Steel City Menace

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Steel City Menace
Established 2015
Folded 2016
Played in Pueblo, Colorado
(travel team)
Steel City Menace website
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League/conference affiliations
American Indoor Football (2016)
  • Western Division (2016)
Team colorsOrange, black, gray, white
       
Personnel
Owner(s)Idale Graves
General managerTerrence Foster
Head coachTerrence Foster (interim)
Team history
  • Mile High Menace (planning stages)
  • Steel City Menace (2016)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

The Steel City Menace were a professional indoor football team and a member of American Indoor Football that played part of the 2016 season. Originally based in Pueblo, Colorado, the Menace were to play their home games at the Southwest Motors Events Center, however, they ended up playing at an outdoor field and the two regular season league games they played were on the road.

The Menace were the second indoor football team to call Pueblo home, after the which played in the National Indoor Football League for the season before the team and the league folded.

Originally, the Menace were going to be known as the Mile High Menace and play at the Magness Arena in Denver.[1]

During their first exhibition home game at West Texas, they wore a local high school's uniform (Centennial High School). The team folded mid-season after two league road games and not having a home arena.[2] The head coach, Terry Foster, left the team to coach the Myrtle Beach Freedom on April 19, 2016.

Roster[]

2016 Steel City Menace roster
Quarterbacks
  • -- Levi Thompson
  • -- Travio Ward

Running Backs

  • -- Triston McCarthen

Wide Receivers

  • -- Ronnie Brown
  • -- Preston Davis
  • -- Raliek Greene
  • -- DaVaughn Thornton
  • -- Kevin Weatherspoon
Offensive Linemen
  • -- Adrian Cabrera
  • -- Jerome Cook
  • -- Jesse Merritt
  • -- Kevin Smith
  • -- Josh White

Defensive Linemen

  • -- JeRyl Christian
  • -- Kyle Connors
  • -- Bruce Franks
  • -- Christopher Murray
Linebackers
  • -- Isaiah Keyes
  • -- Lavar Ledbetter
  • -- Marcus Sanders
  • -- Jerimiah Spicer

Defensive Backs

  • -- Artwaun Steele
  • -- Ramar Watson
  • -- Jemichael Williams

Kickers

  • -- Merf Trout
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated December 7, 2015
  • 24 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff[]

Steel City Menace staff
Front Office
  • Owner - Idale Graves
  

Head Coach

  • Interim Head Coach - Terrence Foster

Assistant Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator - Maurice Purify
  • Defensive Coordinator - Antone Huntter
  • Offensive Assistant - Joseph Nason

Statistics and records[]

Season results[]

Season Team League Division Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2016 2016 AIF Western folded 0 2 0

Head coaches' records[]

Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Terrence Foster 2016 0 2 0 .000 — —

2016 season[]

2016 Steel City Menace season
OwnerIdale Graves
Head coachTerrence Foster
General managerTerrence Foster
Results
Record0–2
Division place3rd
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Steel City Menace

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Exhibition games[]

All start times were local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 19 5:00pm at West Texas Renegades W 32–12 1–0 Taylor County Expo Center

Regular season[]

All start times were local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 Friday March 11 7:05pm at New Mexico Stars L 14–34 0–1 Santa Ana Star Center
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 BYE
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm at New Mexico Stars L 2–47 0–2 Santa Ana Star Center
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm New Mexico Stars Southwest Motors Events Center
10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm at Corpus Christi Fury American Bank Center
11 Saturday May 7 5:00pm at New Mexico Stars Santa Ana Star Center
12 BYE
13 BYE
14 BYE

Standings[]

2016 AIF Western Standings
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Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
New Mexico Stars 6 1 0 .857 497 105 71.0 15.0 W5
Corpus Christi Fury 2 1 0 .667 168 112 56.0 37.3 L1
Steel City Menace 0 2 0 .000 16 81 8.0 40.5 L2

References[]

  1. ^ "AIF to Add West Division". American Indoor Football. October 1, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Myrtle Beach Freedom hire new coach after ugly split with inaugural one". Myrtle Beach Online. April 19, 2016.

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