The 2017 Champions Indoor Football season was the third season of the
CIF
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. It started on February 25, when the
Omaha Beef
The Omaha Beef is an indoor football team and a charter member of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) league. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Beef play their home games at Liberty First Credit Union Arena in nearby Ralston.
History First 13 seas ...
traveled to
Iowa
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, losing to the
Sioux City Bandits
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux City, Iowa, and compete as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The team was founded in 1999 as the Sioux City Attack. In 2001, the team assumed their current ...
63–44. The regular season concluded on Saturday, June 3. This was the first season in which four teams per conference advanced to the Champions Bowl playoffs, with the top seed in each conference hosting their conference's fourth seed, and second seeds hosting third seeds in the first round.
The league champion was the
Texas Revolution, who defeated the Beef 59–49 in
Champions Bowl III
Champions Bowl III was the third title game of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). It was played on June 23, 2017, and won by the Texas Revolution.
Road to the Champions Bowl
The four teams (ordered by seeding) that made the postseason in the North ...
. The season MVP was
Duke City Gladiators
The Duke City Gladiators are a professional indoor football team based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a suburb of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They began play in March 2015 as members of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) league. The Gladiators played ...
quarterback
Donovan Porterie
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Porterie signed ...
, and the Champions Bowl MVP was Revolution wide receiver
Clinton Solomon
Clinton Solomon (born October 21, 1983) is an American football wide receiver for the Texas Revolution (indoor football), Texas Revolution of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). He played college football at the University of Iowa.
College career
S ...
.
League changes
Standings
Dodge City Law video controversy
On June 2, 2017, the league stripped the
Dodge City Law
The Dodge City Law were a professional indoor football team based in Dodge City, Kansas, with home games at the United Wireless Arena. The team joined the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) in 2013 as an expansion member for th ...
of two victories without awarding them to any other team. Reports from other teams and a subsequent investigation found that the Law were in violation of the league's operations manual and guidelines on uploading video. As their final game of the season did not start at the time, the Law's record went from 9–2 to 7–4. When asked about the decision, commissioner Ricky Bertz stated, "While this situation was unfortunate and no one in the CIF including the Dodge City Law wanted this to be the final outcome, the board of directors decided that this was what was best for the league given the circumstances and how they related to all team members involved."
Playoffs
Awards
Players of the week
The following were named the top performers during the 2017 season:
Individual season awards
All-CIF Team
All-Conference Teams
First Team Northern
Second Team Northern
First Team Southern
Second Team Southern
References
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