The Dayton Silverbacks lost a hard fought battle this past Friday night when they traveled up North and took on the Saginaw Sting to decide home field advantage for the 2012 Championship Game. Although the Silverbacks made a valiant attempt to beat the Sting, missing starters and injured Silverbacks helped account for the teams loss. The good news is that the Dayton Silverbacks have clinched 2nd place and will automatically go to Saginaw on June 2nd to compete for the 2012 CIFL Championship. (You can find information on the playoff/championship set-up change by visiting the CIFL website at ciflfootball.com ) The Silverbacks look forward to taking their 8-1 record and making it 9-1 with the Championship Win. Go Silverbacks!

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The Dayton Silverbacks remained undefeated by defeating the Evansville Rage 41-34 Saturday night at Hara Arena Evan Sawyer got the Silverbacks on the board first when he found Daniel Stover on an 8 yard pass and it was 7-0 Dayton.
Sawyer then found Lawrence Green wide open in the end zone. Zach Van Zant made the extra point and the Silverbacks led 14 - 0 Then things got a little wild.
On the ensuing kick off, Evansville's Travis Poitier got the ball at the 1 Yard line and ran it back 49 yards and The Rage cut the lead in half at 14-7. Then the Silverbacks returned the favor.
Antwain Weeden took the kick off and ran it back 53 yards and the extra point was missed and Dayton led 20-7
Evansville quarterback Nate Samas ended the scoring in the first half by connecting with Travis Poitier on a 17 yard TD pass and it was 2014 at the half Dayton
In the third quarter each team found the end zone once . Evansville's Joe Casey rambled in from 1 yard out and the extra point was no good and the game was tied at 20
Dayton came back and scored their own touchdown when Milton Joyner ran the ball in from 6 yards out and it was 27-20 Silverbacks
The Silverbacks never looked back after that. Marcus Fails scored from 22 yards out and Tyler Waller ran it in from 20 and Dayton was on top 41-20
The Rage mounted a furious comeback. Quarterback Nate Samas found Travis Poitier open twice one for 6 yards and the other for 20 and Evansville was back in it at 41-34.
That's the way it would end. The Silverbacks improve to 8-0 while Evansville falls to 4-3. This also clinches home field for the first round of the playoffs. The Dayton Silverbacks set a franchise record, Saturday night, winning their sixth game of the season defeating the Indianapolis Enforcers 62 -15 in Indianapolis. With the win, the Silverbacks, have also clinched a spot in the playoffs. Evan Sawyer threw six touchdown passes on the day, finding Milton Joyner twice, Tyler Waller, Lawrence Green, Antwain Weeden and Bruce Peters each once. Peters also scored on runs of 47 and 10 yards.
The defense also came up big intercepting Indianapolis Quarterback Maurice Jones 6 times.
The Silverbacks improve to 6-0 while Indianapolis falls to 1-5.
Dayton's next game will be Saturday night, when they host the Chicago Pythons, at Hara Arena. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm
The Pythons were formally the Chicago Vipers, but when new ownership came in this past week, they wanted the name changed to Pythons. Saturday nights game will also be Military Appreciation Night where Military personnel can purchase tickets for just $8.00 by calling the Silverbacks office at 937-425-8050.
Continental Indoor Football League Standings W L PCT. PF PA
DAYTON 5 0 1.000 230 107
Saginaw 3 0 1.000 229 79
Evansville 2 2 .500 177 193
Port Huron 2 3 .400 174 175
Indianapoli 1 4 .200 100 273
Chicago 0 4 .000 128 204
Previous Game Summary
1 2 3 4 Final
DAYTON 13 14 6 19 52
Evansville 6 13 7 15 41
Scoring
1st Quarter
Dayton Tyler Waller 5 Yard run Kick Failed
Evansville Nate Samas 34 yard pass to Dustin Dubose Kick Failed
Dayton Evan Sawyer 16 yard pass to Milton Joyner Zach Van Zant Kick
2nd Quarter
Dayton Evan Sawyer 5 yard pass to Milton Joyner Zach Van Zant Kick
Evansville Joe Casey 11 yard run Kick Failed
Dayton Evan Sawyer 12 yard pass to Daniel Stover Zach Van Zant Kick
Evansville Nate Samas 1 yard run Kyle Dougherty Kick
3rd Quarter
Evansville Joe Casey 2 yard run Kyle Dougherty Kick
Dayton Evan Sawyer 1 yard run Kick Failed
4th Quarter
Dayton Milton Joyner 18 yard pass to Daniel Stover Zach Van Zant Kick
Evansville Tarron Acuff 20 yard fumble recovery Kick Failed
Dayton Chris Stanford 20 Interception return Kick Failed
Evansville Travis Poitier 45 yard kick off return Kyle Dougherty Kick
Dayton Bruce Peters 1 yard run Kick failed
Evansville Safety
Evan Sawyer passed for 3 touchdowns and ran for another, as the Dayton Silverbacks defeated the Evansville Rage 52-41 at Swonder Ice Arena in Evansville Indiana. This is the fifth consecutive victory for the Silverbacks
Tyler Waller got the scoring started with a 5 yard run and it was 6-0 Silverbacks. That score was set up by a Viterio Jones interception return to the Evansville 5 yard line.
Evansville came back with a score of their own on their first play from scrimmage, when Nate Samas connected with Dustin Dubose on a 34 yard touchdown pass and it was tied 6-6. Dayton would make it 13 to 6 when Evan Sawyer threw his first touchdown pass of the day connecting with Milton Joyner on a 16 yard touchdown pass.
The second quarter was back and forth. Dayton getting on the board first when Evan Sawyer hooked up with Milton Joyner again, this time a 5 yard strike and it was 20-6 after the Zach Van Zant extra point.
Evansville would then counter when Rage running back Joe Casey found his way through the Silverback line and rambled in from 5 yards out and it was 20-12 Dayton
Not to be out done, Evan Sawyer found Daniel Stover wide open in the end zone, from 12 yards out, the extra point was good from Zach Van Zant, and the Silverbacks were up 27-12.
Then Evansville quarterback Nate Samas would punch it in from 1 yard out and it was 27-19, Dayton at the half.
Third quarter saw each team score one time each. Evansville's Joe Casey ran it in from 2 yards out cutting the Silverback lead to a single point 27-26 and that would be the closest the Rage would get. Dayton would answer with Evans Sawyer scoring on a quarterback sneak and Dayton was up 33-26.
The fourth quarter was a see saw affair. Dayton scored first when Milton Joyner took a pitch from Evan Sawyer, and found Daniel Stover open for an 18 yard touchdown. Zach Van Zant added the extra point and the Silverbacks lead 40-26 with 10;11 remaining in the game.
Evansville's Tarron Acuff scooped up a Dayton fumble and ran it in from 20 yards out and it was 40-32 Silverbacks. On the ensuing series, Dayton's Chris Stanford would pick off a Nate Samas pass and ran it back 20 yards for another Silverback touchdown. Evansville's Travis Poitier then took the kickoff back 45 yards for another score and it was 46-39.
With time winding down Dayton's Bruce Peters would seal the victory with a 1 yard run, with just 14.6 seconds left and it was 52-39 Dayton.
Evansville was credited with safety as time ran out thus the final Dayton 52 Evansville 41. The Silverbacks improve to 5-0 while Evansville falls to 2-2.
The Silverbacks will try to keep the winning streak alive when they travel to Indianapolis to take on the Enforcers next Saturday at 3:15.
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