Post by Monika on Oct 14, 2022 16:45:39 GMT -8
Overview
The following is the 2023 schedule for the Massachusetts Pirates.
This Year will mark the 14th complete season (15th overall) of the Indoor Football League. The league is coming off a 2022 season which saw the second-year Northern Arizona Wranglers claim the IFL National Championship with a 47-45 win over the Quad City Steamwheelers in the title game. It marked the fifth time in five seasons the championship (formerly the United Bowl) was won by a different team.
For the second straight year, the league slate will be at 14 teams with 13 returning from last season and adding the expansion Tulsa Oilers. The Bismarck Bucks announced the franchise will go dormant for 2023 while it works to comply with state facility requirements. The IFL is broken up into two conferences; the Western and the Eastern. The conference alignment appears below.
Each team will play a 15-game schedule over 18 weeks with opening weekend for some teams coming on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. Each team has three bye weeks which occur at various points throughout the season. The set up means some teams (Arizona, Duke City, Iowa, Northern Arizona, Tucson, Tulsa, Vegas) will play eight home games and seven away games. The remaining teams (Bay Area, Frisco, Green Bay, Massachusetts, Quad City, San Diego, Sioux Falls) will play seven home games and eight road games. Eight teams, four from each conference, will make the playoffs, culminating with the conference champions meeting in the IFL National Championship Game in August at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada.
The Pirates play their home games at DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Their bye weeks come in weeks 1, 4 and 14. Click for the entire 2023 IFL week-by-week schedule.
Most (if not all) games will be broadcast locally on the radio in team markets. Most IFL games will be broadcast live on the league's official YouTube Channel. SCtoC will provide previews each game, as well as recaps of games upon their conclusions. Those previews will be posted on the page of the home team on this site. In the schedule below. Home games are noted in bold blue. Times and dates are subject to change. All times are pacific. Where applicable, click for SCtoC's original recap of the game.
Schedule
MARCH
Week 1 -- BYE
Week 2 -- Sun. March 26 - Green Bay Blizzard (W 55-41)
APRIL
Week 3 -- Sun., April 2 - Bay Area Panthers (W 59-52) - Recap
Week 4 -- BYE
Week 5 -- Sat., April 15 - at Frisco Fighters (L 39-56) - Recap
Week 6 -- Sat., April 22 - at Quad City Steamwheelers (L 44-49) - Recap
Week 7 -- Fri., April 28 - Iowa Barnstormers (W 56-36)
MAY
Week 8 -- Fri., May 5 - at Green Bay Blizzard (W 50-49 - OT)
Week 9 -- Sat., May 13 - at Iowa Barnstormers (L 43-73) - Recap
Week 10 -- Sat., May 20 - Quad City Steamwheelers (W 63-49)
Week 11 -- Sat., May 27 - at Tulsa Oilers (W 54-48) - Recap
JUNE
Week 12 -- Sat., June 3 - Frisco Fighters (W 72-58) - Recap
Week 13 -- Sat., June 10 - Vegas Knight Hawks (W 49-28) - Recap
Week 14 -- BYE
Week 15 -- Sat., June 24 - Tulsa Oilers (W 43-24) - Recap
JULY
Week 16 -- Sun., July 2 - at Arizona Rattlers (L 43-52) - Recap
Week 17 -- Sat., July 8 - at Northern Arizona Wranglers (L 32-37) - Recap
Week 18 -- Sat., July 15 - at Sioux Falls Storm (L 59-62) - Recap
PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals -- July 22/23 - at Sioux Falls Storm (L 39-42) - Recap
IFL Team Venues
Arizona Rattlers - Footprint Center; Phoenix, Arizona
Bay Area Panthers - SAP Center at San Jose; San Jose, California
Duke City Gladiators - Rio Rancho Events Center; Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Frisco Fighters - Comerica Center; Frisco, Texas
Green Bay Blizzard - Resch Center; Green Bay, Wisconsin
Iowa Barnstormers - Wells Fargo Center; Des Moines, Iowa
Massachusetts Pirates - DCU Center; Worcester, Massachusetts
Northern Arizona Wranglers - Findlay Toyota Center; Prescott Valley, Arizona
Quad City Steamwheelers - Vibrant Arena at The MARK; Moline, Illinois
San Diego Strike Force - Pechanga Arena; San Diego, California
Sioux Falls Storm - Denny Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Tucson Sugar Skulls - Tucson Convention Center; Tucson, Arizona
Tulsa Oilers - BOK Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vegas Knight Hawks - Dollar Loan Center; Henderson, Nevada
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