Marion Blue Racers

Marion Blue Racers
Founded	2010
League	Continental Indoor Football League (2011) Ultimate Indoor Football League (2012)
Team history	Marion Blue Racers (2011-present)
Arena	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Based in	Marion, Ohio
Team colors	Blue, Light Blue, Red, White
Owner	LaMonte Coleman
Head coach	Lorenzo Styles
Championships	0
Division titles	0
Dancers	Blue Raes

The Marion Blue Racers are a professional indoor football team that begin play in the Continental Indoor Football League for 2011, before moving to the Ultimate Indoor Football League after the 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season. Based in Marion, Ohio, the Blue Racers will play their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Blue Racers are the second indoor football team to be based in Marion, the first being CIFL charter members the Marion Mayhem (2006–2010).

2011 Season

The franchise couldn't have asked for a more exciting start than their first game on March 5th, 2011. Marion entered the 4th quarter trailing 37-23 to the Port Huron Predators. They started their comeback by scoring a touchdown with 10:31 left in the game. Mike Tatum caught a nine yard touchdown pass from Josh Harris and Tyler Lorenz added the extra point, cutting Port Huron’s lead was cut to 37-30. With 3:27 left in the game, Harris ran in from three yards out to tie the game. The game winning score came on an eight yard run by Harris with 27 seconds to play. Port Huron quarterback Jim Roth was intercepted by Bryan Williams as time expired to secure the victory. On April 2nd, 2011, the Blue Racers set a CIFL record with 8 rushing touchdowns in a single game, against the Indianapolis Enforcers.^[1] After the Blue Racers got off to a 3-1 start, Demetrius Ross stepped down from his Head Coaching position, citing personal reasons. His Defensive Coordinator, Ryan Terry took over as Head Coach, just 2 days before the Blue Racers played their first road game at the Dayton Silverbacks.^[2]

2011 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 5	Port Huron Predators	Home	Won 44-37
March 12	Cincinnati Commandos	Home	Lost 44-50
March 26	Dayton Silverbacks	Home	Won 34-13
April 2	Indianapolis Enforcers	Home	Won 78-0
April 9	Dayton Silverbacks	Away	Won 31-14
April 16	Port Huron Predators	Away	Won 47-15
April 30	Chicago Knights	Home	Won 31-3
May 14	Indianapolis Enforcers	Home	Won 73-12
May 21	Chicago Knights	Away	Won 53-24
May 28	Cincinnati Commandos	Away	Lost 20-50

2011 Standings

2011 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Cincinnati Commandos-y												10	0	0	1.000	484	158	53.77	17.55	W10	Details
Marion Blue Racers-x	8	2	0	.800	455	218	45.5	21.8	L1	Details
Dayton Silverbacks-x	5	5	0	.500	288	265	32	39.4	W3	Details
Chicago Knights-x	4	6	0	.400	255	295	28.33	32.77	L5	Details
Port Huron Predators	2	8	0	.200	238	226	39.6	37.6	L7	Details
Indianapolis Enforcers	1	9	0	.100	71	621	7.88	69	L3	Details

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

2012 Season

On July 5, 2011, the Blue Racers announced they were leaving the CIFL to join the Ultimate Indoor Football League. ^[3] The Blue Racers are set to play in the West Division of the Northern Conference, re-uniting with past CIFL brethren the Cincinnati Commandos as well as joining the Danville Dragons and Northern Kentucky River Monsters.

On August 17th, 2011, Lorenzo Styles was named the new head coach for the 2012 season.

2012 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 3	Cincinnati Commandos	Away
March 10	Northern Kentucky Monsters	Home
March 17	Danville Dragons	Away
March 24	Danville Dragons	Home
March 31	Saginaw Sting	Away
April 7	Northern Kentucky Monsters	Away
April 21	Northern Kentucky Monsters	Home
April 28	Danville Dragons	Away
May 5	Danville Dragons	Home
May 19	Cincinnati Commandos	Home
May 26	Johnstown Generals	Away
June 2	Cincinnati Commandos	Away
June 9	Erie Explosion	Home
June 16	Canton Cougars	Home

2012 Standings

2012 Northern West Division
view · Cincinnati Commandos	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0-0	---	--
Danville Dragons	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0-0	---	--
Kentucky Monsters	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0-0	---	--
Marion Blue Racers	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0-0	---	--

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Current Roster

Marion Blue Racers Rosterview · Michael Akrawi -- Joe Ruggiero Offensive backs Currently vacant Receivers -- Eric Evans -- Maurice Jones -- Mike Tatum -- Roosevelt Williams								Offensive Linemen -- Julian Hills OL/FB -- Michael Hills -- Curtis McGhee OL/DL -- Robert Price OL/DL -- Leo Shipman OL/FB -- Cris Stafford Defensive Linemen -- Emmanuel Hudson DE/LB/FB -- Xavier Littleberry -- Thomas McKenzie Linebackers -- Daniel Eason LB/DE -- Victor Rodriguez LB/FB		Defensive backs -- Lorenzo Best -- Steven Brinkley -- Sean Gibson -- James Harris -- Justin Jones -- Antonio Tiggs -- Andre Troy Kickers -- Chris Kollias		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics [1] updated October 10, 2011 25 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Marion Blue Racers (CIFL)
2011	8	2	0	2nd	Lost in CIFL Championship Game (Cincinnati)
Marion Blue Racers (UIFL)
2012	0	0	0	--	--
Totals	9	3	0	(including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

Notable Players

• Josh Harris
• Mike Tatum
• Melvin Tuten
• Bryan Williams
• Thomas McKenzie
• Bryceson Lawrence

References

1. ^ Blue Racers roll past Indianapolis
2. ^ Blue Racers Coach Ross steps down
3. ^ Marion Blue Racers join UIFL

External links

• Marion Blue Racers Official Website
• Continental Indoor Football League Official Website