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). 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. 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. The Turfcats lost their first game 29–37 to the Acadiana Mudbugs. The following week the Turfcats won their first game 34–32 over the Houma Conquerors.

Joining the IFL: 2010

In October 2009, the Turfcats were accepted into the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the 2010 season. They went 2–12 under head coach Duliban and folded after the season.

Season-by-season results

League championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
SeasonLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2009SIFL2nd103Won SIFL Semifinal (Acadiana) Lost President's Cup I (Louisiana)
2010IFLIntenseLonestar East4th212Did not qualify
Totals1215All-time regular season record (2009–2010)
11—All-time postseason record (2009–2010)
1316All-time regular season and postseason record (2009–2010)

Personnel

Head coaches

NameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAwards
WLTWin%WL
Chris Duliban2009–201012150.44411

Front office staff

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

2010 season

Schedule

Win Tie Loss Bye

WeekDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1Bye
2Bye
3March 14at Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 36–510–1American Bank Center
4March 20at Arkansas DiamondsW 31–291–1Verizon Arena
5Bye
6April 2Amarillo VenomL 20–711–2Luedecke Arena
7April 10Abilene Ruff RidersW 68–342–2Luedecke Arena
8April 17at West Texas RoughnecksL 46–492–3Ector County Coliseum
9April 24Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 30–322–4Luedecke Arena
10May 1San Angelo Stampede ExpressL 27–522–5Luedecke Arena
11May 8West Texas RoughnecksL 29–462–6Luedecke Arena
12May 15at Abilene Ruff RidersL 20–472–7Taylor County Expo Center
13May 23at Corpus Christi HammerheadsL 13–272–8American Bank Center
14May 29Arkansas DiamondsL 16–212–9Luedecke Arena
15June 5at San Angelo Stampede ExpressL 36–542–10San Angelo Coliseum
16June 12at Amarillo VenomL 16–392–11Amarillo Civic Center
17June 19Arkansas DiamondsL 40–542–12Luedecke Arena

Standings

2010 Lonestar East Division
viewtalkeditWLTPCTGBDIVPFPASTK
y-Arkansas Diamonds11300.786—6–1533423W3
x-San Angelo Stampede Express10400.7141.04–2603521W3
x-Corpus Christi Hammerheads6800.4295.03–4501567L2
Austin Turfcats21200.1438.01–7428606L10

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