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2012 Rome Rampage season

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2012 Rome Rampage season
OwnerKacee Smith
General managerKacee Smith
Head coachJoe Micco
Home fieldTravel team
Results
Record1-6
Conference place4th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2012 Rome Rampage season was the first season for the United Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise.

On March 5, 2011, it was announced that indoor American football would be returning to Rome, Georgia in the form of the Rome River Dogs. On May 24, 2011, the River Dogs announced that they would be changing their name to the Rome Rampage, and that they would be playing at the Forum Civic Center.[1] On May 31, 2011, the Rampage introduced Joe Micco as the franchise's first ever head coach.[2]


Schedule

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Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

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All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 3 at Mississippi Hound Dogs W 35-30[3] 1-0 BancorpSouth Arena
2 Saturday March 10 at Lakeland Raiders L 24-63[4] 1-1 Lakeland Center
3 BYE
4 Friday March 23 at Mississippi Hound Dogs L 6-53[5] 1-2 BancorpSouth Arena
5 BYE
6 Friday April 6 at Florida Tarpons L 7-60[6] 1-3 Germain Arena
7 Sunday April 15 at Eastern Kentucky Drillers L 20-82 1-4 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8 BYE
9 Friday April 27 at Lakeland Raiders L 6-106[7] 1-5 Lakeland Center
10 BYE
11 Saturday May 12 at Cincinnati Commandos Cancelled 1-5 Cincinnati Gardens
12 Monday May 21 at Florida Tarpons L 2-68[8] 1-6 Germain Arena
13 BYE
14 BYE
15 BYE

Standings

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Team Conference Overall
W L PCT W L PCT PF PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y 7 2 .778 8 2 .800 594 373
Erie Explosion-x 7 3 .700 8 3 .727 748 362
Marion Blue Racers-x 5 4 .556 6 5 .636 602 467
Johnstown Generals 3 6 .333 3 6 .333 264 441
Western Pennsylvania Sting 0 6 .000 0 7 .000 132 497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y 11 0 1.000 11 0 1.000 687 287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers 5 4 .556 6 4 .600 613 361
Lakeland Raiders-x 5 5 .500 6 5 .545 639 379
Rome Rampage 1 6 .143 1 6 .143 100 462
Mississippi Hound Dogs 1 9 .100 1 9 .100 281 559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

References

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  1. ^ "Rome Changes Name to Rampage". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 24, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rampage Introduce Coaches, Announce First Open Tryout". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 31, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. ^ John L. Pitts (March 4, 2012). "Hound Dogs stuffed in opener". www.djournal.com. Tupelo Daily Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Blake Hasenzahl (March 11, 2012). "Raiders Defense Stole the Show in Inaugural Win". www.theledger.com. Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Gene Phelps (March 24, 2012). "Boland throws seven TDs in Tupelo Hound Dogs victory". www.djournal.com. Tupelo Daily Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Jake Nordbye (April 6, 2012). "Indoor football: Wallace falls right back in rhythm as Tarpons roll Rampage". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  7. ^ Blake Hasenzahl (April 27, 2012). "Raiders Set New Mark, Ravage Rampage 106-6". www.theledger.com. Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  8. ^ Jake Nordbye (May 21, 2012). "Pro football: Florida Tarpons crush Rampage, stay unbeaten". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.