CIFL championship game
The CIFL championship game was the annual championship game of the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). In 2006, it was the meeting of the two semifinal game winners. Following the 2007 and 2008 season, the game was between the Great Lakes Division champion and the Atlantic Division champion. In 2009 the league was divided into an East and West Division.
During its first year, it was called the Great Lakes Bowl.
Past CIFL championships
Game | Year | Winning team | Losing team | Site | Date | MVP | ||
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Great Lakes Bowl I | 2006 | Port Huron Pirates | 40 | Rochester Raiders | 34 | McMorran Arena | July 22, 2006 | Rayshawn Askew |
CIFL Indoor championship game | 2007 | Rochester Raiders | 37 | Michigan Pirates | 27 | Blue Cross Arena | July 28, 2007 | Mike Condello |
CIFL championship game | 2008 | Saginaw Sting | 41 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | 37 | Wings Stadium | June 29, 2008 | Nick Body |
CIFL championship game | 2009 | Chicago Slaughter | 58 | Fort Wayne Freedom | 48 | Sears Centre | June 27, 2009 | Donovan Morgan |
CIFL championship game | 2010 | Cincinnati Commandos | 54 | Wisconsin Wolfpack | 40 | Cincinnati Gardens | June 26, 2010 | Ben Mauk |
CIFL championship game | 2011 | Cincinnati Commandos | 44 | Marion Blue Racers | 29 | Cincinnati Gardens | June 11, 2011 | Tyler Sheehan |
CIFL championship game | 2012 | Saginaw Sting | 35 | Dayton Silverbacks | 7 | Dow Event Center | June 2, 2012 | Jeff Austin |
CIFL championship game | 2013 | Erie Explosion | 37 | Saginaw Sting | 36 | Erie Insurance Arena | May 12, 2013 | Richard Stokes |
CIFL championship game | 2014 | Erie Explosion | 38 | Marion Blue Racers | 26 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | May 18, 2014 |
Number of appearances
Team | Appearances | Wins | Losses |
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Kalamazoo Xplosion | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Port Huron/Michigan Pirates | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Rochester Raiders | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Saginaw Sting | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Chicago Slaughter | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Fort Wayne Freedom | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cincinnati Commandos | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wisconsin Wolfpack | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marion Blue Racers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Dayton Silverbacks | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Erie Explosion | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Box scores
Great Lakes Bowl I: Rochester Raiders vs. Port Huron Pirates
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Raiders | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 34 |
Pirates | 14 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 |
at McMorran Arena, Port Huron, Michigan
- Date: July 22
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 2,575
- Referee: Jack Butler
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2007 CIFL championship game: Michigan Pirates vs. Rochester Raiders
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Pirates | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
Raiders | 0 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
- Date: July 28
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 5,236
- Referee: Dave Scott
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2008 CIFL championship game: Saginaw Sting vs. Kalamazoo Xplosion
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sting | 7 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
Xplosion | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
at Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Date: June 29
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 3,294
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2009 CIFL championship game: Fort Wayne Freedom vs. Chicago Slaughter
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Freedom | 7 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 48 |
Slaughter | 0 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 58 |
at Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Date: June 27
- Game time: 7:15 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 3,861
- Referee: Wojciekiewicz
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2010 CIFL championship game: Cincinnati Commandos vs. Wisconsin Wolfpack
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wolfpack | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 40 |
Commandos | 14 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 54 |
at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date: June 26
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 2,758
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2011 CIFL championship game: Cincinnati Commandos vs. Marion Blue Racers
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Racers | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
Commandos | 7 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date: June 11
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
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2012 CIFL championship game: Saginaw Sting vs. Dayton Silverbacks
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Silverbacks | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Sting | 6 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Dow Event Center, Saginaw, Michigan
- Date: June 2
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 3,850
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2013 CIFL championship game: Erie Explosion vs. Saginaw Sting
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sting | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 36 |
Explosion | 7 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
at Erie Insurance Arena, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Date: May 12
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 1,844
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2014 CIFL championship game: Erie Explosion at Marion Blue Racers
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Explosion | 12 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
Blue Racers | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Marion, Ohio
- Date: May 18
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
- John Dudley, Erie Times News
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External links
- Great Lakes Bowl I stats (2006)
- 2007 championship game stats
- 2008 championship game stats
- 2009 championship game stats
- 2010 championship game stats
- 2012 championship game stats
- 2013 championship game stats
- Championship game all-time records
- Championship game logos
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