CONNECTICUT CUTS POWER IN PITTSBURGH, WIN 34-30

The Connecticut Coyotees seem to have the direct-dial number to shutdown the power in Pittsburgh, this time doing it in week 13 of the 2031 season, elminiating Pittsburgh's chance of a #1 seed, or a Division Title.

Pittsburgh traied 20-3 but came back to take a 27-20 lead late in the 4th quarter. With a 30-27 lead, Connecticut scored with 0:49 left in the game and sealed the victory.

DETROIT EDGES GREEN BAY IN DIVISION SLUG FEST

The Detroit Drive edged the Green Bay Bombers 31-27 in week 12 and moved to 6-6 on the year, leaving the Drive two games back of the final playoff spot in the Division.

QB Bobby Hebert was 18 of 27 for 212 yards and 2 TD's for the day while HB Lawrence Phillips ran 13 times for 56 yards. Green Bay Bomber QB Colt Brennan lead the league in week 12 in passing, going 39 of 54 for 463 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's.

PORTLAND ON THE PROWL FOR #1 SEED; STUFF SAN JOSE

The Portland Prowlers upset the San Jose SaberCats in week 11, winning 20-12 on the road, and moved to a game back of first in the Division, and Conference.

HB Andrew Harris ran 26 times for 116 yards and helped Portland control the clock by over 10 minutes. The Prowler Defense stuffed the San Jose rushing game, limiting them to 35 yards on 17 carries.

QB Deondre Francois was 22 of 33 for 247 yards and a TD but had a costly fumble late in the 3rd quarter. Leading 12-9, Francois fumbled the ball on 1st and 10 from their 6, with DE Dante Holmes recovering it in the endzone to take a 17-12 lead.

REMEMBERING THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER IN MARION

Wide Receivers David Kircus and Raul Vijil played for the Marion Mahyem franchise for 11 seasons and unfortunately never saw much success, nor the post season. The Marion Mayhem had roots from the Albany Firebirds, and after 2026 became a league run team due to ownership folding.

During there career, Kircus caught 580 passes for 7,267 yards, added 3,075 yards on PR and 1,481 on KR ammassing 11,823 total yards. Kircus also holds the record for 2nd overall in receptions in a season catching 129 passes in 2023. The record is held by WR Darius Watts who had 134, also in 2023.

Vijil caught 7,420 yards for his career, and added 855 punt return yardage and 873 kick return yardage, totalling 9,148 yards in his career.

The Marion franchise over this period never had a winning record, going 50-103-1.

HURRICANES BLOW PAST BLAZE AND GET NEEDED WIN

The Honolulu Hurricanes defeated the Bismarck Blaze 32-18 and got a much needed win to stay in the playoff chase. The Hurricanes are holding onto the 4th playoff spot at 6-4 trailing San Jose (9-1), Green Bay and Portland (7-3).

Honolulu QB Sherdrick Bonner was 23 of 29 for 272 yards and a TD while HB Kenny Irons ran 28 times for 147 yards and a score.

SLAYERS KEEP PLAYOFF PACE ALIVE WITH ROAD WIN

The Springfield Slayers won on the road in Orlando, defeating the Orlando Predators 19-13 and kept their playoff hopes alive as they moved to 6-3 on the year, and only a game out of the top-seed.

QB Timmy Chang was 19 of 30 for 211 yards and 2 TD's while HB Anthony Davis ran 25 times for 104 yards. Defensively, the Slayers Defense shut the Orlando defense down, and out-sacked the Predators 8-0.

PROWLERS AQUIRE DOWLING

The Porland Prowlers aquired former 1st-round draft pick CB Ras-L Downing along with a 5th and 6th rond Draft Pick from the Grand Rapids Rampage in exchange for CB Shattle Fenteng and a 2nd and 3rd round pick in 2032.

The former 1st round, 4th overall pick from the Reno Express was under-utilized throughout his caerer, racking up only 141 tackles and 3 INT's in 6 seasons before the trade.

PITTSBURGH UPS DEFENSIVE POWER ADDING GRIGGS

The Pittsburgh Power made a move ahead of week 9, aquiring former Grand Rapids DE John Griggs.

Pittsburgh trades DT Jeremy Faulk and their 4th round draft pick in 2032 to Grand Rapids for Griggs as well as Connecticut's 6th round pick in 2032 (aquired by Grand Rapids). Griggs has 25 tackles and 6.0 sacks on the season, and has 243 tackles and 70.0 sacks for his career.

FIFL SINGLE SEASON ALL PURPOSE YARDAGE

With his week 8 performance, Rochester HB Mike Rozier is on a good pace to brake the 2K APY mark. At his current pace, he will be at 2,065 yards which would put him 16th all-time on the list. There have only been 2 RB's to hit the 1K rushing and 1K receiving yardage in one season, which was Lincoln Coleman and Marques Smith. There have been 33 who have topped the 2K mark. Only one non-HB has made the list, which was WR Mike Hass who is 18th all-time with 2,056 yards (1,084 receiving, 573 PR, and 399 KR).

BOMBERS DEFEAT POWER, STAY ON TOP OF DIVISION

Things went well for the Green Bay Bombers in week 8 as they defeated the Pittsburgh Gladiators 19-10 and remain ontop of the divsion with a 6-2 record.

QB Colt Brennan was 15 of 19 for 182 yards while HB James Wilder ran 19 times for 72 yards. Newly aquired TE Cam Clear had 3 catches for 82 yards. The player of the game was rookie K Ralf Kleinmann who was a perfect 4/4 on FG's and 1/1 on PATs, a week after replacing veteran K Tyler Rausa.

RAIDERS PULL OFF MAJOR UPSET ON THE ROAD

There wasn't much money going on the Rochester Raiders going into week 7, traveling to Chesapeake. The last time the Raiders won in Chesapeake was in week 12 of the 2022 season, a 24-21 win. The Raiders in week 7 of 2031 finally ended that streak, winning 17-10 in Chesapeake.

Starting QB Andre Ware startedf 9 of 12 for 102 yards anhda TD before being injured. Backup QB Mcleod Bethel-Thompson was 12 of 18 for 137 yards and a TD in the game. RB Mike Rozier added 92 yards on 21 carries.

TOLEDO COMES BACK LATE; EARN SECOND WIN

The Toledo Bullfrongs trailed 24-10 entering the 4th quarter vs Springfield and came up with 18 unasnwered points to pull out a 28-24 win.

Trailing 24-21, Toledo WR Andrew Blakeley returned an 89-yard punt return for a TD with 1:03 left in the game. Springfield went 4-and-out, and Toledo finished off the upset.

TRADE WINDS BLOWING IN MICHIGAN

The Grand Rapids Rampage have reached agreement with the Connecticut Coyotees in another set of trades. Grand Rapids is on a 'rampage' of trades, getting younger and setting themselves up for a 2032 rebuild.

Connecticut trades LB Henoc Muamba and CB Jamar Wall to Grand Rapids in exchange for LB Marcus Menga, S Jeremy Cutrer, and Connecticut's 4th and 6th round pick in 2032.

this season, Muamba has 24 tackles and a FR while Wall has 28 tackles. Cutrer for Connecticut has 2 tackles on the season.

More details to come.

SLAYERS WIN ON ROAD IN MINNESOTA

The Springfield Slayers moved to 3-2 on the season after a 28-21 road win in Minnesota.

QB Timmy Chang won OPOTW going 12 of 16 for 185 yards, 2 TD's passing and a TD rush. On the ground, HB Anthony Davis ran 15 times for 102 yards and a score. Newly aquired K Roberto Aguayo was 4/4 on PAT's and DL Glenroy Watkins had 2 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Despite the loss, Minnesota rookie QB Danny Weurffel had a good game completing 35 of 56 passes for 353 yards and 2 TDs, while WR Dello Davis caught 12 passes for 150 yards and 2 TDs.

RAMPAGE AND SLAYERS MAKE DEAL

The Grand Rapids Rampage made some moves ahead of week 5, trading long-time K Roberto Aguayo and DL Glenroy Watkins to the Springfield Slayers.

In exchange, the Rampage get South African K Henry Nell along with two draft picks, a 4th round in 2032 and a 6th round in 2033.

BONNER PASSES STRICKLAND IN QB WINS; ENTERS TOP 5

Honolulu QB Sherdrick Bonner won his 122nd career start in a 20-14 overtime win vs Green Bay, moving past former Colorado QB Craig Strickland and now ranks 5th all-time in wins.

Bonner enters his 17th season, and off to a great start, ranking 5th in QB Rating at 106.5, and tied for 1st in TD passes with 7 on the year.

SABERCATS STAY PERFECT

The San Jose SaberCats moved to 4-0 on the year, defeating the Rochester Raiders 35-21.

HB Ian Johnson had a 4 TD day, rushing 18 times for 127 yards, moving him to 358 on the year, 2nd best in the league. QB Deondre Francois had a solid game throwing 16 of 21 for 195 yards and a TD.

Francois was shaken up in the 3rd quarter but later returned. His backup, QB Vince Evans saw his first career playing time, going 2 for 4 for 28 yards passing, and added a 19-yard rush.

ORLANDO STUNS CHESAPEAKE IN ROAD WIN

The Orlando Predators defeated the Chesapeake Tide 33-22 on the road and moved to 3-1 on the season. The Predators got off to a 27-3 lead through 3 quarters, and held on as Chesapeake scored 19 in the 4th.

HB Tyler Gaffney ran 22 times for 77 yards and a TD, while QB Josh Heupel was nearly pefect going 18 of 22 for 221 yards and 2 TD's.

RENO/LA TEAM MOVE TO GRAND RAPIDS

The Reno Express franchise was left ownerless and temporarily moved to Los Angeles as part of a marketing sale and flip. After an 0-3 start, the LA owners saw no takers and they looked to quickly shed themselves of the daily management and overhead of managing the team.

In comes the new owner, Mike P. Mike took taken over by a new owner with many years of SIERRA FBPRO experience, moving them to Grand Rapids, Michigan to a smaller market and future competitor to the other local teams in the FIFL.

The Rampage have already made 4 moves ahead of week 4 and mean busines, getting the former Gold Cup Champions back into competition after two straight sub-.500 seasons.

Please welcome Mike and the new ownership. Game-On Tomorrow.

TIDE TURNS OFF POWER IN PITTSBURGH

The Chesapeake Tide defeated the Pittsburgh Power 27-25 and moved to 2-1 on the year, and dropped Pittsburgh for their first loss.

HB Ki-Jana Carter ran 32 times for 169 yards and a TD and caught 3 passes for 97 yards and a TD. QB J.J. Harp started for an injured QB David Archer and went 12 of 22 for 257 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's.

Trailing 27-9, Pittsburgh made a second half comeback and brought it to 27-25 nd failed on a 2-pt attempt with less than 3 minutes left. With one last chance, K Bjorn Nittmo missed on a 50-yard FG attempt wth 1:03 left in the game.

PROWLERS AND HARRIS RUN PAST PIKE

The Portland Prowlers put all their week one frustration into week 2 as they torched the Fighting Pike 39-3, and in the win, HB Andrew Harris ran the ball 31 times for 204 yards and 3 TD's, adding 3 catches for 22 yards and another TD. QB Mike Reilly finished 13 of 18 for 192 yards and 2 TDs.

For those historans, 204 yards is not the record, and not even the Portland record, as the most rushing TD's by a Portland Prowler was 218 yards, done by Alvin Rettig on 10-25-2009 against Lincoln.

NASHVILLE GIVES SPRINGFIELD A KICK IN WIN

The Nasvhille Kats got past the Springfield Slayers 19-17 and moved to 1-0 on the season. QB Charles McCullum was 17 of 23 for 173 yards and a TD while HB William Powell ran 23 times for 11 yards and added 37 yards receiving.

The difference of the game unfortunately came down to Springfield kicker Henry Nell. The South African kicker finished the day 2/2 on PAT's however only 1/5 on FG's, missing a last minute game winner in the 4th, also missing one at the end of halftime. He went 0/3 in the second half.

MINNESOTA ROOKIE COMPLETES COMEBACK OVER DETROIT

Rookie Minnesota QB Danny Wuerffel made his first career start in week one vs the Detroit Drive and pulled out a late 17-16 victory. Wuerffel finished 25 of 42 for 288 yards, a TD and an INT and ran 2 times for 6 yards and a TD.

Trailing 16-3, Minnesota scored early in the 4th on an 8-yard run by Wuerffel and went ahead for good with 0:17 left in the game after Wuerffel went on a 10-play, 80-yard drive where Wuerffel hit WR Dello Davis on a 13-yard TD.

FIFL DRAFT 2031 HAS BEGUN

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POWER TRADE ROZIER TO RAIDERS FOR CLARRETT

The Pittsburgh Power and the Rochester Raiders made a pre-daft trade, exchanging former 1st-round, 9th pick HB's.

The Power traded HB Mike Rozier to Rochester in exchange for HB Maurice Clarett. The Raiders aquire youth at HB and a fresh start, while Pittsburgh aquires a strong backup HB to backup current starter HB Chris Rainey.

NEED SOME HELP WITH TEAM PROFILES????

Since you all don't have the game, and perhaps need some help with what a Dallas Offensive Profile does, or a Bears Defensive Profile really does, I have supplied some examples of what would happen if I ran the NFL teams and what the numbers would be.

Basically, ran 3 seasons using the NFL96 teams... runs 1 and 2 had no injury's set, while run 3 did. Also, season 3, I updated the recordbook on a weekly basis.Use these tools to your advantage. CLICK HERE to view.

PPP Document and Game Plans

Cannot confirm what the difference is between FBPro97 and FBPro98, but here is in PDF Format a document describing what each plan uses. Click here to download. Also, here is the breakdown of the formations. Click here to download. Thanks TC as always.

Here is a Game Plan document, courtesy of the FWL. Click here to download.