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2011 Reading Express season

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2011 Reading Express season
OwnerTed Lavender
Lisa Lavender
Head coachMark Steinmeyer
Home fieldSovereign Center
700 Penn Street
Reading, PA 19602
Results
Record8-6
Division place1st Atlantic
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Round (Slaughter) 76-33
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (Blizzard) 51-68

The 2011 Reading Express season was the sixth season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Reading Express were members of the Atlantic Division of the United Conference.

The team played their home games under head coach Mark Steinmeyer at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Express earned an 8–6 record, placing 1st in the Atlantic Division.


Schedule

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Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

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All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
0* BYE
1 Sunday February 26 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 33–26 1–0 Sovereign Center
2 Saturday March 5 7:05pm at Chicago Slaughter L 55–59 1-1 Sears Centre
3 Friday March 11 7:30pm Bloomington Extreme L 14–44 1–2 Sovereign Center
4 Sunday March 20 4:00pm Arizona Adrenaline W 31–14 2-2 Sovereign Center
5 BYE
6 Friday April 1 7:30pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 63–58 3–2 Sovereign Center
7 Saturday April 9 7:00pm at Richmond Revolution W 25–14 4–2 Arthur Ashe Athletic Center
8 Friday April 15 7:30pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 19–62 4–3 Resch Center
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 40–37 5–3 Stabler Arena
10 Saturday April 30 7:00pm Richmond Revolution W 49–28 6–3 Sovereign Center
11 Sunday May 8 4:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 51–14 7–3 Stabler Arena
12 Sunday May 15 4:30pm Fairbanks Grizzlies L 45–60 7–4 Sovereign Center
13 Saturday May 21 7:30pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 40–72 7–5 Stabler Arena
14 BYE
15 Saturday June 4 8:00pm Richmond Revolution W 76–7 8–5 Sovereign Center
16 Saturday June 11 7:00pm at Richmond Revolution L 14–42 8–6 Arthur Ashe Athletic Center

* Kickoff Classic week

Playoffs

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Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday June 18 7:00pm Chicago Slaughter W 76–33 1–0 Sovereign Center
2 Saturday June 25 7:30pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 51–68 1-1 Resch Center

Roster

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2011 Reading Express roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Chris Malleo
  • 14 Bill Winters

Running backs

  •  8 Matt Sola

Wide receivers

  •  6 Mike McCoy
  •  1 Collin Taylor
  • 18 Elliott White
  • 21 Jeff Willis
Offensive linemen
  • -- Will Keglar
  • 71 Michael Lewis
  • 54 Chris Nunn
  • 59 Mark Stout

Defensive linemen

  • 68 Greg Brown
  • 48 Ian Dell
  • 11 Mike Dell
  • 90 Daniel Orlebar
Linebackers
  •  4 Anthony Kelly
  • 51 Michael Thompson

Defensive backs

  •  2 Jesse Cooper
  •  7 Clarence Curry
  • -- Aaron Moore
  •  5 Armar Watson
  • 23 Anthony Wood

Kickers

  • 25 Eric Rockhold
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

Roster Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine updated June 25, 2011
23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Division Standings

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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

References

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