2012 Everett Raptors season

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2012 Everett Raptors season
General managerMike Berry
Head coachSean Ponder
Home field Comcast Arena at Everett
2000 Hewitt Avenue. Suite 200
Everett, WA 98201
Results
Record5-9
Conference place5th Intense
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2012 Everett Raptors season was the team's third season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of sixteen teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Everett, Washington-based Everett Raptors were members of the Intense Conference.

Contents

Under the leadership of owner/general manager Mike Berry and head coach Sean Ponder, the team played their home games at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2SaturdayFebruary 257:05pmat Tri-Cities Fever L 44-700-1 Toyota Center
3ThursdayMarch 17:05pm Allen Wranglers L 27-480-2 Comcast Arena at Everett
4SundayMarch 115:05pmat Wyoming Cavalry W 68-501-2 Casper Events Center
5 BYE
6ThursdayMarch 227:05pm Tri-Cities Fever L 48-541-3 Comcast Arena at Everett
7SaturdayMarch 317:00pm Colorado Ice L 36-491-4 Comcast Arena at Everett
8ThursdayApril 57:05pm Nebraska Danger W 52-352-4 Comcast Arena at Everett
9FridayApril 137:05pmat Tri-Cities Fever L 33-542-5 Toyota Center
10 BYE
11FridayApril 277:05pmat Nebraska Danger L 59-682-6 Eihusen Arena
12FridayMay 47:05pm Tri-Cities Fever L 61-702-7 Comcast Arena at Everett
13SaturdayMay 127:05pmat New Mexico Stars W 74-653-7 Santa Ana Star Center
14SaturdayMay 197:05pmat Allen Wranglers W 74-734-7 Allen Event Center
15SaturdayMay 267:05pm Colorado Ice L 25-544-8 Comcast Arena at Everett
16ThursdayMay 317:05pm New Mexico Stars W 57-355-8 Comcast Arena at Everett
17ThursdayJune 77:05pm Allen Wranglers L 38-565-9 Comcast Arena at Everett
18 BYE

Roster

2012 Everett Raptors roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 28De'Maundray Woolridge

Wide receivers

  •  3 Mike Tatum
  •  9Travis Poole
  •  6Eric Taylor
  •  2Maurice Young
Offensive linemen
  •  7Andy Endemann
  • 65Albert Erni Jr.
  • 68John Mobley
  • 96Maurice Robinson
  • 98Ryan Pahua
  • 72Eddie Williams

Defensive linemen

  • 91Sean Enesi
  • 32Maksim Kuzyuberdin
  • 93Jermaine Smith
  • 44Warren Tauanuu
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  4Brandon Belcher
  • 10Jeremiah Captain
  •  6T. J. McCord
  • 24Austin Smith
  • 23Cashmin Thomas

Kickers

  • 21Dan Kleckner
Injured Reserve
  • 93 John Fields DL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 15 Andre Piper-Jordan WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 62 Richard Posey DL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 25 Marcus Robinson RB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  •  4 Lonie Sanders WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg

Exempt List

  • 12 Blake Bolles QB (Exempt)
  • 72 Jordan Taormina OL (Exempt)

Refused to Report

  • 13 Jihad Morris DB (Did not report)

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 5, 2012
25 Active, 8 Inactive

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Standings

2012 Intense Conference
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
y Tri-Cities Fever 12200.85775061912-0---W2
x Allen Wranglers 9500.6438426709-43.0W3
x Wichita Wild 8600.5716586815-34.0L1
x Colorado Ice 8600.5716815958-54.0L2
Everett Raptors 5900.3576967815-97.0L1
Nebraska Danger 5900.3576647213-67.0L1
Wyoming Cavalry 41000.2866197623-88.0L2
New Mexico Stars 21200.1435417642-1210.0L9

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