2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles season

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2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles season
OwnerProject FANchise
Head coachWilliam McCarthy (2 games)
Matthew Sauk
Home fieldMaverik Center
Results
Record5-11
Conference place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise; they are an expansion team of the Indoor Football League. The Screaming Eagles were one of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Screaming Eagles are members of the Intense Conference. The Screaming Eagles played their home games at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.

Season events

The team was announced in April 2016 by a group called Project FANchise with the intent on creating an entirely fan operated indoor football team.[1] The project announced that fans would vote on every aspect of the team including the name of the team, signing players, and calling plays. On June 6, the name of the team was announced as the Screaming Eagles after the 101st Airborne Division.[2] The name was picked over the more controversial choices of "Teamy McTeamface," "Sandtroopers,"[3] and "Stormin' Mormons."[4] William McCarthy was voted in as the first head coach in franchise history.

The team lost their opening game before going on to win first game the next week by defeating the Colorado Crush 42–41 on February 26. On March 1, the team then fired head coach William McCarthy due to philosophical differences after only two games.[5] Director of operations Ray Austin was named the interim head coach for the bye week.[6] On March 6, the Screaming Eagles announced former Utah State Aggies quarterback Matthew Sauk as the new head coach without a fan vote.

Staff

2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles staff
Front Office
  • Majority Owner – Project FANchise
  • President – Thom Carter
  

Head Coach

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – The Fans
  • Offensive line coach – Jaren Skinner

Defensive Coaches

  • co-Defensive Coordinator – Sergio Gilliam
  • co-Defensive Coordinator – Kevin Bello
  • Offensive line coach – Jaren Skinner

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Thursday February 16 7:00pm Nebraska Danger L 47–78[7] 0-1 Maverik Center 8,191
2 Sunday February 26 3:00pm at Colorado Crush W 42–41 (OT) 1-1 Budweiser Events Center
3 BYE
4 Monday March 13 7:00pm Spokane Empire L 35-41[8] 1-2 Maverik Center 4,196
5 BYE
6 Friday March 24 7:00pm at Spokane Empire L 36–53[9] 1–3 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
7 Friday March 31 7:00pm Colorado Crush L 49–52[10] 1–4 Maverik Center 4,121
8 Saturday April 8 7:05pm at Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 33–39 1–5 Kay Yeager Coliseum
9 Friday April 14 7:00pm Arizona Rattlers L 60–73 1–6 Maverik Center 3,785
10 Saturday April 22 7:05pm at Nebraska Danger L 30–49 1–7 Eihusen Arena
11 Sunday April 30 3:00pm at Spokane Empire L 29–31 1–8 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
12 Sunday May 7 4:30pm at Colorado Crush W 64–41 2–8 Budweiser Events Center
13 Friday May 12 7:00pm Colorado Crush W 38–37 3–8 Maverik Center 4,855
14 Saturday May 20 7:00pm at Arizona Rattlers L 33–63 3–9 Talking Stick Resort Arena
15 Monday May 29 7:00pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 64–27 4–9 Maverik Center 2,981
16 Friday June 2 7:00pm Iowa Barnstormers L 36–58 4–10 Maverik Center 3,873
17 Saturday June 10 7:05pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 34–37 4–11 Resch Center 4,657
18 Friday June 16 7:00pm Spokane Empire W 45–42 5–11 Maverik Center 4,581

Standings

2017 Intense Conference
W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK
y - Arizona Rattlers 12 4 0 .750 782 610 8–1 — W8
x - Nebraska Danger 9 7 0 .563 717 660 5–2 3.0 W1
Spokane Empire 8 8 0 .500 654 677 7–5 4.0 L3
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles 5 11 0 .313 675 762 4–8 7.0 W1
Colorado Crush 3 13 0 .188 629 821 2–10 8.0 L4

Roster

2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Verlon Reed

Running backs

  • 17 Bubba Poole
  • 16 Lucien Walker

Wide receivers

  • 14 Dorian Buford
  • 21 Juwan Dotson
  •  8 Delric Ellington
  • 84 Devin Mahina
  •  7 Chris Robinson
  • 10 Dontrelle Sanford
  • 11 Tanqueray Towns
 Offensive linemen
  • 92 Siaosi Aiono
  • 99 Zach Fondal
  • 52 Royce Roxas

Defensive linemen

  • 75 Quinton Bradley
  • 97 Viliseni Fauonuku
  • 53 Sisale Hautau
  • 52 Michael Ward
  • 93 Seante Williams
 Linebackers
  • 25 Jerome McElroy
  •  9 Gionni Paul

Defensive backs

  •  6 Ed Burns
  • 11 James Calhoun
  • 12 Rashard Greene
  • 14 Kelvin Lee
  •  3 Don Unamba

Special teams

  • 13 Scott Thomsen
 Reserve lists
  •  2 Breon Allen RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 10 Trent Andrus K (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 99 David Gilbert DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 52 Ofa Hautau DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 51 Alex Land OL (Exempt)
  • 10 Derwyn Lauderdale WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Lene Maiava OL (Exempt)
  • 15 Gianni Olivas DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  9 Devon Price WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  5 Jesse Scroggins QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 13 Cy Strahm WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 13, 2017
25 Active, 12 Inactive

References

  1. ^ "Project FANchise Launches First-Ever Fan-Run Pro Sports Team". OurSports Central. April 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Fans Have Spoken: Team Name is "Screaming Eagles"". OurSports Central". June 7, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Teamy McTeamfaces losing ground in naming contest for Utah's Indoor Football team". KSTU. June 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Stormin' Mormons and Teamy McTeamFace lead fan vote to name Utah pro football franchise". Salt Lake Tribune. May 24, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Screaming Eagles Make Coaching Change". IFL. March 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Two Games In, Salt Lake Screaming Eagles Are Looking For A New Head Coach". KTVX. March 1, 2017.
  7. ^ Brennan Smith (February 17, 2017). "Arena football: Salt Lake Screaming Eagles drop opener to Nebraska Danger 78-47 (with video)". www.sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Empire ground Screaming Eagles in IFL action". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "Spokane Empire thwarts Salt Lake – and its play-calling fans". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  10. ^ "Screaming Eagles lose to Crush on last-second field goal". www.si.com. Time Inc. April 1, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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