Kalamazoo Xplosion
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| Kalamazoo Xplosion | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2007 | ||
| Folded | 2008 | ||
| Headquartered | Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||
| Colors | Gold, Black | ||
| Mascot | Xplodey the Coyote | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | Mike Johnson Mike Trumbell Esteban Rivera[1] | ||
| Head coach | Mike Sparks | ||
| President | Mike Johnson Mike Trumbell Esteban Rivera | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
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| League / conference affiliations | |||
Continental Indoor Football League (2007–2008)
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| Championships | |||
| Conference championships: 1 | |||
| Division championships: 1 | |||
| Playoff appearances (2) | |||
The Kalamazoo Xplosion was an indoor football team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Xplosion began play in 2007 expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League. They played their home games at Wings Stadium.
Original team owners are Mike Johnson, Mike Trumbell, and Esteban Rivera, who also owned the Saginaw Sting.[1] A number of Sting players and Xplosion players indicated at the end of the 2008 season that wages were in arrears from the owners. This led to an investigation of Johnson in his role as Sting General Manager. Trumbell, owner of Triple Threat Sports in Battle Creek, and Rivera, a Battle Creek police officer, have offered a deal to split ownership of the two teams, with Trumbell and Rivera owning the Sting, and Johnson receiving the Xplosion.[2]
Season-by-season
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| 2007 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2nd Great Lakes | Won GLD Semifinal (Chicago) Lost GLD Championship (Michigan) |
| 2008 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st Great Lakes East | Won GLD East Finals (Muskegon) Won GLD Championship (Rock River) Lost CIFL Championship (Saginaw) |
| Totals | 24 | 5 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
2007 season schedule
| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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| March 24 | Marion Mayhem | Away | Won 37-35 |
| April 7 | Springfield Stallions | Away | Won 47-19 |
| April 14 | Chicago Slaughter | Home | Won 34-21 |
| April 21 | Marion Mayhem | Home | Won 39-31 |
| April 28 | Springfield Stallions | Home | Won 38-14 |
| May 5 | Muskegon Thunder | Home | Won 41-37 |
| May 11 | Miami Valley Silverbacks | Away | Won 40-37 |
| May 20 | Chicago Slaughter | Away | Lost 47-51 |
| May 28 | Summit County Rumble | Home | Won 75-20 |
| June 2 | Miami Valley Silverbacks | Home | Won 41-21 |
| June 8 | Port Huron Pirates | Away | Lost 20-55 |
| June 16 | Muskegon Thunder | Away | Won 34-28 |
| July 7 | Chicago Slaughter (Playoffs) | Home | Won 51-40 |
| July 13 | Michigan Pirates (Playoffs) | Away (Flint) | Lost 29-37 |
2007 CIFL standings
| Team | Overall | Division | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
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| 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 | |||