They’re just one game away from a home playoff date.
After a 6-5 mark through their first 11 games of the season, the Green Bay Blizzard were tied in the standings with Tucson for the No. 4 seed in the Indoor Football League (IFL) Playoffs.
With the way that the IFL Playoffs are set up this season, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds each host a Quarterfinals game, where the winners will advance to play the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds (whom will come off of bye weeks) in the Semifinals.
Thanks to a Tucson loss last week and Green Bay’s 41-10 blowout of Bismarck, the Blizzard are one game away from clinching a spot to host a playoff game for the first time since 2012.
IFL: Blizzard One Game Away from securing Home Playoff date
With the win over Bismarck, Green Bay improves to 7-5 on the season with two games to play – that’s one game ahead the Sugar Skulls who still have to play the undefeated Arizona Rattlers once more.
Next week, with either a win against 1-11 Cedar Rapids or a loss from Tucson, the Blizzard will have clinched their home spot and the No. 4 seed.
It’s already been a historic season for the team. Their seventh victory marks the most since 2012 and also the first winning record they will finish with.
The surge has come from the help of quarterback Lenorris Footman. He’s fourth in the IFL in passing yards per game and also leads the league in rushing yards.
He’s not the first quarterback to do that in the IFL, but it has given the Blizzard a much needed spark that has seemed to push this team over the hump.
On the defensive side of the ball, Footman has been aided by the duo of Marquez Gollman and Bakari Triggs. The two have combined for seven of the Blizzard’s forced turnovers, with six of those being interceptions.
Gollman has been sidelined for a few weeks due to an injury, but the Blizzard expect to have him back for their regular season finale on June 15.
It can’t get much better for Green Bay the way things are going right now. Let’s see how far they can take this thing.
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| IFL Standings | |||
| Position | Team | Record | Games behind |
| 1 | Arizona | 12-0 | |
| 2 | Iowa | 11-1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Sioux Falls | 10-2 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Green Bay | 7-5 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Tucson | 6-6 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Quad City | 5-7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 5-7 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Bismarck | 2-10 | 10.0 |
| 9 | San Diego | 1-11 | 11.0 |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids | 1-11 | 11.0 |
Week 15 Scores
*LWOS will update scores and standings as games finish throughout the night.
FINAL: Green Bay 41, Bismarck 10
FINAL: Arizona 56, Cedar Rapids 0
FINAL: Sioux Falls 60, San Diego 7
