2017 Baltimore Brigade season

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The 2017 Baltimore Brigade season was the first season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Brigade played at the Royal Farms Arena.

Staff

2017 Baltimore Brigade staff
Front office
  • Chairman – Ted Leonsis
   Coaches
  • Head coach – Omarr Smith
  • Defensive coordinator/assistant head coach – Walt Housman
  • Defensive backs/special teams coordinator – Virgil Gray
  • Assistant – James Roe
  • Assistant – Scott Bailey

Roster

The Brigade on June 3
2017 Baltimore Brigade roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Shane Boyd
  •  9 J. J. Raterink

Fullbacks

  • 23 Rory Nixon

Wide receivers

  • 19 Paul Browning
  • 17 Brandon Collins
  •  1 Reggie Gray
  • 14 Brandon Thompkins
  • 84 Milton Williams
 Offensive linemen
  • 55 Kody Afusia
  • 63 Ben Clarke
  • 77 Ian Joseph
  • 70 Colin Madison
  • 74 Antoine McClain

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Calvin Fance
  • 99 Robert Hayes
  • 40 Anthony McDaniel
  • 58 Khreem Smith
  • 67 Terrance Taylor
 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

  • 45 Patrick Clarke
 Injured reserve

Other league exempt

League suspension

Refused to report

  • -- Tayo Fabuluje OL (Did not report)
  • -- Collin Keoshian DL (Did not report)

Inactive reserve

  • 56 Derrell Johnson LB

Recallable reassignment

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated August 3, 2017
25 Active, 14 Inactive

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017.[1]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
Score Record
1 Friday April 7 7:00 PM EDT at Washington Valor L 38–51 0–1 Verizon Center 15,579 [2]
2 Sunday April 16 3:00 PM EDT at Cleveland Gladiators W 52–49 1–1 Quicken Loans Arena 5,758 [3]
3 Bye
4 Saturday April 29 7:00 PM EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 34–69 1–2 Wells Fargo Center 11,833 [4]
5 Sunday May 7 1:00 PM EDT Tampa Bay Storm L 55–62 1–3 Royal Farms Arena 5,915 [5]
6 Saturday May 13 7:00 PM EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 56–61 1–4 Wells Fargo Center 9,857 [6]
7 Bye
8 Saturday May 27 7:00 PM EDT Cleveland Gladiators W 63–60 2–4 Royal Farms Arena 5,190 [7]
9 Saturday June 3 7:00 PM EDT at Tampa Bay Storm L 35–47 2–5 Amalie Arena 9,880 [8]
10 Bye
11 Friday June 16 7:00 PM EDT at Cleveland Gladiators L 48–59 2–6 Quicken Loans Arena 10,877 [9]
12 Friday June 23 7:00 PM EDT Washington Valor W 51–41 3–6 Royal Farms Arena 6,095 [10]
13 Bye
14 Saturday July 8 7:00 PM EDT Philadelphia Soul W 49–42 4–6 Royal Farms Arena 5,990 [11]
15 Saturday July 15 7:00 PM EDT Tampa Bay Storm L 56–69 4–7 Royal Farms Arena 5,153 [12]
16 Saturday July 22 7:00 PM EDT at Washington Valor L 30–34 4–8 Verizon Center 10,266 [13]
17 Saturday July 29 1:00 PM EDT Philadelphia Soul L 21–70 4–9 Royal Farms Arena 5,327 [14]
18 Friday August 4 7:00 PM EDT Washington Valor L 35–41 4–10 Royal Farms Arena 6,089 [15]

Playoffs

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
AFL Semifinals Saturday August 12 4:00 PM EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 54–69 Wells Fargo Center 9,287 [16]

Standings

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Team Overall Points Records
W L PCT PF PA Home Away GB STK
(1)Philadelphia Soul 13 1 .929 817 590 7–0 6–1 — W3
(2)Tampa Bay Storm 10 4 .714 710 662 6–1 4–3 3.0 L1
(3)Cleveland Gladiators 5 9 .357 696 715 3–4 2–5 8.0 W1
(4)Baltimore Brigade 4 10 .286 620 749 3–4 1–6 9.0 L4
Washington Valor 3 11 .214 565 692 2–5 1–6 10.0 W1

(#) - playoff position secured

References

  1. ^ "Arena Football League Announces 2017 Schedule". arenafootball.com. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Washington Valor (Apr 7, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Cleveland Gladiators (Apr 16, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (Apr 29, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Tampa Bay Storm vs Baltimore Brigade (May 7, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (May 13, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Cleveland Gladiators vs Baltimore Brigade (May 27, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  8. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Tampa Bay Storm (June 3, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. June 3, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  9. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Cleveland Gladiators (Jun 16, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  10. ^ "Washington Valor vs Baltimore Brigade (June 23, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  11. ^ "Philadelphia Soul vs Baltimore Brigade (July 8, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  12. ^ "Tampa Bay Storm vs Baltimore Brigade (Jul 15, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  13. ^ "Washington Valor vs Baltimore Brigade (Jul 22, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "Philadelphia Soul vs Baltimore Brigade (Jul 29, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  15. ^ "Washington Valor vs Baltimore Brigade (Aug 4, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  16. ^ "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (Aug 12, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
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  • Founded in 2016
  • Based in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment
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