right during initial home game on April 14, 2007
The New England Surge
were an indoor football team that was a member of the United States Indoor Football League, which will begin play in 2009. They were previously in the Continental Indoor Football League in 2007 and 2008. The New England Surge are currently near bankruptcy and owe several vendors, league officials and private institutions large amounts of money. [1]
The Surge played home games at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. On April 24, 2007, only four games into the team's first season, head coach Rick Buffington was fired, replaced by team president Roy Lucas Jr.
A new ownership group is being formed for the Surge, who will be playing in the af2 starting in 2010.
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NEW ENGLAND SURGE TICKETS
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Season-By-Season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| 2007
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 2nd Atlantic
| Won AD Semifinal (Lehigh Valley)
Lost AD Championship (Rochester)
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| 2008
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 1st Atlantic East
| Lost AD East Finals (Lehigh Valley)
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| Totals
| 17
| 9
| 0
| (including playoffs)
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2007 Season
2007 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 24
| Rochester Raiders
| Away
| Lost 40-77
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| April 1
| Chesapeake Tide
| Away
| Lost 30-37
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| April 14
| NY/NJ Revolution
| Home
| Won 61-6
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| April 22
| Chicago Slaughter
| Home
| Lost 35-38
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| April 28
| NY/NJ Revolution
| Away
| Won 39-21
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| May 5
| Steubenville Stampede
| Away
| Won 43-30
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| May 12
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz
| Home
| Won 53-25
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| May 19
| Chesapeake Tide
| Home
| Won 62-39
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| May 26
| Steubenville Stampede
| Home
| Won 86-0
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| June 2
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz
| Away
| Won 70-42
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| June 16
| Rochester Raiders
| Home
| Lost 40-49
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| June 23
| NY/NJ Revolution
| Away
| Won 34-20
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| July 7
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz (Playoffs)
| Home
| Won 58-34
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| July 14
| Rochester Raiders (Playoffs)
| Away
| Lost 45-80
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Notable players
- Harold Shaw, former New England Patriots running back
- Tyler Grogan, son of former New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan
- Marc Eddy
Notable Games
* June 16 vs. Rochester Raiders:
Following their 77-40 loss to the Raiders in the season opener the Surge made a determined effort to score the win. In a wild back-and-forth contest the Surge were unable to hold onto the lead and fell 49-40, their first loss with
Roy Lucas Jr. as coach.
[2]
2008 Season
2008 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 28
| Flint Phantoms
| Away
| Won 38-28 [3]
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| April 5
| Chesapeake Tide
| Away
| Won 49-41
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| April 12
| Miami Valley Silverbacks
| Away
| Won 54-26
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| April 20
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz
| Home
| Won 35-14
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| April 26
| Flint Phantoms
| Home
| Won 49-48 [4]
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| May 3
| Rochester Raiders
| Away
| Lost 20-62
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| May 10
| Chesapeake Tide
| Home
| Won 46-24
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| May 17
| New Jersey Revolution
| Home
| Won 62-26
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| May 24
| New Jersey Revolution
| Away
| Won 45-9
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| May 31
| Rochester Raiders
| Home
| Lost 25-52
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| June 7
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz
| Home
| Lost 42-45
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| June 14
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz (Playoffs)
| Away
| Lost 21-27
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Notable Games
- April 5 vs. Chesapeake Tide
Following a 28-23 Surge lead at halftime the Tide scored 18 points to 14 Surge points for a 42-41 Surge lead in the game's final twenty seconds. The Tide attempted a 17-yard field goal but it was blocked by
Eric Boatwright of the Surge. On the next play
Harold Shaw stormed through the Tide defense for his fourth touchdown of the game and a 49-41 final.
[5] The game was notable as the Surge replaced quarterback Jason Manson, who was injured, in the second quarter with Shawn Brady.
- April 26 vs. Flint Phantoms
Overcoming two first-half interceptions by Shawn Brady (partly a result of miscommunication between Brady and his receivers in the first half), back-to-back kick-return touchdowns by Phantoms receiver/backup kick returner Robert Boyer in the fourth quarter, a monster game by Phantoms quarterback Roosevelt Wideman, and Flint leads in the second half that fluctuated between 14 and 15 points, the Surge behind three Brady touchdowns in the fourth, a touchdown off a blocked 55-yard Phantoms field goal try by Rashawn "Ojay" Jones, and a fourth-down defensive stop rallied to defeat the Phantoms 49-48 for their fifth straight win.
- May 3 vs. Rochester Raiders
The Surge's struggles against Rochester continued in a gory 62-20 humiliation at
Blue Cross Arena. The Surge were shut out in the second half as the Raiders scored 28 unanswered points and collapsed New England's offensive line. The loss was the first for Shawn Brady, held to just 15 of 30 with three interceptions, and the Raiders remained the only team against which team owner/head coach
Roy Lucas, Jr. was winless in this, the Surge's fourth career matchup against Rochester.
- May 31 vs. Rochester Raiders
The Surge's career winless streak against Rochester reached five with a 52-25 drubbing at the
DCU Center in Worcester, MA. The Raiders surrendered only a safety off a blocked field goal try in the first half, scoring four touchdowns in the process. Shawn Brady was picked off three times (one INT was in the Raiders endzone) in the first half and would surrender a fourth INT in the fourth quarter. It turned out to be the Surge's final game against Rochester as the Raiders withdrew from the CIFL after the regular season.