Great Lakes Bowl (GLIFL)
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The CIFL Championship Game is the annual championship game of the Continental Indoor Football League. In 2006
2006 Great Lakes Indoor Football League season
-All-Star game:*Located at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on August 5, 2006.-2006 Award Winners:*Most Valuable Player - Matt Cottengim, Rochester Raiders...

, it was the meeting of the two semifinal game winners. Following the 2007
2007 Continental Indoor Football League season
-Continental Bowl Playoffs:-2007 Award Winners:*Most Valuable Player - Robert Height, Port Huron Pirates*Offensive Player of the Year - Robert Height, Port Huron Pirates...

 and 2008
2008 Continental Indoor Football League
-2008 Award Winners:*CIFL Most Valuable Player - David Gater, Kalamazoo Xplosion*Offensive Player of the Year - Randy Bell, Rock River Raptors*Defensive Player of the Year - David Gater, Kalamazoo Xplosion...

 season, the game was between the Great Lakes Division champion and the Atlantic Division champion. In 2009
2009 Continental Indoor Football League season
The 2009 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's fourth overall season. The regular season began on Friday, March 6. The league champion was the Chicago Slaughter.-Playoffs:-2009 Award Winners:...

 the league was divided into an East and West Division.

During its first year, it was called the Great Lakes Bowl.

Past CIFL Championships

Game Year Winning Team Losing Team Site Date MVP
Great Lakes Bowl I 2006 Port Huron Pirates  40 Rochester Raiders
Rochester Raiders
The Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta...

 
34 McMorran Arena  July 22, 2006 Rayshawn Askew
Rayshawn Askew
Rayshawn Askew is an American football player. A running back, he currently is a free agent. He has played for the All American Football League, United Indoor Football, Canadian Football League, Continental Indoor Football League and the National Indoor Football League.-College career:After...

CIFL Indoor Championship Game 2007 Rochester Raiders
Rochester Raiders
The Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta...

 
37 Michigan Pirates  27 Blue Cross Arena
Blue Cross Arena
The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located in Rochester, New York. Its maximum seating capacity is 13,000...

 
July 28, 2007 Mike Condello
CIFL Championship Game 2008 Saginaw Sting
Saginaw Sting
The Saginaw Sting are a team in the Continental Indoor Football League that began play as a 2008 expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Football League and then moved to the Indoor Football League for the 2009 season and then suspended operations after the season...

 
41 Kalamazoo Xplosion
Kalamazoo Xplosion
The Kalamazoo Xplosion are a 2007 expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League, formerly the Great Lakes Indoor Football League. They are based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and they play their home games at Wings Stadium.-History:...

 
37 Wings Stadium
Wings Stadium
Wings Stadium is a 5,113-seat multi-purpose arena, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The arena opened in 1974 and is home to the Kalamazoo Wings, an ice hockey team in the ECHL....

 
June 29, 2008 Nick Body
CIFL Championship Game 2009 Chicago Slaughter  58 Fort Wayne Freedom
Fort Wayne Freedom
The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum....

 
48 Sears Centre
Sears Centre
The Sears Centre is an 11,000-seat multi-purpose family entertainment, cultural and sports center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb, 25 miles from Chicago. The arena has 43 luxury suites on two separate levels...

 
June 27, 2009 Donovan Morgan
CIFL Championship Game 2010 Cincinnati Commandos
Cincinnati Commandos
The Cincinnati Commandos are team of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Commandos play their home games at the Cincinnati Gardens. Their team is based around Cincinnati area talent, such as Ben Mauk, Dominick Goodman, Robert Redd and Terrill Byrd...

 
54 Wisconsin Wolfpack
Wisconsin Wolfpack
The Wisconsin Wolfpack was an American football franchise based in Wisconsin. The Wolfpack name and brand has been used for two teams: an indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League and a traditional football team in the Mid Continental Football League.The indoor and outdoor...

 
40 Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati Gardens
The Cincinnati Gardens is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,...

 
June 26, 2010 Ben Mauk
Ben Mauk
Gary Benjamin "Ben" Mauk is an American football quarterback who was most recently the quarterback for the Cincinnati Commandos of the Continental Indoor Football League , and with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . He completed his college football career in 2007 for...

CIFL Championship Game 2011 Cincinnati Commandos
Cincinnati Commandos
The Cincinnati Commandos are team of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Commandos play their home games at the Cincinnati Gardens. Their team is based around Cincinnati area talent, such as Ben Mauk, Dominick Goodman, Robert Redd and Terrill Byrd...

 
44 Marion Blue Racers
Marion Blue Racers
The Marion Blue Racers are a professional indoor football team that begin play in the Continental Indoor Football League for 2011, before moving to the Ultimate Indoor Football League after the 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season...

 
29 Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati Gardens
The Cincinnati Gardens is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,...

 
June 11, 2011 Tyler Sheehan
Tyler Sheehan
Tyler Allen Sheehan is an American football player. He an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Cincinnati Commandos.-Early life:...


  • Number of appearances:
    • Kalamazoo Xplosion
      Kalamazoo Xplosion
      The Kalamazoo Xplosion are a 2007 expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League, formerly the Great Lakes Indoor Football League. They are based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and they play their home games at Wings Stadium.-History:...

      : 1 (Lost 1)
    • Port Huron/Michigan Pirates: 2 (Won 1, Lost 1)
    • Rochester Raiders
      Rochester Raiders
      The Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta...

      : 2 (Lost 1, Won 1)
    • Saginaw Sting
      Saginaw Sting
      The Saginaw Sting are a team in the Continental Indoor Football League that began play as a 2008 expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Football League and then moved to the Indoor Football League for the 2009 season and then suspended operations after the season...

      : 1 (Won 1)
    • Chicago Slaughter: 1 (Won 1)
    • Fort Wayne Freedom
      Fort Wayne Freedom
      The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum....

      : 1 (Lost 1)
    • Cincinnati Commandos
      Cincinnati Commandos
      The Cincinnati Commandos are team of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Commandos play their home games at the Cincinnati Gardens. Their team is based around Cincinnati area talent, such as Ben Mauk, Dominick Goodman, Robert Redd and Terrill Byrd...

      : 2 (Won 2)
    • Wisconsin Wolfpack
      Wisconsin Wolfpack
      The Wisconsin Wolfpack was an American football franchise based in Wisconsin. The Wolfpack name and brand has been used for two teams: an indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League and a traditional football team in the Mid Continental Football League.The indoor and outdoor...

      : 1 (Lost 1)
    • Marion Blue Racers
      Marion Blue Racers
      The Marion Blue Racers are a professional indoor football team that begin play in the Continental Indoor Football League for 2011, before moving to the Ultimate Indoor Football League after the 2011 Continental Indoor Football League season...

      : 1 (Lost 1)

Great Lakes Bowl I: Rochester Raiders vs. Port Huron Pirates

2007 CIFL Championship Game: Michigan Pirates vs. Rochester Raiders

2008 CIFL Championship Game: Saginaw Sting vs. Kalamazoo Xplosion

2009 CIFL Championship Game: Fort Wayne Freedom vs. Chicago Slaughter

2010 CIFL Championship Game: Cincinnati Commandos vs. Wisconsin Wolfpack

2011 CIFL Championship Game: Cincinnati Commandos vs. Marion Blue Racers

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