2010 Continental Indoor Football League season
| 2010 CIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Continental Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
| Season MVP | Ben Mauk, CIN |
| League postseason | |
| 1 vs 4 CIFL Semifinals champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
| 1 vs 4 CIFL Semifinals runners-up | Miami Valley Silverbacks |
| 2 vs 3 CIFL Semifinals champions | Wisconsin Wolfpack |
| 2 vs 3 CIFL Semifinals runners-up | Fort Wayne Firehawks |
| CIFL Championship Game | |
| Champions | Cincinnati Commandos |
| Runners-up | Wisconsin Wolfpack |
| Finals MVP | Ben Mauk (CIN) |
The 2010 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's fifth overall season. The regular season started on Saturday March 13 with the expansion Cincinnati Commandos defeating the Miami Valley Silverbacks 38-32, and ended with the 2010 CIFL Championship Game, on June 26, 2010, at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio where the Commandos defeated the Wisconsin Wolfpack 54-40.
In 2010, the league saw its size shrink again. This time it was from 8 teams to 6 teams, as Fort Wayne Freedom, Rock River Raptors and the Wheeling Wildcats folded following the 2009 season, and the Chicago Slaughter departed the league to join the Indoor Football League. The CIFL awarded the Cincinnati Commandos and Fort Wayne FireHawks expansion franchises, and the Milwaukee Bonecrushers moved to Chicago and became the Cardinals.
On May 26, 2010, It was announced that the Marion Mayhem ceased operations immediately. This made the league finish with only 5 teams, with the top 4 still making the playoffs.
Since the league was back to 6 teams for the first time since 2006, they did away with divisions and went back to a ten game schedule for each team. Every team was scheduled to play a home and away game with every team except Miami Valley, as they were competing as a travel team.
On May 26, 2010, It was announced that the Marion Mayhem ceased operations immediately. As a result of the Mayhem folding Fort Wayne, Wisconsin and Miami Valley were awarded wins for their remaining games against Marion. Fort Wayne was awarded two wins, while Wisconsin and Miami Valley each receive one win. This was the first time that a CIFL team had failed to finish a season in which it hard started.
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