2017 Monterrey Steel season

The 2017 Monterrey Steel season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise; they are an expansion team of the National Arena League (NAL). The Steel were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season

2017 Monterrey Steel season
OwnerLeoncio Ruiz
Head coachJ. A. Anderson
Home fieldArena Monterrey
Results
Record7–4
Conference place4th
Playoff finishLost NAL Semifinals 32–43 (Sharks)

Led by head coach J. A. Anderson, the Steel played their home games at Arena Monterrey.

Standings

2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z - Jacksonville Sharks 111.917697299L1
y - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
x - Columbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
x - Monterrey Steel 74.6364783643.5W1
High Country Grizzlies 37.3004494847.0L4
Georgia Firebirds 29.1823725768.5L5
Dayton Wolfpack 07.0001254788.5L7
Corpus Christi Rage 09.0001666249.5L9

z - clinched home field advantage

y - clinched home playoff game

x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016[1]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Monday March 20 7:00pm Corpus Christi Rage W 55–12 1–0 Arena Monterrey
2 Monday March 27 7:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 61–24 2–0 Arena Monterrey
3 Monday April 3 7:00pm Corpus Christi Rage W 57–28 3–0 Arena Monterrey
4 Monday April 10 7:05pm at Dayton Wolfpack Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
5 BYE
6 Monday April 24 7:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 21–60 3–1 Arena Monterrey
7 BYE
8 Saturday May 6 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L18–48 3–2 Columbus Civic Center
9 Monday May 15 7:00pm at Corpus Christi Rage W 33–30 4–2 American Bank Center
10 Saturday May 20 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 13–42 4–3 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
11 Saturday May 27 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds W 68–26 5–3 Albany Civic Center
12 Monday June 5 7:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 66–8 6–3 Arena Monterrey
13 Monday June 12 7:00pm Columbus Lions L 42–49 6–4 Arena Monterrey
14 Saturday June 17 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks W 44–37 7–4 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
  1. Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta

Post-season

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
First Round Saturday June 24 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 32–43 0–1 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Roster

2017 Monterrey Steel roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 55 Charles Stevens

Wide receivers

  • 14 Dello Davis
  •  7 David Lewis
  • 15 Derek Patterson
Offensive linemen
  • 69 Derrick Zeigler

Defensive linemen

  • 47 Jabari Fletcher
  • 96 Federico Orturo
  • 10 Jeremiah Zene Jr.
Linebackers
  • 11 Nathaniel Dunn
  • 17 Wesley Mauia

Defensive backs

  •  5 Justin Broome
  •  4 Svante Davenport
  • 14 Sergio Schiaffina Perez

Special teams

  •  6 Brandon Rutherford
Reserve lists
  • 23 Jonathan Lugo FB (IR)
  •  9 Darwin Pittman LB (IR)
  • -- Eric Weaver OL (IR)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 24, 2017
24 Active, 5 Inactive

References

  1. "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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