2014 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season

2014 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season
Head coach Brian Schmidt (fired on February 22; 2-1 record)
Mike Goodpaster (interim)
General manager John Jackson
Owner Jill Chitwood
Home field The Bank of Kentucky Center
500 Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Results
Record 7-3
Division place 2nd
Playoff finish Lost South Division Championship 56-40 (Blue Racers)

The 2014 Northern Kentucky River Monsters season was the second season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.

After a two-year layoff, the River Monsters announced that they would be returning to an active team, joining the Continental Indoor Football League for the 2014 season.[1] Head Coach Brian Schmidt was fired on February 22, and was replaced by Defensive Coordinator Mike Goodpaster.[2] Goodpaster was able to salvage the season after losing quarterback Jared Lorenzen to injury in week 2, going 5-2 down the stretch, defeating the Dayton Sharks the final week of the season to clinch the final South Division playoff spot.[3]

Schedule

Regular season

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 February 3 7:30 p.m. EST at Bluegrass Warhorses W 36-20 1-0 Alltech Arena
2 February 8 7:30 P.M. EST Erie Explosion L 30-42 1-1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
3 February 16 2:00 P.M. EST Bluegrass Warhorses W 32-23 2-1 The Bank of Kentucky Center
4 Bye
5 March 2 4:00 P.M. EST at Marion Blue Racers L 20-27 2-2 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6 Bye
7 March 15 7:30 P.M. EST Dayton Sharks L 45-65 2-3 The Bank of Kentucky Center
8 March 23 4:00 p.m. EST at Kentucky Xtreme W 2-0 (Forfeit) 3-3 Freedom Hall
9 March 29 7:30 P.M. EST at Port Huron Patriots W 35-14 4-3 McMorran Arena
10 April 5 7:30 p.m. EST Kentucky Xtreme W 70-22 5-3 The Bank of Kentucky Center
11 Bye
12 April 19 7:30 p.m. EST Chicago Blitz W 73-50 6-3 The Bank of Kentucky Center
13 Bye
14 May 3 7:30 p.m. EST at Dayton Sharks W 36-24 7-3 Hara Arena

Standings

2014 Continental Indoor Football League
Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
North Division
y-Saginaw Sting 9 1 0 .900 6 1 0 .857
x-Erie Explosion 8 2 0 .800 5 1 0 .833
Chicago Blitz 7 3 0 .700 4 2 0 .667
z-Port Huron Patriots 1 8 0 .111 1 6 0 .143
z-Detroit Thunder 0 8 0 .000 0 6 0 .000
South Division
y-Marion Blue Racers 8 2 0 .800 6 0 0 1.000
x-Northern Kentucky River Monsters 7 3 0 .700 5 2 0 .714
Dayton Sharks 6 4 0 .600 4 3 0 .571
z-Bluegrass Warhorses 1 7 0 .125 1 5 0 .167
z-Kentucky Xtreme 0 5 0 .000 0 4 0 .000

Postseason

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
South Division Championship May 10 7:30 P.M. EST at Marion Blue Racers L 40-56 0-1 Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Final roster

2014 Northern Kentucky River Monsters roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Antonio Davis

Running Backs

  • 14 Clay Cunningham
  •  6 Maurice Douse

Wide Receivers

  • 11 Aric Evans
  •  8 Willie Idlette
  •  3 Ricardo Lenhart
  •  5 Ahoma Maxwell
  •  9 Shawn McGarity
Offensive Linemen
  • 77 Bob Beeler
  • 55 Thomas Gholston
  • 74 Matt Money

Defensive Linemen

  • 57 D'arrell Brown
  • 52 Rico Middlebrooks
  • 99 Luke Scarborough
Linebackers
  •  1 David James
  • 48 Tommie McBride
  • 37 Santino Turnbow

Defensive Backs

  • 12 Butch Abshire
  • 32 David Hampton
  •  4 T. J. Harris
  • 21 Marcus Lancaster
  • 23 Dekota Marshall
  •  7 Jeff Ward

Kickers

  • 13 Dustin Zink
Injured Reserve

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 3, 2014
24 Active, 1 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "Northern Kentucky River Monsters Emerge from the "Swamp"". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mike Perleberg (February 27, 2014). "Goodpaster Is River Monsters' New Head Coach". www.eaglecountryonline. Wagon Wheel Broadcasting. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ Mike Perleberg (May 7, 2014). "Goodpaster Improves To 5-2 With River Monsters; Takes Team To Playoffs". www.eaglecountryonline. Wagon Wheel Broadcasting. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
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