2008 Kansas City Brigade season
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The 2008
Kansas City Brigade
season is the third season for the franchise, second in the American Conference's Central Division. After starting the season with 6 consecutive losses, the Brigade finished the season with a 3-13 record, however still the worst record in the American Conference.
Week 1: vs Tampa Bay Storm
Week 2: at New York Dragons
Week 4: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage
Week 5: vs. San Jose SaberCats
Week 6: at Georgia Force
Week 7: vs. Chicago Rush
Week 8: vs. Colorado Crush
Week 9: at Grand Rapids Rampage
Week 10: at Utah Blaze
Week 11: vs. Columbus Destroyers
Week 12: vs. Orlando Predators
Week 13: at Philadelphia Soul
Week 14: at Chicago Rush
Week 15: vs. Arizona Rattlers
Week 16: at Los Angeles Avengers
Week 17: at Colorado Crush
2008 Arena Football League season
The 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd season of the Arena Football League and final season before the 2009 cancellation. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22...
Kansas City Brigade
Kansas City Brigade
The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach...
season is the third season for the franchise, second in the American Conference's Central Division. After starting the season with 6 consecutive losses, the Brigade finished the season with a 3-13 record, however still the worst record in the American Conference.
Regular season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 1 | Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa.... |
Home | L 49-51 |
| 2 | March 9 | New York Dragons New York Dragons The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded... |
Away | L 47-50 |
| 3 | Bye | Week | ||
| 4 | March 24 | Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team. They were coached by Steve Thonn.-History:... |
Home | L 52-92 |
| 5 | March 29 | San Jose SaberCats San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the... |
Home | L 36-44 |
| 6 | April 4 | Georgia Force Georgia Force The Georgia Force are an Arena Football League team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States that plays in the South Division of the American Conference. The team is owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings... |
Away | L 63-70 |
| 7 | April 14 | Chicago Rush Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the... |
Home | L 42-49 |
| 8 | April 19 | Colorado Crush Colorado Crush Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009... |
Home | W 55-53 |
| 9 | April 25 | Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team. They were coached by Steve Thonn.-History:... |
Away | L 38-72 |
| 10 | May 3 | Utah Blaze Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :... |
Away | L 50-67 |
| 11 | May 10 | Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They folded along with the original incarnation of the AFL following the 2008 season, after a total of... |
Home | W 59-43 |
| 12 | May 18 | Orlando Predators Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 19 seasons in a row, as of the season, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000... |
Home | L 51-58 |
| 13 | May 22 | Philadelphia Soul Philadelphia Soul The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII... |
Away | W 54-47 |
| 14 | May 31 | Chicago Rush Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the... |
Away | L 47-52 |
| 15 | June 8 | Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center... |
Home | L 34-73 |
| 16 | June 15 | Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:... |
Away | L 48-51 |
| 17 | June 21 | Colorado Crush Colorado Crush Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009... |
Away | L 27-51 |
Coaching
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kevin Porter Kevin Porter (American football) Kevin Porter is a college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach in the United States. He played defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets in the National Football League... |
Head Coach |
| Kelly Williams | Coaching Assistant |
| Ricky Foggie | Offensive Coordinator |
| Maurice Blanding | Defensive Coordinator |
| Otis Moore | Line Coach |
| Travis Crusenberry | Line Coach |
| Jared White | Head Athletic Trainer |
Roster
| # | Player Name | College | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Roster | ||||||
| 1 | Turner, Jerry | Tennessee Tech | LB | 6-3 | 270 | 2 |
| 2 | Horacek, Mike | Iowa State | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 10 |
| 4 | Robinson, James | Butler CC | WR | 6-3 | 200 | R |
| 6 | Martinez, Peter | Western Kentucky | K | 6-3 | 185 | 3 |
| 9 | Demaree, Chris | Kentucky | DL | 6-3 | 285 | 3 |
| 10 | Myers, Jerel | Louisiana State University | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 1 |
| 11 | Bryant, D | Duke | QB | 6-2 | 205 | R |
| 12 | Brown, Jerald | Glenville State | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 4 |
| 16 | Fitzgerald, John | Tulsa | QB | 6-4 | 230 | 6 |
| 18 | Frederick, Charles | Washington | WR | 5-11 | 185 | R |
| 24 | Smalls, Denario | East Tennessee State | DB/LB | 5-9 | 185 | 3 |
| 25 | Montgomery, Delmonico | Houston | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 4 |
| 26 | Holder, William | Monmouth (N.J.) | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 5 |
| 34 | Avery, Chris | Kentucky State | FB/LB | 6-0 | 238 | 6 |
| 49 | Moss, Dawan | Michigan State | FB | 5-10 | 270 | 3 |
| 56 | Cook, Chris | TN-Chattanooga | OL | 6-1 | 313 | 1 |
| 73 | Johnson, Larrell | South Carolina | OL | 6-2 | 320 | 3 |
| 75 | Ta'amu, Ed | Utah | OL | 6-2 | 335 | 1 |
| 82 | Williams, Boo | Arkansas | WR | 6-4 | 265 | 1 |
| 91 | Purvis, Neil | Virginia | DL | 6-3 | 280 | 1 |
| 95 | Dixon, Arrion | Arkansas | DL | 6-4 | 293 | R |
| 99 | Ward, Jamarr | Morningside (Iowa) | OL | 6-4 | 375 | 4 |
| Practice Squad | ||||||
| 7 | Manning, Ces’are | Indianapolis | WR | 6-1 | 200 | R |
| 17 | Kohn, Matt | Indianapolis | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 1 |
| 48 | Ficklin, Antonio | San Jose St | LB | 6-2 | 273 | 1 |
| 92 | Woolridge, Joe | Western Kentucky | DL | 6-2 | 290 | R |
| Injured Reserve | ||||||
| 3 | Carter, Kahlil | Arkansas | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 4 |
| 8 | Coleman, Travis | Hampton (Va.) | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 1 |
| 14 | Isaiah, Brandon | Virginia | FB | 6-0 | 255 | R |
| 15 | Jones, Chris | Jackson State | DB | 6-3 | 203 | R |
| 67 | Hall, Jon | North Carolina A&T | OL/DL | 6-5 | 330 | 2 |
| 98 | Vaughn, Khaleed | Clemson | DL | 6-4 | 278 | 1 |