Corpus Christi Rage
| Corpus Christi Rage | |
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| Established 2016 Folded 2017 Played in Corpus Christi, Texas at the American Bank Center CCRage.com | |
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Black, Red, White |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Eric Smith |
| President | Eric Smith |
| General manager | Leonard Harris |
| Head coach | Steven Fillmore |
| Team history | |
| Championships | |
| League championships (0) | |
| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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The Corpus Christi Rage was a professional indoor football team and a charter member of the National Arena League (NAL) that began play in its inaugural 2017 season. Based in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Rage played their home games at the American Bank Center.
The Rage were the third arena/indoor football team to call Corpus Christi home, following the Corpus Christi Hammerheads/Fury, which played in eight different leagues from 2004 until 2016, and the Corpus Christi Sharks, which played in the af2 from 2007 until 2009.
History
On October 17, 2016, the Rage announced they had joined the new Arena Developmental League (which then became the National Arena League) in an introductory press conference, with their logo and color scheme unveiled that day.[1] The Rage are owned by Corpus Christi-area businessman Eric Dee Smith, who is an Army veteran and a former corrections officer, with Leonard Harris serving as the team's general manager. The ADL officially confirmed the Rage's membership on October 28.[2]
After the team's fourth game of their inaugural 2017 season, the Rage's operations were apparently taken over by the league from owner Eric Smith.[3] Afterwards, the Rage had two home games cancelled during the season by the league: the first being the May 20 game against the Georgia Firebirds (another league operated team at that point) and their final June 16 game against the High Country Grizzlies as both teams had already been eliminated from playoff contention.[4] Neither game was considered a forfeit and were simply erased from the league schedules. The Rage folded during the last week of the season.
Coaching staff
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Statistics and records
Season-by-season results
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | League Leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | NAL | 8th | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 9 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2017) | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | — | All-time postseason record (2017) | ||||||||
| 0 | 9 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2017) | ||||||||
Head coach
| Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||
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| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
| Steven Fillmore | 2017 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | — | — | |
References
- ^ "Ceremony held for new Corpus Christi Rage arena football team". KIII-TV. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ "League to Welcome Corpus Christi Rage for 2017 Play". Arena Developmental League. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. April 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Another indoor football team bites the dust, Rage calls it quits after going 0-9". KRIS-TV. June 15, 2017.