2008 Kansas City Brigade season

The 2008 Kansas City Brigade season was the third season for the franchise, second in the American Conference's Central Division. After starting the season with 6 consecutive losses, the Brigade finished the season with a 3–13 record, however still the worst record in the American Conference.

2008 Kansas City Brigade season
Head coachKevin Porter
Home fieldSprint Center
Results
Record3–13
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Standings edit

Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
z-Chicago Rush 11 5 .688 926 765 6–0 9–1 7–1 4–4
x-Colorado Crush 6 10 .375 847 907 2–4 4–6 4–4 2–6
x-Grand Rapids Rampage 6 10 .375 952 968 3–3 4–6 3–5 3–5
Kansas City Brigade 3 13 .188 752 923 1–5 1–9 2–6 1–7

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

Regular season schedule edit

Week Date Opponent Result Record Location Attendance Recap
1 March 1 Tampa Bay Storm L 49–51 0–1 Sprint Center 13,356 Recap
2 March 9 at New York Dragons L 47–50 0–2 Nassau Coliseum 10,542 Recap
3 Bye Week
4 March 24 Grand Rapids Rampage L 52–92 0–3 Sprint Center 12,943 Recap
5 March 29 San Jose SaberCats L 36–44 0–4 Sprint Center 13,146 Recap
6 April 4 at Georgia Force L 63–70 0–5 The Arena at Gwinnett Center 10,052 Recap
7 April 14 Chicago Rush L 42–49 0–6 Sprint Center 13,184 Recap
8 April 19 Colorado Crush W 55–53 1–6 Sprint Center 14,057 Recap
9 April 25 at Grand Rapids Rampage L 38–72 1–7 Van Andel Arena 8,102 Recap
10 May 3 at Utah Blaze L 50–67 1–8 EnergySolutions Arena 12,208 Recap
11 May 10 Columbus Destroyers W 59–43 2–8 Sprint Center 12,736 Recap
12 May 18 Orlando Predators L 51–58 2–9 Sprint Center 10,992 Recap
13 May 22 at Philadelphia Soul W 54–47 3–9 Wachovia Center 14,473 Recap
14 May 31 at Chicago Rush L 47–52 3–10 Allstate Arena 16,164 Recap
15 June 8 Arizona Rattlers L 34–73 3–11 Sprint Center 12,210 Recap
16 June 14 at Los Angeles Avengers L 48–51 3–10 Staples Center 11,282 Recap
17 June 21 at Colorado Crush L 27–51 3–13 Pepsi Center 13,571 Recap

Coaching edit

Name Title
Kevin Porter Head Coach
Kelly Williams Coaching Assistant
Ricky Foggie Offensive Coordinator
Maurice Blanding Defensive Coordinator
Otis Moore Line Coach
Travis Crusenberry Line Coach
Jared White Head Athletic Trainer

Final roster edit

2008 Kansas City Brigade roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 49 Dawan Moss

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 56 Chris Cook
  • 73 Larrell Johnson
  • 75 Ed Ta'amu
  • 99 Jamar Ward

Defensive linemen

  •  9 Chris Demaree
  • 95 Arrion Dixon
  • 91 Neil Purvis
  •  1 Jerry Turner
Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

  •  6 Peter Martinez
Injury reserve
  •  3 Kahlil Carter DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  
  •  8 Travis Coleman DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  
  • 14 Brandon Isaiah FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  
  • 15 Chris Jones DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  
  • 67 Jon Hall OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  
  • 98 Khaleed Vaughn DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)  

Refused to report

  • currently vacant

Other league exempt

  • currently vacant

Suspension

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • 48 Antonio Ficklin LB
  • 17 Matt Kohn QB
  •  7 Ces’are Manning DB
  • 92 Joe Woolridge DL

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 21, 2008
22 Active, 6 Inactive, 4 PS

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Stats edit

Regular season edit

Week 1: vs Tampa Bay Storm edit

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 7 16 141451
KC 7 21 71449

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: March 1
  • Game time: 6:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,356
Game information

Week 2: at New York Dragons edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 12 7 131547
NY 7 9 142050

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

  • Date: March 9
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,542
Game information

Week 3 edit

Bye Week

Week 4: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage edit

Period 1 2 34Total
GR 14 34 232192
KC 17 14 71452

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

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

Week 5: vs. San Jose SaberCats edit

Period 1 2 34Total
SJ 14 10 14644
KC 7 14 7836

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: March 29
  • Game time: 6:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,146
Game information

Week 6: at Georgia Force edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 21 14 72163
GA 7 21 212170

at The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia

  • Date: April 4
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,052
Game information

Week 7: vs. Chicago Rush edit

Period 1 2 34Total
CHI 14 14 71449
KC 0 21 71442

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 14
  • Game time: 8:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,184
Game information

Week 8: vs. Colorado Crush edit

Period 1 2 34Total
COL 19 6 161253
KC 14 14 131455

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 19
  • Game time: 6:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,057
Game information

Week 9: at Grand Rapids Rampage edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 7 10 14738
GR 20 21 141772

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 Utah Blaze edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 7 14 92050
UTA 13 20 132167

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: May 3
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,208
Game information

Week 11: vs. Columbus Destroyers edit

Period 1 2 34Total
CLB 7 14 71543
KC 14 14 141759

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 6:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,736
Game information

Week 12: vs. Orlando Predators edit

Period 1 2 34Total
ORL 14 21 91458
KC 14 17 13751

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: May 18
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,992
Game information

Week 13: at Philadelphia Soul edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 20 13 71454
PHI 14 6 141347

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: May 22
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,473
Game information

Week 14: at Chicago Rush edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 20 14 01347
CHI 14 14 71752

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: May 31
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,164
Game information

Week 15: vs. Arizona Rattlers edit

Period 1 2 34Total
ARZ 13 36 141073
KC 14 6 01434

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: June 8
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,210
Game information

Week 16: at Los Angeles Avengers edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 7 24 71048
LA 10 10 141751

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 6:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,282
Game information

Week 17: at Colorado Crush edit

Period 1 2 34Total
KC 0 14 01327
COL 14 16 71451

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,571
Game information

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