2012 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season

2012 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season
Head coach	Rick Kranz
General manager	Rick Kranz
Owner	Rick Kranz
Home field	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center 126 Main Street Pikeville, KY 41501
Results
Record	6-4
Conference place	2nd
Playoff finish	Self imposed suspension

The 2012 Eastern Kentucky Drillers season was the 2nd season for the United Indoor Football League franchise. The Drillers were able to finish the season with an 6-4 record, but suspended themselves from the playoffs for violating league rules.^[1]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
				Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 3	at Marion Blue Racers	L 34-48[2]	0-1	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2	Friday	March 9	Cincinnati Commandos	L 51-64	0-2	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
3	Sunday	March 18	Marion Blue Racers	W 61-47[3]	1-2	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
4	BYE
5	Sunday	April 1	at Erie Explosion	L 38-58[4]	1-3	Erie Insurance Arena
6	BYE
7	Sunday	April 15	Rome Rampage	W 82-20	2-3	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8	Saturday	April 21	at Mississippi Hound Dogs	W 60-25	3-3	BancorpSouth Arena
9	Sunday	April 29	Western Pennsylvania Sting	W 105-8	4-3	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
10	BYE
11	BYE
12	Monday	May 21	Lakeland Raiders	W 36-20	5-3	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
13	Saturday	May 26	at Lakeland Raiders	L 44-51	5-4	Lakeland Center
14	Saturday	June 2	Mississippi Hound Dogs	W 88-16	6-4	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
15	Saturday	June 9	Chattanooga Valley Vipers	W 89-14	7-4	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center

Standings

2012 United Indoor Football League
Team	Conference			Overall
	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y	7	2	.778	8	2	.800	594	373
Erie Explosion-x	7	3	.700	8	3	.727	748	362
Marion Blue Racers-x	5	4	.556	6	5	.636	602	467
Johnstown Generals	3	6	.333	3	6	.333	264	441
Western Pennsylvania Sting	0	6	.000	0	7	.000	132	497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y	11	0	1.000	11	0	1.000	687	287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers	5	4	.556	6	4	.600	613	361
Lakeland Raiders-x	5	5	.500	6	5	.545	639	379
Rome Rampage	1	6	.143	1	6	.143	100	462
Mississippi Hound Dogs	1	9	.100	1	9	.100	281	559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2012 Eastern Kentucky Drillers roster
Quarterbacks  2 Allan Holland Running Backs -- Maurice Douse Wide Receivers 11 Aric Evans 18 Lynell Suggs		Offensive Linemen 69 Phil Blaising 70 Josh Gipson 55 Joe Parker Defensive Linemen 98 Jeremiah Fennell 32 Shawn Lewis 99 Ellery Moore 44 Jamar Porter		Linebackers  1 Anson Cunningham  8 Andre Hatchett Defensive Backs 21 Miquel Carodine  4 George Jackson  7 David Jones Kickers  5 Daniel Eidson		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated June 9, 2012 17 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

References

1. "Drillers impose post-season ban". www.wkyt.com. Gray Digital Media. June 11, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
2. Bob Putman (March 4, 2012). "Blue Racers win UIFL opener". www.marionstar.com. The Marion Star. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
3. "Blue Racers suffer first loss". www.marionstar.com. The Marion Star. March 19, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
4. Bob Jarzomski (April 2, 2012). "Explosion put Drillers in early hole en rout to win". www.goerie.com. Cyberlink LP and the Erie Times-News. Retrieved October 9, 2015.