2012 Reading Express season

The 2012 Reading Express season was the seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and their second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of 16 teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Reading Express were members of the United Conference.

2012 Reading Express season
OwnerTed Lavender
Lisa Lavender
Head coachMark Steinmeyer
Home fieldSovereign Center
Results
Record2-12
Conference place8th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The team played their home games under head coach Mark Steinmeyer at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Express earned a 2–12 record, placing 8th in the United Conference, failing to qualify for the postseason.


Schedule

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Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

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All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 Sunday February 26 3:05pm at Bloomington Edge L 40-54 0-1 U.S. Cellular Coliseum
3 Friday March 2 7:00pm Green Bay Blizzard L 32-55 0-2 Sovereign Center
4 BYE
5 Saturday March 17 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 53-86 0-3 Stabler Arena
6 Saturday March 24 7:00pm Sioux Falls Storm L 42-75 0-4 Sovereign Center
7 BYE
8 Friday April 7 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 41-62 0-5 Sovereign Center
9 Saturday April 14 7:00pm Bloomington Edge L 31-41 0-6 Sovereign Center
10 Saturday April 21 7:05pm at Bloomington Edge L 39-46 0-7 U.S. Cellular Coliseum
11 Saturday April 28 7:00pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 51-47 1-7 Sovereign Center
12 Saturday May 5 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 37-34 2-7 Sovereign Center
13 Saturday May 12 7:05pm at Cedar Rapids Titans L 27-32 2-8 U.S. Cellular Center
14 Friday May 18 7:35pm at Chicago Slaughter L 50-67 2-9 Sears Centre
15 Saturday May 26 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 24-39 2-10 Stabler Arena
16 Saturday June 2 7:00pm Chicago Slaughter L 40-46 2-11 Sovereign Center
17 Friday June 8 7:35pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 27-89 2-12 Resch Center
18 BYE

Roster

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2012 Reading Express roster
Quarterbacks
  •  9 Tim Bailey
  • 18 Kevin Clancy

Running backs

  •  6 Donald Babers
  •  5 Elliott White

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 59 Nick Dean
  • 71 Corey Dowless
  • 64 Ty Gieser
  • 68 Frank Toarmina

Defensive linemen

  • 11 Mike Dell
  •  8 Anthony Kelly
  • 77 Michael London
  • 92 Brandon Perry
  • 90 Bryan Wick
Linebackers
  • 48 Kevin Bolinsky
  • 51 Michael Thompson

Defensive backs

  • 23 Ivory Bradshaw
  •  2 Sam Bryant
  • 14 Geoffrey Howard
  • 17 George Ortiz
  •  1 Marcus Sargeant
  • 15 Trey Womack

Kickers

  • 25 Eric Rockhold
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

Roster updated June 8, 2012
25 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Division Standings

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2012 United Conference
W L T PCT PF PA DIV GB STK
y Sioux Falls Storm 14 0 0 1.000 941 563 7-0 --- W14
x Green Bay Blizzard 11 3 0 0.786 787 586 10-3 3.0 W3
x Bloomington Edge 10 4 0 0.714 673 604 10-3 4.0 W1
x Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 8 0 0.429 605 615 6-8 8.0 W1
Omaha Beef 6 8 0 0.429 635 696 3-3 4.0 L2
Chicago Slaughter 6 8 0 0.429 657 714 6-8 4.0 L1
Cedar Rapids Titans 4 10 0 0.286 509 631 4-0 10.0 W1
Reading Express 2 12 0 0.143 534 773 7-1 12.0 L5

References

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