# Corpus Christi Rage

The Corpus Christi Rage was a professional indoor football team and a charter member of the National Arena League (NAL) that began play in its inaugural 2017 season. Based in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Rage played their home games at the American Bank Center.
The Rage were the third arena/indoor football team to call Corpus Christi home, following the Corpus Christi Hammerheads/Fury, which played in eight different leagues from 2004 until 2016, and the Corpus Christi Sharks, which played in the af2 from 2007 until 2009.

## History

On October 17, 2016, the Rage announced they had joined the new Arena Developmental League (which then became the National Arena League) in an introductory press conference, with their logo and color scheme unveiled that day. The Rage were owned by Corpus Christi-area businessman Eric Dee Smith, who is an Army veteran and a former corrections officer, with Leonard Harris serving as the team's general manager. The ADL officially confirmed the Rage's membership on October 28.
After the team's fourth game of their inaugural 2017 season, the Rage's operations were apparently taken over by the league from owner Eric Smith. Afterwards, the Rage had two home games cancelled during the season by the league: the first being the May 20 game against the Georgia Firebirds, which was cancelled as a cost-cutting measure as the league had also taken control of the Firebirds franchise the week before, and their final June 16 game against the High Country Grizzlies as both teams had already been eliminated from playoff contention. Neither game was considered a forfeit; they were simply erased from the league schedules as a no contest. The Rage folded during the last week of the season.

## Statistics and records
### Season-by-season results

| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff Berth | League Leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason results |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Postseason results |
| 2017 | 2017 | NAL | | | 8th | 0 | 9 | 0 | |

### Head coach

| Name | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Awards |
| Name | Term | W | L | T | Win% | W | L | Awards |
| Steven Fillmore | 2017 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | — | — | |

## 2017 season
### Schedule

Key:  Win  Tie  Loss  Bye
All start times are local time
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location |
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location |
| 1 | Monday | March 20 | 6:00pm | at Monterrey Steel | L 12–55 | 0–1 | Arena Monterrey |
| 2 | Sunday | March 26 | 6:00pm | Columbus Lions | L 18–85 | 0–2 | American Bank Center |
| 3 | Monday | April 3 | 6:00pm | at Monterrey Steel | L 28–57 | 0–3 | Arena Monterrey |
| 4 | Saturday | April 8 | 7:00pm | at Georgia Firebirds | L 26–76 | 0–4 | Albany Civic Center |
| 5 | Sunday | April 16 | 7:00pm | at Dayton Wolfpack | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 6 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 7 | Saturday | April 29 | 7:00pm | at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | L 28–95 | 0–5 | PPL Center |
| 8 | Saturday | May 6 | 7:00pm | at Jacksonville Sharks | L 6–71 | 0–6 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |
| 9 | Monday | May 15 | 6:00pm | Monterrey Steel | L 30–33 | 0–7 | American Bank Center |
| 10 | Saturday | May 20 | 6:00pm | Georgia Firebirds | Cancelled | Cancelled | American Bank Center |
| 11 | Sunday | May 28 | 6:00pm | Jacksonville Sharks | L 6–71 | 0–8 | American Bank Center |
| 12 | Saturday | June 3 | 7:00pm | at Columbus Lions | L 12–81 | 0–9 | Columbus Civic Center |
| 13 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 14 | Friday | June 16 | 6:00pm | High Country Grizzlies | Cancelled | Cancelled | American Bank Center |
* ↑ Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta
* ↑ Game cancelled by the Firebirds due to not wanting to travel to Corpus Christi
* ↑ Game cancelled by the Rage as the team suspended operations the week prior.