2008 Tampa Bay Storm season

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2008 Tampa Bay Storm season
Head coach
St. Pete Times Forum
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The

New Orleans VooDoo and New York Dragons
, both teams finishing with the same record as the Storm. This was only the second time ever that the franchise had failed to make the playoffs, the first time being in 2006.

Standings

Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
y-Georgia Force 10 6 .625 927 848 3–3 6–4 6–2 4–4
x-Orlando Predators 9 7 .563 881 898 3–3 4–6 5–3 4–4
Tampa Bay Storm 8 8 .500 903 876 4–2 5–5 5–3 3–5
New Orleans VooDoo 8 8 .500 893 835 2–4 2–6 6–2 2–6

y - Clinched division
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Location Attendance Recap
1 March 1 at Kansas City Brigade W 51–49 1–0 Sprint Center 13,356 Recap
2 March 7 Georgia Force W 69–48 2–0 St. Pete Times Forum 18,194 Recap
3 March 16 at New Orleans VooDoo L 55–76 2–1 New Orleans Arena 13,011 Recap
4 Bye Week
5 March 29 at Philadelphia Soul L 51–59 2–2 Wachovia Center 16,179 Recap
6 April 5 at Columbus Destroyers L 49–51 2–3 Nationwide Arena 14,256 Recap
7 April 13 Arizona Rattlers L 62–63 2–4 St. Pete Times Forum 16,413 Recap
8 April 18 New York Dragons L 47–66 2–5 St. Pete Times Forum 17,104 Recap
9 April 26 at Orlando Predators W 48–41 3–5 Amway Arena 13,365 Recap
10 May 5 Chicago Rush L 46–51 3–6 St. Pete Times Forum 14,491 Recap
11 May 9 New Orleans VooDoo W 41–37 4–6 St. Pete Times Forum 16,934 Recap
12 May 16 at Grand Rapids Rampage W 58–50 5–6 Van Andel Arena 7,205 Recap
13 May 23 Cleveland Gladiators W 58–48 6–6 St. Pete Times Forum 15,976 Recap
14 May 31 at Georgia Force L 55–56 6–7 The Arena at Gwinnett Center 10,400 Recap
15 June 7 Orlando Predators W 71–61 7–7 St. Pete Times Forum 17,344 Recap
16 June 14 at San Jose SaberCats L 70–73 7–8 HP Pavilion 14,042 Recap
17 June 21 Los Angeles Avengers W 72–47 8–8 St. Pete Times Forum 17,891 Recap

Coaching

Roster

Uniform # Player Position Height Weight (lb)
1 Brett Dietz QB 6' 4" 220
4 Seth Marler K 6' 1" 195
5 Jeroid Johnson DB 5' 10" 185
8 Tim McGill DL 6 "3 310
10 Torrance Marshall LB 6' 2" 260
11 Byron Jones DB 5' 11" 180
14 Hank Edwards WR 6' 2" 180
15 Stoney Case QB 6' 4" 225
17 Terrill Shaw WR 6' 0" 190
18 Sedrick Robinson WR 5' 11" 180
21 Traco Rachal DB 6' 2" 200
22 Lawrence Samuels WR 6' 3" 220
26 Khalid Naziruddin DB 5' 11" 185
27 Kevin Clemens FB 6' 1" 285
32 Marvin Brown LB 5' 11" 260
50 Kenyatta Jones OL 6' 5" 300
65 Earnest Certain OL/DL 6' 4" 300
66 Marcus Owen OL 6' 3" 310
75 Tom Kaleita OL 6' 5" 320
77 Emmanuel Akah OL 6' 3" 315
90 Mark Word DL 6' 5" 300
93 Tom Briggs DL 6' 4" 280

Stats

Regular season

Week 1: at
Kansas City Brigade

Game information

Week 2: vs. Georgia Force

Period 1 2 34Total
GA 7 13 141448
TB 14 17 172169

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 3: at
New Orleans VooDoo

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 14 0 142755
NO 14 34 141476

at

New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: March 16
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,011
Game information

Week 4

Bye Week

Week 5: at Philadelphia Soul

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 14 9 141451
PHI 13 12 142059

at

Wachovia Center, Philadelphia

Game information

Week 6: at Columbus Destroyers

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 14 7 72149
CLB 7 14 32751

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,256
Game information

Week 7: vs. Arizona Rattlers

Period 1 2 34Total
ARZ 13 14 72963
TB 14 21 131462

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 8: vs. New York Dragons

Period 1 2 34Total
NY 10 23 122166
TB 14 13 71347

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 9: at Orlando Predators

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 7 17 141048
ORL 7 7 141341

at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

  • Date: April 26
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,365
Game information

Week 10: vs. Chicago Rush

Period 1 2 34Total
CHI 7 17 131451
TB 7 17 61646

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 11: vs.
New Orleans VooDoo

Period 1 2 34Total
NO 6 10 71437
TB 14 7 71341

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 12: at Grand Rapids Rampage

Period 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
Game information

Week 13: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

Period 1 2 34Total
CLE 19 7 71548
TB 14 14 62458

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 14: at Georgia Force

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 13 14 141455
GA 14 14 02856

at

The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia

Game information

Week 15: vs. Orlando Predators

Period 1 2 34Total
ORL 12 20 72261
TB 21 21 151471

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

Week 16: at San Jose SaberCats

Period 1 2 34Total
TB 14 21 72870
SJ 7 31 142173

at

HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

Game information

Week 17: vs. Los Angeles Avengers

Period 1 2 34Total
LA 0 20 131447
TB 20 21 211072

at

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Game information

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