Fairbanks Grizzlies

Fairbanks Grizzlies
Founded	2007
League	Intense (2008) IFL (2009-present)
Team history	Fairbanks Grizzlies (2008-present)
Arena	Carlson Center
Based in	Fairbanks, Alaska
Team colors	Blue, Orange, White
President	Chad Dittman, Ricky Bertz, Michael Taylor
Head coach	Sean Ponder
Championships	0
Division titles	1 (2011)
Dancers	Lady Grizzlies
Mascot	Tundra

The Fairbanks Grizzlies are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. The team plays their home games at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. The team's former rival the Alaska Wild, folded midway through the 2010 season due to team issues.

The Grizzlies are notable for being the northernmost professional gridiron football team in history; the Alaska Wild held the previous record, and before that, the Edmonton Eskimos. Grizzlies games are broadcast live on KCBF. (The northernmost gridiron football team of any sort is the high school football team of Barrow High School.)

The Grizzlies suspended operations in October 2011 in the face of lawsuits against the team.

Season-by-season

The Grizzlies in a game against the Alaska Wild in July 2009.

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

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Fairbanks Grizzlies (Intense Football League)
2008	3	11	0	9th League	--
Fairbanks Grizzlies (Indoor Football League)
2009	7	7	0	2nd Intense Pacific	Won Divisionals I (Colorado) Lost Divisionals II (Billings)
2010	9	5	0	2nd Pacific North	Lost First Round (Billings)
2011	10	4	0	1st Pacific	Lost Conference Semi-Final (Allen)
Totals	28	28	0	(including playoffs)

2011 season schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final score	Team record
	February 21 (Mon)		Alaska Football League All Stars	W 62-10

Regular season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final score	Team record
1	February 27 (Sun)	4:05pm	Wenatchee Valley Venom	L 37-45	0-1
2	March 6 (Sun)	3:05pm (2:05 Alaska)	@Kent Predators (later changed name to Seattle Timberwolves)	L 41-56	0-2
3	March 12 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Alaska)	@Tri-Cities Fever	L 35-50	0-3
4	March 18 (Fri)	7:05pm	Allen Wranglers	W 57-37	1-3
5	March 26 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Alaska)	@Wenatchee Valley Venom	W 50-43	2-3
6	April 1 (Fri)	7:05pm (6:05 Alaska)	@Kent Predators (later changed name to Seattle Timberwolves)	W 31-30	3-3
7	April 8 (Fri)	7:05pm	Arizona Adrenaline	W 92-32	4-3
8	Bye
9	April 22 (Fri)	7:05pm	Chicago Slaughter	W 40-35	5-3
10	April 29 (Fri)	7:05pm	Wenatchee Valley Venom	W 78-33	6-3
11	May 7 (Sat)	7:05pm	Tri-Cities Fever	W 58-20	7-3
12	May 15 (Sun)	4:30pm (12:30 Alaska)	@Reading Express	W 60-45	8-3
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:05pm (3:05 Alaska)	@Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 28-37	8-4
14	May 28 (Sat)	7:05pm (6:05 Alaska)	@Tri-Cities Fever	W 31-28	9-4
15	June 3 (Fri)	7:05pm	Seattle Timberwolves	W 85-54	10-4
16	Bye
Playoffs
1	Bye
2	June 24 (Fri)	7:05pm	Allen Wranglers	L 54-72	---

Division standings

2011 Pacific Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Fairbanks Grizzlies	10	4	0	0.714	723	545	6-3	---	W2
x Tri-Cities Fever	10	4	0	0.714	816	575	6-3	---	W2
Seattle Timberwolves	5	9	0	0.357	678	796	4-5	5.0	L2
Wenatchee Valley Venom	3	11	0	0.214	508	845	2-7	7.0	L4

Roster

Fairbanks Grizzlies roster
Quarterbacks  7 Ken Johnson Jr. 12 Ryan Ratekin 19 Donovan Porterie Running Backs  3 Nick Banks  9 Romandre Gibbs Wide Receivers  1 Tony Taylor  2 Jamaal Stokes  4 Eric Taylor  5 John Halman 10 Chris Scott		Offensive Linemen 54 Jerome Johnson 67 James Thompson 72 Nicholas Thornton-Jack 79 Lyndon 'L.T' Brown Defensive Linemen 13 Carl Singleton 17 Ryan Nelson 30 Steven Smith Jr. 54 Bryan Wick 95 Tyron Hurst Linebackers  8 Devin Robinson 40 Steve Faoro 42 Shawn Melland		Defensive Backs  3 Daudi White 11 Donta Green 15 Thyrell Lewis 20 Xavier Drakeford 21 Noah Harris 24 James Romain Kickers 18 Rett Thibodeaux Multiple Positions Currently vancant		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated March 25, 2011 29 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Past seasons

2010 final standings

2010 Pacific North Division
	W	L	T	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
y-Billings Outlaws	12	2	0	0.857	---	9-1	740	521	W3
x-Fairbanks Grizzlies	9	5	0	0.643	3.0	7-5	582	599	W3
x-Tri-Cities Fever	7	7	0	0.500	5.0	7-6	670	646	L1
Kent Predators	5	9	0	0.357	7.0	5-8	555	678	W1
Alaska Wild	2	12	0	0.143	10.0	2-10	377	457	L11

External links

• Official website
• Fairbanks Grizzlies at MySpace
• Grizzlies' 2008 Stats

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