2017 Jacksonville Sharks season explained

Team:Jacksonville Sharks
Year:2017
Record:11–1
Conference Place:1st
Coach:Mark Stoute (fired week 10; 8–0 record)
Siaha Burley (3–1 record)
Owner:Jeff Bouchy
Steve Curran
Diva Nagula, D.O.
Kevin Wezniak
Rob Storm
Jason Green
Larry Payne
Stadium:Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Playoffs:Won NAL Semifinals 43–32 (Steel)
Won NAL Championship 27–21 (Columbus)

The 2017 Jacksonville Sharks season was the eighth season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the National Arena League (NAL). The Sharks were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season

The Sharks played their home games at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Led by head coach Mark Stoute, the Sharks went undefeated through eight games and then Stoute was fired.[1] Siaha Burley was immediately hired as his replacement after serving as the offensive coordinator of the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators.[2]

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016[3]

Key:

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1FridayMarch 177:00pmat Columbus LionsW 56–411–0Columbus Civic Center
2SaturdayMarch 257:00pmGeorgia FirebirdsW 55–262–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
3SaturdayApril 17:00pmLehigh Valley SteelhawksW 57–433–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
4SundayApril 97:00pmat High Country GrizzliesW 68–214–0George M. Holmes Convocation Center
5colSpan=7 BYE
6MondayApril 247:00pmat Monterrey SteelW 60–215–0Arena Monterrey
7SaturdayApril 297:00pmColumbus LionsW 37–286–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
8SaturdayMay 67:00pmCorpus Christi RageW 71–67–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
9colSpan=7 BYE
10SaturdayMay 207:00pmMonterrey SteelW 42–138–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
11SundayMay 287:00pmat Corpus Christi RageW 71–69–0American Bank Center
12SaturdayJune 37:00pmDayton WolfpackW 77–3210–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
13SaturdayJune 107:00pmHigh Country GrizzliesW 66–1811–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
14SaturdayJune 177:00pmMonterrey SteelL 37–4411–1Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Postseason

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
First RoundSaturdayJune 247:00pmMonterrey SteelW 43–321–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
ChampionshipMondayJuly 107:00pmColumbus LionsW 27–212–0Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STOUTE OUT AS HEAD COACH . Jacksonville Sharks . May 23, 2017 . May 23, 2017 . July 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731032509/http://www.jaxsharks.com/news/?article_id=1231 . dead .
  2. Web site: SIAHA BURLEY NAMED SHARKS HEAD COACH . Jacksonville Sharks . May 23, 2017 . May 23, 2017 . July 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731035609/http://www.jaxsharks.com/news/?article_id=1232 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2016 National Arena League schedule . National Arena League . December 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161214072740/http://www.nationalarenaleague.com/schedules.html . December 14, 2016 . dead .