2014 Salina Bombers season

The 2014 Salina Bombers season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of nine teams in the CPIFL for the league's final season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Bombers played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of three head coaches in 2014. Coach Bob Frey began the year before stepping down and was succeeded by Eric Clayton. Clayton resigned and was replaced by Bob Ray.^[1]

2014 Salina Bombers season
Owner	Chris Vercher Jake Leighty
General manager	Mike Reid
Head coach	Bob Frey Eric Clayton Bob Ray
Home field	Bicentennial Center 800 The Midway Salina, Kansas 67401
Results
Record	8–4 (regular season)
League place	3rd
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Season summary

In 2014, the Bombers finished the regular season with a record of 8-4, good enough for 3rd place in the final CPIFL standings. They were defeated 66-37 by the Sioux City Bandits at the Tyson Events Center in the first round of the post-season. Standout players this season included defensive linebacker Meshak Williams who claimed both Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors from the CPIFL.

Off-field moves

After the 2014 season ended, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form a new league, Champions Indoor Football.^[2][3]

Awards and honors

• 2014 1st Team All CPIFL: Ed Prince OL, Meshak Williams DL, DeWayne Autrey DB
• 2014 CPIFL Defensive Player of the Year: Meshak Williams DL
• 2014 CPIFL Defensive Rookie of The Year: Meshak Williams DL
• 2014 CPIFL Best Media Relations/Social Media

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Pre-season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	February 16	2:30pm	Kansas City Bulldogs	W 75–6	1–0	Bicentennial Center
2	Saturday	February 22	7:05pm	Kansas Koyotes	W 75–8[4]	2–0	Bicentennial Center

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	March 2	3:00pm	at Sioux City Bandits	W 77–70 (OT)	1–0	Tyson Events Center
2	Friday	March 7	7:05pm	Bloomington Edge	W 56–20	2–0	Bicentennial Center
3	BYE
4	Sunday	March 23	3:00pm	at Kansas Koyotes	W 51–27[5]	3–0	Landon Arena
5	Saturday	March 29	7:05pm	at Dodge City Law	L 31–34	3–1	United Wireless Arena
6	BYE
7	Saturday	April 12	7:05pm	Dodge City Law	W 57–45	4–1	Bicentennial Center
8	BYE
9	Saturday	April 26	7:05pm	Sioux City Bandits	L 42–56	4–2	Bicentennial Center
10	Saturday	May 3	7:05pm	Wichita Wild	W 13–11	5–2	Bicentennial Center
11	Saturday	May 10	7:05pm	at Bloomington Edge	L 50–58	5–3	U.S. Cellular Coliseum
12	Saturday	May 17	7:05pm	at Oklahoma Defenders	W 60–40	6–3	Cox Business Center
13	Friday	May 23	7:05pm	Lincoln Haymakers	W 36–15	7–3	Bicentennial Center
14	Saturday	May 31	7:05pm	Omaha Beef	W 50–43	8–3	Bicentennial Center
15	Saturday	June 7	7:05pm	at Wichita Wild	L 41–63	8–4	Hartman Arena

Post-season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
Semi-finals	Saturday	June 14	7:05pm	at Sioux City Bandits	L 37–66	0–1	Tyson Events Center

Roster

2014 Salina Bombers roster
Quarterbacks  6 Chris Rini  9 Dane Simoneau 12 Robbie Nallenweg Running backs 33 Quentin Benning 25 Keithen Valentine Wide receivers  8 Corey Ham 80 Zach McClain -- Felix Moret  7 Ricky Roberts -- Tremon Robinson  5 Attrail Snipes		Offensive linemen 75 George Bias 56 Rod Ewing 65 Roy Richard -- Allan Stroud Defensive linemen 45 Nathan Carter DL/LB 63 Eric Cherry 34 Adam Davis 88 Brandon McKinney 42 Meshak Williams		Linebackers 11 Vernon Brooks 20 Jake Lattimer  4 Justiss Scales Defensive backs  1 DeWayne Autrey 13 Ira Autrey 19 Isiah Barfield 23 Jarard Milo  2 Taikwon Paige Special teams 99 Austin Ledy		Reserve lists 84 Pelton Smalls WR (IR)  3 Jacarious Lucas WR (IR) 55 Ed Prince WR (Exempt) Roster updated June 2, 2014 Transactions 28 Active, 3 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2014 Salina Bombers Coaching Staff". Salina, KS: Salina Bombers. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
2. Krieger, Dan (September 22, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
3. Davidson, Bob (February 28, 2015). "Bombers open today at Wichita". The Salina Journal. Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
4. Green, Arne (February 23, 2014). "Frey plenty pleased after another Bombers exhibition blowout". The Salina Journal. Salina, KS: Harris Enterprises. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
5. Peterson, Jr., Rick (March 23, 2014). "Koyotes drop home opener to Salina, 51–27". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.

External links

• Salina Bombers official website Archived 2015-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Salina Bombers at Our Sports Central