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, United States. The Fury played its home games at the

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History

The Fury began life as the Corpus Christi Hammerheads, a charter member of the Intense Football League. The Hammerheads were coached by ex- University of Houston QB and former IFL star Jason McKinley, son of former NFL player Bob McKinley, and were led by a strong supporting cast of players such as quarterback Wes Cooper, wide receiver

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, tight end Matt Ross, and linebackers Roy Salas and DeAndrae Filmore. They played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum in 2004 and at the

in 2005 and 2006, both of which are in

. The team did not return to the American Bank Center for 2007 after the arena decided not to renew the team's lease and it became the home of the af2 team, the Corpus Christi Sharks. In 2007, the Hammerheads played in the Central Pavilion Arena in nearby Robstown, Texas. In 2008, head coach Jason McKinley guided the Hammerheads back to the Intense Football League's title game only to lose 65–36 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the Louisiana Swashbucklers. After the Sharks folded following the 2009 season the Hammerheads announced they were returning to the American Bank Center for the upcoming 2010 season. For the 2011 season, the Hammerheads joined the Southern Indoor Football League. Finishing at 7–5, the Hammerheads lost to the Louisiana Swashbucklers in the first round of the playoffs. After the 2011 season, the Hammerheads left the SIFL to help start the Lone Star Football League. The team was removed from the Lone Star Football League following the 2012 season. In 2013, the team played in the Ultimate Indoor Football League and renamed as the Corpus Christi Fury (the logos were originally designed for a proposed 2012 UIFL expansion team, the Danville Dragons). After falling to the Florida Tarpons in

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III, the Fury returned to the Ultimate Bowl in 2014. The team defeated the Tarpons 60–23 to claim their first championship in franchise history. For the 2015 season, the Fury played in the X-League after the UIFL ceased operations. The Fury would also go winless in this season. On October 1, 2015, the Fury joined American Indoor Football after the X-League folded. The team cancelled several games during the 2016 season and only played one game against another AIF member. While never announced by the team itself, the Fury appeared to have folded before their May 15, 2016, game against the New Mexico Stars, giving the Stars 24 hours' notice that they would be unable to make the game. They also announced their May 22 home game was cancelled on the day of the game over social media without explanation. They were removed from the AIF website after the completion of the 2016 season. AIF would cease all operations in July 2016 but the Fury appear to have folded prior to and independently of this. In October, a new indoor football team was announced to begin play in 2017 out of the American Bank Center called the Corpus Christi Rage. The new team had no connection to the former Hammerheads/Fury franchise and was a member of the new National Arena League. This team, however, also went winless and failed to complete the 2017 season.

Final roster

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Intense Football League) , - , 2004 , , 8 , , 8 , , 0 , , 5th League , , — , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (NIFL) , - , 2005 , , 8 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2nd Pacific South , , Won PC Quarterfinal ( S.W. Louisiana)
Lost PC Semifinal (

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) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Intense Football League) , - , 2006 , , 9 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd League , , Won Semifinal ( Centex)
Lost Intense Bowl II (

) , - , 2007 , , 12 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2nd League , , Won Semifinal ( Frisco)
Lost Intense Bowl III ( Louisiana) , - , 2008 , , 10 , , 4 , , 0 , , 2nd League , , Won Semifinal ( CenTex)
Lost Intense Bowl IV ( Louisiana) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (Indoor Football League) , - , 2009 , , 5 , , 9 , , 0 , , 4th Intense Lone Star , , — , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 6 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd Intense Lone Star , , Lost Round 1 ( Arkansas) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (SIFL) , - , 2011 , , 7 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd WC Southwest , , Lost WC Round 1 ( Louisiana) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Hammerheads (LSFL) , - , 2012 , , 4 , , 7 , , 0 , , 5th League , , — , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Fury (UIFL) , - ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, , 6 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2nd League , , Lost Ultimate Bowl III ( Florida) , - ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st League , , Won Ultimate Bowl IV ( Florida) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Fury (X-League) , - , 2015 , , 0 , , 6 , , 0 , , 9th League , , — , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Corpus Christi Fury (AIF) , - ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , — , , — , - !Totals , , 86 , , 69 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including IFL, NIFL, SIFL, UIFL, X-League & AIF playoffs)

Records

*The Hammerheads hold the record for most Intense Bowls played, but lost all three games.

References

External links

Official Site of the Corpus Christi Fury

Hammerheads' 2006 stats

Hammerheads' 2007 stats

Hammerheads' 2008 stats

Hammerheads' 2011 stats
{{SIFL former American Indoor Football teams American football teams in Texas Sports in Corpus Christi, Texas Former Indoor Football League teams Former Lone Star Football League teams Intense Football League teams Defunct American football teams in Texas Ultimate Indoor Football League teams Former X-League Indoor Football teams American football teams established in 2013 American football teams disestablished in 2016 2013 establishments in Texas 2016 disestablishments in Texas