2013 Knoxville NightHawks season

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{{Infobox NFL team season

| logo =

| team = Knoxville NightHawks

| teamcolor =

| year = 2013

| record = 2–10

| division_place =

| conference place =

| league place = 7th

| coach = Cosmo DeMatteo

| general manager =

| owner = Jeff Knight

| stadium = James White Civic Coliseum

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| no_nextseason = true

}}

The 2013 Knoxville NightHawks season was the second and final season for the professional indoor football franchise and their second in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The NightHawks were one of seven teams that competed in the PIFL for the 2013 season.

The team played their home games under head coach Cosmo DeMatteo at the James White Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. The NightHawks earned a 2–10 record, placing seventh in the league, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Schedule

Key:

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{{Clear}}

=Regular season=

All start times are local to home team

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" width="40" | Week

! rowspan="2" width="80" | Day

! rowspan="2" width="90" | Date

! rowspan="2" width="60" | Kickoff

! rowspan="2" width="180" | Opponent

! colspan="2" width="200" | Results

! rowspan="2" width="200" | Location

width="140" | Score

! width="60" | Record

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 1

| Sunday

| March 10

| 4:00pm

| at Columbus Lions

| L 28–58

| 0–1

| Columbus Civic Center

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 2

| Sunday

| March 17

| 4:00pm

| at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

| L 45–63

| 0–2

| Stabler Arena

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 3

| Saturday

| March 23

| 7:05pm

| at Richmond Raiders

| L 23–41

| 0–3

| Richmond Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 4

| Saturday

| March 30

| 7:00pm

| Richmond Raiders

| L 36–51

| 0–4

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 5

| Saturday

| April 6

| 7:05pm

| Albany Panthers

| W 31–28

| 1–4

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 6

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 7

| Saturday

| April 20

| 7:05pm

| at Louisiana Swashbucklers

| L 27–36

| 1–5

| Sudduth Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 8

| Saturday

| April 27

| 7:00pm

| at Alabama Hammers

| W 53–51

| 2–5

| Von Braun Center

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! 9

| Saturday

| May 4

| 7:00pm

| Louisiana Swashbucklers

| L 37–45

| 2–6

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 10

| Saturday

| May 11

| 7:00pm

| Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

| L 47–63

| 2–7

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 11

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 12

| Saturday

| May 25

| 7:00pm

| at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

| L 42–67

| 2–8

| Stabler Arena

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 13

| colSpan=7 | BYE

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 14

| Friday

| June 7

| 7:30pm

| Louisiana Swashbucklers

| L 20–58

| 2–9

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 15

| Saturday

| June 15

| 7:00pm

| Alabama Hammers

| L 32–55

| 2–10

| James White Civic Coliseum

align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! 16

| colSpan=7 | BYE

Roster

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
colspan="7" style="background-color:#1560BD; border:2px solid #008000; color:white; text-align:center;" | 2013 Knoxville NightHawks roster
style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Quarterbacks

{{playern|8|Luke Collis}}

{{playern|9|Anthony Speight}}

Running backs

{{playern|6|Daccus Turman}}

Wide receivers

{{playern|10|Kelvin Boldin}}

{{playern|4|DeAndre Brown}}

{{playern|14|Charles Gilbert}}

{{playern|1|Rico Joseph}}

{{playern|20|Ryan Schuck}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Offensive linemen

{{playern|72|Dominique Bacon}}

{{playern|55|R. J. Bibbs}}

{{playern|78|Carnell Stewart}}

Defensive linemen

{{playern|62|Adrien Cole}}

{{playern|99|Armand Johnson}}

{{playern|91|Justin Wells}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Linebackers

{{playern|33|Roosevelt Falls}}

{{playern|7|Sam Fehoko}}

Defensive backs

{{playern|2|Kirkland Davidson}}

{{playern|23|Derrick Furlow}}

{{playern|22|Victor Rogers}}

Kickers

{{playern|18|Armando Cuko}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Injured reserve

  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics

updated June 15, 2014{{Cite web |url=http://www.knoxvillenighthawks.com/roster.html |title=Roster |access-date=2014-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928093633/http://knoxvillenighthawks.com/roster.html |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead }}

20 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Division standings

{{2013 PIFL standings|team=NightHawks}}

References

{{Reflist|2}}