Salina Liberty
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| League/conference affiliations | |||
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Champions Indoor Football (2016–present)
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| Team colors | Navy, blue, red, silver, white | ||
| Mascot | Sideline Sam | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owner(s) | Precision Sports, LLC. | ||
| General manager | Francis Flax | ||
| Head coach | Heron O'Neal | ||
| Team history | |||
| *Salina Liberty (2016–present) | |||
| Championships | |||
| League championships (0) | |||
| Conference championships (1) | |||
| Division championships (0) | |||
| Playoff appearances (2) | |||
| *2018, 2019 | |||
| Home arena(s) | |||
| *Tony’s Pizza Events Center (2016–present) | |||
The Salina Liberty are a professional indoor football team based in Salina, Kansas. They began play in 2016 as members of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The team plays their home games at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center.
History[]
Indoor football in Salina started in 2012 as the Salina Bombers, an expansion franchise for the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL), were announced for the 2013 season. The Bombers then joined Champions Indoor Football (CIF) due to a merger between the CPIFL and the Lone Star Football League for 2015. However, during their first season in the CIF, the league ejected the Bombers for a "business violation" on May 28[1] and they would cease operations later that month.[2] In July 2015, the CIF announced it had replaced the Bombers with a new expansion team in Salina called the Salina Liberty.[3]
The Liberty began play in the 2016 season of the CIF where they went 2–10, finishing last in the Northern Division and failing to qualify for the playoffs.
Roster[]
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
Rookies in italics | |||
Season-by-season results[]
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
| 2016 | CIF | Northern | 6th | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | CIF | North | 7th | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | CIF | North | 1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Won Conference Semifinal (Bismarck) 81–51 Lost Conference Championship (Sioux City) 39–45 | |
| 2019 | CIF | North | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Won Conference Championship (Omaha) 44–42 Lost Champions Bowl (Duke City) 29–35 | |
| Totals | 20 | 28 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2016–2019) | ||||
| 2 | 2 | — | All-time postseason record (2016–2019) | |||||
| 22 | 30 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2016–2019) | |||||
References[]
- ↑ Copp, Jake (May 28, 2015). "Salina Bombers dissolving football team". Salina, KS: KWCH-DT. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150529003019/http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/salina-bombers-dissolving-football-team/33268516. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Salina Bombers Suspended from CIF". Champions Indoor Football. May 28, 2015. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4977520. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Indoor football: Salina Liberty announced as latest CIF franchise". Star Local Media. July 24, 2015. http://starlocalmedia.com/sports/indoor-football-salina-liberty-announced-as-latest-cif-franchise/article_d11c7f10-3228-11e5-8c66-d379a696a7e3.html.
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