# 2012 Evansville Rage season

The 2012 Evansville Rage season was the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.
On November 16, 2011 the team announced its intentions to compete as full members of the CIFL for the 2013 season. The Rage had also already named their head coach on the same day, naming Mike Goodpaster to the position. Goodpaster was most recently the Defensive Coordinator of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. On December 9, 2011 it was announced that the Rage were going become the final expansion team for the 2012 Continental Indoor Football League season. On March 6, 2012, owner and general manager, David Reed, resigned from the duties due to an illness in his family that requires his full attention. The same day, the Rage announced Eddie Cronin as the team's General Manager. Cronin had been a part of the organization from the start as the defensive coordinator. He continued to keep his position as defensive coordinator.

## Players
### Signings

| Position | Player | 2011 Team |
| OL | Josh Cox | Indianapolis Enforcers |
| DL | Michael Cupp | Indianapolis Enforcers |
| OL | Trent Marlow | Dayton Silverbacks |
| QB | Nate Samas | Bricktown Brawlers |

### Final roster
## Schedule
### Preseason

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site |
| 1 | March 3 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Northern Kentucky Bulldogs | W 52-13 | 1-0 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 2 | March 10 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Kentucky Xtreme | W 56-26 | 2-0 | Swonder Ice Arena |

### Regular season

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | March 17 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Indianapolis Enforcers | W 63-35 | 1-0 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 3 | March 24 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | at Port Huron Patriots | W 44-34 | 2-0 | McMorran Arena |
| 4 | March 30 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | at Saginaw Sting | L 29-72 | 2-1 | Dow Event Center |
| 5 | April 7 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Dayton Silverbacks | L 41-52 | 2-2 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 6 | April 15 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Chicago Pythons | W 39-29 | 3-2 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 7 | April 21 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Indianapolis Enforcers | W 65-21 | 4-2 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 8 | April 28 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | at Dayton Silverbacks | L 34-41 | 4-3 | Hara Arena |
| 9 | May 5 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Port Huron Patriots | W 28-7 | 5-3 | Swonder Ice Arena |
| 10 | May 12 | 3:15 P.M. EDT | at Indianapolis Enforcers | W 41-18 | 6-3 | The SportZone |
| 11 | May 19 | 7:30 P.M. EDT | Chicago Pythons | W 36-6 | 7-3 | Swonder Ice Arena |

### Standings

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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK |
| x-Saginaw Sting | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 482 | 175 | 60.3 | 21.9 | W 8 |
| x-Dayton Silverbacks | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 408 | 218 | 45.3 | 24.2 | L 1 |
| Evansville Rage | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 392 | 308 | 39.2 | 30.8 | W 3 |
| Port Huron Patriots | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 316 | 319 | 31.6 | 31.9 | W 1 |
| Indianapolis Enforcers | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 162 | 565 | 16.2 | 56.5 | L 6 |
| Chicago Pythons | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 207 | 383 | 23 | 42.5 | L 9 |

## Regular season results
### Week 2: vs Indianapolis Enforcers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Enforcers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Swonder Ice Arena, Evansville, Indiana
* Date: March 17, 2012
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
Game information :
1st quarter
2nd quarter
3rd quarter
4th quarter
Passing
Indianapolis – ---: --/--, -- yards, - TD
Evansville – ---: --/--, -- yards, - TD
Rushing
Indianapolis – ---: -- att, -- yards, - TD
Evansville – ---: -- att, -- yards, - TD
Receiving
Indianapolis – ---: -- rec, -- yards, - TD
Evansville – ---: -- rec, -- yards, - TD :
With the victory, the Rage collected their first ever franchise victory. The Rage were led by quarterback Nate Samas who put the first points on the board with a four-yard keeper under two minutes into the game. Samas also added five touchdowns through the air. Rage running back Joe Casey played a versatile role in the victory as well. Casey racked up two rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown. Wide receiver Dusten Dubose compiled three receiving touchdowns from quarterback Nate Samas and receiver Terrence Wright added one receiving touchdown. During the game, the Enforcers set a franchise record for points scored in a game, with 35. Their previous high had been 19.
With the win, the Rage improved to 1-0.

### Week 3: vs Port Huron Patriots

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rage | 10 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 44 |
| Patriots | 14 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
at McMorran Arena, Port Huron, Michigan
* Date: March 24, 2012
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
* Game attendance: 923
* Referee: Dave Stein
Game information :
1st quarter
Port Huron (9:53) Mike McKinley 1-yard run (Mike McKinley rush), Port Huron 8-0
Evansville (5:14) Terrence Wright 1-yard run (Kyle Doughtery kick), Port Huron 8-7
Port Huron (4:27) Jose Morris 50-yard kickoff return (Mike McKinley rush failed), Port Huron 14-7
Evansville (0:58) Kyle Doughtery 42-yard field goal, Port Huron 14-10
2nd quarter
Evansville (11:56) Dusten DuBose 15-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Doughtery kick), Evansville 17-14
Port Huron (6:10) Darryl Johnson 3-yard run (Musa O'Deh kick blocked), Port Huron 20-17
Evansville (3:55) Dusten DuBose 18-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Doughtery kick), Evansville 24-20
Evansville (0:22) Terrence Wright 45-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Doughtery kick), Evansville 31-20
3rd quarter
Port Huron (10:30) Jose Morris fumble recovery in the endzone (Musa O'Deh kick failed), Evansville 31-26
Evansville (7:21) Dale Jennings 5-yard run (Kyle Doughtery kick failed), Evansville 37-26
Evansville (1:47) Terrence Wright 27-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Doughtery kick), Evansville 44-26
4th quarter
Port Huron (10:13) Jose Morris 1-yard fumble recovery (Mike McKinley rush), Evansville 44-34
Passing
Evansville – Nate Samas: 8/13, 160 yards, 4 TD
Port huron – Darryl Johnson: 13/25, 109 yards, 0 TD
Rushing
Evansville – Dale Jennings: 7 att, 29 yards, 1 TD
Port huron – Mike McKinley: 8 att, 29 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Evansville – Terrence Wright: 4 rec, 116 yards, 2 TD
Port huron – Jose Morris: 5 rec, 52 yards, 0 TD :
With the win, the Rage improved to 2-0.

### Week 4: vs Saginaw Sting

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rage | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| Sting | 16 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 72 |
at Dow Event Center, Saginaw, Michigan
* Date: March 30, 2012
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
Game information :
1st quarter
Saginaw (7:30) Zac Nichols 4-yard pass from Tommy Jones (Tommy Jones rush), Saginaw 8-0
Evansville (5:00) Nate Samas 3-yard run (Kyle Doughtery kick), Saginaw 8-7
Saginaw (4:30) Zac Nichols 25-yard pass from Tommy Jones (Tommy Jones pass to Charles Tarver), Saginaw 16-7
Evansville 1:45) Terrence Wright 23-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Daughtery kick), Saginaw 16-14
2nd quarter
Saginaw (14:40) Tommy Jones 14-yard run (Kyle Doughtery kick), Saginaw 22-14
Evansville (13:30) Dusten DeBose 20-yard pass from Nate Samas (Kyle Daughtery kick), Saginaw 22-21
Saginaw (10:50) Andrew Beaver 13-yard pass from Tommy Jones (Tommy Jones pass to Andrew Beaver), Saginaw 30-21
Saginaw (3:24) Zac Nichols 22-yard pass from Tommy Jones (Tommy Jones pass to Andrew Beaver), Saginaw 38-21
3rd quarter
Sagianw (12:14) Keith Bartynski 5-yard run (Tommy Jones pass to Andrew Beaver), Saginaw 46-21
Sagianw (1:56) Team Safety, Saginaw 48-21
Sagianw (1:50) Charles Tarver 50-yard kickoff return (Tommy Jones pass to Zac Nichols), Saginaw 56-21
4th quarter
Saginaw (11:31) Zac Nichols 19-yard pass from Tommy Jones (Keith Bartynski rush), Saginaw 64-21
Evansville (7:41) Terrence Wright 47-yard run (Nate Samas pass to Joe Casey), Saginaw 64-29
Saginaw (7:00) Keith Bartynski 13-yard run (Tommy Jones pass to Jeff Austin), Saginaw 72-29
Passing
Evansville – Nate Samas: 8/24, 82 yards, 2 TD
Saginaw – Tommy Jones: 15/23, 211 yards, 5 TD
Rushing
Evansville – Terrence Wright: 5 att, 41 yards, 1 TD
Saginaw – Tommy Jones: 3 att, 36 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Evansville – Dusten DeBose: 3 rec, 44 yards, 1 TD
Saginaw – Zac Nichols: 8 rec, 162 yards, 4 TD :
With the loss, the Rage fell to 2-1.