2014 PIFL season

The 2014 Professional Indoor Football League season was the third season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 29, 2014, and ended on June 28, 2014. Each team played a 12-game schedule. The top 2 teams in each conference advanced to the playoffs that began on July 5. The final was played July 12, with the Nashville Venom defeating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks to win their first league championship.[1]

2014 Professional Indoor Football League season
LeagueProfessional Indoor Football League
SportIndoor American football
DurationMarch 29, 2013 – July 12, 2013
Season MVPWarren Smith (Trenton)
Playoffs
American Conference championsNashville Venom
  American Conference runners-upColumbus Lions
National Conference championsLehigh Valley Steelhawks
  National Conference runners-upTrenton Freedom
PIFL Cup III
ChampionsNashville Venom
  Runners-upLehigh Valley Steelhawks
Finals MVPCharles McCullum (Nashville)

Pre-season

The Harrisburg Stampede joined the league, after playing two seasons in American Indoor Football.[2] The Nashville Venom and the Trenton Freedom joined the league as expansion members.[3][4] With complications surrounding the Albany Panthers franchise for the 2014 season, the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) introduced the Fire to replace the Panthers for the 2014 season. With the league running the team, PIFL Executive Director, Jeff Ganos was named the franchise's general manager and Cosmo DeMatteo was named the team's innaurgal head coach on February 27, 2014.[5]

Regular season
2014 Professional Indoor Football League
Team Overall Conference
W L T PCT W L T PCT
National Conference
y-Trenton Freedom840.667620.750
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks660.500530.625
Richmond Raiders570.417350.375
Harrisburg Stampede480.333260.250
American Conference
y-Nashville Venom1020.833620.750
x-Columbus Lions750.583530.625
Georgia Fire480.333350.375
Alabama Hammers480.333260.250

Playoffs
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Nashville 43
2 Columbus 39
A1 Nashville 64
N2 Lehigh Valley 43
1 Trenton 38
2 Lehigh Valley 49

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Awards
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References
  1. Lauren Moore (July 13, 2014). "Nashville Venom win first indoor football title". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  2. "Harrisburg Stampedes into the PIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. J. R. Lind (November 9, 2013). "Indoor football set to return to Nashville". www.nashvillepost.com. SouthComm Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. "Trenton Freedom join PIFL". www.nj.com. New Jersey On-Line LLC. September 20, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. "DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 27, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. Matthew Hester (July 12, 2014). "Venom Sink Their Fangs Into First Ever Championship". www.proifl.com. Professional Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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