2018 Iowa Barnstormers season

2018 Iowa Barnstormers season
Head coach	Dixie Wooten
General manager	John Pettit
Owner	Jeff Lamberti
Home field	Wells Fargo Arena
Results
Record	11–3
League place	1st

The 2018 Iowa Barnstormers season was the team's eighteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and fourth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). They were one of six teams that competed in the IFL for the 2018 season. The Barnstormers were members of the United Conference in previous seasons, but due to the loss of several teams in the offseason, there was no conference alignment for the 2018 season.

Led by second-year head coach Dixie Wooten, the Barnstormers played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena in the Des Moines, Iowa. On July 7, 2018, the Barnstormers won the United Bowl, the first championship in the club's history.

Standings

2018 Indoor Football League
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	GB	STK
y-Iowa Barnstormers	11	3	.786	648	493	—	W1
x-Arizona Rattlers	11	3	.786	746	567	—	W1
x-Sioux Falls Storm	11	3	.786	724	577	—	W5
x-Nebraska Danger	4	10	.286	525	592	7	L9
Cedar Rapids Titans	3	11	.214	543	733	8	L1
Green Bay Blizzard	2	12	.143	421	645	9	L4

y - clinched regular season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Staff

2018 Iowa Barnstormers staff
	Front office Principal owner – Jeff Lamberti Owner/Vice President/COO – John Pettit Owner – Don Lamberti Honorary owner – Ben Silverstein Owner – David Silverstein Owner – Scott Thurber Owner – Dave Knau Owner – Jim Gocke Owner – Dan Stanbrough Owner – Jeff Lipman Owner – Tom Nelson Owner – Dan Ochylski Owner – Brian Chittenden			Head coach - Dixie Wooten Offensive coaches Assistant head coach / Asst Offensive Coordinator/WR coach –Hurtis Chinn Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator / defensive backs coach – Marcus Coleman Special teams coordinator / defensive line coach – Malcolm Nelson Strength & conditioning Rodney Filer

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Regular season

All start times are local.

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	February 25	3:05 PM	at Green Bay Blizzard	W 41–20	1–0	Resch Center	5,158
2	BYE
3	Saturday	March 10	7:05 PM	Arizona Rattlers	W 38–28	2–0	Wells Fargo Arena	5,874
4	Sunday	March 18	3:05 PM	Sioux Falls Storm	L 40–52	2–1	Wells Fargo Arena	5,163
5	Sunday	March 24	7:03 PM	at Cedar Rapids Titans	W 59–45	3–1	U.S. Cellular Center
6	Friday	March 30	7:00 PM	at Nebraska Danger	L 32–43	3–2	Eihusen Arena
7	BYE
8	Saturday	April 14	7:05 PM	Nebraska Danger	W 41–25	4–2	Wells Fargo Arena
9	BYE
10	Saturday	April 28	7:05 PM	Green Bay Blizzard	W 46–25	5–2	Wells Fargo Arena	5,921
11	Saturday	May 5	7:05 pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	W 49–42	6–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center
12	Friday	May 11	7:05 PM	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 48–21	7–2	Wells Fargo Arena
13	Sunday	May 20	3:05 PM	at Arizona Rattlers	W 69–68 OT	8–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	18,381
14	Friday	May 25	7:05 PM	Green Bay Blizzard	W 41–14	9–2	Wells Fargo Arena
15	Saturday	June 2	7:05 PM	Arizona Rattlers	W 41–38	10–2	Wells Fargo Arena
16	Friday	June 8	7:05 PM	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 49–51	10–3	Denny Sanford Premier Center
17	Saturday	June 16	7:05 PM	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 54–21	11–3	Wells Fargo Arena

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location
Semifinal	Friday	June 22	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 48–17	Wells Fargo Arena
United Bowl	Saturday	July 7	7:00pm	Sioux Falls Storm	W 42–38	Wells Fargo Arena

Roster

Iowa Barnstormers roster

Quarterbacks 3 Yianni Gavalas  2 Daquan Neal  8 Vincent Esponiza Running backs 7 Elad Covaliu 32 Evan Owens Wide receivers  1 Carrington Thompson Sr.  4 Beau Tanner 5 Austin Hicks 18 Connor Hollenbeck 17 Daylon Person 11 Andrew Mahoney Jr.

Offensive linemen 55 Quante Hines 60 DJ Loving 67 Steven Rowzee 75 Zachary Fondal Defensive linemen 99 Christopher Biggurs 24 Tony Winslow 91 Denzel Chukwukelu 9 Tony Jones 10 Tony Jones {{NFLplayer|20|Kenton Bartlett|link=no|rookie=y}

Linebackers 22 Gabriel McCoy Defensive backs  23 Edward Nelson Jr.  21 Tyrone Cromwell III 14 Doran Walker 6 David  3 John McClure III Kickers 12 Nathan Criswell

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