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2012 UIFL season
2012 UIFL season
League	Ultimate Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor football
Duration	February, 2012 – June, 2012
Regular season
Season champions	Florida Tarpons
North champions	Cincinnati Commandos
North runners-up	Erie Explosion
South champions	Florida Tarpons
South runners-up	Lakeland Raiders
Ultimate Bowl II
Champions	Cincinnati Commandos
Runners-up	Florida Tarpons
Finals MVP	Kyenes Mincy
UIFL seasons
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 United Indoor Football League season was the second season of the league. The league was split into two conferences, and four divisions (two divisions in each conference).^[1]

On April 24, the league announced that it had taken over operations of the Mississippi Hound Dogs due to financial difficulty,^[2] and modified their schedule to make them a travel-only squad.^[3]

On May 14, The UIFL suspended the ownership of Johnstown, Western Pennsylvania The result of the Johnstown suspension leads to the cancellation of the June 2 contest with Erie, and sets the field for the North division. Cincinnati, Erie and Marion will spend the final four weeks of the season fighting for playoff seeding. The Palm Beach Phantoms a former NIFL team will replace the Sting for its two games in Florida. The Phantoms, who are currently participating in an eight-man outdoor league, are applying for inclusion for the 2013 UIFL season.^[4] Johnstown was reinstated on May 30, 2012^[5]

On June 11, the UIFL accepted self-imposed penalties of the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. As a reaction to several off-the-field incidents, at home and on the road, by some players, the Drillers are banning themselves from the 2012 season. The resulting ban moves Lakeland into the UIFL South division championship game on June 25 against Florida.^[6]

For this season only, the UIFL used the name "United Indoor Football League;" the more widely known (and unrelated) United Football League had suspended its operations during the 2012 offseason. Upon the UFL's resumption of operations in late summer 2012, the UIFL reverted to the "Ultimate Indoor Football League" name it had used in 2011.

Standings

2012 United Indoor Football League v t e
Team	Conference			Overall
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y	7	2	.778	8	2	.800	594	373
Erie Explosion-x	7	3	.700	8	3	.727	748	362
Marion Blue Racers-x	5	4	.556	6	5	.636	602	467
Johnstown Generals	3	6	.333	3	6	.333	264	441
Western Pennsylvania Sting	0	6	.000	0	7	.000	132	497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y	11	0	1.000	11	0	1.000	687	287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers	5	4	.556	6	4	.600	613	361
Lakeland Raiders-x	5	5	.500	6	5	.545	639	379
Rome Rampage	1	6	.143	1	6	.143	100	462
Mississippi Hound Dogs	1	9	.100	1	9	.100	281	559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

2012 Playoffs

The host for the Ultimate Bowl is determined by the following tiebreakers: overall record, head to head record, record against playoff teams, margin in head to head game, total points allowed, coin flip^[7] Due to continued usage of the "United Bowl" name by the Indoor Football League (an issue that also affected the UFL), the UIFL continued to use the "Ultimate Bowl" name for its championship, despite the change in the league's name. N1-Cincinnati N2-Erie N3-Marion S1-Florida S2-Lakeland Raiders

Qualifier			Conference Championships			Ultimate Bowl II

			2	Erie	42

			1	Cincinnati	60
3	Marion	47

2	Erie	56
						N1	Cincinnati	62

						S1	Florida	44



			2	Lakeland	29

			1	Florida	60

2012 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons
Cincinnati	Eastern Kentucky	Erie	Florida	Johnstown	Lakeland	Marion	Mississippi	Rome	Western Pennsylvania

References

^ Andrew Haines (September 4, 2011). "UIFL President Andrew Haines Blog 9/4/2011". TheUIFL.com. UIFL. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
^ "League steps in on Mississippi". UIFL. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ Montrose, Dave (28 April 2012). "Tarpons clinch playoff spot with win over Dogs". Fort Myers News-Press. Retrieved 29 April 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "UIFL suspends Johnstown, Western PA". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ "Johnstown ownership reinstated". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^ "Drillers impose post-season ban". www.wkyt.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "2012 UIFL playoff schedule". uiflfootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.