2016 Cedar Rapids Titans season

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2016 Cedar Rapids Titans season
OwnerChris Kokalis
Bob Sullivan
David Bradley
Kenneth Moninski
General managerChris Kokalis
Head coachMark Stoute
Home field U.S. Cellular Center
370 1st Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Results
Record12-4
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishWon United Conference Wild Card 66-36 (Nighthawks)
Lost United Conference Championship 28-54 (Storm)

The 2016 Cedar Rapids Titans season was the team's fifth season as a professional indoor football franchise and fifth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Titans were members of the United Conference.

Contents

Led by head coach Mark Stoute, the Titans played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Pre-season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1FridayFebruary 127:05pm Iowa Barnstormers L 50–590–1 U.S. Cellular Center

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayFebruary 207:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 39-15 [1] 1–0 U.S. Cellular Center
2FridayFebruary 267:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 45-54 [2] 1-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
3FridayMarch 47:05pm Nebraska Danger L 71-78 [3] 1–2 U.S. Cellular Center
4FridayMarch 119:05pmat Tri-Cities Fever W 39-34 [4] 2-2 Toyota Center
5 BYE
6SaturdayMarch 267:05pm Sioux Falls Storm W 60-57 [5] 3–2 U.S. Cellular Center
7SaturdayApril 27:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 70-40 [6] 4–2 U.S. Cellular Center
8FridayApril 97:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 49-62 [7] 4–3 Denny Sanford Premier Center
9SaturdayApril 167:05pm Nebraska Danger W 51-50 [8] 5–3 U.S. Cellular Center
10FridayApril 227:05pmat Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 57-61 [9] 5–4 Kay Yeager Coliseum
11SaturdayApril 308:05pmat Billings Wolves W 38-31 [10] 6–4 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
12SaturdayMay 77:05pm Tri-Cities Fever W 58-17 [11] 7–4 U.S. Cellular Center
13FridayMay 137:05pmat Green Bay Blizzard W 36-12 [12] 8–4 Resch Center
14SaturdayMay 217:05pm Iowa Barnstormers W 46-33 [13] 9–4 U.S. Cellular Center
15 BYE
16SaturdayJune 47:05pmat Iowa Barnstormers W 46-23 [14] 10–4 Wells Fargo Arena
17SaturdayJune 117:05pm Billings Wolves W 28-20 [15] 11–4 U.S. Cellular Center
18 BYE
19SaturdayJune 257:05pmat Iowa Barnstormers W 48-41 [16] 12–4 Wells Fargo Arena

Standings

2016 United Conference
WLTPCTPFPAGBSTK
y–Sioux Falls Storm 1510.938951720--W11
x–Cedar Rapids Titans 1240.7507816283.0W7
x–Wichita Falls Nighthawks 1150.68810018614.0W2
Green Bay Blizzard 5110.31368293210.0L1
Iowa Barnstormers 4120.25073783811.0L7

Postseason

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Wild CardSaturdayJuly 97:05pm Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 66-36 [17] 1–0 U.S. Cellular Center
United Conference ChampionshipSaturdayJuly 167:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 28–541-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center

Roster

2016 Cedar Rapids Titans roster
Quarterbacks
  • 13Michael Eubank
  •  6Dylan Favre

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •  1 Ryan Balentine
  • 14Lemans Casimier
  •  5Jared Elmore
  • 15Dawan Scott
  •  3Charles Watkins
Offensive linemen
  • 78DeShawn Byrd
  • 75Terrence Clark
  • 98 A. J. Harmon
  • 67Sosaia Vaitai

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 44Nikolas Sierra

Defensive backs

  •  9Timothy Bennett
  •  4Devin Ghafoor
  • 11Nathan Lindsey
  •  7Kadeem Satchell
  • 24Antoine Tharpe
  •  2Arius Wright

Kickers

  • 12Nicholas Belcher
Injured reserve
  • 20Waymon James RB

Refused to report

  • --Spencer Ohm QB
  • --Henry Orelus OL
  • --Nate Willis DB

Transfer list

  •  5B. J. Lowery DB
  • --Daniel Riley DL

Roster updated June 28, 2016
25 Active, 6 Inactive

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