Marion Mayhem

Background: The Marion Mayhem is a charter member of the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL), later renamed the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). They play their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. The Mayhem is the first pro football team to be based in the area since the NFL's Oorang Indians ceased operations in 1923. (The Indians technically represented nearby LaRue, Ohio, but tiny LaRue had no football field and so played nearly all their games on the road. Oorang's only "home" game was played in Marion, a 20-6 win over Columbus on October 8, 1922.)

Season-By-Season
!Totals || 30 || 30 || 0
 * colspan="6" align="center" | 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)
 * colspan="6" align="center" | Marion Mayhem (GLIFL)
 * 2006 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 5th GLIFL || DNQ
 * 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)
 * colspan="6" align="center" | Marion Mayhem (GLIFL)
 * 2006 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 5th GLIFL || DNQ
 * colspan="6" align="center" | Marion Mayhem (GLIFL)
 * 2006 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 5th GLIFL || DNQ
 * 2006 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 5th GLIFL || DNQ
 * colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

2010 CIFL Season Schedule
{| class="wikitable" !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
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Season in Review - 2010:  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.

2009 CIFL Season Schedule
Season in Review - 2009:  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.

2008 CIFL Season Schedule
Season in Review - 2008:  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.

2007 CIFL Season Schedule
Season in Review - 2007:  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.

2006 GLIFL Season Schedule
{| class="wikitable" !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
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Season in Review - 2006:  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.