2012 Rome Rampage season

2012 Rome Rampage season
Head coach	Joe Micco
General manager	Kacee Smith
Owner	Kacee Smith
Home field	Travel team
Results
Record	1-6
Conference place	4th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2012 Rome Rampage season was the 1st season for the United Indoor Football League franchise.

On March 5, 2011, it was announced that indoor American football would be returning to Rome, Georgia in the form of the Rome River Dogs. On May 24, 2011, the River Dogs announced that they would be changing their name to the Rome Rampage, and that they would be playing at the Forum Civic Center.^[1] On May 31, 2011, the Rampage introduced Joe Micco as the franchise's first ever head coach.^[2]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location
				Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 3	at Mississippi Hound Dogs	W 35-30[3]	1-0	BancorpSouth Arena
2	Saturday	March 10	at Lakeland Raiders	L 24-63[4]	1-1	Lakeland Center
3	BYE
4	Friday	March 23	at Mississippi Hound Dogs	L 6-53[5]	1-2	BancorpSouth Arena
5	BYE
6	Friday	April 6	at Florida Tarpons	L 7-60[6]	1-3	Germain Arena
7	Sunday	April 15	at Eastern Kentucky Drillers	L 20-82	1-4	Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
8	BYE
9	Friday	April 27	at Lakeland Raiders	L 6-106[7]	1-5	Lakeland Center
10	BYE
11	Saturday	May 12	at Cincinnati Commandos	Cancelled	1-5	Cincinnati Gardens
12	Monday	May 21	at Florida Tarpons	L 2-68[8]	1-6	Germain Arena
13	BYE
14	BYE
15	BYE

Standings

2012 United Indoor Football League
Team	Conference			Overall
	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y	7	2	.778	8	2	.800	594	373
Erie Explosion-x	7	3	.700	8	3	.727	748	362
Marion Blue Racers-x	5	4	.556	6	5	.636	602	467
Johnstown Generals	3	6	.333	3	6	.333	264	441
Western Pennsylvania Sting	0	6	.000	0	7	.000	132	497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y	11	0	1.000	11	0	1.000	687	287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers	5	4	.556	6	4	.600	613	361
Lakeland Raiders-x	5	5	.500	6	5	.545	639	379
Rome Rampage	1	6	.143	1	6	.143	100	462
Mississippi Hound Dogs	1	9	.100	1	9	.100	281	559

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

References

1. "Rome Changes Name to Rampage". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 24, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
2. "Rampage Introduce Coaches, Announce First Open Tryout". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 31, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
3. John L. Pitts (March 4, 2012). "Hound Dogs stuffed in opener". www.djournal.com. Tupelo Daily Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
4. Blake Hasenzahl (March 11, 2012). "Raiders Defense Stole the Show in Inaugural Win". www.theledger.com. Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
5. Gene Phelps (March 24, 2012). "Boland throws seven TDs in Tupelo Hound Dogs victory". www.djournal.com. Tupelo Daily Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
6. Jake Nordbye (April 6, 2012). "Indoor football: Wallace falls right back in rhythm as Tarpons roll Rampage". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
7. Blake Hasenzahl (April 27, 2012). "Raiders Set New Mark, Ravage Rampage 106-6". www.theledger.com. Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
8. Jake Nordbye (May 21, 2012). "Pro football: Florida Tarpons crush Rampage, stay unbeaten". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.