2019 Indoor Football League season
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{{Infobox sports season
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| title = 2019 IFL season
| league = Indoor Football League
| sport = Indoor football
| duration = February 22 – July 13
| no_of_teams = 10
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| playoffs =
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| finals =
| finals_champ = Sioux Falls Storm
| finals_runner-up = Arizona Rattlers
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| seasonslist = List of Indoor Football League seasons
| seasonslistnames = IFL
| prevseason_link = 2018 Indoor Football League season
| prevseason_year = 2018
| nextseason_link = 2020 Indoor Football League season
| nextseason_year = 2020
}}
The 2019 Indoor Football League season was the eleventh of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The league played this season with ten teams, up from six the previous season, by adding two expansion teams and two teams from Champions Indoor Football.
The top six teams made the IFL playoffs, with the first round consisting of the top two seeds earning byes, the third seed hosting the sixth seed, and the fourth hosting the fifth seed. In the semifinals, the top seed hosted the lower remaining seed and the second hosting the higher-seeded winner from the first round. The semifinal winners met in the 2019 United Bowl on the weekend of July 13.{{cite web |url=http://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20181119ikkgni |title=IFL Announces 2019 Schedule |publisher=IFL |date=November 19, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110325/http://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20181119ikkgni |url-status=dead }}
Offseason
In August 2018, the IFL announced the first 2019 expansion team, the Tucson Sugar Skulls, owned by Arizona Rattlers' head coach Kevin Guy. On September 7, the IFL announced the Quad City Steamwheelers had joined the league from Champions Indoor Football (CIF).{{cite web |url=http://www.tucsonindoorfootball.com/press-release.html |title=TUCSON INDOOR FOOTBALL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR THE 2019 SEASON |publisher=Tucson IFL team |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824002207/http://www.tucsonindoorfootball.com/press-release.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }} On October 5, the Bismarck Bucks of the CIF also announced their move to the IFL.{{cite web|url=https://www.myndnow.com/sports/bismarck-bucks-moving-to-ifl-hire-new-general-manager-head-coach/1501643882|title=Bismarck Bucks moving to IFL, hire new general manager, head coach|last=Kosirowski|first=Ken|publisher=MyNDNow|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=October 5, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075342/https://www.myndnow.com/sports/bismarck-bucks-moving-to-ifl-hire-new-general-manager-head-coach/1501643882|url-status=dead}}
During the previous season, the Cedar Rapids Titans were sold to Roy Choi and the team was rebranded as Cedar Rapids River Kings for the 2019 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Cedar-Rapids-Indoor-Football-League-announces-new-name-494121861.html |title=Cedar Rapids Indoor Football League announces new name |work=KCRG-TV |date=September 24, 2018}} In November 2018, Choi also launched a second 2019 IFL expansion team called the San Diego Strike Force.{{cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ifl-announces-san-diego-expansion-team/n-5420595 |title=IFL Announces San Diego Expansion Team |website=OurSportsCentral.com |date=November 19, 2018}}
Teams
Standings
{{2019 IFL standings}}
Playoffs
{{6TeamBracket|RD1-RD2-path=0
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=2019 United Bowl
| RD1-seed3=5
| RD1-team3=Nebraska
| RD1-score3=45
| RD1-seed4=4
| RD1-team4=Green Bay
| RD1-score4=40
| RD1-seed1=6
| RD1-team1=Tucson
| RD1-score1=47
| RD1-seed2=3
| RD1-team2=Sioux Falls
| RD1-score2=50
| RD2-seed1=5
| RD2-team1=Nebraska
| RD2-score1=45
| RD2-seed2=1
| RD2-team2=Arizona
| RD2-score2=62
| RD2-seed3=3
| RD2-team3=Sioux Falls
| RD2-score3=52
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4=Iowa
| RD2-score4=50
| RD3-seed1=3
| RD3-team1=Sioux Falls
| RD3-score1=56
| RD3-seed2=1
| RD3-team2=Arizona
| RD3-score2=53
}}
References
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