2008 Continental Indoor Football League season
| 2008 CIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Continental Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Rochester Raiders |
| Season MVP | David Gater, KAL |
| League postseason | |
| Great Lakes champions | Kalamazoo Xplosion |
| Great Lakes runners-up | Rock River Raptors |
| Atlantic champions | Saginaw Sting |
| Atlantic runners-up | Lehigh Valley Outlawz |
| CIFL Championship Game | |
| Champions | Saginaw Sting |
| Runners-up | Kalamazoo Xplosion |
| Finals MVP | Nick Body (SAG) |
The 2008 Continental Indoor Football League season is the league's third overall season. The season began on Friday, March 7, and ended on Sunday, June 29th, with the CIFL Championship Game.
Standings
Final Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Great Lakes Conference | ||||||
| East Division | ||||||
| Kalamazoo Xplosion | 11 | 1 | 0.917 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Muskegon Thunder | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Fort Wayne Freedom | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Miami Valley Silverbacks | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 |
| West Division | ||||||
| Chicago Slaughter | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Rock River Raptors | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers | 1 | 11 | 0.083 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||
| East Division | ||||||
| New England Surge | 8 | 3 | 0.727 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz | 6 | 5 | 0.545 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| New Jersey Revolution | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 |
| Chesapeake Tide | 2 | 10 | 0.167 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 |
| West Division | ||||||
| Rochester Raiders | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Saginaw Sting | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Marion Mayhem | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Flint Phantoms | 1 | 11 | 0.083 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
- No color is given to Rochester due to their withdrawal from the league
- Blue indicates eliminated from playoff contention
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Yellow indicates clinched division title
- Red indicates clinched conference title
- Gray will indicate clinched conference title and home field advantage throughout playoffs
Continental Bowl Playoffs
- Note: The Lehigh Valley/New England Playoff Game was played at Stabler Arena, Lehigh Valley had home field advantage, regardless of New England having a better record
- Due to Rochester's withdrawal from the league, Saginaw had a first round home playoff game against Marion
| Division Championships | Conference Championships | CIFL Continental Game | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lehigh Valley | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New England | 21 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Lehigh Valley | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Great Lakes Conference | ||||||||||||||
| W1 | Saginaw | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Marion | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Saginaw | 41 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Saginaw | 41 | ||||||||||||
| GL1 | Kalamazoo | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Rock River | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chicago | 39 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Rock River | 42 | ||||||||||||
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||||||||||
| E1 | Kalamazoo | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Muskegon | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kalamazoo | 50 | ||||||||||||
2008 Award Winners
- CIFL Most Valuable Player - David Gater, Kalamazoo Xplosion
- Offensive Player of the Year - Randy Bell, Rock River Raptors
- Defensive Player of the Year - David Gater, Kalamazoo Xplosion
- Special Teams Player of the Year - Brad Selent, Kalamazoo Xplosion
- Coach of the Year - Mike Sparks, Kalamazoo Xplosion