- Rochester Brigade
Afl2 team
name = Rochester Brigade
conference = American
division = Northeastern
founded = 2001
arena = Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial
location = Rochester, New York
championships = noneThe Rochester Brigade is a now-defunct 2001af2 expansion team. They played their home games at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial inRochester, New York . Their first year record was 4–12, and they improved the second year at 7–9. Despite having a losing record that year, they managed to make it to their only playoff appearance, but they lost in the first round to theAlbany Conquest . After a dismal 3–13 year, the Brigade officially disbanded and ceased all operations.The team was co-owned with the
Buffalo Destroyers by Mark Hamister; after Hamister's failed bid for theBuffalo Sabres and his subsequent move of the Destroyers to Columbus,Ohio , he saw no need to continue the Brigade team and folded it.The city of Rochester would be without an arena football team until 2006, with the arrival of the GLIFL's
Rochester Raiders .Season-By-Season
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2001 || 4 || 12 || 0 || 7th AC Northeastern || --
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2002 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 2nd AC Northeastern || Lost Week 1 (Albany)
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2003 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 4th AC Northeastern || --
-!Totals || 14 || 35 || 0
colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
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* [http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=81&year=2003 Rochester Brigade on ArenaFan.com]
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