2011 Amarillo Venom season

The 2011 season was the eighth season for the Amarillo Venom as a football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams that competed in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Venom were members of the Lonestar Division of the Intense Conference. Led by head coach Rodney Blackshear for the first 9 games, he was replaced by interim head coach Julian Reese. The team played their home games at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas.

2011 Amarillo Venom season
Owner	Stephanie Tucker
Head coach	Rodney Blackshear (games 1–9) Julian Reese (games 10–14)
Home field	Amarillo Civic Center
Results
Record	4-10
Division place	3rd
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Schedule

  Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final score	Team record
	February 20 (Sun)	3:05pm	Allen Wranglers	L 25-26

Regular season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final score	Team record
1	February 25 (Fri)	7:00pm (8:00 Central)	@Colorado Ice	L 26-37	0-1
2	Bye
3	March 13 (Sun)	7:11pm	@Bricktown Brawlers	L 20-29	0-2
4	March 18 (Fri)	7:05pm	Wyoming Cavalry	L 33-37	0-3
5	March 25 (Fri)	7:11pm	@West Texas Roughnecks	L 34-37	0-4
6	April 2 (Sat)	7:05pm	Allen Wranglers	L 51-52	0-5
7	April 9 (Sat)	7:05pm	Colorado Ice	L 24-27	0-6
8	April 16 (Sat)	7:05pm	@Wichita Wild	L 32-56	0-7
9	April 23 (Sat)	7:05pm	West Texas Roughnecks	L 23-66	0-8
10	April 30 (Sat)	7:05pm	Allen Wranglers	L 20-44	0-9
11	Bye
12	May 14 (Sat)	7:05pm	Bricktown Brawlers	W 50-35	1-9
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:35pm	@Allen Wranglers	W 36-33	2-9
14	May 28 (Sat)	7:05pm (8:05 Central)	@Arizona Adrenaline	W 79-32	3-9
15	June 6 (Mon)	7:05pm	Bricktown Brawlers **	W 77-0	4-9
16	June 11 (Sat)	7:11pm	@West Texas Roughnecks	L 24-37	4-10

** = Replacement Team.

Standings

2011 Lonestar Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Allen Wranglers	10	4	0	0.714	664	510	7–2	—	W2
x West Texas Roughnecks	10	4	0	0.714	656	391	6–3	—	W3
Amarillo Venom	4	10	0	0.286	529	522	3–6	6.0	L1
Bricktown Brawlers^[a]	2	12	0	0.143	292	717	2–7	8.0	L10

1. Last four games were losses played by replacements teams.

Roster

2011 Amarillo Venom roster
Quarterbacks 16 Sherard Ellis Running backs  4 Marcus Robinson Wide receivers  1 Anthony Clark  3 Raymond Johnson  8 Bryant Lee 15 [ohn Roberson		Offensive linemen 93 Cale Fischer 84 Kendrick Thompson Defensive linemen 63 Barrett Allen 24 Mario Reese		Linebackers 11 Edward Cantrell 34 Vernard Wilkins Defensive backs  9 DonTa Bright 10 Jihad Morris  6 Arseel Shakoor 23 Cashmin Thomas 96 Jared Williams 91 Kyle Wilson Kickers 13 Jordy Finley		Injured reserve Currently vacant Exempt list Currently vacant Rookies in italics updated June 11, 2011 19 Active, 0 Inactive