2012 Reading Express season

The 2012 Reading Express season was the seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and their second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of 16 teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Reading Express were members of the United Conference.

2012 Reading Express season
Owner	Ted Lavender Lisa Lavender
Head coach	Mark Steinmeyer
Home field	Sovereign Center
Results
Record	2-12
Conference place	8th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The team played their home games under head coach Mark Steinmeyer at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Express earned a 2–12 record, placing 8th in the United Conference, failing to qualify for the postseason.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	BYE
2	Sunday	February 26	3:05pm	at Bloomington Edge	L 40-54	0-1	U.S. Cellular Coliseum
3	Friday	March 2	7:00pm	Green Bay Blizzard	L 32-55	0-2	Sovereign Center
4	BYE
5	Saturday	March 17	7:00pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 53-86	0-3	Stabler Arena
6	Saturday	March 24	7:00pm	Sioux Falls Storm	L 42-75	0-4	Sovereign Center
7	BYE
8	Friday	April 7	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 41-62	0-5	Sovereign Center
9	Saturday	April 14	7:00pm	Bloomington Edge	L 31-41	0-6	Sovereign Center
10	Saturday	April 21	7:05pm	at Bloomington Edge	L 39-46	0-7	U.S. Cellular Coliseum
11	Saturday	April 28	7:00pm	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 51-47	1-7	Sovereign Center
12	Saturday	May 5	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 37-34	2-7	Sovereign Center
13	Saturday	May 12	7:05pm	at Cedar Rapids Titans	L 27-32	2-8	U.S. Cellular Center
14	Friday	May 18	7:35pm	at Chicago Slaughter	L 50-67	2-9	Sears Centre
15	Saturday	May 26	7:00pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 24-39	2-10	Stabler Arena
16	Saturday	June 2	7:00pm	Chicago Slaughter	L 40-46	2-11	Sovereign Center
17	Friday	June 8	7:35pm	at Green Bay Blizzard	L 27-89	2-12	Resch Center
18	BYE

Roster

2012 Reading Express roster
Quarterbacks  9 Tim Bailey 18 Kevin Clancy Running backs  6 Donald Babers  5 Elliott White Wide receivers  7 Jermaine King 28 Chris Shubert  3 Keith Stokes		Offensive linemen 59 Nick Dean 71 Corey Dowless 64 Ty Gieser 68 Frank Toarmina Defensive linemen 11 Mike Dell  8 Anthony Kelly 77 Michael London 92 Brandon Perry 90 Bryan Wick		Linebackers 48 Kevin Bolinsky 51 Michael Thompson Defensive backs 23 Ivory Bradshaw  2 Sam Bryant 14 Geoffrey Howard 17 George Ortiz  1 Marcus Sargeant 15 Trey Womack Kickers 25 Eric Rockhold		Injured Reserve currently vacant Exempt List currently vacant Practice squad currently vacant Roster updated June 8, 2012 25 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Division Standings

2012 United Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Sioux Falls Storm	14	0	0	1.000	941	563	7-0	---	W14
x Green Bay Blizzard	11	3	0	0.786	787	586	10-3	3.0	W3
x Bloomington Edge	10	4	0	0.714	673	604	10-3	4.0	W1
x Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	8	0	0.429	605	615	6-8	8.0	W1
Omaha Beef	6	8	0	0.429	635	696	3-3	4.0	L2
Chicago Slaughter	6	8	0	0.429	657	714	6-8	4.0	L1
Cedar Rapids Titans	4	10	0	0.286	509	631	4-0	10.0	W1
Reading Express	2	12	0	0.143	534	773	7-1	12.0	L5