2048 Minnesota Grey Ducks season

2048 Minnesota Grey Ducks season
Owner	Revolution Five
General manager	Painted IceBear
Home field	The Quack Shack
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	1st NFC North
Playoff finish	Won NFC Playoffs (Coyotes) 32–27 Lost Ultimini XXXIII (Seawolves) 17–24
Pro Bowlers	N/A
AP All-Pros	N/A
Uniform

The 2048 (S33) season was the Minnesota Grey Ducks' 30th season in the Developmental Simulation Football League, and their third under general manager Painted.

The Grey Ducks finished 10–4, improving upon their 7–7 record from the previous year, returning to the playoffs, and finishing with an Ultimini XIII loss to the Norfolk Seawolves. IceBear, Grey Ducks' co general manager, moved to Honolulu and was replaced by TubaDeus following the season's end.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2048-08-27	at Portland Pythons	W 26–18	1–0	The Snake Pit	Recap
2	2048-09-03	vs London Royals	W 24–10	2–0	The Quack Shack	Recap
3	2048-09-10	vs Kansas City Coyotes	W 13–0	3–0	The Quack Shack	Recap
4	2048-09-17	at Dallas Birddogs	L 13–20	3–1	The Doghouse	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2048-09-24	at Portland Pythons	W 41–14	1–0	The Snake Pit	Recap
2	2048-10-01	vs London Royals	W 27–14	2–0	The Quack Shack	Recap
3	2048-10-08	vs Kansas City Coyotes	L 13–20	2–1	The Quack Shack	Recap
4	2048-10-15	at Dallas Birddogs	W 32–19	3–1	The Doghouse	Recap
5	2048-10-22	vs Tijuana Luchadores	L 32–34	3–2	The Quack Shack	Recap
6	2048-10-29	at Norfolk Seawolves	W 30–7	4–2	Norfolksdale Norfolkdome	Recap
7	2048-11-05	at Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 26–24	5–2	Emi War Memorial Stadium	Recap
8	2048-11-12	vs Portland Pythons	L 31–36	5–3	The Quack Shack	Recap
9	2048-11-19	at London Royals	W 28–18	6–3	Royal Wembley Stadium	Recap
10	2048-11-26	at Kansas City Coyotes	L 24–34	6–4	Coyote Stadium	Recap
11	2048-12-03	vs Dallas Birddogs	W 27–14	7–4	The Quack Shack	Recap
12	2048-12-10	at Tijuana Luchadores	W 44–30	8–4	El Santo Coliseo	Recap
13	2048-12-17	vs Norfolk Seawolves	W 26–16	9–4	The Quack Shack	Recap
14	2048-12-24	vs Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 23–10	10–4	The Quack Shack	Recap
Notes: * Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Legend:  #  Games played with dark blue uniforms.  #  Games played with white uniforms.  #  Games played with alternate light blue uniforms.  #  Games played with color rush 'mallard' uniforms.  –  Light green background indicates a victory.  –  Light red background indicates a loss.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Portland Pythons

Week 1: Minnesota Grey Ducks at Portland Pythons – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grey Ducks	14	13	14	0	41
Pythons	7	0	7	0	14

at The Snake Pit

• Date: September 27, 2048
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Indoors, 72 °F (22 °C)
• Recap

Game information

First quarter POR – Smasha Face 2-yard run (Ian Cole III kick), 11:10. MIN – Lane Frost II 67-yard pass from Tobias Worthington Iii (Theo Lariat kick), 3:13. MIN – Lane Frost II 58-yard pass from Tobias Worthington Iii (Theo Lariat kick), 0:12 Second quarter MIN – Kawai Bartok 9-yard run (Theo Lariat kick no good), 6:35 MIN – Kawai Bartok 9-yard run (Theo Lariat kick), 2:55 Third quarter MIN – Billy Stinkwater 11-yard pass from Tobias Worthington Iii (Theo Lariat kick), 11:13 POR – Molki Koivu 64-yard pass from Boone McCoy (Ian Cole III kick), 8:50 MIN – Lane Frost II 7-yard pass from Tobias Worthington Iii (Theo Lariat kick), 1:55 Fourth quarter No scoring plays. Top passers MIN – Tobias Worthington Iii – 20/23, 363 yards, 4 TD, INT POR – Boone McCoy – 21/39, 251 yards, TD, INT Top rushers MIN – Kawai Bartok – 38 rushes, 156 yards, 2 TD POR – Smasha Face – 15 rushes, 52 yards, TD Top receivers MIN – Lane Frost II – 7 receptions, 198 yards, 3 TD POR – Molki Koivu – 7 receptions, 122 yards, TD

Week 7: at Bondi Beach Buccaneers

Week 7: Minnesota Mallards at Bondi Beach Buccaneers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mallards	0	0	0	0	0
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0

at Emu War Memorial Stadium

• Date: November 8, 2048
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Indoors, 72 °F (22 °C)

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter No scoring plays.

Standings

League

DSFL
Team	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Conference winners
Tijuana Luchadores	10	4	0	.714	4–2	415	343	L1
Minnesota Grey Ducks	10	4	0	.714	3–3	394	290	W4
Wild cards
Kansas City Coyotes	7	7	0	.500	4–2	295	319	W2
Norfolk Seawolves	7	7	0	.500	3–3	360	296	W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
Bondi Beach Buccaneers	7	7	0	.500	2–4	334	302	L2
London Royals	6	8	0	.429	2–4	332	258	W3
Dallas Birddogs	5	9	0	.357	3–3	295	323	L5
Portland Pythons	4	10	0	.286	2–4	296	480	L2

Conference

NFC North
Team	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Grey Ducks	10	4	0	.714	3–3	394	290	W4
Kansas City Coyotes	7	7	0	.500	4–2	295	319	W2
London Royals	6	8	0	.429	3–3	332	358	W3
Portland Pythons	4	10	0	.286	2–4	296	480	L2

Postseason

As the result of clinching the NFC North division title, the Grey Ducks got the NFC Conference Championship Game home field advantage.

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
CC	2049-01-07	vs Kansas City Coyotes	W 32–27	1–0	The Quack Shack	Recap
UL	2049-01-21	vs Norfolk Seawolves	L 17–24	1–1	Singa Pura Stadium	Recap
Legend:  #  Game played with dark blue uniforms.  #  Game played with alternate light blue uniforms.  –  Light green background indicates a victory.  –  Light red background indicates a loss.