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2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season

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2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
OwnerGlenn W. Clark
General managerMichael Clark
Head coachChris Thompson
Home fieldStabler Arena
Results
Record6-6
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishWon National Conference Championship (Trenton) 49-38
Lost PIFL Cup III (Nashville) 43-64

The 2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the fourth season as a professional indoor football franchise and their second in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). One of 8 teams competing in the PIFL for the 2014 season.

The team played their home games under head coach Chris Thompson at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Steelhawks earned a 6–6 record, placing 2nd in the National Conference, winning the National Conference Championship, before losing to the Nashville Venom in PIFL Cup III.[1]


Schedule

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Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

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All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 Sunday April 6 4:00pm Trenton Freedom W 48-47 1-0 Stabler Arena
3 Friday April 11 7:05pm at Harrisburg Stampede W 35-27 2-0 Giant Center
4 BYE
5 Saturday April 26 7:00pm Trenton Freedom W 42-36 3-0 Stabler Arena
6 Friday May 3 7:00pm Harrisburg Stampede W 36-30 4-0 Stabler Arena
7 Sunday May 11 4:00pm Alabama Hammers L 48-51 4-1 Stabler Arena
8 Saturday May 17 7:00pm Nashville Venom L 38-53 4-2 Stabler Arena
9 Saturday May 24 7:00pm at Trenton Freedom L 42-55 4-3 Sun National Bank Center
10 Friday May 31 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 42-54 4-4 Columbus Civic Center
11 Friday June 6 7:05pm at Richmond Raiders L 37-38 4-5 Richmond Coliseum
12 Saturday June 14 7:30pm at Georgia Fire W 63-57 OT 5-5 Forum Civic Center
13 Saturday June 21 7:05pm at Harrisburg Stampede L 52-55 5-6 Giant Center
14 Saturday June 28 7:00pm Richmond Raiders W 51-41 6-6 Stabler Arena

Postseason

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All start times are local to home team

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
National Conference Championship Saturday July 5 7:01pm at Trenton Freedom W 49-38 1-0 Sun National Bank Center
PIFL Cup III Saturday July 12 7:15pm at Nashville Venom L 64-43 1-1 Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Roster

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2014 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks roster
Quarterbacks
  • -- Andre Coles
  •  7 Shane McSweeny

Running backs

  • 40 Jeff Link

Wide receivers

  • 81 Matt Coston
  •  5 Richie Martin
  •  3 Troy Pascley
  •  1 Brandon Renford
  •  6 Chris Schubert
Offensive linemen
  • 75 Justin Bathurst
  • 54 Erik Pratt
  • 72 John Lavelle
  • 97 Travis Miller
  • 68 J. B. Walton

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Larry Ford
  • 12 Tim Hume
  • 92 Vince Lands
  • 99 Brandon Sutton
  • 58 Michael Woodhouse
Linebackers
  • -- Chindy Agugua
  •  8 Cory Darby

Defensive backs

  •  4 Stanley Dunbar
  • 21 Dwayne Hollis
  • 33 Leavander Jones
  • 13 Terrence Osborne
  •  2 Stefaun Whitehead

Kickers

  • 10 Michael Barnard
Injured Reserve
  • 81 Devron Clark WR (IR)
  • -- Devin Duggan DB (IR)
  • -- Justin Smith OL (IR)


Exempt List

  •  6 Toriel Gibson WR (Exempt)


Failure to Report - Exempt

  • -- Mike Jones FB (DNR)


Left squad

  • -- Michael Atunrase DL (Left squad)
  •  1 Scott Pillar WR (Left squad)


Suspension

  • Current vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 22, 2014

26 Active, 8 Inactive

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Division Standings

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Team Overall Conference
W L T PCT W L T PCT
National Conference
y-Trenton Freedom 8 4 0 .667 6 2 0 .750
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 6 0 .500 5 3 0 .625
Richmond Raiders 5 7 0 .417 3 5 0 .375
Harrisburg Stampede 4 8 0 .333 2 6 0 .250
American Conference
y-Nashville Venom 10 2 0 .833 6 2 0 .750
x-Columbus Lions 7 5 0 .583 5 3 0 .625
Georgia Fire 4 8 0 .333 3 5 0 .375
Alabama Hammers 4 8 0 .333 2 6 0 .250

References

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  1. ^ Josh Folck (July 12, 2014). "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks lose to Nashville Venom in Pro Indoor Football League championship game". www.lehighvalleylive.com. PennLive LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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