Orlando Rage
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Orlando Rage is a name used by two different American football teams based in Orlando, Florida: one was originally part of the failed XFL begun by Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation and by NBC, a major television network in the United States. The current Orlando Rage, a minor league team in the Southern States Football League with different colors and logos, has no connection with the former XFL franchise.
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[edit] XFL team
The team's colors were navy blue, reddish-orange, yellow, and white with jersey numbers in a unique jagged font. They played their home games at Orlando's Citrus Bowl The team's General Manager was Tom Veit a former Major League Soccer Vice President and were coached by former Gators head coach Galen Hall. They were in the XFL's Eastern Division with the NY/NJ Hitmen, Chicago Enforcers and Birmingham Thunderbolts. The team finished their only regular season with an 8-2 record, the best in the league, but were upset in the first round of the playoffs by the 5-5 San Francisco Demons, who would eventually lose the XFL Championship Game. NBC dropped the XFL concept after the first season (2001) due to dismal ratings, and the league folded soon afterwards.
[edit] Southern States Football League
The team name was revived in 2004 as a member of the minor-league Southern States Football League, after a merger between the Orlando Starz and Orlando Panthers franchises. The new team's colors are reddish-orange, sky blue and silver. In 2008 the Orlando Rage participated in the Rice Bowl in Orlando's Citrus Bowl, defeating the Sarasota Millionaires by the score of 55 to 26, in the process becoming SSFL champions. MVP of the game for the Orlando Rage were WR Preston McGann and DB Jerome Lowery.
[edit] Orlando Rage Team Leaders
Rushing Yards: 387, Derrick Clark
Receiving Yards: 659, Diallo Burks
Passing Yards: 998, Brian Kuklick
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