2017 Corpus Christi Rage season

2017 Corpus Christi Rage season
Head coach Steven Filmore
Owner Eric Smith
Home field American Bank Center
Results
Record 0–9
Conference place 8th
Playoff finish Did not qualify

The 2017 Corpus Christi Rage season was the franchise's inaugural season as a professional indoor football franchise; they were an expansion team of the National Arena League. The Rage were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season. At the beginning of the season, the team was led by head coach Steven Filmore. The Rage played their home games at the American Bank Center.

After the team's fourth game of the season, the Rage's operations were apparently taken over by the league from owner Eric Smith.[1] The team's May 20 home game against the Georgia Firebirds was cancelled as a cost-cutting measure as the league had also taken control of the Firebirds franchise the week before.[2]

On June 15, it was announced that the team had suspended operations and was likely to fold at the end of the season, resulting in the cancellation of the team's final game of the season.[3]

Standings

2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z - Jacksonville Sharks 11 1 .917 697 299 — L1
y - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 9 1 .900 610 349 1.0 W7
x - Columbus Lions 9 3 .750 689 412 2.0 W6
x - Monterrey Steel 7 4 .636 478 364 3.5 W1
High Country Grizzlies 3 7 .300 449 484 7.0 L4
Georgia Firebirds 2 9 .182 372 576 8.5 L5
Dayton Wolfpack 0 7 .000 125 478 8.5 L7
Corpus Christi Rage 0 9 .000 166 624 9.5 L9

z - clinched home field advantage

y - clinched home playoff game

x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016[4]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Monday March 20 6:00pm at Monterrey Steel L 12–55 0–1 Arena Monterrey
2 Sunday March 26 6:00pm Columbus Lions L 18–85 0–2 American Bank Center
3 Monday April 3 6:00pm at Monterrey Steel L 28–57 0–3 Arena Monterrey
4 Saturday April 8 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds L 26–76 0–4 Albany Civic Center
5 Sunday April 16 7:00pm at Dayton Wolfpack Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
6 BYE
7 Saturday April 29 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 28–95 0–5 PPL Center
8 Saturday May 6 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 6–71 0–6 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
9 Monday May 15 6:00pm Monterrey Steel L 30–33 0–7 American Bank Center
10 Saturday May 20 6:00pm Georgia Firebirds Cancelled[lower-alpha 2] American Bank Center
11 Sunday May 28 6:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 6–71 0–8 American Bank Center
12 Saturday June 3 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 12–81 0–9 Columbus Civic Center
13 BYE
14 Friday June 16 6:00pm High Country Grizzlies Cancelled[lower-alpha 3] American Bank Center
  1. ↑ Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta
  2. ↑ Game cancelled by the Firebirds due to not wanting to travel to Corpus Christi
  3. ↑ Game cancelled by the Rage as the team suspended operations the week prior.

Roster

2017 Corpus Christi Rage roster
Quarterbacks
  • 11 Kyle Cool
  • 12 Jake Jablonski

Fullbacks

  • 35 Earnest Thomas

Wide receivers

  • 14 Derick Fleming
  • 12 Arvin Jackson
  •  2 J. J. McGee
  •  7 Ed Victorian
Offensive linemen
  • -- Sedrick Flowers
  • 65 Fred Gaines
  • 60 Xavier Ruben

Defensive linemen

  • 19 Roland Bordelon
  • 21 Anthony Gonzales
  • 56 Travis Stephens
  • 99 Armonti Yharbrough
Linebackers
  • 10 Thornton Chandler

Defensive backs

  • 20 Champ Glory
  • 13 Rush Imhotep
  • 30 Jamal Marshall
  •  5 Keith Marshall

Special teams

  • 17 Jimmy Allen
Reserve lists
  •  9 DeAndre Fillmore LB (Exempt.)
  • -- Larry Mbayu DL (Exempt.)
  • 18 Darryl Simon LB (Susp.)
  • -- Isaiah Taylor WR (IR)
  • -- Steve Weingarten QB (IR)
  • -- Wes Worthen DB (Susp.)
  • -- George Williams FB/OL/DL (Susp.)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 26, 2017
20 Active, 8 Inactive

References

  1. ↑ "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. April 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. May 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ Harwell, Alan. "Another indoor football team bites the dust, Rage calls it quits after going 0-9". KRIS-TV. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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