Maryland Maniacs

Maryland Maniacs

Founded	2008
Folded	2010
League	IFL (2009–2010)
Team history	Maryland Maniacs (2009–2010)
Based in	College Park, Maryland
Arena	Cole Field House
Colors	Black, Silver, Red, Gold, White
Owner	Messay Hailermariam
Head coach	Darryl D’Ateno (interim)
Championships	0
Division titles	1 (2009 United Atlantic)
Dancers	Lady Maniacs (Charita White, director)
Mascot	Manny the Maniac

The Maryland Maniacs were a former professional Indoor Football team based in College Park, Maryland. The team was most recently a member of the Indoor Football League. The team began play in 2009 as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League. The Maniacs were the second indoor football team to be based in Maryland, following the Chesapeake Tide of the Continental Indoor Football League, who played in the same market. The owner of the Maniacs was Messay Hailermariam. The Maniacs played its home games at Cole Field House. Inaugural season home games were held at The Show Place Arena. They left the Indoor Football League in 2011, and have been rumored to be in discussion with American Indoor Football about joining their league.

Franchise history

2009

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
March 29	RiverCity Rage	Home	Lost 24-42
April 2	Fairbanks Grizzlies	Away	Lost 41-72
April 9	Alaska Wild	Away	Won 49-40
April 18	Alaska Wild	Home	Won 52-33
April 24	Muskegon Thunder	Away	Won 40-14
May 2	Rochester Raiders	Home	Won 42-32
May 8	Saginaw Sting	Away	Won 41-32
May 16	Saginaw Sting	Home	Won 40-13
May 23	Rochester Raiders	Home	Won 48-31
May 30	Muskegon Thunder	Home	Won 53-27
June 5	Saginaw Sting	Away	Won 26-25
June 13	Muskegon Thunder	Home	Won 40-20
June 20	Bloomington Extreme	Away	Lost 12-50
June 27	Rochester Raiders	Away	Lost 39-64
July 25	RiverCity Rage (Divisional Playoff)	Away	Lost 31-55

2010

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
February 26	West Michigan ThunderHawks	Away	Lost 36-52
March 20	Richmond Revolution	Away	Lost 18-23
April 3	Green Bay Blizzard	Home	Lost 45-46
April 11	Rochester Raiders	Home	Lost 36-52
April 17	Bloomington Extreme	Away	Lost 6-32
April 24	Richmond Revolution	Away	Lost 45-54
May 1	Rochester Raiders	Home	Lost 39-46
May 8	Richmond Revolution	Home	Lost 39-55
May 15	Rochester Raiders	Away	Lost 18-51
May 22	West Michigan ThunderHawks	Away	Lost 33-59
May 29	Rochester Raiders	Away	Lost 9-36
June 5	Richmond Revolution	Home	Lost 14-74
June 12	Bloomington Extreme	Home	Lost 7-51
June 19	West Michigan ThunderHawks	Home	Won 25-13

Standings

2010 Atlantic East Division
	W	L	T	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
y-Richmond Revolution	13	1	0	0.929	---	10-1	663	489	W10
x-Rochester Raiders	9	5	0	0.643	4.0	6-5	641	554	L1
West Michigan ThunderHawks	5	9	0	0.357	8.0	4-5	606	728	L4
Maryland Maniacs	1	13	0	0.071	12.0	1-10	370	644	W1

Season-by-season

Season records

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2009	10	4	0	1st United Atlantic	Lost Divisional Championship (RiverCity)
2010	1	13	0	4th Atlantic East	--
Totals	11	18	0	(including playoffs)

External links

• Official Maryland Maniacs website
• Official Chesapeake Tide website
• Tide's 2007 Stats