Chicago Slaughter

Chicago Slaughter
Founded	2006
League	CIFL (2006-2009) IFL (2010-present)
Team history	Chicago Slaughter (2006-present)
Arena	Sears Centre
Based in	Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Team colors	Black, Red, White, Silver
President	Arney Silvestri
Head coach	Steve "Mongo" McMichael
Championships	1 (CIFL: 2009)
Division titles	2 (CIFL: 2008, 2009)
Dancers	Slaughter Girls
Mascot	Sergeant Slaughter
Website	www.chicagoslaughter.com

The Chicago Slaughter was an American professional football team based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League. The franchise was a part of the Continental Indoor Football League from 2007-2009, winning the championship in 2009. The Slaughter joined the Indoor Football League for the 2010 season.

The Slaughter's head coach is Steve "Mongo" McMichael, and their owner is Jim McMahon.

Team History

Formation of the team

The original team name was considered to be the "Foxes," until Steve "Mongo" McMichael suggested they should have a name which reflected the working people of Chicago like the meatpackers of the old Chicago Stockyards. They play their home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.^[1] The team was originally intended to be a part of United Indoor Football, but did not join due to a dispute with the league.

The team interviewed William "The Refrigerator" Perry and Steve McMichael from the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX championship team for the head coaching position. The aim was to appeal to local fans' affinity for McMichael and Perry and to take advantage of McMichael's love of hard-nosed, tough football.^[2] McMichael accepted the job as head coach, while Perry rejected the offer as Director of Football Operations (citing no desire to relocate back to Chicago).

2007 to 2009

During the team’s inaugural 2007 season in the CIFL, the Slaughter recorded an overall record of 10-4. After going 9-3 in the regular season, the Slaughter reached the divisional semi-finals in the league playoffs.

The 2008 season saw the Chicago Slaughter suffer a slow start, going 2-3 in their first 5 games. However, the Slaughter rallied around head coach Steve McMichael and won 6 out of their next 7 games to finish the regular season at 8-4, winning the Western division title. Unfortunately, the Slaughter then suffered an embarrassing first round playoff loss to divisional rival, Rock River, to end their season.

In 2009, the Slaughter signed 7 players from the Chicago Rush when the Arena Football League cancelled the 2009 season, including Donovan Morgan, Bobby Sippio, and eventual CIFL league MVP Russ Michna.^[3] The Chicago Slaughter averaged over 65 points per game and outscored their opponents by almost an average of 30 points per game, going 14-0 for the season. On June 27, 2009, the Slaughter won the CIFL championship.^[4]

After the completion of the 2009 season, rumors began circulating that the Slaughter would be leaving the CIFL to join the IFL for the 2010 season. On October 27, 2009, the Chicago Slaughter announced that it was moving to the Indoor Football League, a much larger and more national league.

2010

On January 7 2010, the Chicago Slaughter announced that Jarrett Payton, son of NFL running back Walter Payton, would be playing for the team in 2010. In February 2010 former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon joined the Chicago Slaughter as new team owner.

Season-By-Season

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

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Chicago Slaughter (CIFL)
2007	9	3	0	3rd Great Lakes	Won GLD Qualifier (Miami Valley) Lost GLD Semifinal (Kalamazoo)
2008	8	4	0	1st Great Lakes West	Lost GLD West Finals (Rock River)
2009	12	0	0	1st Western	Won Western Division Finals (Wisconsin) Won CIFL Championship(Fort Wayne)
Chicago Slaughter (IFL)
2010	6	8	0	3rd Central North	Won Round 1 (Green Bay) Lost Conference Semi-Finals (Sioux Falls)
2011	8	6	0	3rd Great Lakes	Lost Round 1 (Reading)
Totals	47	25	0	(including playoffs)

2011 Season Schedule

Regular Season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
0*	February 19 (Sat)	7:00pm	@La Crosse Spartans	W 69-48	1-0
1	February 26 (Sat)	7:05pm	Omaha Beef	L 36-39	1-1
2	March 5 (Sat)	7:05pm	Reading Express	W 59-55	2-1
3	Bye
4	Bye
5	March 25 (Fri)	7:35pm	Kent Predators	W 37-36	3-1
6	April 1 (Fri)	7:05pm	@Bloomington Extreme	L 44-52	3-2
7	April 9 (Sat)	7:05pm	La Crosse Spartans	W 54-40	4-2
8	April 16 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Central)	@Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 52-27	5-2
9	April 22 (Fri)	7:05pm (10:05 Central)	@Fairbanks Grizzlies	L 35-40	5-3
10	April 29 (Fri)	7:35pm	Green Bay Blizzard	W 42-39	6-3
11	May 7 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Central)	@Richmond Revolution	W 49-46	7-3
12	May 14 (Sat)	7:05pm	Bloomington Extreme	W 42-16	8-3
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:05pm	@Omaha Beef	L 29-48	8-4
14	Bye
15	June 4 (Sat)	7:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	L 28-76	8-5
16	June 10 (Fri)	7:30pm	@Green Bay Blizzard	L 48-65	8-6
Playoffs
1	June 18 (Sat)	7:00pm (6:00 Central)	@Reading Express	L 33-76	---

* = Kickoff Classic Game, before week 1 starts.

Division Standings

2011 Great Lakes Division
view · Green Bay Blizzard	11	3	0	0.786	764	508	4-2	---	W4
x Bloomington Extreme	9	5	0	0.643	561	473	4-2	2.0	L1
x Chicago Slaughter	8	6	0	0.571	624	627	4-2	3.0	L3
La Crosse Spartans	5	9	0	0.357	495	633	0-6	6.0	W1

Roster

Chicago Slaughter rosterview · Juice Williams 15 Anthony Kropp Running Backs 25 Bill Ziemba 26 Tim Blackwell Wide Receivers  2 Patrick Geary  3 Daniel DuFrene  7 Patrick Rouzard 11 Marcus Perez 31 Rasheed Ward 95 Brandon Beal								Offensive Linemen 71 Jason Baksas 77 Anthony Bullock 75 Rasche Hill 99 Derrick Upchurch Defensive Linemen  1 Malcolm Wooldridge  9 Kurt Ware 14 Jonathan Kowalyshen 66 Anthony Harris 69 Chris Pisani 90 Jeff Candler 97 Mike Berry Linebackers  8 Lenny Radtke		Defensive Backs  6 Christopher Rodgers 13 Patrick Jackson 32 Joshua Nettles 91 Jimmy Toussaint Kickers 19 Chris Nendick		Injured Reserve -- C.J. Bacher QB -- Kevin Grady RB -- James Robinson WR Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Roster updated March 23, 2011 30 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Past Seasons

2007 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 30	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Away	Won 66-44
April 14	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Away	Lost 21-34
April 21	New England Surge	Away	Won 38-35
April 28	Muskegon Thunder	Home	Won 57-40
May 5	Rochester Raiders	Home	Lost 40-49
May 12	Marion Mayhem	Away	Won 55-30
May 20	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Home	Won 51-47
May 25	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	Won 48-47
June 3	Springfield Stallions	Away	Won 69-44
June 9	Muskegon Thunder	Away	Won 58-34
June 16	Port Huron Pirates	Home	Lost 12-46
June 24	Springfield Stallions (Springfield forfeits)	Home	Won 2-0
June 24	Capital City Outlaws (Non-league exhibition)	Home	Won 61-6
June 30	Miami Valley Silverbacks (Playoffs)	Home	Won 60-28
July 7	Kalamazoo Xplosion (Playoffs)	Away	Lost 40-51

2007 CIFL Standings

2007 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Michigan Pirates-y												12	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

2008 Season Schedule

Dontrell Jackson and JR Taylor lining up for the snap against the Milwaukee Bonecrushers

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 7	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Home	Lost 39-46 (OT)[5][6]
March 22	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Away	Won 64-41
March 29	Rock River Raptors	Away	Lost 45-55
April 4	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	Won 58-37
April 11	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Away	Lost 48-54[7]
April 19	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Home	Won 56-18
April 25	Muskegon Thunder	Away	Won 27-10
May 3	Rock River Raptors	Home	Won 67-59
May 9	Marion Mayhem	Away	Won 41-38
May 17	Fort Wayne Freedom	Home	Won 41-33
May 24	Saginaw Sting	Away	Lost 28-53
May 31	Muskegon Thunder	Home	Won 38-35
June 13	Rock River Raptors (Playoffs)	Home	Lost 39-54

2008 CIFL Standings

2008 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Kalamazoo Xplosion-y												11	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

2009 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 6	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Home	Won 84-24
March 21	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Away	Won 40-36
March 27	Rock River Raptors	Home	Won 69-38
April 4	Wheeling Wildcats	Away	Won 67-59
April 11	Marion Mayhem	Home	Won 74-60
April 18	Fort Wayne Freedom	Away	Won 56-41
April 25	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Home	Won 78-25
May 2	Wheeling Wildcats	Home	Won 61-38
May 9	Rock River Raptors	Away	Won 77-47
May 16	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Home	Won 67-22
May 22	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Away	Won 70-49
May 30	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Away	Won 49-14
June 20	Wisconsin Wolfpack (Playoffs)	Home	Won 63-19
June 27	Fort Wayne Freedom (Championship Game)	Home	Won 58-48

2009 CIFL Standings

2009 Continental Indoor Football Leagueview · Marion Mayhem-y												9	3	0	.750	8	1	0	.889
Fort Wayne Freedom-x	6	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

2010 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
February 27	Rochester Raiders	Home	Lost 47-49
March 13	Richmond Revolution	Away	Lost 25-30
March 21	Bloomington Extreme	Home	Lost 26-27
March 27	Alaska Wild	Home	Won 34-33
April 10	Bloomington Extreme	Away	Won 50-43
April 24	Kent Predators	Home	Won 71-29
April 30	La Crosse Spartans	Away	Lost 29-36
May 8	Green Bay Blizzard	Away	Won 46-43
May 15	Bloomington Extreme	Away	Lost 30-33
May 22	Green Bay Blizzard	Home	Won 50-47
May 28	West Michigan ThunderHawks	Home	Won 83-49
June 5	Rochester Raiders	Away	Lost 36-43
June 12	La Crosse Spartans	Home	Lost 20-27
June 19	Green Bay Blizzard	Away	Lost 30-55
June 26	Green Bay Blizzard (Playoffs)	Away	Won 46-39
July 3	Sioux Falls Storm (Playoffs)	Away	Lost 33-47

2010 Central North Division
view · Green Bay Blizzard	10	4	0	0.714	---	4-3	686	538	W3
x-Bloomington Extreme	9	5	0	0.643	1.0	6-2	497	435	W6
x-Chicago Slaughter	6	8	0	0.429	4.0	3-5	577	543	L3
La Crosse Spartans	3	11	0	0.214	7.0	2-5	355	565	L1

References

1. ^ Chicago Slaughter History Chicagoslaughter.com. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
2. ^ (2006-11-06). Members of 1985 Chicago Bears interview with new indoor football team oursportcentral.com. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
3. ^ Greenberg, Jon. (2009-06-24). Mongo seeking perfection ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
4. ^ "Slaughter win CIFL championship". ESPNChicago.com. 2009-06-28. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4292390. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 
5. ^ Beardmore, Matt (March 8, 2008). "Xplosion rallies from 20 down for OT win". Kalamazoo Gazette (Booth Newspapers). http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1204957209306890.xml&coll=7&thispage=1. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 
6. ^ "Kalamazoo Xplosion 46, Chicago Slaughter 39". CIFL Statistics. http://www.ciflstats.com/leaguestats/2008/games/chi0307.html. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
7. ^ "Chicago vs Kalamazoo (Apr 11, 2008)". CIFL Statistics. http://www.ciflstats.com/leaguestats/2008/games/week6/KAL0411.HTM. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 

External links

Chicago portal

• Official Site
• Slaughter's 2007 Stats
• More of the Slaughter's 2007 Stats