2019 Columbus Destroyers season

Arena football season

The 2019 Columbus Destroyers season was the 11th and last season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, their sixth season in Columbus, and their first season following a 10-year hiatus. The Destroyers played their home games at Nationwide Arena and were coached by Matthew Sauk for the 2019 season.

Standings

2019 Arena Football League standings
Team Overall Points Records
W L PCT PF PA Home Away GB STK
Albany Empire xy 10 2 .833 620 474 5–1 5–1 — W2
Washington Valor x 7 5 .583 538 552 4–2 3–3 3 W2
Philadelphia Soul x 7 5 .583 523 530 4–2 3–3 L1
Baltimore Brigade x 7 5 .583 500 439 4–2 3–3 W1
Atlantic City Blackjacks 4 8 .333 518 550 3–3 1–5 6 L2
Columbus Destroyers 1 11 .083 394 548 1–5 0–6 9 L5

y - clinched regular season title
x - clinched playoff berth


Schedule

Regular season

The 2019 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2019.[1] All times Eastern.[2]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
Score Record
1 Saturday April 27, 2019 7:00 p.m. at Albany Empire L 19–35 0–1 Times Union Center 11,682 [3]
2 Saturday May 4, 2019 3:30 p.m. at Atlantic City Blackjacks L 35–42 0–2 Boardwalk Hall 6,139 [4]
3 Friday May 10, 2019 7:00 p.m. at Baltimore Brigade L 30–48 0–3 Royal Farms Arena 4,990 [5]
4 Saturday May 18, 2019 7:00 p.m. Albany Empire L 40–56 0–4 Nationwide Arena 7,035 [6]
5 Saturday May 25, 2019 3:30 p.m. Washington Valor L 27–29 0–5 Nationwide Arena 6,122 [7]
6 Saturday June 1, 2019 7:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Soul L 35–47 0–6 Wells Fargo Center 8,672 [8]
7 Friday June 7, 2019 7:00 p.m. Atlantic City Blackjacks W 54–50 1–6 Nationwide Arena 6,029 [9]
8 Saturday June 15, 2019 3:30 p.m. Baltimore Brigade L 39–44 1–7 Nationwide Arena 6,260 [10]
9 Saturday June 22, 2019 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Soul L 35–42 1–8 Nationwide Arena 7,604 [11]
10 Friday June 28, 2019 7:00 p.m. at Baltimore Brigade L 12–50 1–9 Royal Farms Arena 4,206 [12]
11 Bye
12 Sunday July 14, 2019 3:00 p.m. Albany Empire L 18–49 1–10 Nationwide Arena 9,275 [13]
13 Saturday July 20, 2019 3:30 p.m. at Washington Valor L 50–56 1–11 Capital One Arena 8,456 [14]

Game summaries

Week 1: at Albany (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 6 0 7 6 19
Albany 7 14 14 0 35
Week 2: at Atlantic City (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 13 7 0 15 35
Atlantic City 7 14 7 14 42
Week 3: at Baltimore (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 0 10 13 7 30
Baltimore 7 14 7 20 48

Week 4: Albany (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Albany 7 21 7 21 56
Columbus 7 7 14 12 40
Week 5: Washington (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Washington 0 7 14 8 29
Columbus 14 7 3 3 27
Week 6: at Philadelphia (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 7 7 0 21 35
Philadelphia 13 6 14 14 47

Week 7: Atlantic City (W)
1 2 3 4 Total
Atlantic City 0 21 14 15 50
Columbus 14 13 7 20 54
Week 8: Baltimore (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Baltimore 13 7 14 10 44
Columbus 13 7 7 12 39
Week 9: Philadelphia (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Philadelphia 7 20 0 15 42
Columbus 7 14 7 7 35

Week 10: at Baltimore (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 0 12 0 0 12
Baltimore 7 14 15 14 50
Week 12: Albany (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Albany 21 14 7 7 49
Columbus 6 6 0 6 18
Week 13: at Washington (L)
1 2 3 4 Total
Columbus 13 14 14 9 50
Washington 13 14 7 22 56

Roster

Columbus Destroyers roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 44 Faleaoga Russell

Wide receivers

  •  9 Fabian Guerra
  • 13 Paul Revis
  •  5 Tony Stevens
  • 17 Jenson Stoshak
  •  7 Domonique Young
  • 5 Tyler Palka
 Offensive linemen
  • 75 Nathan Isles
  • 65 Tuni Kanuch
  • 25 Miles Mason
  • 43 Lene Maiava
  • 73 Tait Leavitt

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 11 Anthony Clark
  • 21 Aaron Ivory

Defensive backs

Kickers

Reserve lists
  • 15 Kenny Cook WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Jordan Gandy WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Randall Harris OL (Did not report)
  • 43 Jovann Letuli OL (Suspended)
  • -- Julian Lowe WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  2 Donovan Morgan WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- K. J. Morton DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Trevon Saunders WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  7 Danny Southwick QB (Suspended)
  • 11 Jordan Thomas DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Robert Wheelwright WR (Did not report)

Recallable reassignment

  •  5 Anthony Amos WR
  • 65 Daronte Bouldin OL
  • 11 Alex Gray DB

Rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2019-04-26 at the Wayback Machine updated May 16, 2019
24 Active, 14 Inactive

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References

  1. ^ "Arena Football League Announces 2019 Schedule, Rule Changes". ArenaFootball.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Schedule & Times". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Albany Empire Defeat the Columbus Destroyers in First Game of the Season". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "AFL Box Score Columbus vs Atlantic City". ArenaFan. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "AFL Box Score Columbus vs Baltimore". ArenaFan. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "AFL Box Score Albany vs Columbus". ArenaFan. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  7. ^ "AFL Box Score Washington vs Columbus". ArenaFan. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Destroyers v Soul - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Blackjacks v Destroyers - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Brigade v Destroyers - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Soul v Destroyers - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Destroyers v Brigade - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Empire v Destroyers - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  14. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Destroyers v Valor - Arena Football League - Football". hosted.stats.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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  • Folded in 2008
  • Reestablished in 2019
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