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2006 Kansas City Brigade season

arena Football League team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ4606484 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2006 Kansas City Brigade season was the opening season for the franchise. After the announcement that the New Orleans VooDoo would suspend operations for the 2006 AFL season due to Hurricane Katrina, the AFL awarded an expansion franchise to Kansas City. Kevin Porter was the team's first head coach. They would be placed in the NC Southern, where they would take New Orleans' spot for the year.

Regular season schedule

Coaching

Kevin Porter was the Brigade's first head coach.

Stats

Offense

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Touchdowns

Defense

Special teams

Kick return

Kicking

Week 1: at Dallas Desperados

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

Game time: January 29, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. CST

Game attendance: 11,571

Officials: Steve Pamon, Wes Fritz, Neil Brunner, R.G. Detillier, Tony Lombardo

Week 2: at Orlando Predators

at TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, Florida

Game time: February 3, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. EST

Game attendance: 13,512

Officials: Riley Johnson, Rick Podraza, Julian Mapp, Paul Engelberts, Bud McCleskey, Buddy Ward

Week 3: vs Austin Wranglers

at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

Game time: February 12, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. CST

Game attendance: 16,523

Officials: David Cutaia, Doug Wilson, Kavin McGrath, Darrel Leftwich, Rich Wilborn, Bob Mantooth

Offensive Player of the Game: Jerel Myers (KC)

Defensive Player of the Game: Donvetis Franklin (AUS)

Ironman of the Game: Kevin Nickerson (AUS)

Week 4: vs Columbus Destroyers

at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

Game time: February 19, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. CST

Game attendance: 14,632

Officials: Tom McCabe, Paul Frerking, Brent Durbin, Bob McElwee, Keith Washington

Week 5: at Georgia Force

at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

Game time: February 24, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.

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