Post by Monika on Nov 6, 2023 19:57:25 GMT -8
Overview
The following is the 2024 schedule for the Massachusetts Pirates.
This Year will mark the 15th complete season (16th overall) of the Indoor Football League. The league is coming off a 2023 season which saw the second-year Bay Area Panthers claim the IFL National Championship with a 51-41 win over the Sioux Falls Storm. It marked the sixth time in as many seasons the championship (formerly referred to as the United Bowl) was won by a different team. It's also the second year in a row when a second-year team claimed the title after winning just one game during its inaugural season.
The IFL added two teams -- the Jacksonville Sharks and San Antonio Gunslingers -- both of whom moved over from the National Arena League. The Bismarck Bucks remain dormant for the second straight season as they presumably work on meeting worker's compensation procedures as required by North Dakota state law. The Columbus Wild Dogs announced their franchise in 2019, but have postponed their debut now for yet another season. The league is broken up into two conferences; the Western and the Eastern. The Gunslingers will join the Western and the Sharks will join the Eastern. The conference alignment appears below.
Each IFL team will play a 16-game schedule over 19 weeks with opening weekend being March 16-17. Each team has three bye weeks which occur at various points throughout the season. The set up means some teams will play eight home games and seven away games. The remaining teams 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 Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada.
Massachusetts went 9-6 last season and earned the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Pirates fell to the Sioux Falls Storm in the opening round of the playoffs, 42-39. They play their home games at Tsongas Center on the campus of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in eastern Massachusetts. Their byes weeks come in weeks 4, 8 and 18. Click for the entire 2024 IFL Week-by-Week Schedule.
Several (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. Per an agreement announced last season, select games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network (those games will be noted in the schedule when those games are announced. 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: Sun., March 17 - at Green Bay Blizzard (W 44-40) - Recap
Week 2: Sat., March 23 - Jacksonville Sharks (W 26-21) - Recap
Week 3: Fri., March 29 - Sioux Falls Storm (W 49-41) - Recap
APRIL
Week 4: BYE
Week 5: Fri., April 12 - Iowa Barnstormers (W 54-29) - Recap
Week 6: Sat., April 20 - at Quad City Steamwheelers (L 43-54) - Recap
Week 7: Sat., April 27 - vs. Sioux Falls Storm at Scheels Arena; Fargo, ND (W 43-38) - Recap
MAY
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: Sat., May 11 - at Iowa Barnstormers, 5:05 p.m.
Week 10: Sat., May 18 - Northern Arizona Wranglers, 11:05 a.m.
Week 11: Sat., May 25 - Tulsa Oilers, 4:05 p.m.
JUNE
Week 12: Sat., June 1 - at Frisco Fighters, 5:05 p.m.
Week 13: Sun., June 9 - Green Bay Blizzard, 10:05 a.m.
Week 14: Sat., June 15 - San Antonio Gunslingers, 4:05 p.m.
Week 15: Sat., June 22 - at Jacksonville Sharks, 4:05 p.m.
JULY
Week 16: Mon., July 1 - Quad City Steamwheelers, 4:05 p.m.
Week 17: Sat., July 6 - at San Antonio Gunslingers, 4:05 p.m.
Week 18: BYE
Week 19: Sat., July 20 - at Tulsa Oilers, 5:05 p.m.
IFL Team Venues
Arizona Rattlers - Desert Diamond Arena; Glendale, 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
Jacksonville Sharks - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, Florida
Massachusetts Pirates - Tsonga Center; Lowell, Massachusetts
Northern Arizona Wranglers - Findlay Toyota Center; Prescott Valley, Arizona
Quad City Steamwheelers - Vibrant Arena at The MARK; Moline, Illinois
San Antonio Gunslingers - Freeman Coliseum; San Antonio, Texas
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 - Lee’s Family Forum; Henderson, Nevada
IFL Geographical Team Map
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