2012 Dayton Silverbacks season The 2012 Dayton Silverbacks season is the 7th season for the American Continental Indoor Football League franchise . After much speculation about whether or not the Silverbacks would leave the CIFL and join the Ultimate Indoor Football League , the Silverbacks management made an announcement that they would be staying in the CIFL and helping the league rebuild after losing its top two teams from the 2011 season . Coach Derrick Shepad resigned at the end of the 2011 season . On September 8 , 2011 , Mister Askew was named the 6th coach in Silverbacks history . On February 9 , 2012 , it was announced that Silverbacks Football LLC , in which Jeff Kolaczkowski of Dayton acted as president of that organization , decided they would be stepping out of the world of football and selling the team to an ownership group . The Dayton Silverbacks were sold to MRL Sports Entertainment LLC . There are currently three members on the ownership board for MRL Sports Entertainment LLC and all three board members were current members of the Dayton Silverbacks front office staff . Those members were Michael Lause , April Shellenberger and Tyree Fields . On March 1 , just ten days before the season started , the Silverback fired Head Coach Mister Askew . The reasons for his termination have yet to be determined . Before the season started , Fields left the team in all capacities , leaving only Lause and Shellenberger . Then after one week of the season , Lause left the team as well for reasons that are unknown . With Shelleberger the lone person in charge , there is doubt that the team will survive past the 2012 season . The Silverbacks finished with a team record 8 wins ( the previous team record was 5 ) as they finished the season 8 - 1 . They were defeated by the Saginaw Sting , 7 - 35 , in the 2012 CIFL Championship Game . Regular Season . Standings . y - clinched regular - season title x - clinched playoff spot Week 1 : vs Indianapolis Enforcers . The first quarter opened with Dayton scoring in the first two minutes into the game on a seven - yard run by Marcus Fails . The extra point by Jeff Hubbard failed and Dayton led 6 – 0 . With a minute left in the first quarter , Bruce Peters ran in from four yards out and Dayton was up 12 - 0 . The Enforcers scored with 55 seconds left in the quarter when Jamie Barnes caught a 23 - yard pass from quarterback Anthony Duckett . The PAT was good by Pavel Polochanin . Dayton continued with a second quarter . Halfway through the quarter , Evan Sawyer scored on a 1 - yard run . Jeff Hubbard added the PAT and Dayton led 19 - 7 . With 5 : 18 to play in the half , Trey Jackson recorded a safety and the Silverbacks were up 21 - 7 . The first - half scoring closed with 4 : 07 remaining on Sawyer ' s 23 - yard run . Peters ran in for the two - point conversion and Dayton led 29 - 7 at halftime . The second half belonged to the Silverbacks as well . Dayton scored six points in the third to lead 35 - 7 after three and added two more scores in the fourth to win going away 48 - 7 . Sawyer had a memorable CIFL debut as he recorded 5 touchdowns ( 4 rushing and one passing ) . Duckett on the other had one to forget , as he set an Enforcers , and CIFL , record with 7 interceptions . The 7 interceptions by the Silverbacks set a CIFL record for a single game . The previous record had been 6 , held by the Cincinnati Commandos who set the mark in 2011 against Indianapolis . Week 2 : vs Port Huron Patriots . Dayton opened the scoring first with Evan Sawyer taking the ball in from 1 yard out . The PAT was kicked by Zack VanZant and the Silverbacks led 7 - 0 . The Patriots came right back down the field and scored on 4 - yard run by Tracey McIntyre with 5 : 52 left in the opening stanza . Mark Carter ran in the two - point conversion and the host led 8 - 7 . Dayton took the next possession and moved down the field and answered the call with touchdown with 1 : 47 left in the quarter . Sawyer passed the ball to Bruce Peters from seven yards out , and VanZant added the PAT . At the end of the first quarter , Dayton led 14 - 8 . With 9 : 59 left in the first half , VanZant kicked a 16 - yard field goal . With 5 : 45 left in the half , Sawyer threw a 25 - yard touchdown pass to Antwain Weeden . The extra point was good and they led 24 - 8 . Port Huron answered the bell when Terry Michell caught a 6 - yard pass from Michael McKinley , but Carson Nowakowski ' s kick was no good . Weeden took the ensuing kickoff and ran 52 yards for a touchdown to close the half , but the PAT failed . At halftime , Dayton led 30 - 14 . Darryl Johnson threw a 14 - yard pass to Jose Morris to open up the second half scoring . Port Huron went for two points and failed . Dayton then came back and scored with 4 minutes left in the quarter when Sawyer threw a 44 yards pass to Tyler Waller . The third quarter ended and the Silverbacks led 36 - 22 . In the forth quarter , Dayton added two touchdowns to close out the scoring and win the game 50 - 22 . With the win , the Silverbacks improved to 2 - 0 . Week 3 : vs Chicago Vipers . In the first quarter Sawyer hit a wide open Tyler Waller on a 26 - yard pass play and it was quickly 6 - 0 the extra point was blocked . After a safety it was 8 - 0 Dayton after the first quarter . In the 2nd quarter after Chicago kicker Julie Harshbarger missed a 27 - yard field goal Evan sawyer capped off an eight play drive , with a six - yard run and with the extra point made it 15 - 0 Silverbacks , but the Vipers came right back and scored with less than a minute to go in the first half , Anthony Kropp connected with Dan Carter , who made a great one handed catch in the end zone and it was 15 - 6 Silverbacks . Just seconds later the Silverbacks would answered with a six - yard pass from Evan Sawyer to Bruce Peters and it was 21 - 6 at the half . After the Silverback defense stopped the Vipers at their own 14 , just two plays later Evan sawyer scored on an eight - yard run and a Zach VanZant extra point made it a 27 - 6 Dayton lead . Chicago came back with a score of their own on an Anthony Kropp nine - yard pass to Dan Carter , the extra point was good and it was 27 - 13 Dayton . Dayton would put it away after Sawyer scampered in on a one - yard run with 1 : 19 left in the third quarter and it was 34 - 13 Silverbacks after the 3rd quarter . In the final quarter , Dayton ' s Chris Stanford hit Lawrence Green on a four - yard pass and Marcus Fails intercepted a pass and ran it in from 25 yards out and it was a 48 - 13 . With the win , the Silverbacks improved to 3 - 0 . Week 4 : vs Port Huron Patriots . After the Port Huron Patriots saw their entire coaching staff , quarterback and a kicker change , the Patriots went on the road for their first road game in franchise history against the undefeated Silverbacks . New Patriot quarterback Torrance Webster threw a pair of touchdowns to Jose ' Cannon , and ran in another score . New Patriot kicker Chris Kolias was 1 for 2 on field goal attempts , and 3 for 3 in extra point attempts . In the end , it was Webster ' s three interceptions that cost the Patriots the game , as the final one was taken back 40 yards by Melvin Thomas to ultimately seal the win for the Silverbacks . Evan Sawyer continued his good play contributing 3 touchdowns , two passing and running another score in . With the win , the Silverbacks improved to 4 - 0 .