2008 Los Angeles Avengers season

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.

2008 Los Angeles Avengers season
Head coachEd Hodgkiss
Home fieldStaples Center
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Standings

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Western Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CONF Home Away
San Jose SaberCats(2) 11 5 .688 945 875 6–0 9–1 6–2 5–3
Arizona Rattlers(3) 8 8 .500 842 907 1–5 3–7 3–5 5–3
Utah Blaze(4) 6 10 .375 941 959 2–4 6–4 4–4 2–6
Los Angeles Avengers 5 11 .313 847 1004 3–3 4–6 4–4 1–7

Regular season schedule

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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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2008 Los Angeles Avengers staff
Front office
  • CEO / majority owner – Casey Wasserman
  • President – Matt Wikstrom
  • Senior Director of Ticket Sales & Service – James Jackson
  • Director of Marketing & Operations – Chris Holmes
  • Director of group sales – Jennifer Schwarzbach
  • Director of corporate partnerships – Evan Shapiro
  • Director of corporate partnerships – Ted Yeschin
  • Corporate partnerships executive – Eva Stefanac
 

Head coach

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator / defensive backs coach – Maurice Blanding
  • Defensive line / linebackers coach – Leroy Thompson

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Roster

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2008 Los Angeles Avengers roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 35 Michael Cobbins


Wide receivers

Offensive linemen


Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 29 Kabote Sikyala


Kickers

Injured reserve

Other league exempt

Practice squad

  • -- Andy Collins QB
  • -- Matt McGhghy OL
  • -- Rob McMackin OL

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 25, 2008
24 Active, 4 Inactive, 3 PS

Stats

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Regular season

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
NO 16 17 3642
LA 7 21 141759

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: February 29
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,209
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 14 21 102065
ARZ 7 14 01233

at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: March 10
  • Game time: 11:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11532
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 0 7 141334
GA 6 16 201658

at The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia

  • Date: March 15
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10156
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
PHI 13 21 142371
LA 7 20 7034

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: March 20
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,398
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 14 16 82159
GR 28 28 141484

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: March 30
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,818
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 20 14 71354
COL 14 14 201967

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: April 4
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,159
Game information

Week 7: vs. Utah Blaze

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
UTA 21 13 72162
LA 23 21 28779

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: April 12
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,861
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
CLE 27 14 142883
LA 13 21 142169

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: April 19
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,863
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 14 9 13642
SJ 20 19 102170

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: April 26
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,083
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
ARZ 14 24 71459
LA 10 28 02866

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: May 3
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,511
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
NY 13 14 71852
LA 0 13 28748

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,422
Game information

Week 12: at Chicago Rush

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 7 7 7728
CHI 20 24 141472

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: May 19
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,904
Game information

Week 13

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Bye Week

Quarter 1 2 34Total
SJ 14 10 142866
LA 0 14 142856

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: May 31
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,174
Game information

Week 15: at Utah Blaze

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 14 16 141256
UTA 14 14 172065

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: June 9
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,054
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
KC 7 24 71048
LA 10 10 141751

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 6:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,282
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
LA 0 20 131447
TB 20 21 211072

at St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 17,981
Game information

References

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  1. ^ "LA Avengers: Executive Bios". www.laavengers.com. Los Angeles Avengers. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2017.