2017 Georgia Firebirds season

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

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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

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

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2017 National Arena League standings

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| 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

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### Regular season

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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

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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[a] | 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

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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 (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
* \-- Jerome Cook OL (Suspended)
* 52 Joshua Davis OL (Suspended)
* \-- Jamarkus Gaskins LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
* \-- JaJuan Harley DB (Suspended)
* 44 Lavar Ledbetter LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
* \-- Joshua McIntosh K (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
* 3 Sean Potts-Harris DB (Suspended)
* \-- Cory Rue LB (Did not report)
* 70 D'Andre Williams OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 17, 2017
25 Active, 10 Inactive

## References

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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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