The 2012
United Indoor Football League
The Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) was a regional professional indoor American football, indoor football league that began its inaugural season on February 18, 2011 UIFL season, 2011 as the Ultimate Indoor Football League before playing a ...
season was the second season of the league. The league was split into two conferences, and four divisions (two divisions in each conference).
On April 24, the league announced that it had taken over operations of the
Mississippi Hound Dogs
The Mississippi Hound Dogs were a professional indoor football team based in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Hound Dogs played their home games at the BancorpSouth Arena as a member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League's Southern Conference.
The Hou ...
due to financial difficulty, and modified their schedule to make them a travel-only squad.
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
The Palm Beach Phantoms were a professional indoor football team that were members of the National Indoor Football League in 2006. A new team with the same name played two replacement games for the Ultimate Indoor Football League in 2012.
Histo ...
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. Johnstown was reinstated on May 30, 2012
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.
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
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
Due to continued usage of the "United Bowl" name by the
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...
(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
References
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2012 Ultimate Indoor Football League season