2016 Arizona Rattlers season

2016 Arizona Rattlers season
Head coach Kevin Guy
General manager Kevin Guy
Owner Ron Shurts
Home field Talking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record 13–3
Conference place 1st
Playoff finish Won National Conference Semifinals 84-40 (Steel)
Won National Conference Championship 82-41 (Gladiators)
Lost ArenaBowl XXIX 42-56 (Soul)

The 2016 Arizona Rattlers season was the twenty-fourth season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team is coached by Kevin Guy and plays their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena. They moved to the Indoor Football League after the season.

Standings

2016 National Conference standings
Team Overall Points Record
W L PCT PF PA CON Home Away
x-Arizona Rattlers 13 3 .813 1,068 766 8–0 8–0 5–3
Los Angeles Kiss 7 9 .438 736 748 4–4 5–4 2–5
Cleveland Gladiators 7 9 .438 826 934 2–4 4–4 3–5
Portland Steel 3 13 .188 670 926 1–7 3–4 0–9

Schedule

Regular season

The 2016 regular season schedule was released on December 10, 2015.[1]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
Score Record
1 Friday April 1 10:00 p.m. EDT at Portland Steel W 80–28 1-0 Moda Center 6,782 [2]
2 Saturday April 9 11:00 p.m. EDT at Los Angeles KISS W 69–28 2-0 Honda Center 6,427 [3]
3 Saturday April 16 9:00 p.m. EDT Tampa Bay Storm W 60–27 3–0 Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,872 [4]
4 Saturday April 23 7:00 p.m. EDT at Jacksonville Sharks W 75–68 (OT) 4–0 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 8,354 [5]
5 Saturday April 30 9:00 p.m. EDT Portland Steel W 68–21 5–0 Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,510 [6]
6 Saturday May 7 7:30 p.m. EDT at Orlando Predators L 59–77 5–1 Amway Center 10,512 [7]
7 Friday May 14 6:30 p.m. EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 58–65 5–2 Wells Fargo Center 8,580 [8]
8 Saturday May 21 9:00 p.m. EDT Los Angeles KISS W 47–34 6–2 Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,519 [9]
9 Sunday May 29 2:00 p.m. EDT at Tampa Bay Storm L 56–63 6–3 Amalie Arena 8,298 [10]
10 Friday June 3 7:00 p.m. EDT at Cleveland Gladiators W 77–62 7–3 Quicken Loans Arena 11,797
11 Saturday June 11 9:00 p.m. EDT Portland Steel W 76–49 8–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,401
12 Friday June 17 10:00 p.m. EDT Philadelphia Soul W 80–63 9–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,067
13 Sunday June 26 6:00 p.m. EDT at Los Angeles KISS W 64–49 10–3 Honda Center 7,090
14 Bye
15 Saturday July 9 9:30 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks W 69–67 11–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,874
16 Monday July 18 9:30 p.m. EDT Orlando Predators W 62–45 12–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,628
17 Sunday July 24 9:00 p.m. EDT Cleveland Gladiators W 68–20 13–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,823
18 Bye

Playoffs

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
NC Semifinals Saturday August 6 7:00 p.m.PDT Portland Steel W 84–40 Talking Stick Resort Arena
NC Championship Saturday August 13 6:30 p.m. PDT Cleveland Gladiators W 82–41 Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,103
ArenaBowl XXIX Friday August 26 4:00 p.m.PDT Philadelphia Soul L 42–56 Gila River Arena

Roster

2016 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

  • 88 Anthony Amos
  • -- Antonio Vaughan
Offensive linemen
  • 70 Jordan Mudge
  • 72 Dionte Savage
  • 52 Michael Simons

Defensive linemen

  • 96 Dimetrio Tyson
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 16 Keiron Jones
  •  3 K. J. Morten
  • 14 Al Phillips

Kickers

  •  5 Kenny Spencer
Injured reserve
  • 81 Chase Deadder WR
  • 23 Antonio Dennard DB
  • 13 Joe Matthews WR
  • -- Deuce Robinson DL
  •  5 Markus Smith DB
  •  4 Alex Zendejas K

League suspension

  • -- Sam Meredith DL

Other league exempt

Refused to report

  • -- Ikponmwosa Igbinosun DL

Inactive reserve

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated August 12, 2016
25 Active, 22 Inactive

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References

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