2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season

The 2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season is the 11th season for the franchise. The Rampage finished the regular season 6–10, earning them a spot in the playoffs as the 6th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card playoff game, the Rampage upset the Arizona Rattlers, 48–41. In the Divisional round, the Rampage won in a bigger upset against the top seeded Chicago Rush, 58–41. The Rampage's playoff run was cut short however, after losing the American Conference Championship to defending champion San Jose SaberCats, 55–81.

2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season
Head coachSteve Thonn
Home fieldVan Andel Arena
Results
Record6–10
Division place2nd
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (Rattlers) 48–41
Won Divisional Playoffs (Rush) 58–41
Lost Conference Championship (SaberCats) 55–81

Standings

Central Division
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

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 Bye Week
2 March 10 San Jose SaberCats Home L 58–66
3 March 14 Chicago Rush Home L 35–64
4 March 24 Kansas City Brigade Away W 92–52
5 March 30 Los Angeles Avengers Home W 84–59
6 April 5 New York Dragons Away L 34–63
7 April 13 Orlando Predators Home L 56–75
8 April 20 Chicago Rush Away L 52–55
9 April 25 Kansas City Brigade Home W 72–38
10 May 2 Colorado Crush Away L 28–63
11 May 10 Dallas Desperados Away L 54–65
12 May 16 Tampa Bay Storm Home L 50–58
13 May 24 Arizona Rattlers Away L 48–52
14 June 1 Utah Blaze Home L 56–63
15 June 7 Colorado Crush Home W 85–64
16 June 14 Columbus Destroyers Away W 63–60
17 June 21 New Orleans VooDoo Away W 83–70

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
AC Wild Card June 30 Arizona Rattlers Away W 48–41
AC Divisional July 6 Chicago Rush Away W 58–41
AC Championship July 12 San Jose SaberCats Away L 55–81

Final roster

2008 Grand Rapids Rampage roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 47 Whitney Bell
  • 11 Terrell Browden

Wide receivers

  • 21 Cole Magner
  • 18 Jason Shelley
Offensive linemen
  • 67 Fitu Tu'ua
  • 73 T. J. Watkins

Defensive linemen

  • 91 George Gause
Linebackers
  • 40 Michael McFadden

Defensive backs

  •  3 Ryan Bowers
  • 19 Ronald Dillon
  •  2 William Haith
  •  7 Chris Martin

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • 90 Jason Holman DL (IR)
  • 78 Reggie Jiles OL (IR)
  •  8 Chris Johnson WR (IR)
  • 34 Alan Krutulis FB (IR)
  • 95 Juan Porter OL (IR)
  • 36 Chris Ryan FB (IR)

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • 77 Gary Jenkins OL
  • 76 Derrick Mackray OL

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 9, 2008
24 Active, 7 Inactive, 2 PS

Regular season

Week 1

Bye Week

Week 2: vs. San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
SJ 14 21 141766
GR 13 17 141458

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 10
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,833

Week 3: vs. Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
CHI 22 7 142164
GR 7 0 72135

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 14
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,594

Week 4: at Kansas City Brigade

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

Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 34Total
LA 14 16 82159
GR 28 28 141484

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 30
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,818

Week 6: at New York Dragons

1 2 34Total
GR 0 0 211334
NY 21 14 21763

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 8,211

Week 7: vs. Orlando Predators

1 2 34Total
ORL 13 34 28075
GR 7 14 142156

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: April 13
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 6,946

Week 8: at Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
GR 7 17 72152
CHI 13 14 131555

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: April 20
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,112

Week 9: vs. Kansas City Brigade

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

Week 10: at Colorado Crush

1 2 34Total
GR 7 14 7028
COL 14 28 14763

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: May 2
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,527

Week 11: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 34Total
GR 13 17 141054
DAL 16 21 141465

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,476

Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Storm

1 2 34Total
TB 7 28 20358
GR 21 7 14850

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: May 16
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 7,205

Week 13: at Arizona Rattlers

1 2 34Total
GR 7 21 14648
ARZ 14 21 01752

at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: May 24
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,559

Week 14: vs. Utah Blaze

1 2 34Total
UTA 21 21 14763
GR 7 7 212156

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 1
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,252

Week 15: vs. Colorado Crush

1 2 34Total
COL 10 14 192265
GR 7 37 231784

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 7
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 7,766

Week 16: at Columbus Destroyers

1 2 34Total
GR 14 21 21763
CLB 10 28 71560

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: N/A

Week 17: at New Orleans VooDoo

1 2 34Total
GR 21 27 102886
NO 14 21 142170

at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 17,006

Playoffs

American Conference Wild Card: at (3) Arizona Rattlers

1 2 34Total
(6) GR 10 17 14748
(3) ARZ 0 20 14741

at US Airways Arena, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: June 30
  • Game time: 9:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,862

American Conference Divisional: at (1) Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
(6) GR 14 17 72058
(1) CHI 7 14 14641

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: July 6
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: TBA

American Conference Championship: vs. (2) San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
(6) GR 7 7 142755
(2) SJ 14 24 103381

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: July 12
  • Game time: 3:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,072
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