Fort Wayne Fusion

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Fort Wayne Fusion
Fort Wayne Fusion
Conference American
Division Midwest
Year founded 2007
Home arena Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
City, State Fort Wayne, Indiana
Indoor football championships None

The Fort Wayne Fusion was a 2007 af2 (Arena Football League's minor league) expansion team in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. They played their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was the former home of the defunct National Indoor Football League/United Indoor Football franchise, the Fort Wayne Freedom.

The Fusion played their first game in the af2 on March 31st, 2007 [1] against the Green Bay Blizzard, who were the then-defending American Conference champions.

On February 20, 2007, the team announced an updated logo and colors, switching to a retro-style orange and purple color scheme. [2]

After only one year of existence, the Fusion folded and a new version of the Fort Wayne Freedom was formed for the Continental Indoor Football League.

Contents

[edit] Coaches

  • "Touchdown" Eddie Brown - Head Coach (2007)
  • Tony Henderson - Defensive Coordinator (2007)
  • "Downtown" Eddie Brown - Special Teams Coordinator (2007)

[edit] Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season W L T Finish Playoff results
2007 5 11 0 4th AC Midwest --

[edit] 2007 Season

[edit] Schedule

The Fort Wayne Fusion's schedule for the 2007 season is as follows: (Home Games in bold)

Date Opponent Time (Eastern) Location Result Record
Saturday, March 31, 2007 vs. Green Bay Blizzard 7:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum W (36-28) 1-0
Saturday, April 7, 2007 @ Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings 8:00 PM CenturyTel Center L (52-67) 1-1
Sunday, April 15, 2007 vs. Spokane Shock 4:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum W (63-56) 2-1
Saturday, April 21, 2007 @ Manchester Wolves 7:05 PM Verizon Wireless Arena L (41-54) 2-2
Saturday, April 28, 2007 vs. Albany Conquest 7:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum L (21-35) 2-3
Saturday, May 5, 2007 @ Cincinnati Jungle Kats 7:30 PM U.S. Bank Arena L (32-35) 2-4
Friday, May 11, 2007 vs. Louisville Fire 7:30 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum L (42-48) 2-5
Saturday, May 19, 2007 BYE WEEK
Saturday, May 26, 2007 vs. Tennessee Valley Vipers 7:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum W (56-33) 3-5
Saturday, June 2, 2007 @ Albany Conquest 4:00 PM Times Union Center L (33-77) 3-6
Friday, June 8, 2007 vs. Quad City Steamwheelers 7:30 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum L (47-64) 3-7
Saturday, June 16, 2007 @ Louisville Fire 7:00 PM Freedom Hall W (52-34) 4-7
Friday, June 22, 2007 @ Green Bay Blizzard 8:30 PM Resch Center L (28-54) 4-8
Saturday, June 30, 2007 vs. Cincinnati Jungle Kats 7:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum W (47-25) 5-8
Saturday, July 7, 2007 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 7:00 PM Allen County War Memorial Coliseum L (47-48) 5-9
Saturday, July 14, 2007 @ Tennessee Valley Vipers 8:30 PM Von Braun Center L (48-61) 5-10
Saturday, July 21, 2007 BYE WEEK
Thursday, July 26, 2007 @ Quad City Steamwheelers 8:30 PM i wireless Center L (55-56) 5-11

[edit] Current Roster

Fort Wayne Fusion roster
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Quarterbacks

  • 15 Blayne Baggett QB
  • 12 Joe Micco QB

Offensive backs

  •  9 Tyus Jackson FB/LB
  • 30 Joe Johnsonbaugh FB/LB

Receivers

  •  8 Jonathan Graham WR
  • 11 Jermaine Jackson WR/LB
  • 25 Cesare Manning WR
  • 17 Mario Pratcher WR

Kickers

  •  6 Kyle Hooper K
 

Offensive Linemen

  • 65 Lenard Black OL
  • 66 Randy Degg OL
  • 99 A.J. Lindsay OL/DL
  • 72 Stephenol Santos OL/DL
  • 97 Lou Vega OL/DL

Defensive Linemen

  • 95 Ernest Bentz DL
  • 91 Darian Tate DL
  • 33 Ken West DL

Linebackers

  • 11 Jermaine Jackson WR/LB
  •  9 Tyus Jackson FB/LB
  • 30 Joe Johnsonbaugh FB/LB
 

Defensive backs

  • 14 Arthur Berlanga DB
  •  2 Derek Brown DB
  •  1 Derrick Simmons DB
  •  3 Nate Williams DB

Injured Reserve Image:Injuryicon.jpg

  • 14 Barry Drakeford DB
  •  3 R.J. Harvey KR
  • 10 Cody Hodges QB
  • 93 Patrick P'au OL/DL
  • 21 Jamal Rufus DB
  •  1 Tyrone Walker WR
  •  4 Terell White FB/LB
  • 89 Rodney Wormley DL

Roster

Updated 2007-07-15


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