Georgia Rampage

Georgia Rampage
Georgia Rampage
	Established 2011; Play in Dalton, Georgia; at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center
League/conference affiliations
	Ultimate Indoor Football League (2012–2013) Southern Conference (2012); X-League Indoor Football (2014–2015)
	Current uniform
Team colors	Black & Red
Personnel
Owner(s)	Amer W. Awad; Kacee Smith
General manager	Kacee Smith
Head coach	Mark Branutt
Team history
	Rome River Dogs (planning stages); Rome Rampage (2012); Georgia Rampage (2013–2015);
Championships
	League championships (0);
	Conference championships (0);
	Division championships (0);
Home arena(s)
	Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center (2012–2015);

The Georgia Rampage were a professional indoor football team based in Dalton, Georgia. They were members of X-League Indoor Football (X-League). The Rampage joined the X-League in 2014, after a few members of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) had planned on making a new league. The Rampage originally began play in 2012 as an expansion team of the UIFL, going by the name of the Rome Rampage. The Rampage played their home games at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center in Dalton.

Franchise history[edit]

The team was initially named the Rome River Dogs, but licensing issues forced the name change (which licensing issues are unknown, however, as the team would have been the first indoor/arena team named the River Dogs, while most notably the Arena Football League had the Grand Rapids Rampage.)^[1]

The Rampage was originally based in Rome, Georgia and became Rome's second indoor football team; their first since the Rome Renegades which played in the National Indoor Football League for 2005 and later the American Indoor Football League for 2006 (In both leagues, they went to the championship game, losing both times). The Rampage is Dalton's first indoor football team.

The Rampage is owned by Amer W. Awad and Kacee Smith (who also owns the North Georgia Bulldogs semi-pro team).

2012[edit]

On June 7, 2011, Joe Micco was named the first head coach in Rampage history.^[2] The Rampage were originally owned by Cecil Van Dyke with Kacee Smith as the general manager. However, a few weeks before the start of the season, Van Dyke was arrested for theft by taking putting the Rampage's season in doubt. After the arrest, Smith did all he could to save the season but was unable to find the funding to do so on a full scale, instead making the team a travel team in order to keep the Rampage name alive. While doing his personal taxes, Smith ran into Amer W. Awad who at the time was the office manager for Liberty Tax Service in Calhoun, Georgia. Awad inquired about potentially becoming a business partner stating he had always wanted to own a football team. After months of dialogue and attending the April 15, 2012 game versus the Eastern Kentucky Drillers, Awad and Smith came to an agreement and became business partners moving the team to Dalton. The partnership will officially begin with the 2013 season.

2013[edit]

With the new ownership of Kacee Smith and Amer Awad, the Rampage moved to Dalton, Georgia, where they changed their name to the Georgia Rampage.^[3] During an October press conference, the team announced that Mark Bramblett as the franchise's second ever head coach.^[3]

2014[edit]

For the 2014 season, the Rampage was a charter member of the X-League Indoor Football.^[4]

Logos[edit]

Original Logo
2011 Logo
2012 Logo

Roster[edit]

Georgia Rampage roster

Quarterbacks

12 Telford Chatman

Running backs

15 Fred Brown
43 Anthony London

Wide receivers

3 C. J. Dial
0 Michael Figgars
11 Erik Jones
28 Travis Ledbetter
1 DeMarcus Simons

Offensive linemen

60 Bobby Johnson
71 Domineek King
69 Chris Love
77 Ray Robinson

Defensive linemen

55 Allen Craine
99 Prentice Hollins
2 Byron Stewart
57 Lamond Williams

Linebackers

15 Tevin Pullum
9 Steven Stone]

Defensive backs

5 Patches Burgess
7 Rother Heard
13 Akeen Scruggs
21 Aldrickious Shumate
5 Jerrard Turant

Kickers

currently vacant

Injury reserve

Exempt list

currently vacant

Transfer list

31 Deah Zindani

rookies in italics
Roster updated January 19, 2015
23 Active, 0 Inactive

Season-by-season results[edit]

League Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions	Wild Card Berth	League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Postseason results
2012	2012	UIFL	Southern		4th	1	6	0
2013	2013	UIFL			4th	3	5	0
2014	2014	X-League			4th	2	5	1
2015	2015	X-League			8th	2	6	0
Totals						8	22	1	All-time regular season record (2012-2015)
						0	0	-	All-time postseason record (2012–2015)
						8	22	1	All-time regular season and postseason record (2012–2015)

References[edit]

^ "Rome indoor football team changes name to Rome Rampage". Rome Times-Tribune. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
^ Rampage Introduce Coaches
^ ^a ^b Devin Golden (October 12, 2012). "Georgia Rampage coach: Team will shoot for the title". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
^ Golden, Devin (2013-05-25). "Going Xtreme: Rampage will help form new indoor league". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

External links[edit]

Georgia Rampage official website

[1] "Rome indoor football team changes name to Rome Rampage". Rome Times-Tribune. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2012.

[2] Rampage Introduce Coaches

[title-3] Devin Golden (October 12, 2012). "Georgia Rampage coach: Team will shoot for the title". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved October 12, 2012.

[xiflrampage-4] Golden, Devin (2013-05-25). "Going Xtreme: Rampage will help form new indoor league". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

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v t e X-League Indoor Football
Teams	Alabama Outlawz Florida Marine Raiders Georgia Rampage
Venues	Bill Harris Arena (Alabama) Lakeland Center (Marine Raiders) Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center (Georgia)
Seasons	2014 2015