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Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team began play in 1998 in the Arena Football League as an expansion team. They were last coached by Steve Thonn. Their home arena was the Van Andel Arena. ...

season was the 11th season for the franchise. The Rampage finished the regular season 6–10, earning them a spot in the playoffs as the 6th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card playoff game, the Rampage upset the Arizona Rattlers, 48–41. In the Divisional round, the Rampage won in a bigger upset against the top seeded Chicago Rush, 58–41. The Rampage's playoff run was cut short however, after losing the American Conference Championship to defending champion

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, 55–81. With the ballclub's folding in 2010, this was the franchise's final season.

Standings

Regular season schedule

Playoff schedule

Coaching

Final roster

Stats

Regular season

Week 1

Bye Week

Week 2: vs.
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Week 3: vs. Chicago Rush

Week 4: at
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Week 5: vs.
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Week 6: at
New York Dragons The New York Dragons were a professional arena football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Dragons participated in the Arena Football League's (AFL) National Conference as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was founded i ...

Week 7: vs.
Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played its ...

Week 8: at Chicago Rush

Week 9: vs.
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Week 10: at
Colorado Crush The Colorado Crush were an arena football team based in Denver, Colorado. They began play as a 2003 Arena Football League expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspen ...

Week 11: at
Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. The Desperados played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008. The franchise began play in as an expansion team, and have post ...

Week 12: vs.
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Week 13: at Arizona Rattlers

Week 14: vs.
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Week 15: vs.
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Week 16: at
Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They fol ...

Week 17: at New Orleans VooDoo

Playoffs

American Conference Wild Card: at (3) Arizona Rattlers

American Conference Divisional: at (1) Chicago Rush

American Conference Championship: vs. (2)
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References

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Grand Rapids Rampage seasons 2008 in sports in Michigan