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 coachAntwone Savage
OwnerTerence Fowler, Sr.
Home fieldAlbany Civic Center
Results
Record2–9
Conference place6th
Playoff finishDid 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 111.917697299—L1
y - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
x - Columbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
x - Monterrey 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[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
 Offensive linemen
  • 69 Bradley Clapsaddle
  • 52 Dana Harris
  • -- Robert Singleton

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Charles Henderson
  • 12 Joshua Bradley
  • 99 Devonte McClain
  • 37 Howard Stephens
 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

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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.
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