Chicago Slaughter
{{Short description|American football team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Chicago Slaughter
| current =
| logo = ChicagoSlaughter.PNG
| helmet =
| founded = 2006
| folded = 2013
| city = Sears Centre
in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
| misc = [http://slaughterfootball.com/ SlaughterFootball.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Black, red, white, silver
{{color box|black}} {{color box|#C41230}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#9EA8AF}}
| coach = Steve McMichael
| owners = David Flood, John Butera, Arney Silvestri
| chairman =Arney Silvestri
| president = Arney Silvestri
| general manager = Alan Perkins
| mascot = Sergeant Slaughter
| cheerleaders = Slaughter Girls
| nicknames =
| league =
Continental Indoor Football League (2007–2009)
- Great Lakes Conference (2007–2008)
- West Division (2008–2009)
Indoor Football League ({{IFL Year|2010}}–{{IFL Year|2013}})
- United Conference (2010–2013)
- Central North (2010)
- Great Lakes (2011)
| team_history =
- Chicago Slaughter (2007–2013)
| no_league_champs = 1
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 2
| league_champs = 2009
| conf_champs =
| div_champs = 2008, 2009
| playoff_appearances = 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
| no_playoff_appearances = 5
| arena_years =
- Sears Centre (2007–2013)
}}
The Chicago Slaughter were an American professional football team based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Having been inactive since 2013, the franchise was a part of the CIFL from 2007 to 2009, winning the championship in 2009. The Slaughter joined the Indoor Football League at the start of the 2010 season. The Slaughter played their home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
Team history
=Formation of the team=
The original team name was considered to be the "Foxes", until Steve McMichael suggested they should have a name which reflected the working people of Chicago like the meatpackers of the old Chicago Stockyards. They play their home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.[http://www.chicagoslaughter.com/team/history/ Chicago Slaughter History] Chicagoslaughter.com. Retrieved 2011-01-11. The team was originally intended to be a part of United Indoor Football, but did not join due to a dispute with the league.
The team interviewed McMichael and William "The Refrigerator" Perry from the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX championship team for the head coaching position. The aim was to appeal to local fans' affinity for McMichael and Perry and to take advantage of McMichael's love of hard-nosed, tough football.(2006-11-06). [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3394720 Members of 1985 Chicago Bears interview with new indoor football team] oursportcentral.com. Retrieved 2011-01-05. McMichael accepted the job as head coach, while Perry rejected the offer as Director of Football Operations (citing no desire to relocate back to Chicago).
=2007–2009=
{{main|List of Chicago Slaughter seasons}}
During the team's inaugural 2007 season in the CIFL, the Slaughter recorded an overall record of 10–4. After going 9–3 in the regular season, the Slaughter reached the divisional semi-finals in the league playoffs.
File:Chicago Slaughter 2009 Champs Banner.JPG
The 2008 season saw the Chicago Slaughter suffer a slow start, going 2–3 in their first 5 games. However, the Slaughter rallied around head coach Steve McMichael and won 6 out of their next 7 games to finish the regular season at 8–4, winning the Western division title. Unfortunately, the Slaughter then suffered a disappointing first round playoff loss to divisional rival, Rock River, to end their season.
In 2009, the Slaughter signed seven players from the Chicago Rush when the Arena Football League cancelled the 2009 season, including Donovan Morgan, Reggie Gray, Bobby Sippio, and eventual CIFL league MVP Russ Michna.Greenberg, Jon. (2009-06-24). [https://www.espn.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=greenberg_jon&id=4285484 Mongo seeking perfection] ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-01-11. The Chicago Slaughter averaged over 65 points per game and outscored their opponents by almost an average of 30 points per game, going 14-0 for the season. On June 27, 2009, the Slaughter won the CIFL championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/news/story?id=4292390|title=Slaughter win CIFL championship|date=2009-06-28|publisher=ESPNChicago.com|access-date=2009-06-29}}
After the completion of the 2009 season, rumors began circulating that the Slaughter would be leaving the CIFL to join the IFL for the 2010 season. On October 27, 2009, the Chicago Slaughter announced that it was moving to the Indoor Football League, a much larger and more national league.
=2010=
On January 7, 2010, the Chicago Slaughter announced that Jarrett Payton, son of NFL running back Walter Payton, would be playing for the team in 2010. In February 2010, former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon joined the Chicago Slaughter as new team owner.
=2012=
{{main|2012 Chicago Slaughter season}}
=2013=
{{main|2013 Chicago Slaughter season}}
The team signed Juice Williams to be their quarterback.{{cite news |first=Bob |last=LeGere |newspaper=Daily Herald |location=Arlington Heights, Illinois |title=Slaughter opens home season with ex-Illini QB at controls |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130222/sports/702229828/?interstitial=1 |date=February 22, 2013 |accessdate=March 7, 2013}}
=2014=
For the 2014 season, the Slaughter re-joined the CIFL.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4694879 |title=Chicago Slaughter Return to CIFL |date=October 18, 2013 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=October 18, 2013}} Before the season began, the Slaughter announced that they would not play the 2014 season. By this time, the Slaughter had ceased operations.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140121/business/701219774/ |title=Chicago Slaughter cancels season at Sears Centre |date=January 21, 2014 |work=Daily Herald |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}
Notable players
=Final roster=
| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background-color:black; color:white; border:2px solid #C80C16;"| Chicago Slaughter roster |
|---|
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks
{{playern|7|Juice Williams}} Running backs {{playern|3|Daniel Dufrene}} Wide receivers {{playern |
| -|A. J. Allen}}
{{playern|11|David Brown}} {{playern |
| -|L. J. Castile}}
| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen {{playern|95|Kyle Jenkins}} Linebackers
| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Defensive backs {{playern|2|Jereme Green}} Kickers
| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Injured Reserve
Exempt List
Practice squad
{{plainlist|1=
}} |
=Former players=
=Awards and honors=
The following is a list of all Chicago Slaughter players who have won league Awards
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| bgcolor="#efefef"
!Season!! Player!! Position!! Award | |||
| {{CIFL Year|2009}} | Russ Michna | QB | CIFL MVP |
| {{CIFL Year|2009}} | Russ Michna | QB | CIFL Offensive Player of the Year |
| {{IFL Year|2013}} | Cody Kirby | QB | IFL Rookie of the Year |
Notable coaches
File:Steve McMichael crop.jpg in 2008]]
=Head coaches=
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2013 CIFL season.
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name
! rowspan="2" | Term ! colspan="4" | Regular Season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards |
|---|
| W
! L ! T ! Win% ! W ! L |
| style="text-align:center;"|Steve McMichael
| style="text-align:center;"|{{CIFL Year|2007}}–{{IFL Year|2013}} | style="text-align:center;"|58 | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|58|34}} | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|Michael Oliver
| style="text-align:center;"|{{CIFL Year|2014}} | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|0|0}} | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"| |
=Coaching staff=
| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" |
| colspan="7" style="background:black; color:white; text-align: center; border:2px solid #C80C16;"|Chicago Slaughter staff |
|---|
| colspan=7 align="right" | |
| valign="top"|
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Front office
Head coach
Offensive coaches
|width="35"| |valign="top"| | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
|
Season-by-season
| 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;"|Wild Card Berth | style="text-align:center; background:#c8a2c8;"|League Leader |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
| rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2" |Team !rowspan="2" | League !rowspan="2" | Conference !rowspan="2" | Division !colspan="4" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Finish
!Wins !Losses !Ties | ||
| background:#fcc;"
! style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | style="text-align:center;"| CIFL | style="text-align:center;"| Great Lakes | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"| 3rd | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Won Great Lakes Qualifier (Miami Valley) 60-28 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008 | style="text-align:center;"| CIFL | style="text-align:center;"| Great Lakes | style="text-align:center; background:#d0e7ff;"| West | style="text-align:center;"| 1st | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rock River) 54-39 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 2009 | style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"| CIFL | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center; background:#d0e7ff;"| West | style="text-align:center; background:#c8a2c8;"| 1st | style="text-align:center;"| 12 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Won Division Championship (Wisconsin) 63-19 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| 2010 | style="text-align:center;"| IFL | style="text-align:center;"| United | style="text-align:center;"| Central North | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"| 3rd | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Won Round 1 (Green Bay) 46-39 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| IFL | style="text-align:center;"| United | style="text-align:center;"| Great Lakes | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"| 3rd | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Lost Round 1 (Reading) 76-33 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | style="text-align:center;"| IFL | style="text-align:center;"| United | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| 6th | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013 | style="text-align:center;"| IFL | style="text-align:center;"| United | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| 3rd | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | | ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" colspan="6"|Totals
! style="text-align:center;"|58 ! style="text-align:center;"|34 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season record (2007–2013) | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 4
| |
| colspan="3"|All-time postseason record (2007–2013) | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|62
! style="text-align:center;"|38 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season and postseason record (2007–2013) |
References
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External links
{{Portal|Chicago}}
- [http://www.chicagoslaughter.com/ Official website]
{{CIFL}}
Category:2006 establishments in Illinois
Category:2014 disestablishments in Illinois