2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season

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2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season
Head coach Steve Thonn
Home field Van Andel Arena
Results
Record6–10
Division place2nd
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (Rattlers) 48–41
Won Divisional Playoffs (Rush) 58–41
Lost Conference Championship (SaberCats) 55–81

The 2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season was the 11th season for the franchise. The Rampage finished the regular season 6–10, earning them a spot in the playoffs as the 6th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card playoff game, the Rampage upset the Arizona Rattlers, 48–41. In the Divisional round, the Rampage won in a bigger upset against the top seeded Chicago Rush, 58–41. The Rampage's playoff run was cut short however, after losing the American Conference Championship to defending champion San Jose SaberCats, 55–81. With the ballclub's folding in 2010, this was the franchise's final season. [1]

Contents

Standings

TeamWLPCTPFPADIVCONHomeAway
z-Chicago Rush 115.6889267656–09–17–14–4
x-Colorado Crush 610.3758479072–44–64–42–6
x-Grand Rapids Rampage 610.3759529683–34–63–53–5
Kansas City Brigade 313.1887529231–51–92–61–7

z - Clinched division and conference's best record
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordLocationAttendanceRecap
1Bye Week
2March 10 San Jose SaberCats L 58–660–1 Van Andel Arena 5,833 Recap
3March 14 Chicago Rush L 35–640–2Van Andel Arena10,594 Recap
4March 24at Kansas City Brigade W 92–521–2 Sprint Center 12,943 Recap
5March 30 Los Angeles Avengers W 84–592–2Van Andel Arena5,818 Recap
6April 5at New York Dragons L 34–632–3 Nassau Coliseum 8,211 Recap
7April 13 Orlando Predators L 56–752–4Van Andel Arena6,946 Recap
8April 20at Chicago Rush L 52–552–5 Allstate Arena 16,112 Recap
9April 25 Kansas City Brigade W 72–383–5Van Andel Arena8,102 Recap
10May 2at Colorado Crush L 28–633–6 Pepsi Center 14,527 Recap
11May 10at Dallas Desperados L 54–653–7 American Airlines Center 11,476 Recap
12May 16 Tampa Bay Storm L 50–583–8Van Andel Arena7,205 Recap
13May 24at Arizona Rattlers L 48–523–9 US Airways Center 12,559 Recap
14June 1 Utah Blaze L 56–633–10Van Andel Arena5,252 Recap
15June 7 Colorado Crush W 84–654–10Van Andel Arena7,766 Recap
16June 14at Columbus Destroyers W 63–605–10 Nationwide Arena 12,831 Recap
17June 21at New Orleans VooDoo W 86–706–10 New Orleans Arena 17,006 Recap

Playoff schedule

RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultLocationAttendanceRecap
AC Wild CardJune 30at Arizona Rattlers (3)W 48–41 US Airways Center 10,862 Recap
AC DivisionalJuly 6at Chicago Rush (1)W 58–41 Allstate Arena 14,338 Recap
AC ChampionshipJuly 12at San Jose SaberCats (2)L 55–81 HP Pavilion 14,072 Recap

Coaching

Final roster

2008 Grand Rapids Rampage roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 47Whitney Bell
  • 11 Terrell Browden

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  3 Ryan Bowers
  • 19 Ronald Dillon
  •  2 William Haith
  •  1 Ahmad Hawkins
  •  7 Chris Martin

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • 90 Jason Holman DL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 78 Reggie Jiles OL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  •  8 Chris Johnson WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 75 Marcus Keyes OL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 34 Alan Krutulis FB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 95 Juan Porter OL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 36 Chris Ryan FB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • 77 Gary Jenkins OL
  • 76 Derrick Mackray OL

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 9, 2008
24 Active, 7 Inactive, 2 PS

Stats

Regular season

Week 1

Bye Week

Week 2: vs. San Jose SaberCats

Period1234Total
SJ1421141766
GR1317141458

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 10
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,833
Game information

Week 3: vs. Chicago Rush

Period1234Total
CHI227142164
GR7072135

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 14
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,594
Game information

Week 4: at Kansas City Brigade

Period1234Total
GR1434232192
KC171471452

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: March 24
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,943
Game information

Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Avengers

Period1234Total
LA141682159
GR2828141484

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 30
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,818
Game information

Week 6: at New York Dragons

Period1234Total
GR00211334
NY211421763

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 8,211
Game information

Week 7: vs. Orlando Predators

Period1234Total
ORL133428075
GR714142156

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: April 13
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 6,946
Game information

Week 8: at Chicago Rush

Period1234Total
GR71772152
CHI1314131555

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: April 20
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,112
Game information

Week 9: vs. Kansas City Brigade

Period1234Total
KC71014738
GR2021141772

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: April 25
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 8,102
Game information

Week 10: at Colorado Crush

Period1234Total
GR7147028
COL142814763

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: May 2
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,527
Game information

Week 11: at Dallas Desperados

Period1234Total
GR1317141054
DAL1621141465

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,476
Game information

Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Storm

Period1234Total
TB72820358
GR21714850

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: May 16
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 7,205
Game information

Week 13: at Arizona Rattlers

Period1234Total
GR72114648
ARZ142101752

at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: May 24
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,559
Game information

Week 14: vs. Utah Blaze

Period1234Total
UTA212114763
GR77212156

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 1
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,252
Game information

Week 15: vs. Colorado Crush

Period1234Total
COL1014192265
GR737231784

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 7
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 7,766
Game information

Week 16: at Columbus Destroyers

Period1234Total
GR142121763
CLB102871560

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: N/A
Game information

Week 17: at New Orleans VooDoo

Period1234Total
GR2127102886
NO1421142170

at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 17,006
Game information

Playoffs

American Conference Wild Card: at (3) Arizona Rattlers

Period1234Total
(6) GR101714748
(3) ARZ02014741

at US Airways Arena, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: June 30
  • Game time: 9:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,862
Game information

American Conference Divisional: at (1) Chicago Rush

Period1234Total
(6) GR141772058
(1) CHI71414641

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: July 6
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: TBA
Game information

American Conference Championship: vs. (2) San Jose SaberCats

Period1234Total
(6) GR77142755
(2) SJ1424103381

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: July 12
  • Game time: 3:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,072
Game information

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References

  1. "Rampage dead as Arena Football League franchise". 5 March 2010.