Wichita Force
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Champions Indoor Football (2015–present)
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| Team colors | Black, yellow, white | ||||
| Personnel | |||||
| General manager | Brian Turner | ||||
| Head coach | Rick Lee Jerry Taylor | ||||
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| *Wichita Force (2015–present) | |||||
| Championships | |||||
| League championships (1) | |||||
| Conference championships (0) | |||||
| Division championships (1) | |||||
| Playoff appearances (3) | |||||
| *CIF: 2015, 2016, 2018 | |||||
| Home arena(s) | |||||
| *Intrust Bank Arena (2015–present) | |||||
The Wichita Force are a professional indoor football team based in Wichita, Kansas. They are members of the Champions Indoor Football league. The team was founded in 2014 as an expansion franchise.[1] The Force's home games are played at Intrust Bank Arena.
History[]
For the inaugural 2015 season, the Force hired former Wichita Wild head coach Paco Martinez.[2] The Force opened the season with a home loss to the Salina Bombers,[3] then regrouped to win four consecutive games in a five-week span.[4][5] After that stretch, results have been mixed with road losses to the two teams that would end up playing in the Champions Bowl—Texas Revolution and Sioux City Bandits—then, a home win over the Salina Bombers, and a road win over the Dodge City Law.[6][7]
In 2017, the Force underwent an ownership change and head coach Martinez was fired after three seasons with the team.[8] He was replaced by Morris Lolar as the head coach and Stuart Schake was named general manager for the 2018 season.[9] Brian Turner was named general manager for the 2019 season,[10] but head coach Lolar left for a position with Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and Rick Lee and Jerry Taylor were named co-coaches in March 2019.
Season-by-season results[]
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | CIF | 3rd[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost Semifinal 27–39 (Texas) | ||
| 2016 | 2016 | CIF | Northern | 1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Championship 52–51 (Bloomington) Won Champions Bowl II 48–45 (Amarillo) | |
| 2017 | 2017 | CIF | South | 6th | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 2018 | CIF | South | 4th | 4 | 8 | 0 | Lost Conference Semifinal (Duke City) 39–50 | |
| 2019 | 2019 | CIF | North | 4th | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 29 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2015–2019) | |||||
| 2 | 2 | — | All-time postseason record (2015–2019) | ||||||
| 33 | 31 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2015–2019) | ||||||
- ↑ Suellentrop, Paul (August 21, 2014). "Indoor football to return with same players, coach – but with new name, owner, league". The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company). http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/wichita-force/article1271874.html. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ↑ Heck, Josh (March 2, 2015). "Wichita Force launch new era of indoor football". Wichita Business Journal (Wichita, KS: Advance Publications). http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2015/03/photos-wichita-force-launch-new-era-of-indoor.html. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ↑ Lutz, Jeffrey (February 28, 2015). "Salina rallies past Force football team in inaugural game". The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company). http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/wichita-force/article11843120.html. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Beef come up short against Wichita". Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE: Berkshire Hathaway). April 3, 2015. http://www.omaha.com/sports/beef-come-up-short-against-wichita/article_1573b6a8-da7a-11e4-a0d4-933db648169c.html. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Adame, Tpny (April 3, 2015). "Wichita Force grabs fourth straight win". The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company). http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/wichita-force/article17373884.html. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Seminoff, Kirk (May 8, 2015). "Force knocks off league-leading Dodge City 52-49". The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company). http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/wichita-force/article20566461.html. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Curtis, John (May 9, 2015). "Law early miscues lose to Force". Dodge City Daily Globe (Dodge City, KS: GateHouse Media). http://www.dodgeglobe.com/article/20150509/SPORTS/150509368/2000/NEWS. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Paco Martinez out as head coach of the Force". KWCH. August 11, 2017. http://www.kwch.com/content/sports/Paco-Martinez-out-as-head-coach-of-the-Force-439864533.html.
- ↑ "Stuart Schake named General Manager of Force". Wichita Force. September 11, 2017. http://wichitaforce.com/news/?article_id=227.
- ↑ "Contact Wichita Force Football". Wichita Force Football. October 23, 2018. http://wichitaforce.com/contact.html.
Roster[]
| Wichita Force roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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