Marion Mayhem

Marion Mayhem
Founded	2006
League	CIFL
Team history	2006 - 2010
Arena	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Based in	Marion, Ohio
Team colors	Navy & Green
Division titles	2009
Dancers	The Dancing Divas
Mascot	Hardy the Mayhem Maniac
Local media	The Marion Star
Website	www.marionmayhem.com

Marion Mayhem was an indoor American football team. It was a charter member of the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL), later renamed the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). The team folded during the 2010 season due to financial problems. They played their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. The Mayhem were the first pro football team to be based in the area since the NFL's Oorang Indians ceased operations in 1923.

Season-By-Season

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

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
Marion Mayhem (CIFL)
2010	3	7	0	5th CIFL	Forfeited remainder of season after starting 3-3
2009	9	4	0	1st East	Lost East Division Finals (vs. Fort Wayne)
2008	7	6	0	3rd Atlantic West	Lost Atlantic Division Semifinals (@ Saginaw)
2007	7	7	0	4th Great Lakes	Won Great Lakes Division Quarterfinal (vs. Muskegon) Lost Great Lakes Division Semifinal (@ Michigan)
Marion Mayhem (GLIFL)
2006	4	6	0	5th GLIFL	DNQ
Totals	30	30	0	(including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

2010 Season

On Christmas Eve 2009, the Mayhem announced they would not be playing in Marion in 2010, citing the economic downturn. According to the ownership of the team, "if the situation in Marion improves they may entertain the idea of returning the Mayhem to Marion". As part of the disbanding of the Mayhem organization, all players, coaches, and staff were transferred to the new CIFL team starting play in 2010, the Columbus Aces. However in late January 2010 rumors of the potential folding of the Columbus Aces started circulating. Then a couple of weeks into February 2010 a new rumor began . . . the Mayhem would be returning to Marion. This was confirmed in the Marion Star when it was reported that the Marion Mayhem had been purchased by Cheyenne Sports Group and would return to Marion. On May 27, 2010 after starting the season 3-3 it was announced that the Marion Mayhem would forfeit the remaining games on their schedule due to finicial issues. The Marion Mayhem were the last remaining original GLIFL team left in the CIFL.

2010 CIFL Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 26	Cincinnati Commandos	Away	L 19-48
April 2	Chicago Cardinals	Home	W 60-20
April 10	Chicago Cardinals	Away	W 19-14
April 24	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Away	L 34-20
May 1	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 64-39
May 8	Cincinnati Commandos	Home	L 38-20
May 15	Fort Wayne Firehawks	Home	L Forfeit
May 28	Fort Wayne Firehawks	Away	L Forfeit
June 5	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Home	L Forfeit
June 12	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	L Forfeit

2010 CIFL Standings

2010 Continental Indoor Football League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
Cincinnati Commandos-y	9	1	0	.900	493	294	49.3	29.4	L1	Details
Wisconsin Wolfpack-x	8	2	0	.800	345	213	34.5	21.3	W3	Details
Fort Wayne Firehawks-x	6	4	0	.600	294	267	36.75	33.375	W2	Details
Miami Valley Silverbacks-x	4	6	0	.400	309	354	34.33	39.33	W1	Details
Marion Mayhem	3	7	0	.300	202	193	33.67	32.16	L5	Details
Chicago Cardinals	0	10	0	.000	205	525	20.5	52.5	L10	Details

2009 Season

The Mayhem finished the regular season with a 9-3 record in 2009. This was good enough to earn them the 2009 CIFL East Division Regular Season Title and the opportunity to host the East Division Championship Game. This was the third season in a row the Mayhem made the playoffs. Their opponent in the East Division Championship Game was the Fort Wayne Freedom (6-5). Coming into the game the Freedom had been experiencing money problems and up until three days before the East Division Championship Game the Freedom still were not sure they were going to show up in Marion. But when game time came the Freedom, whom brought a smaller than usual roster that had not practiced regularly for a couple of weeks, played with more heart and determination then the Mayhem and won 49-40.

2009 CIFL Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 13	Wheeling Wildcats	Home	W 55-49
March 21	Fort Wayne Freedom	Away	L 23-46
March 27	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 55-0
April 4	Fort Wayne Freedom	Home	W 39-33 OT
April 11	Chicago Slaughter	Away	L 60-74
April 25	Wheeling Wildcats	Away	W 61-57
May 2	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 36-2
May 9	Wisconsin Wolfpack	Away	W 59-19
May 16	Wheeling Wildcats	Home	W 54-24
May 23	Fort Wayne Freedom	Away	W 62-47
June 6	Rock River Raptors	Home	L 40-43
June 13	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 53-20
	2009 CIFL PLAYOFFS
June 20	Fort Wayne Freedom (East Finals)	Home	L 40-49

2009 CIFL Standings

2009 Continental Indoor Football League
Team	Overall				Division
	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
East Division
Marion Mayhem-y	9	3	0	.750	8	1	0	.889
Fort Wayne Freedom-x	6	5	0	.545	5	2	0	.294
Wheeling Wildcats	2	10	0	.167	2	5	0	.286
Miami Valley Silverbacks	0	10	0	.000	0	7	0	.000
West Division
Chicago Slaughter-y	12	0	0	1.000	8	0	0	1.000
Wisconsin Wolfpack-x	7	5	0	.583	4	4	0	.500
Rock River Raptors	7	5	0	.583	3	5	0	.167
Milwaukee Bonecrushers	3	8	0	.273	1	7	0	.167

2008 Season

Finishing with a 7-5 record in 2008, the Mayhem were eliminated from the 2008 CIFL playoffs. The Mayhem players had already turned in their equipment for the year when it was announced that the defending CIFL champion Rochester Raiders (12-0) had been suspended by the league and had to forfeit their playoff spot. The Mayhem were invited to replace the former champs in the CIFL Atlantic Conference Western Division playoffs where they would face their conference foe Saginaw. The Mayhem gathered their players back together and headed to Saginaw to face the Sting. The playoff game went down to the wire where a goal-line stand by the Saginaw defense with only seconds left on the clock ended the Mayhem's season. The final score Sting 41 - Mayhem 34.

2008 CIFL Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 8	Muskegon Thunder	Away	W 34-33
March 21	Saginaw Sting	Away	L 48-54
March 29	Chesapeake Tide	Home	W 70-35
April 5	Rochester Raiders	Home	L 19-52
April 12	Milwaukee Bonecrushers	Home	W 43-19
April 19	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Away	W 61-33
April 26	Fort Wayne Freedom	Away	L 40-55
May 3	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	Away	L 33-44
May 9	Chicago Slaughter	Home	L 38-41
May 16	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	Home	W 36-23
May 24	Chesapeake Tide	Away	W 67-39
June 7	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 51-44
	2008 CIFL PLAYOFFS
June 14	Saginaw Sting (Atl Semifinals)	Away	L 34-41

2008 CIFL Standings

2008 Continental Indoor Football League
Team	Overall				Division
	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Great Lakes Conference
East Division
Kalamazoo Xplosion-y	11	1	0	.917	5	1	0	.833
Muskegon Thunder-x	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-y	8	4	0	.667	3	1	0	.750
Rock River Raptors-x	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-y	8	3	0	.727	5	1	0	.833
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x	7	5	0	.583	4	2	0	.667
New Jersey Revolution	3	9	0	.250	2	5	0	.286
Chesapeake Tide	2	10	0	.583	0	2	0	.000
West Division
Rochester Raiders-z	12	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	1.000
Saginaw Sting-y	10	2	0	.833	3	1	0	.750
Marion Mayhem-x	7	5	0	.583	0	2	0	.000
Flint Phantoms	1	11	0	.083	0	4	0	.000

2007 Season

Marion finished 6-6 in 2007, good enough to make the CIFL playoffs. After knocking off the Muskegon Thunder in the first round of the CIFL playoffs, the Mayhem's season was ended by a loss to the Michigan (formally Port Huron) Pirates.

2007 CIFL Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 24	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Home	L 35-37
March 31	Muskegon Thunder	Home	W 48-20
April 14	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Away	L 48-51
April 21	Kalamazoo Xplosion	Away	L 31-39
April 28	Miami Valley Silverbacks	Home	W 42-34
May 5	Springfield Stallions	Away	W 51-26
May 12	Chicago Slaughter	Home	L 30-55
May 19	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	Away	L 25-48
May 26	Port Huron Pirates	Away	L 3-56
June 9	Summit County Rumble	Home	W 48-45
June 16	Springfield Stallions	Home	W Forfeit
June 23	Summit County Rumble	Away	W 77-63
	2007 CIFL PLAYOFFS
June 29	Muskegon Thunder (GL Quarterfinals)	Home	W 68-57
July 7	Michigan Pirates (GL Semifinals)	Away	L 20-70

2007 CIFL Standings

2007 Continental Indoor Football League
Team	Overall				Division
	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Great Lakes Conference
Michigan Pirates-y	12	0	0	1.000	10	0	0	1.000
Kalamazoo Xplosion-x	10	2	0	.833	10	2	0	.833
Chicago Slaughter-x	9	3	0	.750	8	2	0	.800
Marion Mayhem-x	6	6	0	.500	6	5	0	.545
Muskegon Thunder-x	4	8	0	.333	4	7	0	.364
Miami Valley Silverbacks	4	8	0	.333	3	7	0	.300
Summit County Rumble	1	11	0	.083	0	7	0	.000
Springfield Stallions	0	12	0	.000	0	11	0	.000
Atlantic Conference
Rochester Raiders-y	10	2	0	.833	90	0	0	1.000
New England Surge-x	8	4	0	.667	8	3	0	.727
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x	7	5	0	.583	5	5	0	.500
Chesapeake Tide-x	7	5	0	.583	6	5	0	.545
Steubenville Stampede	5	7	0	.417	2	6	0	.250
NY/NJ Revolution	1	11	0	.083	0	11	0	.000

2006 Season

The Mayhem suffered a losing inaugural season in 2006 (4-6), however the Mayhem were within one game of the 2006 GLIFL playoffs. The Mayhem missed the playoffs due to the Battle Creek Crunch holding the tie breaker between the two teams.

2006 GLIFL Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
April 8	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	Home	L 26-41
April 13	Battle Creek Crunch	Away	W 37-34
April 29	NY/NJ Revolution	Home	W 81-32
May 6	Battle Creek Crunch	Home	L 29-42
May 13	Port Huron Pirates	Home	L 27-43
May 20	Rochester Raiders	Home	W 42-38
June 2	Port Huron Pirates	Away	L 26-57
June 10	NY/NJ Revolution	Home	W 51-32
June 17	Lehigh Valley Outlawz	Away	L 38-41
June 24	Rochester Raiders	Away	L 38-51

2006 GLIFL Standings

2006 Great Lakes Indoor Football League
Team	W	L	T	PCT
Michigan Pirates-y	10	0	0	1.000
Rochester Raiders-x	7	3	0	.700
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x	4	6	0	.400
Battle Creek Crunch-x	4	6	0	.400
Marion Mayhem	4	6	0	.400
New York/New Jersey Revolution	0	10	0	.000

Head coaches

¹does not include forfeit losses

Name	Seasons as Head Coach	Regular Season Record	Playoff Record	Overall Record	Winning %
Tracy Smith	2006	4-6	0-0	4-6	0.400
Nathan Degasperis	2007	6-6	1-1	7-7	0.500
Pepe Pearson	2008 - 2009	16-8	0-2	16-10	0.615
Reginald Jones	2010	3-31	0-0	3-31	0.500

Players of Note

• Stanley Jackson (Former Ohio State Quarterback)
• Maurice Lee (Member of the 2002 Ohio State National Championship Team)
• Mike Tatum (Two time CIFL Special Teams Player of the Year)
• Bryan Williams (Former NFL, and currently AFL defensive back)

External links

• CIFL official site
• Marion Mayhem official site