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2017 Sioux City Bandits season
OwnerBob Scott
General managerBob Scott
Head coachErv Strohbeen
Home fieldTyson Events Center
401 Gordon Drive
Sioux City, Iowa 51101
Results
Record9–3
Conference place1st
League place2nd
Playoff finishWon Quarter-Finals (Bismarck) 82–43
Lost North Conference Championship (Omaha) 55–45

The 2017 Sioux City Bandits season is the team's seventeenth as the Sioux City Bandits, eighteenth overall and third as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 14 teams in the CIF for the 2017 season, they play in the 7-team North Conference.

The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Dave Croston and Paul Dacres.

Awards and honors

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories.

  • For Week 1, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week, and kick returner Dominique Carson as the Special Teams Player of the Week.
  • For Week 2, the CIF named running back Frederick Bruno as the Offensive Player of the Week, scoring five touchdowns and rushing for 93 yards on ten carries and also caught three passes for 31 yards.
  • In Week 5, the CIF honored defensive back Cliff Stokes as the Defensive Player of the Week, as he recorded six tackles and intercepted three passes (scoring on one interception), to accompany his 71 interception-return yards.
  • For Week 6, the CIF brought kicker Greg Conry into the spotlight as the Special Teams Player of the Week, as he scored 21 of the team's 63 points, pushing the Bandits past Omaha, 63–56. Conry was 6/6 on extra point attempts, and went 5/6 on field goal kicking. He nailed kicks from 29, 32, 35, 40, and 49 yards. His only Miss came from 46 yards away.
  • In Week 7, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week for his second time of the season. He made eight tackles, had three tackles-for-loss, including 1.5 sacks.
  • During Week 13, Bandits kicker Greg Conry became the Special Team's Player of the Week for the second week, scoring 17 total points, as he was perfect for both field goals (3/3) and extra points (8/8).

Standings

North Conference
W L PCT PF PA
x–Sioux City Bandits 9 3 .750 704 599
y–Omaha Beef 7 5 .583 561 562
y–Bloomington Edge 7 5 .583 598 560
y–Bismarck Bucks 5 7 .417 540 569
Kansas City Phantoms 4 8 .333 499 594
West Michigan Ironmen 4 8 .333 569 570
Salina Liberty 1 11 .083 403 546
South Conference
W L PCT PF PA
z–Amarillo Venom 9 3 .750 758 639
y-Texas Revolution 8 4 .667 716 584
y-Dodge City Law 7 5 .583 631 575
y-Duke City Gladiators 7 5 .583 663 513
Wichita Force 7 5 .583 567 481
Dallas Marshals 7 5 .583 500 512
CenTex Cavalry 0 12 .000 412 811
z - clinched top overall seed
x - clinched division title
y - clinched playoff berth
  1. On June 2, the CIF penalized Dodge City by removing two of their wins when the team was 9–2, reducing their record to 7–4.


Schedule

Key:

  Win

  Loss

  Bye

Preseason

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Saturday February 18 7:05pm First City Cavalry W 80–0 0–0 Tyson Events Center N/A

Regular season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Saturday February 25 7:05pm Omaha Beef W 63–44 1–0 Tyson Events Center 3,381
2 Saturday March 4 7:05pm Bismarck Bucks W 77–37 2–0 Tyson Events Center 2,720
3 BYE
4 Friday March 17 7:05pm at Bismarck Bucks W 30–16 3–0 Bismarck Event Center N/A
5 Saturday March 25 7:05pm Kansas City Phantoms W 62–35 4–0 Tyson Events Center 3,436
6 Friday March 31 7:05pm at Omaha Beef W 63–56 5–0 Ralston Arena 3,810
7 BYE
8 Saturday April 15 7:05pm Bloomington Edge W 62–56 6–0 Tyson Events Center 3,060
9 Saturday April 22 7:05pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 35–76 6–1 L.C. Walker Arena N/A
10 Saturday April 29 7:05pm West Michigan Ironmen W 53–37 7–1 Tyson Events Center 4,787
11 Saturday May 6 7:05pm at Bismarck Bucks L 61–63 7–2 Bismarck Event Center N/A
12 BYE
13 Saturday May 20 7:05pm Bismarck Bucks W 67–49 8–2 Tyson Events Center 4,529
14 Saturday May 27 7:05pm at Omaha Beef W 61–55 9–2 Ralston Arena 3,277
15 Friday June 2 7:05pm at Kansas City Phantoms L 70–75 9–3 Silverstein Eye Centers Arena N/A

Post-season

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
First Round Saturday June 10 7:05pm Bismarck Bucks W 82–43 1–0 Tyson Events Center 1,753
Conference Championship Saturday June 17 7:05pm Omaha Beef L 45–55 1–1 Tyson Events Center 2,407

Roster

2017 Sioux City Bandits roster
Quarterbacks
  • 11 Taylor Genuser


Running backs

  • 12 Dominique Carson
  • 24 Jeffrey Mack
  • 20 Drew Prohaska


Wide receivers

  •  2 Fred Bruno
  • 80 Anthony Eboreime
  •  8 Jeremiah Oates
  •  1 Maurice Young


 Offensive linemen
  • 78 Darius Barnes
  • 55 Arthur Doakes


Defensive linemen

  •  4 Devon Bridges
  • 60 Devin Groenhagen
  • 11 Westly Johnson
  • 70 Marcus Miles


 Linebackers
  •  6 Marlon Lobban
  • 18 Zac Schlueger


Defensive backs

  •  9 Denzel Adams
  •  7 DeWayne Autrey
  •  3 Rahn Franklin
  • 23 Jon Smith
  •  5 Clifford Stokes
  • 15 Jemichael Williams


Special teams

  • 60 Greg Conry


 Reserve lists
  • -- Jackson Dallas OL (Exempt)


Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 6, 2017
23 Active, 3 Inactive

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References

  1. ^ "Players of the Week". Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. "Champions Indoor Football Issues Penalties to Member Team". CIF. June 2, 2017.
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