2009 Indoor Football League season

The 2009 Indoor Football League season was the inaugural season of the Indoor Football League, a league formed as a merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. The regular season began on Friday, March 13 and ended on Saturday, July 11.^[1] The league champions were the Billings Outlaws, who defeated the RiverCity Rage in the 2009 United Bowl.

2009 IFL season
League	Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor Football
Duration	March 13, 2009 – July 11, 2009
Number of teams	19
Regular season
Season MVP	Chris Dixon
Playoffs
Intense champions	Billings Outlaws
Intense runners-up	El Paso Generals
United champions	RiverCity Rage
United runners-up	Wichita Wild
2009 United Bowl Championship
Champions	Billings Outlaws
Runners-up	RiverCity Rage

Standings

United Conference

Atlantic
Team	W	L	PCT
x-Maryland Maniacs	10	4	.714
y-Rochester Raiders	9	5	.643
y-RiverCity Rage	8	6	.571
Saginaw Sting	3	11	.214
Muskegon Thunder	1	13	.071

Central
Team	W	L	PCT
z-Omaha Beef	11	3	.786
y-Bloomington Extreme	10	4	.714
y-Wichita Wild	8	6	.571
Sioux Falls Storm[2][3][4]	6	8	.429
Sioux City Bandits	4	10	.286

Intense Conference

Lone Star
Team	W	L	PCT
x-El Paso Generals	12	2	.857
y-Abilene Ruff Riders	8	6	.571
y-San Angelo Stampede Express	5	9	.357
Corpus Christi Hammerheads	5	9	.357
Odessa Roughnecks	3	11	.214

Pacific
Team	W	L	PCT
z-Billings Outlaws	12	2	.857
y-Fairbanks Grizzlies	7	7	.500
y-Colorado Ice	5	9	.357
Alaska Wild	0	14	.000

z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot

Playoffs

	Henrietta, NY					College Park, MD
	3	RiverCity	45
						3	RiverCity	55
	2	Rochester	42								Park City, KS
						1	Maryland	31
						United Conference
	Bloomington, IL										A3	RiverCity	43
						Omaha, NE
											C3	Wichita	30
	3	Wichita	46								United Conference Championship
						3	Wichita	39
	2	Bloomington	37													Billings, MT
						1	Omaha	34
	Wild Card Round
						Conference Semi-finals
	Abilene, TX															U6	RiverCity	62
						El Paso, TX
																I1	Billings	71
	3	San Angelo	37													2009 United Bowl
						3	San Angelo	37
	2	Abilene	34								Billings, MT
						1	El Paso	75
						Intense Conference
	Fairbanks, AK										LS1	El Paso	35
						Billings, MT
											P1	Billings	66
	3	Colorado	14								Intense Conference Championship
						2	Fairbanks	7
	2	Fairbanks	42
						1	Billings	50

Awards

Individual season awards

Award	Winner	Position	Team
Most Valuable Player	Chris Dixon	QB	BIL
Offensive Player of the Year	Chris Dixon	QB	BIL
Defensive Player of the Year	Michael Landry	DB	BIL
Special Teams Player of the Year	Demarcus James	KR	AK
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Darius Fudge	RB	WIC
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Michael Eby	DB	BIL
Coach of the Year	Brian Brents	HC	EP

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1st Team All-IFL

Offense Quarterback Chris Dixon, Billings Running back Darius Fudge, Wichita Wide receiver James Walton, Billings Clinton Solomon, Wichita DeAngelo Woodie, El Paso Offensive lineman Bruce McCaleb, Sioux Falls Jermaine Pruitt, El Paso Jordon Piccou, Sioux City

Defense Defensive line Michael Landry, Billings Ron Ellington, El Paso Eddie Bynes, Rochester Linebacker Joe Bevis, River City Lamont Reid, Wichita Defensive back Joey Longoria, Abilene LaRoche Jackson, Bloomington Brent Hafford, Omaha

Special teams
Kicker	Peter Christofilakos, Bloomington
Kick returner	Demarcus James, Alaska

2nd Team All-IFL

Offense Quarterback Tommy Jones, El Paso Running back Sean Treasure, Sioux Falls Wide receiver Lonnie Sanders, Fairbanks Jimmy Conner, Odessa Rob Mager, Rochester Offensive lineman Charleston Gray, Wichita Tyree Spinner, Maryland Kiamni Jones, Omaha

Defense Defensive end Oby Arah, Maryland Corey Johnsen, Sioux Falls Michael Bazemore, Outlaws Linebacker Kyle McKenzie, Saginaw Tonga Spetlar, Omaha Defensive back James Temple, Bloomington Mike Hill, Maryland Michael Eby, Billings

Special teams
Kicker	Scott Greene, Muskegon
Kick returner	Randy Kelly, Wichita

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