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Austin Turfcats

{{short description|Professional indoor football team}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox indoor American football team

| name = Austin Turfcats

| current =

| logo = AustinTurfcats.PNG

| helmet =

| founded = 2008

| folded = 2010

| city = Luedecke Arena
in Austin, Texas

| misc =

| uniform =

| colors = Armadillo gold, recycling green, natural white
{{color box|#EEE8AA}} {{color box|#0D5A48}} {{color box|silver}}

| coach = Chris Duliban

| owner = Jack Dixon

| chairman =

| president =

| general manager = Joe Martinez

| mascot =

| cheerleaders = Lady Cats

| nicknames =

| league =

| team_history =

  • Austin Turfcats (2009–2010)

| no_league_champs = 0

| no_conf_champs = 0

| no_div_champs = 0

| league_champs =

| conf_champs =

| div_champs =

| playoff_appearances = 2009

| no_playoff_appearances = 1

| arena_years =

}}

The Austin Turfcats were a professional indoor football team based in Austin, Texas. The Turfcats were a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL) during the 2010 season, after being a charter member of the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) during their inaugural 2009 season. The Turfcats played their home games at Luedecke Arena at the Travis County Exposition Center. This was Austin's fourth attempt at an indoor football team; the prior three were the Indoor Professional Football League's Texas Terminators (1999), the National Indoor Football League's Austin Knights/Rockers (2002–2003), and the Arena Football League (later af2's) Austin Wranglers (2004–2008) (the former two of which played in Luedecke Arena before the Turfcats).

History

=Launch: 2009=

On November 24, 2008, it was announced that the city of Austin, Texas, had been awarded an expansion franchise for the 2009 startup Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL).{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3744177 |title=Oswalt Named Vice-President/GM Of Austin Franchise |date=November 24, 2015 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}} On November 25, 2008, it was announced that the team's nickname would be the Turfcats and that they would play their home games at Luedecke Arena at the Travis County Expo Center.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3744359 |title=Austin's SIFL Team Unveils Team Name and Logo |date=November 25, 2015 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}} Chris Duliban was the team's head coach after previously serving as the defensive coordinator of the Indoor Professional Football League's Texas Terminators and then as the head coach for the CenTex Barracudas of the Intense Football League in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3761353 |title=Turfcats Add Longhorn and NFL Experience To Coaching Staff |date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}} The Turfcats lost their first game 29–37 to the Acadiana Mudbugs.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3808864 |title=Turfcats lose season opener in dirty battle with Mudbugs |date=April 19, 2009 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}} The following week the Turfcats won their first game 34–32 over the Houma Conquerors.{{cite web |url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20090426/SPORTS17/904269970/1241?Title=Conquerors-fall-in-home-opener |title=Conquerors fall in home opener |author=Chris Singleton |date=August 26, 2009 |publisher=Houma Today |work=www.houmatoday.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}

=Joining the IFL: 2010=

In October 2009, the Turfcats were accepted into the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the 2010 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3917187 |title=Turfcats Officially Accepted Into IFL |date=October 15, 2009 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=September 24, 2015}} They went 2–12 under head coach Duliban and folded after the season.

Season-by-season results

class="wikitable" style="margin:center; font-size:75%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|League champions

| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|Conference champions

| style="text-align:center; background:#d0e7ff;"|Division champions

| style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"|Playoff berth

| style="text-align:center; background:#c8a2c8;"|League leader

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"
rowspan="2" | Season

!rowspan="2" | League

!rowspan="2" | Conference

!rowspan="2" | Division

!colspan="4" | Regular season

!rowspan="2" | Postseason results

FinishWinsLossesTies
2009

| SIFL || ||

| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 2nd || 10 || 3 || ||align=left|Won SIFL Semifinal (Acadiana)
Lost President's Cup I (Louisiana)

2010

| IFL || Intense || Lonestar East

| 4th || 2 || 12 || ||align=left|Did not qualify

rowspan="5" colspan="5"|Totals

! 12

15All-time regular season record (2009–2010)
11—All-time postseason record (2009–2010)
1316All-time regular season and postseason record (2009–2010)

Personnel

=Final roster=

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background-color:#0D5A48; color:#EEE8AA;" | Austin Turfcats roster
style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks

{{playern|23|Jeremy Glover}}

{{playern|8|Cedrick Welch}}

Running backs

{{playern|6|Keith Clay}}

{{playern|30|Ray Hall}}

Wide receivers

{{playern|7|Bobby Mason}}

{{playern|8|Reggie Smith}}

{{playern|11|Darrick Wallace}}

{{playern|4|Austin Willis}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

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

{{playern|94|Demond Benford}}

{{playern|66|Jodie Cantu}}

{{playern|74|James Cardenas}}

{{playern|99|Tim Cook}}

{{playern|76|Kamaron Young}}

Defensive linemen

{{playern|55|Kevin Earvine}}

{{playern|77|Iran Hodge}}

{{playern|44|Ryan Miles}}

{{playern|21|Wondell Rutledge}}

{{playern|78|Shane Gerhardt}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

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

{{playern|12|Edward Cantrell}}

{{playern|5|Joseph Turner}}

Defensive backs

{{playern|2|Michael Catchings}}

{{playern|22|Kemmie Lewis}}

{{playern|9|Metrick McHenry}}

{{playern|18|Rickey McKinley}}

{{playern|3|Shon Mitchell}}

{{playern|18|Michael Rutledge}}

Special teams

  • vacant

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Reserve lists

{{NFLplayer|10|Deron Ellis|link=no|QB|IR}}

Practice squad

  • vacant

{{ubl|Rookies in italics

|[http://www.turfcats.com/players.html Roster] updated February 15, 2010

|25 Active, 1 Inactive, 0 PS

}}

=Head coaches=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name

! rowspan="2" | Term

! colspan="4" | Regular season

! colspan="2" | Playoffs

! rowspan="2" | Awards

WLTWin%WL
style="text-align:left;"|Chris Duliban2009–201012150{{winperc|12|15}}11

=Front office staff=

  • Joe Martinez – general manager – IFL
  • Ronald Oswalt – general manager – SIFL/IFL
  • Jack Dixon – director of operations – SIFL/IFL

2010 season

{{Infobox NFL team season

| logo =

| team = Austin Turfcats

| teamcolor =

| year = 2010

| record = 2–12

| division_place = 4th Lonestar East

| conference place =

| league place =

| coach = Chris Duliban

| general manager = Joe Martinez

| owner = Jack Dixon

| stadium = Luedecke Arena
7311 Decker Lane
Austin, Texas 78724

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| no_nextseason = true

}}

=Schedule=

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Tie|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#CCCCCC|Bye|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" width="40" | Week

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

! rowspan="2" width="220" | Opponent

! colspan="2" width="180" | Results

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

width="90" | Score

! width="90" | Record

style="background: #CCCCCC;"

! 1

| colspan=7 | Bye

style="background: #CCCCCC;"

! 2

| colspan=7 | Bye

bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 3

| March 14

at Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 36–510–1American Bank Center
align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 4

| March 20

at Arkansas DiamondsW 31–291–1Verizon Arena
style="background: #CCCCCC;"

! 5

| colspan=7 | Bye

bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 6

|April 2

Amarillo VenomL 20–711–2Luedecke Arena
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

! 7

|April 10

Abilene Ruff RidersW 68–342–2Luedecke Arena
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 8

|April 17

at West Texas RoughnecksL 46–492–3Ector County Coliseum
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 9

|April 24

Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 30–322–4Luedecke Arena
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 10

|May 1

San Angelo Stampede ExpressL 27–522–5Luedecke Arena
align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 11

|May 8

West Texas RoughnecksL 29–462–6Luedecke Arena
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 12

|May 15

at Abilene Ruff RidersL 20–472–7Taylor County Expo Center
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 13

|May 23

at Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 13–272–8American Bank Center
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 14

| May 29

Arkansas DiamondsL 16–212–9Luedecke Arena
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 15

| June 5

at San Angelo Stampede ExpressL 36–542–10San Angelo Coliseum
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 16

| June 12

at Amarillo VenomL 16–392–11Amarillo Civic Center
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

! 17

| June 19

Arkansas DiamondsL 40–542–12Luedecke Arena

=Standings=

{{2010 IFL Lonestar East Division standings|team=Turfcats}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.turfcats.com/ Official website]

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{{SIFL}}

Category:2008 establishments in Texas

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Category:American football teams established in 2008

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