- Marion Mayhem
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Marion Mayhem Founded 2006 League CIFL Team history 2006 - 2010 Arena Veterans Memorial Coliseum Based in Marion, Ohio
Team colors Navy & Green Division titles 2009 Dancers The Dancing Divas Mascot Hardy the Mayhem Maniac Local media The Marion Star Website www.marionmayhem.com Marion Mayhem was an indoor American football team. It was a charter member of the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL), later renamed the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). The team folded during the 2010 season due to financial problems. They played their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. The Mayhem were the first pro football team to be based in the area since the NFL's Oorang Indians ceased operations in 1923.
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Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
Season W L T Finish Playoff results Marion Mayhem (CIFL) 2010 3 7 0 5th CIFL Forfeited remainder of season after starting 3-3 2009 9 4 0 1st East Lost East Division Finals (vs. Fort Wayne) 2008 7 6 0 3rd Atlantic West Lost Atlantic Division Semifinals (@ Saginaw) 2007 7 7 0 4th Great Lakes Won Great Lakes Division Quarterfinal (vs. Muskegon)
Lost Great Lakes Division Semifinal (@ Michigan)Marion Mayhem (GLIFL) 2006 4 6 0 5th GLIFL DNQ Totals 30 30 0 (including playoffs) * = Current Standing
2010 Season
On Christmas Eve 2009, the Mayhem announced they would not be playing in Marion in 2010, citing the economic downturn. According to the ownership of the team, "if the situation in Marion improves they may entertain the idea of returning the Mayhem to Marion". As part of the disbanding of the Mayhem organization, all players, coaches, and staff were transferred to the new CIFL team starting play in 2010, the Columbus Aces. However in late January 2010 rumors of the potential folding of the Columbus Aces started circulating. Then a couple of weeks into February 2010 a new rumor began . . . the Mayhem would be returning to Marion. This was confirmed in the Marion Star when it was reported that the Marion Mayhem had been purchased by Cheyenne Sports Group and would return to Marion. On May 27, 2010 after starting the season 3-3 it was announced that the Marion Mayhem would forfeit the remaining games on their schedule due to finicial issues. The Marion Mayhem were the last remaining original GLIFL team left in the CIFL.
2010 CIFL Season Schedule
Date Opponent Home/Away Result March 26 Cincinnati Commandos Away L 19-48 April 2 Chicago Cardinals Home W 60-20 April 10 Chicago Cardinals Away W 19-14 April 24 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away L 34-20 May 1 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 64-39 May 8 Cincinnati Commandos Home L 38-20 May 15 Fort Wayne Firehawks Home L Forfeit May 28 Fort Wayne Firehawks Away L Forfeit June 5 Wisconsin Wolfpack Home L Forfeit June 12 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home L Forfeit 2010 CIFL Standings
2010 Continental Indoor Football League9 1 0 .900 493 294 49.3 29.4 L1 Details Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 8 2 0 .800 345 213 34.5 21.3 W3 Details Fort Wayne Firehawks-x 6 4 0 .600 294 267 36.75 33.375 W2 Details Miami Valley Silverbacks-x 4 6 0 .400 309 354 34.33 39.33 W1 Details Marion Mayhem 3 7 0 .300 202 193 33.67 32.16 L5 Details Chicago Cardinals 0 10 0 .000 205 525 20.5 52.5 L10 Details 2009 Season
The Mayhem finished the regular season with a 9-3 record in 2009. This was good enough to earn them the 2009 CIFL East Division Regular Season Title and the opportunity to host the East Division Championship Game. This was the third season in a row the Mayhem made the playoffs. Their opponent in the East Division Championship Game was the Fort Wayne Freedom (6-5). Coming into the game the Freedom had been experiencing money problems and up until three days before the East Division Championship Game the Freedom still were not sure they were going to show up in Marion. But when game time came the Freedom, whom brought a smaller than usual roster that had not practiced regularly for a couple of weeks, played with more heart and determination then the Mayhem and won 49-40.
2009 CIFL Season Schedule
Date Opponent Home/Away Result March 13 Wheeling Wildcats Home W 55-49 March 21 Fort Wayne Freedom Away L 23-46 March 27 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 55-0 April 4 Fort Wayne Freedom Home W 39-33 OT April 11 Chicago Slaughter Away L 60-74 April 25 Wheeling Wildcats Away W 61-57 May 2 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 36-2 May 9 Wisconsin Wolfpack Away W 59-19 May 16 Wheeling Wildcats Home W 54-24 May 23 Fort Wayne Freedom Away W 62-47 June 6 Rock River Raptors Home L 40-43 June 13 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 53-20 2009 CIFL PLAYOFFS June 20 Fort Wayne Freedom (East Finals) Home L 40-49 2009 CIFL Standings
2009 Continental Indoor Football League6 5 0 .545 5 2 0 .294 Wheeling Wildcats 2 10 0 .167 2 5 0 .286 Miami Valley Silverbacks 0 10 0 .000 0 7 0 .000 West Division Chicago Slaughter-y 12 0 0 1.000 8 0 0 1.000 Wisconsin Wolfpack-x 7 5 0 .583 4 4 0 .500 Rock River Raptors 7 5 0 .583 3 5 0 .167 Milwaukee Bonecrushers 3 8 0 .273 1 7 0 .167 2008 Season
Finishing with a 7-5 record in 2008, the Mayhem were eliminated from the 2008 CIFL playoffs. The Mayhem players had already turned in their equipment for the year when it was announced that the defending CIFL champion Rochester Raiders (12-0) had been suspended by the league and had to forfeit their playoff spot. The Mayhem were invited to replace the former champs in the CIFL Atlantic Conference Western Division playoffs where they would face their conference foe Saginaw. The Mayhem gathered their players back together and headed to Saginaw to face the Sting. The playoff game went down to the wire where a goal-line stand by the Saginaw defense with only seconds left on the clock ended the Mayhem's season. The final score Sting 41 - Mayhem 34.
2008 CIFL Season Schedule
Date Opponent Home/Away Result March 8 Muskegon Thunder Away W 34-33 March 21 Saginaw Sting Away L 48-54 March 29 Chesapeake Tide Home W 70-35 April 5 Rochester Raiders Home L 19-52 April 12 Milwaukee Bonecrushers Home W 43-19 April 19 Miami Valley Silverbacks Away W 61-33 April 26 Fort Wayne Freedom Away L 40-55 May 3 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away L 33-44 May 9 Chicago Slaughter Home L 38-41 May 16 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home W 36-23 May 24 Chesapeake Tide Away W 67-39 June 7 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 51-44 2008 CIFL PLAYOFFS June 14 Saginaw Sting (Atl Semifinals) Away L 34-41 2008 CIFL Standings
2008 Continental Indoor Football League11 1 0 .917 5 1 0 .833 Muskegon Thunder-x 5 7 0 .417 2 2 0 .500 Fort Wayne Freedom 5 7 0 .417 2 4 0 .333 Miami Valley Silverbacks 3 9 0 .250 1 2 0 .333 West Division Chicago Slaughter-y 8 4 0 .667 3 1 0 .750 Rock River Raptors-x 7 5 0 .583 3 1 0 .750 Milwaukee Bonecrushers 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000 Atlantic Conference East Division New England Surge-y 8 3 0 .727 5 1 0 .833 Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 4 2 0 .667 New Jersey Revolution 3 9 0 .250 2 5 0 .286 Chesapeake Tide 2 10 0 .583 0 2 0 .000 West Division Rochester Raiders-z 12 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000 Saginaw Sting-y 10 2 0 .833 3 1 0 .750 Marion Mayhem-x 7 5 0 .583 0 2 0 .000 Flint Phantoms 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000 2007 Season
Marion finished 6-6 in 2007, good enough to make the CIFL playoffs. After knocking off the Muskegon Thunder in the first round of the CIFL playoffs, the Mayhem's season was ended by a loss to the Michigan (formally Port Huron) Pirates.
2007 CIFL Season Schedule
Date Opponent Home/Away Result March 24 Kalamazoo Xplosion Home L 35-37 March 31 Muskegon Thunder Home W 48-20 April 14 Miami Valley Silverbacks Away L 48-51 April 21 Kalamazoo Xplosion Away L 31-39 April 28 Miami Valley Silverbacks Home W 42-34 May 5 Springfield Stallions Away W 51-26 May 12 Chicago Slaughter Home L 30-55 May 19 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away L 25-48 May 26 Port Huron Pirates Away L 3-56 June 9 Summit County Rumble Home W 48-45 June 16 Springfield Stallions Home W Forfeit June 23 Summit County Rumble Away W 77-63 2007 CIFL PLAYOFFS June 29 Muskegon Thunder (GL Quarterfinals) Home W 68-57 July 7 Michigan Pirates (GL Semifinals) Away L 20-70 2007 CIFL Standings
2007 Continental Indoor Football League12 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000 Kalamazoo Xplosion-x 10 2 0 .833 10 2 0 .833 Chicago Slaughter-x 9 3 0 .750 8 2 0 .800 Marion Mayhem-x 6 6 0 .500 6 5 0 .545 Muskegon Thunder-x 4 8 0 .333 4 7 0 .364 Miami Valley Silverbacks 4 8 0 .333 3 7 0 .300 Summit County Rumble 1 11 0 .083 0 7 0 .000 Springfield Stallions 0 12 0 .000 0 11 0 .000 Atlantic Conference Rochester Raiders-y 10 2 0 .833 90 0 0 1.000 New England Surge-x 8 4 0 .667 8 3 0 .727 Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 5 5 0 .500 Chesapeake Tide-x 7 5 0 .583 6 5 0 .545 Steubenville Stampede 5 7 0 .417 2 6 0 .250 NY/NJ Revolution 1 11 0 .083 0 11 0 .000 2006 Season
The Mayhem suffered a losing inaugural season in 2006 (4-6), however the Mayhem were within one game of the 2006 GLIFL playoffs. The Mayhem missed the playoffs due to the Battle Creek Crunch holding the tie breaker between the two teams.
2006 GLIFL Season Schedule
Date Opponent Home/Away Result April 8 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home L 26-41 April 13 Battle Creek Crunch Away W 37-34 April 29 NY/NJ Revolution Home W 81-32 May 6 Battle Creek Crunch Home L 29-42 May 13 Port Huron Pirates Home L 27-43 May 20 Rochester Raiders Home W 42-38 June 2 Port Huron Pirates Away L 26-57 June 10 NY/NJ Revolution Home W 51-32 June 17 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away L 38-41 June 24 Rochester Raiders Away L 38-51 2006 GLIFL Standings
2006 Great Lakes Indoor Football League10 0 0 1.000 Rochester Raiders-x 7 3 0 .700 Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 4 6 0 .400 Battle Creek Crunch-x 4 6 0 .400 Marion Mayhem 4 6 0 .400 New York/New Jersey Revolution 0 10 0 .000 Head coaches
1does not include forfeit losses
Name Seasons as Head Coach Regular Season Record Playoff Record Overall Record Winning % Tracy Smith 2006 4-6 0-0 4-6 0.400 Nathan Degasperis 2007 6-6 1-1 7-7 0.500 Pepe Pearson 2008 - 2009 16-8 0-2 16-10 0.615 Reginald Jones 2010 3-31 0-0 3-31 0.500 Players of Note
- Stanley Jackson (Former Ohio State Quarterback)
- Maurice Lee (Member of the 2002 Ohio State National Championship Team)
- Mike Tatum (Two time CIFL Special Teams Player of the Year)
- Bryan Williams (Former NFL, and currently AFL defensive back)
External links
Continental Indoor Football League Teams Chicago Knights • Dayton Silverbacks • Indianapolis Enforcers • Muncie River Monsters • Port Huron Patriots • Saginaw StingFuture Teams Evansville RagePlayers Chicago Knights roster • Dayton Silverbacks roster • Indianapolis Enforcers roster • Muncie River Monsters roster • Port Huron Patriots • Saginaw Sting • List of current Continental Indoor Football League team rostersHead coaches John Burns (CHI) • Mister Askew (DAY) • K.C. Carter (IND) • TBD (MUN) • John Forti (PH) • TBD (SAG)Arenas Victory Sports Complex (CHI) • Hara Arena (DAY) • TBD (IND) • TBD (MUN) • McMorran Arena (PH) • Dow Event Center (SAG)Front office Commissioner: Jeff Spitaleri — Assistant Commissioner: Tommy Tyks — Founders: Jeff Spitaleri • Eric SpitaleriSeasons Championships Categories:- Former Continental Indoor Football League teams
- American football teams in Ohio
- Marion County, Ohio
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