The Season 38 Kansas City Coyotes were on a mission from the moment training camp began up until the final whistle of the Ultimini. To understand the story of the Season 38 Coyotes, it’s important to recognize their Season 37 campaign. It was miserable, a truly horrible display of professional football. That team lost its first five games, scoring no more than 19 points in that span. However, over the next 9 games they went 4-5 and remained competitive in two of those losses. Kansas City closed out Season 37 with a record of 4-10, but it easily could’ve been closer to 6-8.
Season 38 began with a preseason loss in London, this would be the only loss within a 5 week period over both preseason and regular season games. There was one hiccup, a Week 3 trip to Minnesota where the Coyotes might’ve been better off not showing up at all. The game wasn’t close nor competitive, the Grey Ducks took care of things easily 31-10. Perhaps this was the point in the season that motivated the way things would unfold afterwards. After the Minnesota loss, their next two games saw the Coyotes outscore the Seawolves and Buccaneers by a combined score 71-37. The Coyotes proved in their next game that they could win the close ones, too. A gritty win on the road against a tough Birddogs team, this game was 14-13 in favor of KC up until the early 4th quarter when they pulled away with a 21-13 win.
The road trip continued for the Coyotes, this time to Tijuana in a match against the Luchadores. Tijuana struck first with a field goal in their first possession. This would be the only time the Luchadores had a lead in the entire game. The Coyotes scored 17 unanswered points before Tijuana responded with a field goal. The Coyotes would then get a field goal of their own before the half and made the score a comfortable 20-6. The Luchadores got within 26-13, but the Coyotes were too much and sent the Luchadores to Suplex City, winning 35-13.
The next two games would be more close victories for the Coyotes. After about four straight weeks of comfortable wins, they would face adversity ahead. Their next game against London came down to the wire, but they were able to hold on and claim a victory despite a late touchdown to Manny Chester, a game the Coyotes won 23-17. They would then travel to Portland to face the Pythons. Early in the 2nd quarter, the Pythons led by a score of 10-7 but the Coyotes took this one with a final score of 17-10.
Their next five games against Minnesota, Norfolk, Bondi Beach, Dallas, and Tijuana was a mixed bag of games. Some of these, like the Minnesota and Norfolk games would be close for the most part before the Coyotes slamming the door and claiming victory. There were blow outs, like Bondi Beach and Dallas, which cemented Kansas City as one of the best regular season teams in the history of the DSFL, with a record of 13-1.
The postseason was more of the same for the Coyotes of destiny. The Grey Ducks traveled to Kansas City and were no match for the Coyotes. They defended their home field with a 34-24 Conference Championship victory in front of their elated fanbase. Fans had gathered in the parking lot up to five hours before kickoff, and it showed. The crowd was overwhelmed with joy and emotion as the final gun sounded and confetti rained from the skies.
The Ultimini was one of the more unique football games many had ever seen for a significant portion of it. The first quarter was completely scoreless, but on the first play of the second quarter, Norfolk took a 3-0 lead after a field goal by David Doug. This lead would hold up until early in the 3rd quarter when the Coyotes scored a safety and then later a TD to go up 10-3 at the end of the 3rd. With the Ultimini in their sights, the Coyotes finished off the Seawolves early in the 4th quarter when Sherwin Blue Jr ran for a 4 yard TD making it 17-3, which would be the final score of this game.
With their Ultimini victory, the Coyotes made one of the best single season turnarounds in recent memory. Many of the players on this roster will soon be joining the ISFL ranks, and will undoubtedly make history there as well.
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Season 38 began with a preseason loss in London, this would be the only loss within a 5 week period over both preseason and regular season games. There was one hiccup, a Week 3 trip to Minnesota where the Coyotes might’ve been better off not showing up at all. The game wasn’t close nor competitive, the Grey Ducks took care of things easily 31-10. Perhaps this was the point in the season that motivated the way things would unfold afterwards. After the Minnesota loss, their next two games saw the Coyotes outscore the Seawolves and Buccaneers by a combined score 71-37. The Coyotes proved in their next game that they could win the close ones, too. A gritty win on the road against a tough Birddogs team, this game was 14-13 in favor of KC up until the early 4th quarter when they pulled away with a 21-13 win.
The road trip continued for the Coyotes, this time to Tijuana in a match against the Luchadores. Tijuana struck first with a field goal in their first possession. This would be the only time the Luchadores had a lead in the entire game. The Coyotes scored 17 unanswered points before Tijuana responded with a field goal. The Coyotes would then get a field goal of their own before the half and made the score a comfortable 20-6. The Luchadores got within 26-13, but the Coyotes were too much and sent the Luchadores to Suplex City, winning 35-13.
The next two games would be more close victories for the Coyotes. After about four straight weeks of comfortable wins, they would face adversity ahead. Their next game against London came down to the wire, but they were able to hold on and claim a victory despite a late touchdown to Manny Chester, a game the Coyotes won 23-17. They would then travel to Portland to face the Pythons. Early in the 2nd quarter, the Pythons led by a score of 10-7 but the Coyotes took this one with a final score of 17-10.
Their next five games against Minnesota, Norfolk, Bondi Beach, Dallas, and Tijuana was a mixed bag of games. Some of these, like the Minnesota and Norfolk games would be close for the most part before the Coyotes slamming the door and claiming victory. There were blow outs, like Bondi Beach and Dallas, which cemented Kansas City as one of the best regular season teams in the history of the DSFL, with a record of 13-1.
The postseason was more of the same for the Coyotes of destiny. The Grey Ducks traveled to Kansas City and were no match for the Coyotes. They defended their home field with a 34-24 Conference Championship victory in front of their elated fanbase. Fans had gathered in the parking lot up to five hours before kickoff, and it showed. The crowd was overwhelmed with joy and emotion as the final gun sounded and confetti rained from the skies.
The Ultimini was one of the more unique football games many had ever seen for a significant portion of it. The first quarter was completely scoreless, but on the first play of the second quarter, Norfolk took a 3-0 lead after a field goal by David Doug. This lead would hold up until early in the 3rd quarter when the Coyotes scored a safety and then later a TD to go up 10-3 at the end of the 3rd. With the Ultimini in their sights, the Coyotes finished off the Seawolves early in the 4th quarter when Sherwin Blue Jr ran for a 4 yard TD making it 17-3, which would be the final score of this game.
With their Ultimini victory, the Coyotes made one of the best single season turnarounds in recent memory. Many of the players on this roster will soon be joining the ISFL ranks, and will undoubtedly make history there as well.
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MR 8X ULTIMUS CHAMPION
QB Mike Boss - HOF
TE Johnny Blaze - HOF
QB Mike Boss Jr
WR Johnny Blaze Jr
QB Mike Boss - HOF
TE Johnny Blaze - HOF
QB Mike Boss Jr
WR Johnny Blaze Jr
