The 2014 Georgia Fire season was the first season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League. One of 8 teams that competed in the PIFL for the 2014 season.
With complications surrounding the Albany Panthers franchise for the 2014 season, the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) introduced the Fire to replace the Panthers for the 2014 season. With the league running the team, PIFL Executive Director, Jeff Ganos was named the franchise's general manager and Cosmo DeMatteo was named the team's innaurgal head coach on February 27, 2014. With the season starting on April 5, 2014, the Fire were given the Panthers roster, where players who didn't wish to play for the new franchise, refused to report. In the first game in franchise history, the Fire knocked off defending PIFL Champions, the Alabama Hammers by a score of 57–55. The Fire finished the season 4–8, failing to make the playoffs.
Schedule Key:
Regular season All start times are local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 BYE 2 Saturday April 5 7:30pm Alabama Hammers W 67–65 1–0 Forum Civic Center 3 Friday April 11 7:30pm at Columbus Lions L 34–71 1–1 Columbus Civic Center 4 BYE 5 Saturday April 26 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 41–63 1–2 Columbus Civic Center 6 Saturday May 3 7:30pm Nashville Venom W 49–42 2–2 Forum Civic Center 7 Saturday May 10 7:05pm at Nashville Venom W 58–56 3–2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium 8 Saturday May 17 7:05pm at Harrisburg Stampede L 64–72 3–3 Giant Center 9 Saturday May 24 7:00pm at Alabama Hammers L 21–39 3–4 Von Braun Center 10 Sunday June 1 1:00pm Richmond Raiders L 53–72 3–5 Forum Civic Center 11 Saturday June 7 7:30pm Nashville Venom L 39–73 3–6 Forum Civic Center 12 Saturday June 14 7:30pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 57–63 OT 3–7 Forum Civic Center 13 Saturday June 21 7:00pm at Trenton Freedom W 52–49 4–7 Sun National Bank Center 14 Friday June 27 7:30pm Columbus Lions L 55–69 4–8 Forum Civic Center
Roster 2014 Georgia Fire roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers Injured Reserve
Exempt list currently vacant
Failure to report-exempt
rookies in italics Roster updated June 5, 2014 26 Active, 9 Inactive
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