. In the playoffs, they defeated the Huntington Hammer, and advanced to Ultimate Bowl I, where they lost to the Saginaw Sting.

2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season
Head coach	Lance Brown
Owner	Rick Kranz
Home field	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center 126 Main Street Pikeville, KY 41501
Results
Record	8-6
Division place	3rd
Playoff finish	Won Semifinals 20-4 (Hammer) Lost Ultimate Bowl I 69-86 (Sting)

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
				Score	Record
1	Friday	February 18	at Saginaw Sting	L 46-49	0-1	Dow Event Center
2	Friday	February 25	Huntington Hammer	W 37-26[5]	1-1	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
3	BYE
4	Saturday	March 12	Northern Kentucky River Monsters	W 60-33	2-1	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
5	Friday	March 18	at Huntington Hammer	L 28-39[6]	2-2	Big Sandy Superstore Arena
6	Friday	March 25	at Saginaw Sting	L 41-76	2-3	Dow Event Center
7	Sunday	April 3	Canton Cougars	W 56-29	3-3	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8	Saturday	April 9	Johnstown Generals	W 43-21	4-3	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
9	Saturday	April 16	at Northern Kentucky River Monsters	L 42-59	4-4	The Bank of Kentucky Center
10	Friday	April 22	at Johnstown Generals	L 37-41	4-5	Cambria County War Memorial Arena
11	Saturday	April 30	Canton Cougars	W 45-0	5-5	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
12	Sunday	May 8	at Canton Cougars	W 38-26	6-5	Canton Memorial Civic Center
13	Sunday	May 15	Johnstown Generals	W 35-22	7-5	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
14	Saturday	May 21	at Northern Kentucky River Monsters	L 40-54	7-6	The Bank of Kentucky Center
15	Saturday	May 28	Northern Kentucky River Monsters	W 44-43	8-6	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center

Postseason schedule

Round	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
				Score	Record
Semifinals	Saturday	June 4	Huntington Hammer	W 20-4[7]	1-0	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
Ultimate Bowl I	Friday	June 10	at Saginaw Sting	L 69-86[8]	1-1	Dow Event Center

Standings

2011 UIFL standings[ref 1]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Northern Kentucky River Monsters[ref 2]	11	3	0	.786	569	417	L1
x-Saginaw Sting	10	4	0	.714	473	415	L2
x-Eastern Kentucky Drillers	8	6	0	.571	390	373	W1
x-Huntington Hammer	7	7	0	.500	377	328	W2
Johnstown Generals	6	8	0	.429	292	416	W2
Canton Cougars	1	13	0	.071	370	522	L10

1. http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm
2. Although Northern Kentucky were awarded the season title, they entered the postseason as the 4 seed due to salary cap violations.

Roster

2011 Eastern Kentucky Drillers roster
Quarterbacks  6 Daniel Eidson  2 Allan Holland Running Backs Currently vacant Wide Receivers  9 E. J. Adams WR/DB  8 Drew Anthony 80 Matthew Barbour 11 Aric Evans 88 Justin Lamb		Offensive Linemen 55 Phil Blaising 79 Jack Breckner 60 James Jenkins 90 Rashaud Mungro 67 Joe Parker Defensive Linemen 91 Robert Brown 44 Rodrick Davis 32 Shawn Lewis		Linebackers 85 Zane Cooper 20 Shaun Jones Defensive Backs  1 Troy Cloud 21 Jason Conner  7 David Jones 19 Juan Ramirez  4 Jamell Ringo  3 Rakiem Rowland Kickers 55 Brandon Miller		Injured reserve Currently vacant Exempt list Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics updated March 28, 2011 23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

Box Scores

Week 1: Eastern Kentucky Drillers vs. Saginaw Sting

Week 1: Eastern Kentucky Drillers at Saginaw Sting – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Drillers	20	6	13	7	46
Sting	14	13	6	16	49

at Dow Event Center, Saginaw, Michigan

• Date: Feb. 18, 2011
• Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 3,164
• [9]

Game information
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Passing Eastern Kentucky– Allan Holland: 22/30, 178 yards, 4 TD Saginaw – Tommy Jones: 41/50, 278 yards, 5 TD Rushing Eastern Kentucky – Daniel Eidson: 3 att, 7 yards, 0 TD Saginaw – Tommy Jones: 2 att, 20 yards, 0 TD Receiving Eastern Kentucky – Aric Evans: 11 rec, 85 yards, 5 TD Saginaw – Charles Dowdell: 12 rec, 81 yards, 2 TD

References

1. "Pikeville, KY Team Name Announced: Eastern Kentucky Drillers". www.theuifl.com. UIFL. November 26, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
2. "Saginaw Sting capture season opener". Midland Daily News. February 19, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
3. "Drillers duo highlight weekly honors". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 26, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
4. "Drillers Open with Win". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 28, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
5. "Hammer beat Drillers". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 26, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
6. Jim Walker (March 20, 2011). "Hammer adds offensive punch to beat Drillers". www.irontontribune.com. Ironton Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
7. Ryan Walker (June 6, 2011). "Hammer falls to Drillers". www.irontontribune.com. Ironton Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
8. Geoff Mott (June 11, 2011). "Saginaw Sting captures first Ultimate Indoor Football League Ultimate Bowl title, beating Eastern Kentucky Drillers 86-69". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)