2012 Chicago Pythons season The 2012 Chicago Pythons season is the 1st season for the American Continental Indoor Football League franchise . On December 9 , 2011 it was announced that the Vipers and the Evansville Rage would become the 5th and 6th expansion teams for the 2012 CIFL season . The Vipers will host only three games for the 2012 season and also have availability to host for the playoffs should they qualify . Co - owners Richard Petroski Jr . and Michael Duran are both looking to bring back a positive image for Chicago CIFL teams as last two have left a bad taste in the fans mouths . The team was originally scheduled to play their home games at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park , but later decided to play at the Megaplex in Homer Glen , Illinois . The team began the season as the " Chicago Vipers , " but changed their names to the Chicago Pythons four weeks into the season when the Mike Duran became the sole owner of the team . Regular Season . Week 1 : vs Port Huron Patriots . If the first every regular season game for the Vipers and Patriots , it was a tale of two halves . The Patriots started the scoring on an 8 - yard run by Tracey McIntyre less than two minutes into the game followed by a 39 - yard pass from Darryl Johnson to Jose Morris to grab a 14 - 0 Patriot lead . Chicago answered on a 4 - yard touchdown run by Bill Ziemba , but the Patriots would extend their lead to 20 - 7 as Johnson and McIntyre would hook up for a 25 - yard touchdown pass . Chicago quarterback Anthony Kropp would add a 1 - yard touchdown run and Port Huron capped the first quarter scoring on a 19 - yard touchdown pass from Johnson to Morris . The Patriots first points of the second quarter came from a safety when the snap was over the head of Kropp and recovered by the Vipers in the end zone . Darryl Johnson would throw his fourth touchdown of the half on a 7 - yard pass to Dan Johnson . The Patriots would add an 11 - yard touchdown run by McIntyre to close the first half scoring . The Vipers would outscore the Patriots 21 - 6 in the third quarter and pull within 11 , trailing 46 - 35 . The third quarter scorign was started by Chicago , who on a 12 - yard pass from Kropp to Dan Carter . Port Huron quarterback Darryl Johnson would add a 3 - yard touchdown run to keep the Patriot lead at 25 . The next four scores in the game would belong to the Vipers . Kropp would throw another touchdown pass to Dominique Jackson , this one 27 - yards and Khyree Copeland added a touchdown run from 22 - yards to end the third quarter . The 11 - point lead heading into the fourth quarter quickly disappeared as defensive back Lawerence Harvey intercepted Johnson and returned it for a 13 - yard touchdown . Just 30 seconds into the final quarter and the lead was trimmed to just four . The Vipers would take their first lead of the game as Johnson completed a pass to Dominique Jackson at the Port Huron 16 . Jackson would fumble the football and it was picked up by Dan Carter at the 5 - yard line and taken in for a touchdown . Julie Harshbarger would add the extra point and Chicago led 49 - 46 . The game winning score came with just over two minutes to play as Mark Carter scored from 1 - yard out to put the Patriots up 52 - 49 . Chicago would have one last chance to tie the game , but Harshbarger ' s kick was no - good as time expired . With the loss , the Vipers fell to 0 - 1 . Week 2 : vs Saginaw Sting . With the loss , the Vipers fell to 0 - 2 . Week 3 : vs Dayton Silverbacks . 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 loss , the Vipers fell to 0 - 3 .