Cincinnati Marshals
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The Cincinnati Marshals are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the NIFL. They play their home games at U.S. Bank Arena.
History
The Cincinnati Marshals started out as the Waco Marshals in 2004 but finished their inagural season with a disappointing 2-8 record. For the next season they were changed into the Cincinnati Marshals. They play in the National Indoor Football League.The 2005 season was marred by mismanagement, embezzelment, and corruption amongst the ownership. Owner H.P Patterson gave up the team after he did not pay players for well over a month, and then fled the United States after being suspected of money laundering. The mismanagement resulted in the resignation of the teams coach, former Houston Oilers coach Ed Biles, and the dissolution of the Diamond Deputies cheerleading squad, after they claimed weeks of unpaid game checks. In addition, the equipment manager of the team ended up not only quitting, but taking the equipment and holding it as ransom for unpaid monies.
Despite all this, new coach Tony Wells and Quarterback Brett Dietz led the team to the finish of an 8-6 record, which tied them for 2nd in their division with the Dayton Warbirds. In the First round of playoffs they upset the River City Rage, who was ranked first in the same division as the Marshals with the Marshals with 67 points and the Rage with 64 points. In the next playoff round they defeated the Fayetteville Guard 70 to 69. In the Atlantic Conference Championship they had no such luck, falling to the Rome Renegades 51 to 41.
In the following months, the team's status was left largely undetermined. On December 20, 2005, after many months of speculation, the Marshals announced a return to the NIFL for the 2006 season with a new ownership group led by Doug Hortman and P.J. Conboy, a new coaching staff led by head coach Steve Carpenter, a new equipment manager (unrelated), and the return of the Diamond Deputies. The team amassed a 8-6 record for the 2006 season, but was unable to play a game in the playoffs and was forced to forfeit their first round matchup to Osceola Football.
The team plays their home games at US Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati.
External links
| The National Indoor Football League | ||||
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| Atlantic Conference | North Division | East Division | South Division | |
| Cincinnati Marshals | Charleston Sandsharks | Florida Frenzy | ||
| Dayton Bulldogs | Fayetteville Guard | Lakeland Thunderbolts | ||
| River City Rage | Greensboro Revolution | Osceola Outlaws | ||
| Tennessee River Sharks | Montgomery Maulers | Palm Beach Phantoms | ||
| Pacific Conference | North Division | West Division | South Division | |
| Big Sky Thunder | Lincoln Capitols | Arkansas Stars | ||
| Billings Outlaws | Rapid City Flying Aces | Beaumont Drillers | ||
| Tri-Cities Fever | Wyoming Cavalry | Katy Copperheads | ||
| Twin City Gators | ||||
| NIFL seasons | NIFL playoffs | The Indoor Bowl | Indoor Bowl Champions | NIFL Mascots | ||||
Team History
2005
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Date !! Opponent !! Result !! Att. !! Record |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Regular Season |- |March 26 || Beaumont || L, 24-36 || 6,581 || 0-1 |- |April 2 || River City || L, 53-55 || 3,163 || 0-2 |- |April 9 || Fayetteville || W, 57-54 || 4,208 || 1-2 |- |April 16 || at Beaumont || W, 59-52 || N/A || 2-2 |- |April 23 || Dayton || W, 81-74 || N/A || 3-2 |- |April 30 || New Jersey || W, 65-13 || 3,689 || 4-2 |- |May 9 || at Dayton || L, 30-63 || N/A || 4-3 |- |May 21 || at Dayton || OTL, 53-56 || 3,800 || 4-4 |- |May 28 || at Fayetteville || L, 34-48 || 1,634 || 4-5 |- |June 4 || Rome || W, 43-33 || 3,682 || 5-5 |- |June 10 || at River City|| L, 54-75 || 3,681 || 5-6 |- |June 18 || at New Jersey || W, Forfeit || N/A || 6-6 |- |June 25 || Tri-Cities || W, 52-42 || 3,501 || 7-6 |- |July 4 || at Wyoming || W, 47-45 || 3,496 || 8-6 |- | colspan="6" align="center" | First Round |- |July 10 || at River City || W, 67-64 || N/A || 9-6 |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Divisional Round |- |July 16 || at Fayetteville || W, 70-69 || 3,443 || 10-6 |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Atlantic Conference Championship |- |July 23 || Rome || L, 41-51 || N/A || 10-7 |-
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