Corpus Christi Fury
Corpus Christi Fury | ||
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Established 2003 Folded 2016 Played in Corpus Christi, Texas at the American Bank Center CCFury.com | ||
League/conference affiliations | ||
Intense Football League (2004, 2006–2008) National Indoor Football League (2005) Nicknames | Fury | |
Personnel | ||
Owner(s) | Chad Dittman | |
Chairman | Chad Dittman | |
President | Chad Dittman | |
General manager | Robert Wehling | |
Head coach | LaDaniel Marshall | |
Team history | ||
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Championships | ||
League championships (1) UIFL: 2014 | ||
Conference championships (0) | ||
Division championships (0) | ||
Playoff appearances (8) | ||
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||
Home arena(s) | ||
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The Corpus Christi Fury (formerly the Corpus Christi Hammerheads), was a professional
History
The Fury began life as the Corpus Christi Hammerheads, a charter member of the
The team did not return to the American Bank Center for 2007 after the arena decided not to renew the team's lease
For the 2011 season, the Hammerheads joined the Southern Indoor Football League. Finishing at 7–5, the Hammerheads lost to the Louisiana Swashbucklers in the first round of the playoffs. After the 2011 season, the Hammerheads left the SIFL to help start the Lone Star Football League.
The team was removed from the Lone Star Football League following the 2012 season. In 2013, the team played in the Ultimate Indoor Football League and renamed as the Corpus Christi Fury (the logos were originally designed for a proposed 2012 UIFL expansion team, the Danville Dragons).
The fury fell to the Florida Tarpons in Ultimate Bowl III, but returned to the Ultimate Bowl in 2014. The team defeated the Tarpons 60–23 to claim their first championship in franchise history.[4]
For the 2015 season, the Fury played in the X-League after the UIFL ceased operations. The Fury also was winless that season.
On October 1, 2015, the Fury joined
The Fury were removed from the AIF website after the completion of the 2016 season. AIF also ceased all operations in July 2016. In October, a new indoor football team was announced to begin play in 2017 out of the American Bank Center called the Corpus Christi Rage. The new team had no connection to the former Hammerheads/Fury franchise and was a member of the new National Arena League.[7] Thie Rage, however, also went winless and failed to complete the 2017 season.[8] The Hammerheads hold the record for most Intense Bowls played, but lost all three games.
Final roster & standings
On October 1, 2015, the Fury joined American Indoor Football from the recently folded X-League Indoor Football.[9] The team's coach remained LaDaniel Marshall working under general manager Robert Wehling and owner, Chad Dittman.
The team cancelled several games during the season and only played one game against an AIF member. While never announced by the team itself, the Fury appeared to have folded before their game on May 15 against the New Mexico Stars, giving the Stars 24 hours' notice that they would be unable to make the game.[10] They also announced their May 22 home game was cancelled on the day of the game over social media without explanation.
Corpus Christi Fury – final roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers
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Injured reserve
Transfer list
Refuse to report
Rookies in italics |
Season-by-season
Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Intense Football League) | |||||
2004 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5th League | — |
Corpus Christi Hammerheads (NIFL) | |||||
2005 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2nd Pacific South | Won PC Quarterfinal (S.W. Louisiana) Lost PC Semifinal (Odessa) |
Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Intense Football League) | |||||
2006 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2nd League | Won Semifinal (Centex) Lost Intense Bowl II (Odessa) |
2007 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2nd League | Won Semifinal (Frisco) Lost Intense Bowl III (Louisiana) |
2008 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2nd League | Won Semifinal (CenTex) Lost Intense Bowl IV (Louisiana)[11] |
Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Indoor Football League) | |||||
2009 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4th Intense Lone Star | — |
2010 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3rd Intense Lone Star | Lost Round 1 ( Arkansas )
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Corpus Christi Hammerheads (SIFL) | |||||
2011 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2nd WC Southwest | Lost WC Round 1 (Louisiana) |
Corpus Christi Hammerheads (LSFL) | |||||
2012 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5th League | — |
Corpus Christi Fury (UIFL) | |||||
2013 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2nd League | Lost Ultimate Bowl III (Florida) |
2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1st League | Won Ultimate Bowl IV (Florida) |
Corpus Christi Fury (X-League) | |||||
2015 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9th League | — |
Corpus Christi Fury (AIF) | |||||
2016 |
2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Totals | 86 | 69 | 0 | (including IFL, NIFL, SIFL, UIFL, X-League & AIF playoffs) |
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK | ||
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New Mexico Stars | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 497 | 105 | 71.0 | 15.0 | W5 | ||
Corpus Christi Fury |
2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 168 | 112 | 56.0 | 37.3 | L1 | ||
Steel City Menace |
0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 81 | 8.0 | 40.5 | L2 |
References
- ^ "Press release". www.americanbankcenter.com. American Bank Center. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Hammerheads [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hammerhead heading back to Corpus Christi, American Bank Center". www.caller.com. Corpus Christi Caller Times. October 21, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Matt Young (August 2, 2014). "Fury rout Tarpons, claim championship of two-team league". www.caller.com. Corpus Christi Caller Times. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ "AIF to Add West Division". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ "NM Stars take long road to Georgia, playoffs". Albuquerque Journal. June 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ceremony held for new Corpus Christi Rage arena football team". KIII. October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Another indoor football team bites the dust, Rage calls it quits after going 0-9". KRIS-TV. June 15, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AIF to Add West Division". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ "NM Stars take long road to Georgia, playoffs". Albuquerque Journal. June 3, 2016.
- ^ Hammerheads' 2008 stats