Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
Founded	2010
League	IFL (2011-2012) PIFL (2013-future)
Team history	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks (2011-present)
Arena	Stabler Arena
Based in	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Team colors	Black, Gold, White
Owner(s)	Glenn W. Clark
Head coach	Chris Thompson
Championships	None
Division titles	None
Dancers	Precious Metal Dance Team

The Lehigh Valley Steelhawks are a professional indoor football team based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The team is currently a member of the Professional Indoor Football League. The Steelhawks began play as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League in the 2011. The Steelhawks are the Lehigh Valley's second indoor football team, following the defunct Lehigh Valley Outlawz of the Continental Indoor Football League (2005–2008). Both teams played their home games at Stabler Arena. The owner of the Steelhawks is Glenn Clark. The Steelhawks play their home games at Stabler Arena.

A Name The Team contest was held to choose a name for the organization. Over 700 names were submitted and the top five were chosen by management. These names were Vipers, Ironmen, Blast, Gamblers, and Steelhawks. Fans were then asked to vote on the name they thought would be best for the team with over 70% of the votes being cast for Steelhawks. Brooke Trautwein, the fan who submitted the Steelhawks name, was given a prize package that included season tickets and Steelhawks' merchandise.

Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks (IFL)
2011	4	10	0	2nd Atlantic	--
2012	6	8	0	4th United	Lost United Conference Semi-final 21-79 vs. Storm
Totals	10	19	0	(including playoffs)

2011 Season Schedule

Regular Season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
1	February 26 (Sat)	7:00pm	@ Reading Express	L 26-33	0-1
2	March 5 (Sat)	7:05pm	@ Richmond Revolution	W 41-38	1-1
3	Bye
4	March 19 (Sat)	7:00pm	Richmond Revolution	L 45-48 (OT)	1-2
5	Bye
6	April 1 (Fri)	7:30pm	@ Reading Express	L 58-63	1-3
7	April 9 (Sat)	7:05pm	Bloomington Extreme	L 16-30	1-4
8	April 16 (Sat)	7:05pm	Chicago Slaughter	L 27-52	1-5
9	April 23 (Sat)	7:05pm	Reading Express	L 37-40	1-6
10	April 30 (Sat)	7:00pm (8:00 Eastern)	@ La Crosse Spartans	L 0-51	1-7
11	May 8 (Sun)	4:00pm	Reading Express	L 14-51	1-8
12	May 14 (Sat)	7:05pm	@ Richmond Revolution	W 38-35	2-8
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:05pm	Fairbanks Grizzlies	W 37-28	3-8
14	May 28 (Sat)	7:00pm	Richmond Revolution	W 46-38	4-8
15	June 4 (Sat)	7:30pm (8:30 Eastern)	@ Green Bay Blizzard	L 25-61	4-9
16	June 11 (Sat)	7:00pm (8:00 Eastern)	@ La Crosse Spartans	L 22-27	4-10

Division Standings

2011 Atlantic Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Reading Express	8	6	0	0.571	525	516	7-1	---	L1
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	4	10	0	0.286	432	595	3-5	4.0	L2
Richmond Revolution	3	11	0	0.214	441	593	2-6	5.0	W1

Roster

Lehigh Valley Steelhawks roster
Quarterbacks -- Tim Bailey -- Adam Bednarik Running Backs -- James Mallory Wide Receivers -- Tyrone Collins -- Thomas Gilson -- Elliott White -- Jeff Willis -- Ed Young		Offensive Linemen -- John Esposito -- John Mitchell -- Brian Ostaszewski -- Justin Smith Defensive Linemen -- Larry Ford -- Elisee Pompilus -- Victor Sesay -- Andre Starks Linebackers -- Brandon Roundtree -- Matt Hoffman -- Gary Tillman -- Terrance -- Greg Underwood		Defensive Backs  3 Marvin Johnson -- David Castillo -- Joshua Copeland -- Donyae Coleman -- Clarence Curry -- John Kennedy III -- Paul Robinson Kickers -- George Pierson		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated October 30, 2012 29 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

External links

• Lehigh Valley Steelhawks official website