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Cleveland Gibbs

The 1998 PFFL Champs

15 and 1 Regular Season Record

2 and 0 Playoffs

  The legendary Cleveland Gibbs team had slipped reluctantly into retirement after the 1995 season. With several national amateur championships under their belt in 9-man, 8-man, 4 on 4 flag football, and 7-man touch, the team seemed content to rest on past accomplishments and let the history book close on possibly the best flag football team ever.

Then in 1998 came the Pro Flag Football League with a whole new challenge.

Mike Cihon, the coach of the the Gibbs team and a former player, called out the troops for one more season, possibly more. All great teams need a quarterback and Gibbs had a great one in Bob Batara, but at age 43, did the QB who had engineered so many of those past victories, have anything left?

The answer came on October 18th, 1998 in Canton, Ohio when Gibbs was crowned 1998 PFFL champs.

Bob Butara had engineered an almost perfect season - going 17 & 1 and earning MVP honors with a win in the first ever Pro Flag Bowl Championship.

The Cleveland Gibbs team has once again established themselves as the best team in flag football.

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Cleveland Gibbs

1998 PFFL Champs

PFFL Team Record - 15 & 1

Only loss of the 1998 season was at the hands of the Baltimore Cowboys in the Pittsburgh Challenge Tournament.

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Mike Cihon - Owner/Head Coach

1999 GIBBS ROSTER

PLAYER # HT WT POS DATE/BIRTH HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE Pro Notes

° 1) VANCE BENTON ° 3°5'10°188° DB ° 4/12/72 °GLENVILLE °KENT ST °

° 2) DENNIS BLAKESLEE°82°6'5 °270°DL/TE/OL° 5/4/70 °LAKE CATH. ° - °

° 3) QUENTON BROWN ° 8°5'11°195° DB ° 5/12/60 °EAST TECH °FISK UNIV°

° 4) BOB BUTARA °15°6'2 °220° QB ° 2/19/55 °ST. JOSEPH ° - °

° 5) JIM BYCZINSKI °73°6'8 °340° OL ° 2/23/70 °BEREA °MIAMI, OH°

° 6) JIM CLACKO °44°6'0 °220° DL ° 9/13/67 °CAR. MOONEY°YOUNG. ST°

° 7) MIKE CLARK ° 7°5'7 °200° RB ° 5/22/65 °ST. JOSEPH °AKRON U. °

° 8) BOB COAN °87°6'6 °310° OL ° 1/1/55 °ST. JOSEPH °OHIO ST °

° 9) JEFF DALE °20°6'0 °195° OL/TE ° 8/4/68 °COLLINWOOD ° - °

°10) RICK FULKERSON °26°6'2 °190° WR/DB ° 1/26/70 °MID PARK ° - °

°11) IGGY HOZJAN °42°5'9 °155° DB/LB ° 5/10/59 °ST. JOSEPH ° - °

°12) DEMETRIUS JONES °48°6'0 °198° DL ° 5/28/63 °CLEV HTS °LAKELAND °

°13) MIKE KRAKER °17°6'2 °210°QB/WR/DB° 6/17/63 °SOUTH °CLEV ST °

°14) MIKE KREEGER °60°6'7 °310° OL ° 3/2/70 °PADUA °MIAMI, OH°

°15) KEVIN KUREK °31°5'5 °168° DL ° 6/25/66 °VAL. FORGE ° - °

°16) JOHN LEMONS °29°5'8 °220°DL/LB/RB° 5/18/66 °ST. JOSEPH °ASHLAND °

°17) RICK MACER °25°5'11°195° DL/LB ° 3/17/61 °WORTHINGTON°BALD WALL°

°18) MATT MILLER °81°5'10°180° WR/DL ° 12/4/70 °WILL. SOUTH°LAKELAND °

°19) CHUCK PENZENIK °40°5'11°180° DB ° 8/16/73 °REVERE °PENN ST. °

°20) DERRICK RIPPY ° 2°5'8 °190° DB ° 6/12/62 °CHANEL °MT UNION °

°21) CODY ROBERTS °27°6'3 °208° WR/DB ° 8/23/70 °EAST TECH °CENTRAL °

°22) BARRY TIELSCH °75°6'2 °290° OL ° 6/5/74 °PENN HILLS °PENN ST. °

°23) JAY WALKER °23°5'9 °165°WR/RB/DB° 9/25/75 °CLEV HTS °HIRAM °

°24) ED WASHINGTON °88°6'3 °192° WR/DB ° 9/14/62 °ST. JOSEPH °OHIO UNIV°

°25) ROB WILSON °86°6'5 °250° TE/DL ° 9/18/68 °WARRENSVILE°SLIP/ROCK°

°26) DAN YANICK ° 1°6'0 °215° K/P ° 12/18/65 °BRUSH ° - °

°COACHING STAFF °BIRTH/DAY°HIGH SCHOOL°COLLEGE°

°MIKE CIHON °HEAD COACH/GENERAL MGR/OWNER° 4/10/55 °ST. JOSEPH °CLEV ST°

°MIKE LOTENERO °ASSISTANT COACH ° 9/15/57 °NORDONIA °CLEV ST°

°AL SINKOVIC °ASSISTANT COACH ° 5/15/49 °EUCLID °J.CAROL°

°AMOS WINSTON °ASSISTANT COACH ° 2/28/53 °SHAW °CLEV ST°

°GREG COPELAND °EQUIPMENT MGR ° 2/3/61 °SHAW °CCC MET°

°JENNY AKESON °VIDEO/EQUIPMENT MGR ° 3/3/69 °TERRA LINDA°B. WALL°

 

Gibbs 1999 Schedule

May 1st May 8th May 15th
  • Buffalo at Cleveland
  • Fort Wayne at Columbus
  • Dayton at Toledo
  • Toledo at Buffalo
  • Dayton at Columbus
  • Cleveland at Fort Wayne
  • Columbus at Cleveland
  • Fort Wayne at Toledo
  • Buffalo at Dayton
May 22nd May 29th June 5th
  • Cleveland at Columbus
  • Toledo at Fort Wayne
  • Dayton at Buffalo
  • Buffalo at Toledo 
  • Columbus at Dayton
  • Fort Wayne at Cleveland
  • Toledo at Cleveland
  • Dayton at Fort Wayne
  • Columbus at  Buffalo
June 12th June 19th June 26th
  • Cleveland at Toledo  
  • Fort Wayne at Dayton
  • Buffalo at Columbus
  • Fort Wayne at Buffalo
  • Columbus at Toledo
  • Dayton at Cleveland
  • Cleveland at Buffalo
  • Columbus at Fort Wayne
  • Toledo at Dayton
 

July 3rd

  
 
  • Buffalo  at Fort Wayne
  • Toledo at Columbus
  • Cleveland at Dayton
  
July 10th July 17th July 24th

 

Wild Card Playoffs

  • 1st Place - Bye
  • 2nd Place - Bye
  • 6th Place at 3rd Place
  • 5th Place at 4th Place

 

Semi-Finals

  • 4/5 Winner at 1st Place
  • 3/6 Winner at 2nd Place

Championship Game

Canton, Ohio

Team / Player Statistics

Buffalo at Cleveland

Cleveland at Fort Wayne

Columbus at Cleveland

Cleveland at Columbus

Fort Wayne at Cleveland

Toledo at Cleveland

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