THE DES MOINES SPARTANS REGULAR SEASON ENDED WITH A DISAPPOINTING LOSS.  ACCEPTING AN INVITATION TO PLAY IN THE MID-STATES FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, THE SPARTANS WILL PLAY THE GMFL CHAMPION(15-1) CHICAGO CARDINALS IN THE SECOND ROUND.  THE SPARTANS DEFEATED THE CHICAGO WOLVERINES 38-8 IN THE FIRST ROUND.