2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season

The 2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season was the third and final season for the professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that compete in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Nighthawks were members of the United Conference.

2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season
Owner	Drew Carnes
Head coach	Billy Back
Home field	Kay Yeager Coliseum
Results
Record	12–4
Conference place	3rd
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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Led by head coach Billy Back, the Nighthawks played their home games at the Kay Yeager Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Staff

2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks staff
	Front office Owner – Drew Carnes			Head coach - Billy Back Offensive coaches Offensive assistant – Rudy Hawkins Offensive line coach – Brian Schmidt Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Ernie Cooke Defensive line coach – Brian Schmidt

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

^[1] All start times are local time

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	February 18	7:05pm	Iowa Barnstormers	W 68–53^[2]	1–0	Kay Yeager Coliseum	3,353
2	Saturday	February 25	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	W 65-48^[3]	2-0	Eihusen Arena
3	Friday	March 3	7:05pm	Spokane Empire	W 57-56 (2OT)^[4]	3-0	Kay Yeager Coliseum
4	Saturday	March 11	7:05pm	at Cedar Rapids Titans	W 42-23^[5]	4-0	U.S. Cellular Center	3,484
5	BYE
6	Saturday	March 25	7:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 21–55	4–1	Denny Sanford Premier Center
7	Saturday	April 1	7:00pm	at Arizona Rattlers	W 60–53^[6]	5–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	10,879
8	Saturday	April 8	7:05pm	Salt Lake Screaming Eagles	W 39–33	6–1	Kay Yeager Coliseum
9	Friday	April 14	7:05pm	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 81–52	7–1	Kay Yeager Coliseum
10	Friday	April 21	7:05pm	at Colorado Crush	L 73–77	7–2	Budweiser Events Center
11	Saturday	April 29	7:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	W 44–36	8–2	Kay Yeager Coliseum
12	Friday	May 5	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 57–40	9–2	Kay Yeager Coliseum
13	BYE
14	Saturday	May 20	7:05pm	Iowa Barnstormers	L 47–50	9–3	Kay Yeager Coliseum
15	Saturday	May 27	7:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	W 36–21	10–3	Denny Sanford Premier Center
16	Saturday	June 3	7:05pm	at Green Bay Blizzard	W 44–37	11–3	Resch Center	2,377
17	Saturday	June 10	7:05pm	Colorado Crush	W 54–52	12–3	Kay Yeager Coliseum
18	Saturday	June 17	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	L 44–59	12–4	Eihusen Arena

Standings

2017 United Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	CON	GB	STK
y - Sioux Falls Storm	14	2	0	.875	769	467	9–2	—	W3
x - Iowa Barnstormers	13	3	0	.813	702	580	8–3	1.0	L1
Wichita Falls Nighthawks	12	4	0	.750	832	745	6–2	2.0	L1
Green Bay Blizzard	3	13	0	.188	513	665	2–9	11.5	W1
Cedar Rapids Titans	1	15	0	.063	494	780	1–10	13.0	L10

Roster

2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks roster
Quarterbacks  1 Charles McCullum Running backs  3 Tyler Williams Wide receivers 16 Zachary Ducker  7 Troy Evans 13 Tyrell Goodman  4 Jordan Jolly  6 Josh Stewart  8 Demarius Washington		Offensive linemen 94 Jarve Dean 90 Antonio Foster 91 Clint Marsh 95 Damien Parris -- Nathaniel Ryan 95 Tino Tuilata Defensive linemen 18 Kewan Alford 17 Demetrius Hill 23 Chris Martin 52 Nmesoma Okafor 52 Toni Pulu 77 Walter Thomas		Linebackers 15 Robert Haynes Defensive backs  2 Michael Carter 20 Neiko Conway 21 Michael Green 11 Tony Grimes  9 Norris Wrenn III Special teams 12 Rockne Belmonte		Reserve lists 11 Phillip Barnett WR (Exempt) -- Joe Craig WR (Exempt) 19 Dyron Dye DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)   -- JaJuan Harley DB (Exempt) 10 Tyron Laughinghouse WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    5 Chris Parks DB (IR-DFR)    6 Angelo Pease RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)   Practice squad currently vacant rookies in italics Roster 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine updated June 6, 2017 27 Active, 7 Inactive

References

1. . Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
2. Donny Victory (February 18, 2017). "Nighthawks control Iowa in opener". www.timesrecordnews.com. Times Record News. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
3. "Nighthawks move to 2-0 with road win". www.timesrecordnews.com. Times Record News. February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
4. Donny Victory (March 3, 2017). "Nighthawks stop Spokane in 2OTs". www.timesrecordnews.com. Times Record News. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
5. "Nighthawks stay perfect with 42-23 road victory". www.timesrecordnews.com. Times Record News. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
6. "Nighthawks score late to grab road win". www.timesrecordnews.com. Times Record News. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

External links

• Wichita Falls Nighthawks official statistics