The Summit County Rumble were a Continental Indoor Football League team located in Tallmadge, Ohio (near Akron) and that began play in 2007. The team played their home games at the Summit County Fairgrounds Arena Complex. The team was originally scheduled to play as the Toledo Rumble in the Toledo Sports Arena, but the city of Toledo, which is seeking a new arena, balked on the deal. Later on, they were going to play as the Wayne County Rumble at the Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster, Ohio, but a deal fell through.All-Star games just aren't the same, the-daily-record.com, February 18, 2007 Finally, they were going to play at the Gault Recreation and Fitness Center, also in Wooster, but a deal fell through there as well. With that they decided to move to Summit County and became the Summit County Rumble.waynecorumble.com (site no longer in operation)
The team held the dubious distinction of being the first team to lose to the New York/New Jersey Revolution (a 48-47 loss on May 5, 2007 at the Rumble's home opener). Later in the season, on June 16, the Rumble defeated the Revolution in Morristown by a score of 38-27, thus earning the Rumble their first (and only) win in franchise history.
On June 28, 2007 the CIFL announced that it had suspended operations of the team.CIFL suspends operations of Steubenville, Summit County, oursportscentral.com, June 28, 2007
Season-by-season
|2007 || 1 || 11 || 0 || 7th Great Lakes || --
2007 season schedule DateOpponentHome/AwayResultMarch 24Muskegon ThunderNeutral (Steubenville)Lost 21-42April 5Steubenville StampedeAwayLost 6-42April 13Muskegon ThunderAwayLost 12-54April 20Steubenville StampedeAwayLost 32-89April 28Port Huron PiratesAwayLost 34-70May 5New York/New Jersey RevolutionHomeLost 47-48May 19Port Huron PiratesHomeLost 0-63May 26Kalamazoo XplosionAwayLost 20-75June 2Chesapeake TideHomeLost 53-58June 9Marion MayhemAwayLost 45-48June 16New York/New Jersey RevolutionAwayWon 38-27June 24Marion MayhemHomeLost 63-77
2007 CIFL standings
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