2000 Sioux City Attack season

2000 Sioux City Attack season
Head coach Jim Anderson
General manager Jim Steele
Home field Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
401 Gordon Drive
Sioux City, Iowa 51101
Results
Record 9-5
Division place 3rd Southern
Conference place 5th Western
League place 8th League
Playoff finish Won Wild card round (Lincoln) 52-38
Lost Conference semifinals (Bismarck) 30-14

The 2000 Sioux City Attack season was the team's first overall, as they were members of first as a member of the original Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-one teams in the IFL for the league's second season, the Attack finished the regular season with a 9-5 record (good enough for third in their Southern Division) to earn the number five seed in the ten-team Western Conference, in which they traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for the wild card round to play the Lincoln Lightning and defeated them, 52-38. They then moved on to Bismarck, North Dakota, to face the Western's Conference's top-seeded team, the Bismarck Blaze. The Attack had aleady beaten the Blaze once in the regular season, but fell, 30-14 in the conference semifinals.

The Attack played their home games at the Sioux City Municipal Auditorium in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Jim Anderson.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Loss   Bye

Regular season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1[1] Friday March 31 7:05pm at Lincoln Lightning L 27–40 0–1 Pershing Center 4,698
2[2] Saturday April 8 7:05pm at Sioux Falls Cobras W 47–31 1–1 Sioux Falls Arena 4,800
3[3] Saturday April 15 7:05pm at Wichita Warlords L 20–28 1–2 Kansas Coliseum 3,266
4[4] Friday April 21 7:35pm Wichita Warlords W 59-27 2–2 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 2,769
5[5] Saturday April 29 7:35pm Bismarck Blaze W 57–49 3–2 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 2,173
6[6] Saturday May 6 7:05pm at Topeka Knights L 24–31 (OT) 3–3 Landon Arena 2,288
7[7] Saturday May 13 7:35pm Fargo Freeze W 30–12 4–3 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 2,068
8[8] Saturday May 20 6:05pm at Johnstown Jackyls W 57–47 5–3 Cambria County War Memorial Arena 2,339
9[9] Saturday May 27 7:35pm Sioux Falls Cobras W 49–35 6–3 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 2,378
10[10] Saturday June 3 7:05pm at Peoria Pirates L 35–68 6–4 Carver Arena 9,220
11[11] Saturday June 10 7:35pm Black Hills Machine L 36–39 6–5 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 1,561
12[12] Saturday June 17 7:35pm Topeka Knights W 37–29 7–5 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 1,703
13[13] Saturday June 24 7:35pm Lincoln Lightning W 36–20 8–5 Sioux City Municipal Auditorium 2,231
14 BYE
15[14] Saturday July 8 6:05pm at Erie Invaders W 54–31 9–5 Erie Civic Center 2,850

Post-season

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
Wild card round[15] Saturday July 15 7:05pm at Lincoln Lightning W 52–38 10–5 Pershing Center 3,900
Conference semifinals[16] Saturday July 22 7:35pm at Bismarck Blaze L 14–30 10–6 Bismarck Civic Center 4,101

Roster

Sioux City Attack Roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Jarrod DeGeorgia

Running Backs

  • 36 Philip Meehan
  • 38 Lamont Truitt

Wide Receivers

  •  1 Jon Elder
  •  3 Ervin Whitehead
  • 15 Philip Wilson
Offensive Linemen
  • 71 Ken Diepenbrock
  • 73 Erv Strohbeen
  • 79 Evan Matau

Defensive Linemen

  • 55 Art Maulupe
  • 60 Darwin Bishop
  • 68 Steve Schmidt
  • 77 Erik Nelson
Linebackers
  • 32 Matt Hughes
  • 53 Shawn Bauer

Defensive Backs

  •  9 Courtney Porter
  • 21 Andre Fields
  • 23 Deondre Jones
  • 46 Eric Davidson

Kickers

  • 44 Adam Kennett

Roster updated May 1, 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs LINCOLN LIGHTNING (Mar 31, 2000)". Quick Stats. March 31, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Sioux Falls Cobras (Apr 08, 2000)". Quick Stats. April 8, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Wichita Warlords (Apr 15, 2000)". Quick Stats. April 15, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wichita Warlords vs Sioux Falls Attack (Apr 21, 2000)". Quick Stats. April 21, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bismarck Blaze vs Sioux City Attack (Apr 29, 2000)". Quick Stats. April 29, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs TOPEKA KNIGHTS (May 6, 2000)". Quick Stats. May 6, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fargo Freeze vs Sioux Falls Attack (May 13, 2000)". Quick Stats. May 13, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Johnstown Jackyls (May 20, 2000)". Quick Stats. May 20, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sioux Falls Cobras vs Sioux City Attack (May 27, 2000)". Quick Stats. May 27, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Peoria Pirates (Jun 03, 2000)". Quick Stats. June 3, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Black Hills vs Sioux City Attack (Jun 10, 2000)". Quick Stats. June 10, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ "TOPEKA KNIGHTS vs Sioux City Attack (Jun 17, 2000)". Quick Stats. June 17, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ "LINCOLN LIGHTNING vs Sioux City Attack (Jun 24, 2000)". Quick Stats. June 24, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Erie (Jul 08, 2000)". Quick Stats. July 8, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs LINCOLN LIGHTNING (Jul 15, 2000)". Quick Stats. July 15, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sioux City Attack vs Bismarck Blaze (Jul 22, 2000)". Quick Stats. July 22, 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
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