# 2006 Kansas City Brigade season

The 2006 Kansas City Brigade season was the opening season for the franchise. After the announcement that the New Orleans VooDoo would suspend operations for the 2006 AFL season due to Hurricane Katrina, the AFL awarded an expansion franchise to Kansas City. Kevin Porter was the team's first head coach. They would be placed in the NC Southern, where they would take New Orleans' spot for the year.

## Regular season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away Game | Result |
| 1 | January 29 | Dallas Desperados | Away | L 58–44 |
| 2 | February 3 | Orlando Predators | Away | L 48–41 |
| 3 | February 12 | Austin Wranglers | Home | L 37–33 |
| 4 | February 19 | Columbus Destroyers | Home | W 45–24 |
| 5 | February 24 | Georgia Force | Away | L 51–19 |
| 6 | March 5 | Tampa Bay Storm | Home | L 69–59 |
| 7 | March 13 | Philadelphia Soul | Home | L 54–24 |
| 8 | March 18 | Austin Wranglers | Away | L 64–37 |
| 9 | March 24 | New York Dragons | Away | L 54–48 |
| 10 | April 1 | Georgia Force | Home | L 55–47 |
| 11 | April 9 | Los Angeles Avengers | Home | W 62–45 |
| 12 | April 16 | Colorado Crush | Home | L 55–49 |
| 13 | April 22 | Nashville Kats | Away | W 58–52 |
| 14 | April 29 | Tampa Bay Storm | Away | L 58–42 |
| 15 | May 6 | Orlando Predators | Home | L 63–42 |
| 16 | May 12 | Utah Blaze | Away | L 55–54 |

## Coaching

Kevin Porter was the Brigade's first head coach.

## Stats
### Offense
#### Passing

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Rating |
| Andy Kelly | 177 | 294 | 60.2 | 1856 | 24 | 13 | 80.5 |
| Chris Sanders | 185 | 279 | 66.3 | 2025 | 36 | 10 | 104.9 |
| Raymond Philyaw | 43 | 63 | 68.3 | 424 | 7 | 1 | 108.2 |

#### Rushing

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Chris Sander | 46 | 115 | 2.5 | 13 | 13 |
| Dawan Moss | 33 | 90 | 2.7 | 6 | 19 |
| Byron Douzart | 24 | 53 | 2.2 | 5 | 18 |
| Jerel Myers | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeremy Beutler | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Raymond Philyaw | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Sam Simmons | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Boone | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| John Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Receiving

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Jerel Meyers | 122 | 1245 | 10.2 | 16 | 46 |
| James Jordan | 69 | 797 | 11.6 | 14 | 45 |
| Aaron Boone | 66 | 748 | 11.3 | 19 | 40 |
| Sam Simmons | 24 | 221 | 9.2 | 2 | 34 |
| Calvin Spears | 15 | 152 | 10.1 | 2 | 17 |
| Rob Johnson | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 2 | 32 |
| John Booth | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 2 | 39 |
| Brian Poli-Dixon | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Aaron Hamilton | 4 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Bryan Henderson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 2 | 23 |
| B.J. Cohen | 3 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Nathan Black | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Tremaine Neal | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeremy Beutler | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Cyron Brown | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |

#### Touchdowns

| Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
| Aaron Boone | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 118 |
| Jerel Myers | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 110 |
| James Jordan | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 84 |
| Chris Sanders | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Dawan Moss | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Bryon Douzart | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Sam Simmons | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| John Booth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Bryan Henderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Rob Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Calvin Spears | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Raymond Philyaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lucas Yarnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Defense

| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
| Chris Pointer | 74.5 | 61 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Travis Coleman | 59 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denario Smalls | 58 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 39 |
| Calvin Spears | 51.5 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Douzart | 42.5 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Jordan | 32.5 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Simmons | 19.5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.J. Cohen | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gillis Wilson | 17.5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyron Brown | 15.5 | 11 | 9 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Johnson | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Beutler | 14.5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerel Myers | 13.5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawan Moss | 12.5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Henderson | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Landry | 11 | 6 | 10 | .5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Poli-Dixon | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Hamilton | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Boone | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Pegues | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Yarnell | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Porter | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tremaine Neal | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Sanders | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Seder | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Green | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rasmussen | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MacKenzie Hoambrecker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon McCall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Black | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Booth | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Special teams
#### Kick return

| Player | Kick Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | FG Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
| Sam Simmons | 30 | 593 | 1 | 55 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denario Smalls | 7 | 133 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerel Myers | 6 | 107 | 0 | 26 | 17.8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Aaron Boone | 4 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Spears | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Time Seder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Yarnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Kicking

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts |
| MacKenzie Hoambrecker | 47 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 0.250 | 53 |
| Tim Seder | 23 | 32 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 0.381 | 47 |

### Week 1: at Dallas Desperados

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 0 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| DAL | 7 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 58 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
* Game time: January 29, 2006 at 2:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 11,571
* Officials: Steve Pamon, Wes Fritz, Neil Brunner, R.G. Detillier, Tony Lombardo

### Week 2: at Orlando Predators

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 41 |
| ORL | 10 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 48 |
at TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, Florida
* Game time: February 3, 2006 at 7:30 PM EST
* Game attendance: 13,512
* Officials: Riley Johnson, Rick Podraza, Julian Mapp, Paul Engelberts, Bud McCleskey, Buddy Ward

### Week 3: vs Austin Wranglers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| AUS | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| KC | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: February 12, 2006 at 1:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 16,523
* Officials: David Cutaia, Doug Wilson, Kavin McGrath, Darrel Leftwich, Rich Wilborn, Bob Mantooth
* Offensive Player of the Game: Jerel Myers (KC)
* Defensive Player of the Game: Donvetis Franklin (AUS)
* Ironman of the Game: Kevin Nickerson (AUS)

### Week 4: vs Columbus Destroyers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| CLB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| KC | 6 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: February 19, 2006 at 1:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 14,632
* Officials: Tom McCabe, Paul Frerking, Brent Durbin, Bob McElwee, Keith Washington

### Week 5: at Georgia Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| GEO | 14 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 51 |
at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
* Game time: February 24, 2006 at 6:30 PM CST
* Game attendance: 11,623
* Officials: Dennie Lipski, Rick Nelson, Kavin McGrath, Darrell Leftwich, Rich Wilbon, Bob Mantooth

### Week 6: vs Tampa Bay Storm

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| TB | 14 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 69 |
| KC | 7 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 59 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: March 5, 2006 at 3:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 15,227
* Officials: Pat Garvey, Paul King, Mike McCabe, Wayne Mackie, Dino Paganelli

### Week 7: vs Philadelphia Soul

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| PHI | 13 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 54 |
| KC | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: March 13, 2006 at 7:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 15,379
* Officials: Bill LeMonnier, Mike Delaney, Kelly Saalfeld, Paul Engleberts, Billy Beckett

### Week 8: at Austin Wranglers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
| AUS | 14 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 64 |
at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
* Game time: March 18, 2006 at 7:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 9,184
* Officials: Steve Pamon, Wes Fritz, Neil Brunner, R.G. Detillier, Tony Lombardo

### Week 9: at New York Dragons

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 |
| NYD | 14 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 54 |
at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
* Game time: March 24, 2006 at 7:30 PM EST
* Game attendance: 10,758
* Officials: Bill Athan, Matt Jordan, Tom Podraza, Tom Symonette, Greg Wilson

### Week 10: vs Georgia Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| GEO | 7 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 55 |
| KC | 14 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 47 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: April 1, 2006 at 7:00 PM CST
* Game attendance: 16,032
* Officials: Bill McCabe, Jeff Carr, Julian Mapp, Darrell Leftwich, Bud McCleskey

### Week 11: vs Los Angeles Avengers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| LA | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
| KC | 13 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 62 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: April 9, 2006 at 12:00 PM CDT
* Game attendance: 15,173
* Officials: David Cutaia, Paul Frerking, Greg Shields, Dave Chesney, James Cole

### Week 12: vs Colorado Crush

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| COL | 14 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 55 |
| KC | 13 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 49 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: April 16, 2006 at 12:00 PM CDT
* Game attendance: 12,814
* Officials: Steve Pamon, Wes Fritz, Neil Brunner, R.G. Detillier, Tony Lombardo

### Week 13: at Nashville Kats

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 6 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 58 |
| NAS | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 52 |
at Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
* Game time: April 22, 2006 at 7:00 PM CDT
* Game attendance: 8,214
* Officials: Riley Johnson, Rick Podraza, Allen Baynes, Paul Engelberts, Bud McCleskey

### Week 14: at Tampa Bay Storm

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| TB | 14 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 58 |
at St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
* Game time: April 29, 2006 at 7:30 PM EDT
* Game attendance: 17,143
* Officials: Bill Athan, Rick Podraza, Tim Podraza, Tim Symonette, Greg Wilson

### Week 15: vs Orlando Predators

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 21 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
| KC | 6 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 42 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
* Game time: May 6, 2006 at 7:00 PM CDT
* Game attendance: 16,095
* Officials: Dennis Lipski, Rick Nelson, Kavin McGrath, Darrell Leftwich, Rich Wilborn

### Week 16: at Utah Blaze

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| KC | 14 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 54 |
| UTA | 7 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 55 |
at Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
* Game time: May 12, 2006 at 7:00 PM MDT
* Game attendance: 16,855
* Officials: David Cutaia, Doug Wilson, Greg Shields, Dave Chesney, James Cole