Fort Wayne Firehawks

Fort Wayne Firehawks
Founded	2009
Folded	2008
History	Fort Wayne FireHawks (2010-)
League	CIFL
Arena	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Based in	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Colors	Black, Red, White
Championships	0
Titles	0)
Owner	Championship Sports Enterprises, LLC
Head Coach	Willie Davis, Jr.
Dancers	Lady Hawks
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The Fort Wayne FireHawks are an indoor football team affiliated with the Continental Indoor Football League. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the FireHawks play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

The FireHawks are the fourth attempt at indoor football in Fort Wayne after the original Fort Wayne Freedom (NIFL & UIF, 2003-06), Fort Wayne Fusion (af2, 2007), and the second Fort Wayne Freedom (CIFL, 2008-09).

2010 Season

The Firehawks finished 6-4 during the 2010 Continental Indoor Football League season, earning a third-seed in the playoffs. The FireHawks suffered a loss in their first game as a franchise April 2, 2010, a 55-27 loss to the Cincinnati Commandos. The Fort Wayne FireHawks earned their first victory April 10, 2010, 44-28 against the Miami Valley Silverbacks. The team started the season with Katie Hnida as the team's placekicker. Hnida, known for becoming the first woman to score a point in an NCAA football game. Throughout the season the team experienced many ups and downs, as evident by becoming the first CIFL team to ever to be shutout and post a shutout in the same season. The Marion Mayhem folded during the season, before they played the FireHawks, thus crediting the FireHawks with 2 forfeit wins. Because Mayhem didn't finish the season, several of Marion's players were signed by Fort Wayne in the subsequent weeks to join in the FireHawk's playoff run. In the first playoff game in team history, the FireHawks lost to the second-place, Wisconsin Wolfpack, 25-24.

The team reportedly drew about 2,000 fans per game, according to CIFL stats.

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
April 2	Cincinnati Commandos	Home	Lost 27-55
April 10	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	Won 44-28
April 16	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Home	Lost 0-49
April 24	Chicago Cardinals	Home	Won 69-45
May 1	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Away	Lost 32-33
May 9	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	Won 26-8
May 15	Marion Mayhem	Away	Won 2-0 (Forfeit)
May 22	Cincinnati Commandos	Away	Lost 46-49
May 28	Marion Mayhem	Home	Won 2-0 (Forfeit)
June 9	Chicago Cardinals	Away	Won 48-0
June 19	Wisconsin Wolfpack(CIFL Playoffs)	Away	Lost 24-25

CIFL Awards

Co-Defensive Player of the Year - Tramaine Billie
Special Teams Player of the Year - Mike Tatum (Also played with the Marion Mayhem during 2010 season)

1st Team All-CIFL
WR Justin Wynn
LB Tramaine Billie
KR Mike Tatum

2nd Team All-CIFL
C Anothony Harrison
DE Thomas McKenzie (Also played with the Marion Mayhem during 2010 season)
DB Paul Carter

Season Stat Leaders

Passing

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Rating
Kota-Carone Colors	71	155	45.8%	694	14	9	92.3
Mike Whitaker	14	35	40%	144	3	2	83.9
Eric Decker	5	14	35.7%	30	0	1	4.8
Adam Gibson	4	14	28.6%	43	1	0	89.2

Rushing

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Kota-Carone Colors	42	235	5.4	4	28
Justin Wynn	12	115	9.0	2	33
Brandon Williams	18	87	4.2	3	23
Victor Tolbert	18	73	4.1	2	14
Tramaine Billie	12	34	2.8	6	7

Receiving

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Justin Wynn	25	358	14.3	8	45
Zach Rainey	21	162	7.7	1	25
Brandon Walker-Roby	19	124	6.5	2	19
Jermaine Woolfolk	11	109	9.9	3	29

2011 Season

In December 2010, owner J. Michael Loomis issued a statement saying that the team would not play in 2011, stopping short of suspending operations. Loomis did say he would try to regroup for 2012. According to published reports, Loomis failed to find investors or financial resources to keep the team active in 2011. There is a chance the FireHawks comeback in 2012 as part of the Indoor Football League. The league is the 2nd largest indoor football league, and would help the team sustain itself for a long time

Season-By-Season

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

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Fort Wayne FireHawks (CIFL)
2010	6	4	0	3rd	Lost Semifinals (Wisconsin Wolfpack)
2011*	0	0	0	--	--
Totals	6	5	0	(including playoffs)

• 2011 Season will not be played

Franchise leaders

Career/Season Records

Passing

• Completions: Kota-Carone Colors (71)
• Attempts: Kota-Carone Colors (155)
• Touchdowns: Kota-Carone Colors (14)
• Interceptions: Kota-Carone Colors (9)
• Yards: Kota-Carone Colors (694)
• Completion Percentage: Kota-Carone Colors (45.8)
• QB Rating: Kota-Carone Colors (92.3)
• Average Yards per Game: Kota-Carone Colors (86.8)

Rushing

• Attempts: Kota-Carone Colors (42)
• Yards: Kota-Carone Colors (235)
• Average Yards per Carry: Justin Wynn (9.0)
• Touchdowns: Tramaine Billie (6)
• Long: Justin Wynn (33)
• Average Yards per Game: Victor Tolbert (36.5)

Receiving

• Receptions: Justin Wynn (25)
• Yards: Justin Wynn (358)
• Average Yards per Reception: Kota-Carone Colors (17.0)
• Touchdowns: Justin Wynn (8)
• Long: Justin Wynn (45)
• Average Yards per Game: Justin Wynn (44.8)

Defensive

• Interceptions: Paul Carter (5)
• Fumble Recoveries: Tramaine Billie (3)
• Total Tackles: Tramaine Billie (66.5)
• Sacks: Thomas McKenzie (7.5)
• Tackles For Loss: Andrew Schrock (9.5)

Special Teams

• Field Goals Made: 3 Tied (0)
• Field Goals Attempted: Brian Clawson (5)
• Kickoff Returns: Brandon Walker-Roby (18)
• Kickoff Return Yards: Brandon Walker-Roby (320)
• Kickoff Return Touchdowns: Brandon Walker-Roby/Justin Wynn (1)

Scoring/Total Offense

• Total Touchdowns: Tramaine Billie (12)
• Total Points Scored: Tramaine Billie (74)
• Total Offense: Kota-Carone Colors (920)
• Total Offense per Game: Kota-Carone Colors (115)
• All Purpose Yards: Justin Wynn (663)

Single Game Records

Passing

• Completions: Kota-Carone Colors (17) April 10, 2010
• Attempts: Kota-Carone Colors (32) April 16, 2010
• Touchdowns: Kota-Carone Colors (7) April 10, 2010
• Interceptions: Justin Wynn (4) April 2, 2010
• Yards: Kota-Carone Colors (200) April 10, 2010
• Long: Kota-Carone Colors (45) April 10, 2010
• Completion Percentage: Kota-Carone Colors (66%) May 9, 2010

Rushing

• Attempts: Victor Tolbert (13) June 19, 2010
• Yards: Justin Wynn (85) April 2, 2010
• Touchdowns: Tramaine Billie (4) May 22, 2010
• Long: Justin Wynn (33) April 2, 2010

Receiving

• Receptions: Justin Wynn/Brandon Walker-Roby (7) Both on April 10, 2010. Walker-Roby again on April 16, 2010
• Yards: Justin Wynn (114) April 10, 2010
• Touchdowns: Justin Wynn (4) April 10, 2010
• Long: Justin Wynn (45) April 10, 2010

Defensive

• Interceptions: Terry Moore/Paul Carter (2) Moore on June 5, 2010. Carter on April 10 and May 22, 2010
• Fumble Recoveries: Several Tied (1)
• Total Tackles: Tramaine Billie (15) April 24, 2010
• Sacks: Thomas McKenzie (5.5) June 5, 2010 (Also a CIFL single game record)
• Tackles For Loss: Thomas McKenzie (6) June 5, 2010

Special Teams

• Field Goals Made: 3 Tied (0)
• Field Goals Attempted: Brian Clawson (4) May 22, 2010
• Kickoff Returns: Brandon Walker-Roby (7) April 16, 2010
• Kickoff Return Yards: Brandon Walker-Roby (137) April 24, 2010
• Kickoff Return Long: Justin Wynn (57) May 22, 2010
• Kickoff Return Touchdowns: Brandon Walker-Roby/Justin Wynn (1) Walker-Roby on April 24, 2010. Wynn on May 22, 2010
• Missed Field Goal Return Long: Mike Tatum (41) June 5, 2010

Scoring/Total Offense

• Total Touchdowns: Justin Wynn/Tramaine Billie (4) Wynn on April 10, 2010. Billie on May 22, 2010
• Total Points Scored: Tramaine Billie (32) May 22, 2010
• Total Offense: Justin Wynn (118) April 10, 2010
• All Purpose: Brandon Walker-Roby (178) April 24, 2010

External links

• Fort Wayne Firehawks Official Website
• Continental Indoor Football League Official Website
• 2010 Stats