2018 Iowa Barnstormers season

2018 Iowa Barnstormers season
Owner	Jeff Lamberti
General manager	John Pettit
Head coach	Dixie Wooten
Home field	Wells Fargo Arena
Results
Record	11–3
League place	1st

The 2018 Iowa Barnstormers season was the team's eighteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and fourth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). They were one of six teams that competed in the IFL for the 2018 season. The Barnstormers were members of the United Conference in previous seasons, but due to the loss of several teams in the offseason, there was no conference alignment for the 2018 season.

Led by second-year head coach Dixie Wooten, the Barnstormers played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena in the Des Moines, Iowa. On July 7, 2018, the Barnstormers won the United Bowl, the first championship in the club's history.

Standings

2018 Indoor Football League
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	GB	STK
y-Iowa Barnstormers	11	3	.786	648	493	—	W1
x-Arizona Rattlers	11	3	.786	746	567	—	W1
x-Sioux Falls Storm	11	3	.786	724	577	—	W5
x-Nebraska Danger	4	10	.286	525	592	7	L9
Cedar Rapids Titans	3	11	.214	543	733	8	L1
Green Bay Blizzard	2	12	.143	421	645	9	L4

y - clinched regular season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Staff

2018 Iowa Barnstormers staff
	Front office Principal owner – Jeff Lamberti Owner/Vice President/COO – John Pettit Owner – Don Lamberti Honorary owner – Ben Silverstein Owner – David Silverstein Owner – Scott Thurber Owner – Dave Knau Owner – Jim Gocke Owner – Dan Stanbrough Owner – Jeff Lipman Owner – Tom Nelson Owner – Dan Ochylski Owner – Brian Chittenden			Head coach - Dixie Wooten Offensive coaches Assistant head coach / Asst Offensive Coordinator/WR coach –Hurtis Chinn Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator / defensive backs coach – Marcus Coleman Special teams coordinator / defensive line coach – Malcolm Nelson Strength & conditioning Rodney Filer

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local.

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	February 25	3:05 PM	at Green Bay Blizzard	W 41–20	1–0	Resch Center	5,158
2	BYE
3	Saturday	March 10	7:05 PM	Arizona Rattlers	W 38–28	2–0	Wells Fargo Arena	5,874
4	Sunday	March 18	3:05 PM	Sioux Falls Storm	L 40–52	2–1	Wells Fargo Arena	5,163
5	Sunday	March 24	7:03 PM	at Cedar Rapids Titans	W 59–45	3–1	U.S. Cellular Center
6	Friday	March 30	7:00 PM	at Nebraska Danger	L 32–43	3–2	Eihusen Arena
7	BYE
8	Saturday	April 14	7:05 PM	Nebraska Danger	W 41–25	4–2	Wells Fargo Arena
9	BYE
10	Saturday	April 28	7:05 PM	Green Bay Blizzard	W 46–25	5–2	Wells Fargo Arena	5,921
11	Saturday	May 5	7:05 pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	W 49–42	6–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center
12	Friday	May 11	7:05 PM	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 48–21	7–2	Wells Fargo Arena
13	Sunday	May 20	3:05 PM	at Arizona Rattlers	W 69–68 OT	8–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	18,381
14	Friday	May 25	7:05 PM	Green Bay Blizzard	W 41–14	9–2	Wells Fargo Arena
15	Saturday	June 2	7:05 PM	Arizona Rattlers	W 41–38	10–2	Wells Fargo Arena
16	Friday	June 8	7:05 PM	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 49–51	10–3	Denny Sanford Premier Center
17	Saturday	June 16	7:05 PM	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 54–21	11–3	Wells Fargo Arena

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location
Semifinal	Friday	June 22	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 48–17	Wells Fargo Arena
United Bowl	Saturday	July 7	7:00pm	Sioux Falls Storm	W 42–38	Wells Fargo Arena

Roster

Iowa Barnstormers roster

Quarterbacks  4 Brandon Alt  7 Daniel Smith Running backs 11 Robert Washington Wide receivers 23 Sinquae Grant 19 CJ Tate  1 Keshaun Taylor 88 Vaughn Van Dame  3 Quian Williams  8 Darren Wilson

Offensive linemen 54 Joe Bastante 79 Tyrone Chambers 52 Breyon Gaddy 78 Kristopher Stroughter Defensive linemen 93 Chuckwumeka Manning 32 Krystapher Oakley 33 Arthur Randall 99 Akeem Smith 18 Ty Tate

Linebackers  5 Ian McBorrough Defensive backs 12 Jefferson Fritz 15 J'Von France  6 Cincere Mason  9 Jalaan Owens 21 Malcolm Washington Kickers 10 Gabriel Rui

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