2017 Georgia Firebirds season

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

2017 Georgia Firebirds season
Head coach	Antwone Savage
Owner	Terence Fowler, Sr.
Home field	Albany Civic Center
Results
Record	2–9
Conference place	6th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

Led by head coach Antwone Savage, the Firebirds played their home games at the Albany Civic Center. In May 2017, the league apparently took over operations of the Firebirds for the remainder of the season. As a result, the league cancelled the Firebirds' away game at the Corpus Christi Rage (another team the league was operating) as a cost-cutting measure.[1]

Standings

2017 National Arena League standings
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	GB	STK
z - Jacksonville Sharks	11	1	.917	697	299	—	L1
y - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	9	1	.900	610	349	1.0	W7
x - Columbus Lions	9	3	.750	689	412	2.0	W6
x - Monterrey Steel	7	4	.636	478	364	3.5	W1
High Country Grizzlies	3	7	.300	449	484	7.0	L4
Georgia Firebirds	2	9	.182	372	576	8.5	L5
Dayton Wolfpack	0	7	.000	125	478	8.5	L7
Corpus Christi Rage	0	9	.000	166	624	9.5	L9

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[2]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 18	7:00pm	High Country Grizzlies	L 29–62	0–1	Albany Civic Center
2	Saturday	March 25	7:00pm	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 26–55	0–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
3	Sunday	April 2	7:00pm	at Columbus Lions	L 50–63	0–3	Columbus Civic Center
4	Saturday	April 8	7:00pm	Corpus Christi Rage	W 76–26	1–3	Albany Civic Center
5	Saturday	April 15	7:00pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 31–56	1–4	PPL Center
6	BYE
7	Saturday	April 29	7:00pm	Dayton Wolfpack	W 35–32	2–4	Albany Civic Center
8	Sunday	May 7	3:30pm	at High Country Grizzlies	L 31–47	2–5	George M. Holmes Convocation Center
9	BYE
10	Saturday	May 20	7:00pm	at Corpus Christi Rage	Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]		American Bank Center
11	Saturday	May 27	7:05pm	Monterrey Steel	L 26–68	2–6	Albany Civic Center
12	Monday	June 5	7:00pm	at Monterrey Steel	L 8–66	2–7	Arena Monterrey
13	Saturday	June 10	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 26–51	2–8	Albany Civic Center
14	Saturday	June 17	7:00pm	Columbus Lions	L 34–50	2–9	Albany Civic Center

1. Game cancelled by the Firebirds due to not wanting to travel to Corpus Christi

Roster

2017 Georgia Firebirds roster
Quarterbacks 10 Gregory Hankerson Fullbacks 22 Zach Brown Wide receivers  2 Antonio Bearden  8 Byron Dickerson  1 Terrence Ebagua 21 Brian Foy Jr.  4 John Harris  9 Jason Johnson  3 Isaiah Jupiter  5 Jamill Smith		Offensive linemen 69 Bradley Clapsaddle 52 Dana Harris -- Robert Singleton Defensive linemen 90 Charles Henderson 12 Joshua Bradley 99 Devonte McClain 37 Howard Stephens 33 Derrick Wimbush		Linebackers 31 Emmanuel Henry-Ajudua Defensive backs -- Michael Duckworth  6 Cole Furgason -- Kent London  7 Chikadibia Madu 23 Morris Mitchell Special teams 17 Jed Solomon		Reserve lists 23 Dominique Burks DB (IR) -- Jerome Cook OL (Suspended) 52 Joshua Davis OL (Suspended) -- Jamarkus Gaskins LB (IR) -- JaJuan Harley DB (Suspended) 44 Lavar Ledbetter LB (IR) -- Joshua McIntosh K (IR)  3 Sean Potts-Harris DB (Suspended) -- Cory Rue LB (Did Not Report) 70 D'Andre Williams OL (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated June 17, 2017 25 Active, 10 Inactive

References

1. "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. May 22, 2017.
2. "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.