2017 Columbus Lions season

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2017 Columbus Lions season
OwnerRick Jacobson
Skip Seda
Duke Liberatore
Jan McBarron
Keith Norred
John Hargrove
Kike Seda
Head coach Jason Gibson
Home stadium Columbus Civic Center
Results
Record9–3
Conference place3rd
PlayoffsWon NAL Semifinals 52–50 (Steelhawks)
Lost NAL Championship 21–27 (Sharks)

The 2017 Columbus Lions season was the eleventh season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the National Arena League (NAL). The Lions were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season.

Contents

Led by head coach Jason Gibson, the Lions played their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.

Standings

2017 National Arena League standings
WLPCTPFPAGBSTK
zJacksonville Sharks 111.917697299L1
yLehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
xColumbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
xMonterrey Steel 74.6364783643.5W1
High Country Grizzlies 37.3004494847.0L4
Georgia Firebirds 29.1823725768.5L5
Dayton Wolfpack 07.0001254788.5L7
Corpus Christi Rage 09.0001666249.5L9

z – clinched home field advantage

y – clinched home playoff game

x – clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016 [1]

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1FridayMarch 177:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 41–560–1 Columbus Civic Center 2,456
2SundayMarch 267:00pmat Corpus Christi Rage W 85–181–1 American Bank Center 536
3SundayApril 27:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 63–502–1Columbus Civic Center2,017
4SundayApril 97:00pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 54–602–2 PPL Center
5 BYE
6SaturdayApril 227:00pm High Country Grizzlies W 57–443–2Columbus Civic Center2,551
7SaturdayApril 297:00pmat Jacksonville SharksL 28–373–3 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 7,103
8SaturdayMay 67:00pm Monterrey Steel W 48–184–3Columbus Civic Center2,425
9 BYE
10SaturdayMay 207:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 77–05–3Columbus Civic Center6,425
11SaturdayMay 277:00pmat High Country GrizzliesW 56–416–3 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
12SaturdayJune 37:00pmCorpus Christi RageW 81–127–3Columbus Civic Center2,735
13MondayJune 127:00pmat Monterrey SteelW 49–428–3 Arena Monterrey 3,000
14SaturdayJune 177:00pmat Georgia FirebirdsW 50–349–3 Albany Civic Center

Post-season

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
First RoundFridayJune 237:30pmat Lehigh Valley SteelhawksW 52–501–0PPL Center
ChampionshipMondayJuly 107:00pmat Jacksonville SharksL 21–271–1Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Roster

2017 Columbus Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  9 Kyle Griswould
  •  7 Chris Pickett
  • 12 Marte Sears
  •  3 Chris Smith
  • 21Tyler Stephenson

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • --Tovar AllenOL Injury icon 2.svg (IR)
  • -- Kendrick Perry RB(DNR)
  • 75Brandon ThomasOL Injury icon 2.svg (IR)
  • --Gary WilkinsDL(Exempt)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 5, 2017
24 Active, 4 Inactive

References

  1. "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.