The Trenton Freedom are a professional indoor football team based in Trenton, New Jersey. The Freedom are currently a member of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The Freedom began play in 2014 as an expansion member of the PIFL. The Freedom play their home games at the Sun National Bank Center.
Franchise history
2014
In August, 2013, Owners Dennis Williams and Michael Schubiger announced their intentions to bring an indoor football team back to Trenton, New Jersey. The owners held name the team contest, and picked the name "Freedom," as well as named Adam Turkel to be the teams first head coach and general manager. When looking for a league to play in, Williams and Schubiger both were lobbying to become members of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). In September, the team officially became the 7th member of the PIFL for the 2014 season. In November 2013, the team announced that they were replacing Turkel with Kevin O'Hanlon as the team's inaugural coach.
The Freedom began their inaugural season on March 30, 2014 at home, defeating the Richmond Raiders 52-17. Quarterback Warren Smith threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more. Defensive Back Domonic Joseph was named PIFL Defensive Player of the Week. The Freedom lost their first road game, 48-47 at the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks. WR Antoine Rivera caught 13 passes for 132 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
The Freedom rebounded in their second home game for a 66-63 win over the Columbus Lions. The Freedom suffered their second road loss, 42-36 at Lehigh Valley April 26, but linebacker Jeffery Morgan earned the franchise's second PIFL Defensive Player of the Week honor by scoring a pair of touchdowns. Success continued at home May 3, as the Freedom rallied with 16 points in the last two minutes to edge Richmond, 33-32, with Marques Slocum earning PIFL Defensive Player of the Week. The winning trend at home continued May 11 with a 52-39 triumph over the Harrisburg Stampede as William Hollis was named PIFL Defensive Player of the week, the team's third straight selection.
With a 52-42 win at Richmond, May 17, the Freedom recorded the franchise's first-ever road victory. The following week, back at home, the Freedom avenged two earlier losses to Lehigh Valley with a 55-42 victory to push their record to a PIFL-best 6-2 atop the National Conference.
The Freedom, with a 57-49 win at Harrisburg June 7, clinched a PIFL playoff berth in its first season in moving to 7-2.
WIth a 49-47 comeback win over the defending PIFL champion Alabama Hammers June 14, the Freedom clinched the regular-season National Conference title and a home playoff game in the franchise's first season.
The Freedom dropped a 52-49 decision to the Georgia Fire in the team's final regular-season home game.
The Freedom finished the regular season with a 8-4 record, the 2nd best in the league, but were defeated by the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks in the National Conference Championship Game by a score of 49-38.
Players of note
Current roster
Awards and honors
The following is a list of all Freedom players who have won league awards:
All-League players
The following Freedom players have been named to All-League Teams:
- QB Warren Smith
- FB Melik Brown
- OL Lavon McCoy
- DL Gerrard Bryant
- Iron-man Melik Brown
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through Week 4 of the 2015 PIFL season.
Coaching staff
Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
References
External links
- Official website
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