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RECORD: 10 Wins - 6 Losses
2004 QUAD CITY STEAMWHEELERS
PLAYER POS. PLAYER POS.
51 Fred Barr FB/LB 22 Jeff Hewitt WR/DB
32 Jesse Beckom FB/LB 93 Rasche Hill OL/DL
03 Brian Berg FB/LB 28 Michael Lewis DS
79 Bear Brown OL/DL 91 Jerry Montgomery OL/DL
43 Jamaal Cherry OL/DL 24 Chazz Moore DS
58 Christopher Newby OL/DL 83 Carmello Ocasio OS
18 Larico Cole WR/LB 02 Matt Pike QB
00 Jeremy Conley WR/LB 57 James Rennick OL/DL
06 Billy Cook WR/DB 01 Lee Russell FB/LB
32 Nick Cosentino FB/LB 44 Elly Salamo FB/LB
07 Tim Dodge WR/DB 18 Marc Samuel K
67 Terrance Dotsy OL/DL 08 Charles Sheffield WR/DB
10 Brian Eyerman QB 96 Chris Smith OL/DL
10 Flint Fleming OL/DL 26 Danny Thomas WR/DB
09 Ryan Geisler K 55 Jon Verdegan OL/DL
04 Ronnie Gordon QB 67 Jason Weite OL/DL
42 Brandon Graves OL/DL 72 Brandon Williams OL/DL
93 Harvie Herrington OL/DL 56 Damon Williams OL/DL
2004 PHOTO TRIBUTE
2004 SEASON SUMMARY
Following the shocking loss to Arkansas in the 2003
playoffs at home but coming off a 14-2 regular season record, the
expectations were pretty high for the Steamwheelers. Coach
Ingold began his third year as head coach and following some twists and
turns in players moving up, the Steamwheelers have Tim Dodge and Jeff
Hewitt back. Brian Berg joins the team at FB/LB and the front line
had to be rebuilt. Special teams had been a soft point in the team's
play and it would prove to come back and haunt them again in
2004.
Ronnie
Gordon takes the lead QB role with former Peoria team mate, Matt Pike
signing on as well. Matter of fact, they were two of many former
Pirates now on the Quad City roster. Jon Verdegan, Paul
Savich, Charles Sheffield also made the trek up I-74. Harvie
Herrington joins the team after his career in the bigs. Lineman
Chris Smith re-joins the team as does Damon Williams. Bear Brown
battles through knee injuries to become a fan favorite and a force on
defense. He was the only 'Wheeler to have a Superbowl ring when he
was with the Rams.
This was a year for contraction in the AFL and many
af2 teams were stocked with unbelievable talent. The af2 had more
parity in 2004 than any other year. It was clear the league was
changing competitively. The team ended up 10-6, winning the
division and earning yet, another playoff spot. The regular season
ended with a win at home over Louisville. The playoff seedings
worked out where Louisville would return the following week for a
divisional playoff game.
Due to poor clock management and Louisville's 3
timeouts, the Steamwheelers were unable to gain positive
yardage with questionable play calling. They turned the ball
over on downs with seconds on the clock. Louisville went for the
field goal and Ingold only had Hewitt deep in coverage. The ball
missed, hit the iron, shot down onto the turf and sprung up way over
Hewitts head and out to the 10-yard line where it landed into the hands of
Demetrius Forney who rushed the remaining few yards into the endzone to
claim a Fire victory and keep the Steamwheelers from advancing to the next
round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Ingold
took a job with the AFL's Dallas Desperados for
2005.
2004 SEASON W 71-32 - 4/3 Vs.
Manchester W 45-42 - 4/10 @ Manchester W 47-29
- 4/17 Vs. Tenn. Valley L 27-40 - 4/24 @
WB/Scranton W 47-26 - 5/1 Vs. Green Bay W 47-20 - 5/7 @
Peoria W 73-39 - 5/15 Vs. Wichita L 52-62 - 5/22 @ San
Diego L 61-62 - 6/5 @ Lousville L 39-46 - 6/12 Vs.
WB/Scranton W 62-53 - 6/18 @ Green Bay W 54-29 - 6/25 @
Arkansas L 13-29 - 7/2 Vs. Peoria L 41-48 -
7/10 @ Tenn. Valley W 56-22 - 7/17 Vs. Birmingham W 66-38 - 7/31 Vs.
Louisville 2004
PLAYOFFS L Vs.
Louisville
Rich Ingold- Head Jon Roelhk -
Linemen Ed
Langford- DB's Mike
Fox - Volunteer
01. Albany
Conquest 02. Arkansas Twisters
03. Bakersfield Blitz 04. Birmingham Steeldogs 05. Bossier
City Battlewings 06. Cape Fear
Wildcats 07. Central Valley Coyotes
08. Columbus Wardogs 09. Florida
Firecats 10. Green Bay Blizzard 11. Hawaii
Islanders 12. Laredo Law 13. Louisville
Fire 14. Macon Knights
15. Manchester Wolves 16. Memphis Xplorers 17. Oklahoma City
Yard Dawgz 18. Peoria Pirates 19. Quad
City Steamwheelers 20. Rio Grande Valley Dorados Complete af2 Teams Listing
Jamaal Cherry - OL Las Vegas
Gladiators Tim Dodge - WR/LB
Denver Crush Jeff Hewitt
- WR/DB NFL Tryouts -
Carolina Terence Dotsy - OL Dallas
Desperados Ronnie Gordon
- QB New York
Dragons Jerry Montgomery
- OL Las Vegas
Gladiators Chazz Moore
- DS NFL
Europe
Won Division Lost 1st Rnd Playoffs Lowest Pts. Scored - 13 Defeated 8-0
Wichita Attendance Avg. 4300 Freak Loss To
Louisville Ingold Moved To AFL
Rich Ingold- Head
