Bluegrass Warhorses

Bluegrass Warhorses
Founded 2013
Folded 2014
League CIFL
Division South
Team history Bluegrass Warhorses (2014)
Based in Lexington, Kentucky
Arena Alltech Arena
Colors Blue, Red & White
              
Owner(s) JaQuar Sanders
Head coach Harry Lewis
Website BluegrassWarhorses.com

The Bluegrass Warhorses were a professional indoor American football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in 2014 as an expansion team. The Warhorses were the second indoor football team based in Lexington. (The Kentucky Horsemen of the United Indoor Football and af2 were the first.) The owner of the Warhorses is JaQuar Sanders. The Warhorses played their home games at the Alltech Arena inside of Kentucky Horse Park but were forced to cancel their last four home games "due to unpaid arena rent and other bills".[1]

Franchise history

2014

The franchise was first announced in May 2013. It announced that the Warhorses would be playing at the Alltech Arena on the grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park.[2] In July, it was announced the Warhorses would be a member of the Continental Indoor Football League.[3][4] Harry Lewis was introduced in August as the team's first head coach.[5] With former University of Kentucky quarterback, Shane Boyd leading the Warhorses,[6] they fell to the Northern Kentucky River Monsters 20-36, in what became an internet sensation game, due to Jared Lorenzen's 320-pound quarterback play.[7] The team fell into financial problems halfway through the season, cancellation of their four remaining home dates, and moving the league to seek new ownership for a possible 2015 season.[1][8]

Players of note

Current roster

Bluegrass Warhorses roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Dan McNutt
  •  4 Elonzo Scott

Running Backs

  • 30 Derrick Brown
  •  2 Kenna Watts

Wide Receivers

  • 21 Ronyal Britton
  • 20 Ricardo Hinkle
  •  8 Tyler Ray
Offensive Linemen
  • 73 Cody Grundle
  • 99 Ace Rios
  • 52 Jason Webb

Defensive Linemen

  •  9 Ryan Seay
  • 49 David Southers

Linebackers

  • 30 Cory McDonald
Defensive Backs
  • 17 Nick Kerney
  • 11 Jame Morris
  • 49 Terrance Neal
  • 32 John Patrick

Kickers

  • 31 Derrick Anderson
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 19, 2014
18 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Coaches of note

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through Week 12 of the 2014 Continental Indoor Football League season.

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Harry Lewis 2014-present 1 7 0 .125 0 0

Coaching staff

Bluegrass Warhorses staff
Front Office
  • Owner/General Manager – JaQuar Sanders
  • Ticket Manager – Starr Williams
  • Sales – Bob Kozachik
Head Coach
  • Head Coach – Harry Lewis
 
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive Coordinator – Chad Spencer
  • Offensive Line – Sylvester Peeples
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Jamal Naji
  • Defensive Line – Sylvester Peeples
  • Secondary – J. T. Haskins

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2014 2014 CIFL South 4th 1 7 0
Totals 1 7 0 All-time regular season record (2014)
0 0 - All-time postseason record (2014)
1 6 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2014)

References

  1. 1 2 Krieger, Dan (March 24, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. Ian Preston (May 3, 2013). "New Pro Football Team Coming to Bluegrass". www.wtvq.com. WTVQ-TV, LLC. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  3. Tyler Lashbrook (July 9, 2013). "Bluegrass Warhorses, new semi-pro indoor football team, holds tryouts". www.kentucky.com. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  4. "CIFL Welcomes Bluegrass Warhorses". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. Zack Klemme (August 28, 2013). "Lewis tabbed as Warhorses' first coach". www.maysville-online.com. Ledger Independent. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  6. "UK's Own Shane Boyd to QB Bluegrass Warhorses". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  7. "Jared Lorenzen's CIFL opening performance goes viral". www.cincinnati.com. Gannett. February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  8. Linda B. Blackford (March 20, 2014). "Kentucky Horse Park says arena football team failed to pay rent; home games canceled". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Ledger. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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