Savannah Steam

Savannah Steam
Founded 2013
Current season 2015
League XLIF (2014)
AIF (2015–present)
Team history Pennsylvania Steam (2014)
Savannah Steam (2014–present)
Based in Reading, Pennslyvania (2014)
Richmond Hill, Georgia (2014-present)
Arena DeVaul Henderson Park (2015-present)
Colors

Red, White, Black

              
Owner(s) Bobby Dammarell
Head coach Bobby Dammarell
General Manager Jenny Dammarell
Championships (0)
Conference titles (0)
Playoff berths (0)
Website savannahsteam.com

The Savannah Steam are a professional indoor football team based in Savannah, Georgia. The Steam are members of American Indoor Football (AIF).

The Steam joined X-League Indoor Football in 2013, as the Pennsylvania Steam based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Midway through the 2014 season, the Steam were sold to a Georgia ownership group, who moved the franchise to Savannah during the regular season. Following the 2014 season, the Steam joined the AIF for the 2015 season.

The Steam play their home games at DeVaul Henderson Park, an outdoor park in Richmond Hill, Georgia.

Franchise history

It was announced in October 2013, that the Pennsylvania Steam would be joining X-League Indoor Football for its inaugural 2014 season, playing their home games at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania under head coach Shane Houser.[1]

2014 season

After playing one road game as the Pennsylvania Steam, the franchise was sold by Missouri Sports Holdings to an ownership group led by Bobby Dammarell in Savannah, Georgia. The team played their remaining three road games as the Savannah Steam, while the four home games that were scheduled to take place in Reading, Pennsylvania were cancelled and counted as wins for the opposing teams.[2][3][4]

2015

The Steam originally were to be part of the 2015 X-League Indoor Football season, but later joined American Indoor Football (AIF).

Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
March 29 7:00 p.m. at Florida Marine Raiders L 40–70 0–1 Lakeland Center
April 11 8:00 p.m. at Alabama Outlawz L 8–82 0–2 Bill Harris Arena
April 25 7:35 p.m. Georgia Rampage L X–0 0–3 Santander Arena
May 3 7:35 p.m. Florida Marine Raiders L X–0 0–4 Santander Arena
May 12 7:00 p.m. at Georgia Rampage L 44–66 0–5 Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center
May 17 7:35 p.m. Alabama Outlawz L X–0 0–6 Santander Arena
May 23 8:35 p.m. at St. Louis Attack L 20–84 0–7 Family Arena
June 8 7:35 p.m. St. Louis Attack L X–0 0–8 Santander Arena

2015 season

It was announced in December 2014, that the Savannah Steam were joining American Indoor Football for the 2015 season, playing their home games at Tiger Arena.[5]

Current roster

Savannah Steam roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Jaha Taylor

Running Backs

  • 32 Louis Bacon
  • 22 Troy Griffin

Wide Receivers

  •  8 Antonio Bearden
  •  1 Kelvin Irving
  • 17 Cordrick Mobley
  •  7 Marquel Wade
Offensive Linemen
  • 34 John Jackson
  • 25 Clyde Johnson
  • 66 Chad Malphrus
  • 46 Shawn Martinez

Defensive Linemen

  •  9 Reggie Givens
  • 15 Will Hoskins
Linebackers
  •  2 Michael Figgers
  • 11 Byron Tillery

Defensive Backs

  •  4 Kevin Cuffee
  • 23 Devonte Green
  • 24 Ken Middleton
  • 21 Randall Richburg

Kickers

  • 13 John Dukes
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Transfer List

  • Currently vacant

Refuse to Report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 7, 2015
20 Active, 0 Inactive

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Coaches

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through Week 6 of the 2015 American Indoor Football season.

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Shane Houser 2014 0 8 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Dammarell 2015-present 4 1 0 .800 0 0

Current staff

Savannah Steam staff
Front Office
  • Chief Executive Officer/Owner - Bobby Dammarell
  • General Manager - Jenny Dammarell
  • Assistant General Manager - Daniel Veal
  • Director of Football Operations - Shawn Martinez
  • Director of Design & Advertising - Chris Parys
  • Team Spokesman/Trainer - JaHa Taylor
  • Marketing - Shawn Martinez
  • Sales - Dewitt Maddox

Head Coach

  • Head Coach – Bobby Dammarell

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Akeem Frison
  • Offensive Line – Joe Levy Williams
  

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Anthony Bryan
  • Defensive Line - Donterrish Prayor

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2014 2014 XLIF 5th 0 8 0
2015 2015 AIF 4 1 0
Totals 4 9 0 All-time regular season record (2014-2015)
0 0 - All-time postseason record (2014-2015)
4 9 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2014)

References

  1. ↑ "X-LEAGUE ADDS PENNSYLVANIA STEAM". xleaguefootball.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Rippey, Brian (April 10, 2014). "Pennsylvania Steam sold, leaves Reading". readingeagle.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Savannah Steam Schedule". oursportscentral.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Curl, Eric (July 8, 2014). "Pro indoor football coming to Savannah". savannahnow.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "American Indoor Football Comes to Savannah". oursportscentral.com. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.