Savannah Steam
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Founded | 2013 |
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Current season | 2016 |
League | X-League (2014) AIF (2015–present) |
Division | Southern (2016–present) |
Team history | Pennsylvania Steam (2014) Savannah Steam (2014–present) |
Based in | Reading, Pennsylvania (2014) Richmond Hill, Georgia (2014–2015) Savannah, Georgia (2016-present) |
Arena | DeVaul Henderson Park (2015) Savannah Civic Center (2016–present) |
Colors | Red, White, Black, Grey |
Owner(s) | Bobby Dammarell |
Head coach | Bobby Dammarell |
General Manager | Jenny Dammarell |
Website | savannahsteamprofootball.com |
The Savannah Steam are a professional indoor football team based in Savannah, Georgia. The Steam are members of American Indoor Football (AIF).
The Steam joined X-League Indoor Football in 2013, as the Pennsylvania Steam based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Midway through the 2014 season, the Steam were sold to a Georgia ownership group, who moved the franchise to Savannah during the regular season. Following the 2014 season, the Steam joined the AIF for the 2015 season.
The Steam play their home games at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena at the Savannah Civic Center.
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Franchise history
It was announced in October 2013, that the Pennsylvania Steam would be joining X-League Indoor Football for its inaugural 2014 season, playing their home games at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania under head coach Shane Houser.[1]
2014 season
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After playing one road game as the Pennsylvania Steam, the franchise was sold by Missouri Sports Holdings to an ownership group led by Bobby Dammarell in Savannah, Georgia. The team played their remaining three road games as the Savannah Steam, while the four home games that were scheduled to take place in Reading, Pennsylvania were cancelled and counted as wins for the opposing teams.[2][3][4]
2015 season
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It was announced in December 2014, that the Savannah Steam were joining American Indoor Football for the 2015 season, playing their home games at Tiger Arena.[5] However, the Steam eventually played their home games at DeVaul Henderson Park, an outdoor park in Richmond Hill, Georgia. They finished the regular season 5-2, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
2016 season
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For 2016, the Steam announced that they would be playing at the Savannah Civic Center.[6] The team would run into severe financial troubles during this season with over $20,000 owed in rent for the use of the Civic Center and several unpaid sponsors. Eventually, the unpaid sponsors took their claims to the local sheriff's department in order to initiate an investigation and obtain the fees they were owed.[7]
Notable players
Current roster
Savannah Steam roster
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Quarterbacks
Running Backs Wide Receivers |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen |
Linebackers
Defensive Backs Kickers
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Injured Reserve
Transfer List
Refuse to Report
Rookies in italics |
All-League players
The following Steam players have been named to All-League Teams:
- WR Kelvin Irving (1)
Coaches
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2016 American Indoor Football season.
Name | Term | Regular Season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||
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W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
Shane Houser | 2014 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Dammarell | 2015-present | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 0 | 0 |
Current staff
Savannah Steam staff | ||||||
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Front Office
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Head Coach
Offensive Coaches
Defensive Coaches
Special Teams Coaches
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Statistics and records
Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | League Leader |
Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason Results | |||||
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Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
2014 | 2014 | XLIF | 5th | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
2015 | 2015 | AIF | 5th | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2016 | 2016 | AIF | Southern | 4th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 9 | 15 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2014-2016) | |||||||
0 | 0 | — | All-time postseason record (2014-2016) | ||||||||
9 | 15 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2014-2016) |
References
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