The regular season started on Saturday March 10, with the expansion Port Huron Patriots defeating the expansion Chicago Vipers 52–49 at McMorran Arena,[1] and ended with the 2012 CIFL Championship Game, the league's championship game, on June 2, 2012, at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan where the Saginaw Sting defeated the Dayton Silverbacks 35–7.
The playoffs could start on June 2 if voted on by the owners prior to the season in order to miss Memorial Day weekend.
The CIFL continues to offer live stats and streaming audio for its games using the Gamecenter on www.CIFLFootball.com, but individual teams are still allowed to contract out their radio and TV broadcasts to local media stations.
The following is a list of media outlets that were used by their respective teams throughout the season: On September 7, 2011, it was announced that Mister Askew would be named the 6th coach in Silverbacks history.
[6] On March 1, just ten days before the season started, the Silverback fired Head Coach Mister Askew.