2008 Los Angeles Avengers season explained

Team:	Los Angeles Avengers
Year:	2008
Record:	5–11
Division Place:	4th
Coach:	Ed Hodgkiss
Stadium:	Staples Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The 2008 Los Angeles Avengers season was the ninth and final season for the franchise. The Avengers finished the season with a 5–11 record, and failed to make the playoffs. Two days after the final regular season game, head coach Ed Hodgkiss and two assistants were fired from the team. Also, the team folded 10 months later.

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	February 29	New Orleans VooDoo	W 59–42	1–0	Staples Center	13,209	Recap
2	March 10	at Arizona Rattlers	W 65–33	2–0	US Airways Center	11,532	Recap
3	March 15	at Georgia Force	L 34–58	2–1	The Arena at Gwinnett Center	10,156	Recap
4	March 20	Philadelphia Soul	L 34–71	2–2	Staples Center	13,398	Recap
5	March 30	at Grand Rapids Rampage	L 59–84	2–3	Van Andel Arena	5,818	Recap
6	April 4	at Colorado Crush	L 54–67	2–4	Pepsi Center	11,159	Recap
7	April 12	Utah Blaze	W 79–62	3–4	Staples Center	14,861	Recap
8	April 19	Cleveland Gladiators	L 69–83	3–5	Staples Center	13,863	Recap
9	April 26	at San Jose SaberCats	L 42–70	3–6	HP Pavilion	13,083	Recap
10	May 3	Arizona Rattlers	W 66–59	4–6	Staples Center	13,511	Recap
11	May 10	New York Dragons	L 48–52	4–7	Staples Center	13,422	Recap
12	May 19	at Chicago Rush	L 28–72	4–8	Allstate Arena	15,904	Recap
13	Bye Week
14	May 31	San Jose SaberCats	L 56–66	4–9	Staples Center	15,174	Recap
15	June 9	at Utah Blaze	L 56–65	4–10	EnergySolutions Arena	16,054	Recap
16	June 14	Kansas City Brigade	W 51–48	5–10	Staples Center	11,282	Recap
17	June 21	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 47–72	5–11	St. Pete Times Forum	17,891	Recap

Staff

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Regular season

Week 13

Bye Week

Week 17: at Tampa Bay Storm

Notes and References

Web site: LA Avengers: Executive Bios . https://web.archive.org/web/20081223121631/http://www.laavengers.com/team/operations/executive-bios.php . dead . December 23, 2008 . Los Angeles Avengers . www.laavengers.com . August 1, 2017 . mdy-all .