Port Huron Patriots The Port Huron Patriots are a professional Indoor Football team based in Port Huron , Michigan . The team is a member of the Continental Indoor Football League . The Patriots joined the CIFL in 2012 as an expansion team . The Patriots are the third indoor football team to be based in Port Huron , the first being CIFL charter members and inaugural champions the Port Huron Pirates ( 2006 – 2007 ) , and the other being the CIFL based Port Huron Predators . The Owners of the Patriots are Jude Carter , Lonnie Nichols , Lance Nichols , David Nichols , Larry Page , Matt Wuchte and Nick Kennedy - Saura . The Patriots will play their home games at the McMorran Arena . Franchise history . Play begins : 2012 . After the disappointing end to the Port Huron Predators season in 2011 , Dave and Cyndi Kinsman wanted to bring back a team to Port Huron in 2012 and the future . Kinsman stated , " We are aware of the history of teams in this city and the bottom line is that you have to win on and off the field to make this succeed . Other teams could win on the field , but couldn ' t win off the field meaning they didn ' t have the front office and leadership it takes to succeed . We are confident in the direction this franchise will head and we are thrilled to be in Port Huron . " The team also announced that they would be playing at McMorran Arena during Kinsman ' s press conference . In early September 2011 , the Patriots signed former Predators head coach John Forti , as well as re - signed local players who had played for the Predators . On December 24 , 2011 the team announced its training camp roster . On February 11 , 2012 , the team played its first preseason game . They defeated the outdoor semi - professional Southern Michigan Timberwolves 35 - 21 . This first unofficial win came in the wake of the tragic loss of Offensive Lineman Ken Hamilton , who was killed in a shooting outside of a Detroit nightclub . Teammate Antonio Martin was also injured in the shooting . On March 10 , 2012 , the Patriots earned their first victory in franchise history with a 52 - 49 victory over the Chicago Vipers . On March 29 , 2012 Kinsman fired Head Coach John Forti , and the rest of his staff . Kinsman cited Forti ' s decision to hire his friends as assistant coaches and not make the best choices for the team as their reason for Forti ' s termination . Kinsman went on to lead the Patriots to a 3 - 4 record , making them 4 - 6 overall , clinching the 4th seed in the CIFL playoffs , but despite this factor , the league decided to shorten the playoffs . This left the Patriots and the Evansville Rage both out of the playoffs . 2013 . The Patriots will return to the CIFL in 2013 . On February 21st , just two games into the season , the Kinsman ' s sold the team , as David was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan . The team was sold locally to Jude Carter , Lonnie Nichols , Lance Nichols , David Nichols , Larry Page , Matt Wuchte and Nick Kennedy - Saura , with Carter also serving as the team ' s general manager . The also announced that the team ' s new head coach would be Demar Cranford . Logos and uniforms . The team announced that its logo would be a bald eagle ' s head with a flag in the background , and the colors would be red , white and blue , during a September 24 , 2011 press conference at the McMorran Arena in Port Huron , Michigan . Coaches of notes . Head Coaches . " Note : Statistics are correct through the end of Week 2 of the 2013 CIFL season . " Statistics and records . Season - by - season results . " Note : The Finish , Wins , Losses , and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play . " ! rowspan = " 2 " | Season ! rowspan = " 2 " | Team ! rowspan = " 2 " | League ! rowspan = " 2 " | Conference ! rowspan = " 2 " | Division ! colspan = " 4 " | Regular season ! rowspan = " 2 " | Postseason Results ! Finish ! Wins ! Losses ! Ties ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 2012 ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 2013 * ! style = " text - align : center ; " rowspan = " 5 " colspan = " 6 " | Totals ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 5 ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 8 ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 0 ! style = " text - align : center ; " colspan = " 3 " | All - time regular season record ( 2012 ) ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 5 ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 8 ! style = " text - align : center ; " | 0 ! style = " text - align : center ; " colspan = " 3 " | All - time regular season " and " postseason record ( 2012 ) < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Season currently in progress