2016 Chicago Eagles season

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2016 Chicago Eagles season
OwnerBrian Brundage
General managerTim Arvanitis
Matt Scearce
Head coachTim Arvanitis
Home field UIC Pavilion
525 South Racine Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Results
Record3–9
Division place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2016 Chicago Eagles season was the team's first season and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Eagles were one of 12 teams in the CIF for the 2016 season, they played in the 6-team Northern Division.

Contents

The Eagles played their home games at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, under the direction of head coach Tim Arvanitis.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2SundayMarch 67:00pmat Sioux City Bandits L 39–41 [1] 0–1 Tyson Events Center 2,856
3SaturdayMarch 127:00pm Salina Liberty L 38–44 OT [2] 0–2 UIC Pavilion
4FridayMarch 187:00pm Wichita Force L 45–54 [3] 0–3 UIC Pavilion 2,325
5SaturdayMarch 267:00pm Bloomington Edge W 40–371–3 UIC Pavilion
6 BYE
7SaturdayApril 97:00pm Omaha Beef W 49–48 [4] 2–3 UIC Pavilion
8SaturdayApril 167:00pm Sioux City Bandits L 55–48 [5] 2–4 UIC Pavilion
9FridayApril 227:00pmat Omaha Beef L 38–50 [6] 2–5 Ralston Arena 3,127
10SaturdayApril 307:00pmat Wichita Force L 42–52 [7] 2–6 Intrust Bank Arena 4,053
11SaturdayMay 77:00pmat Salina Liberty W 51–50 [8] 3–6 Intrust Bank Arena 2,001
12FridayMay 137:00pmat Omaha Beef L 42–43 (OT) [9] 3–7 Ralston Arena 3,279
13SaturdayMay 217:00pmat Bloomington Edge L 33–553–8 U.S. Cellular Coliseum 3,579
14SaturdayMay 287:00pm Omaha Beef L 29–42 [10] 3–9 UIC Pavilion
15 BYE

Standings

Northern Division
WLPCTPFPA
x-Wichita Force 102.833593516
y-Bloomington Edge 75.583546440
y-Sioux City Bandits 75.583499434
Omaha Beef 75.583514487
Chicago Eagles 39.250486584
Salina Liberty 210.167413575
Southern Division
WLPCTPFPA
z-Texas Revolution 102.833814625
y-Amarillo Venom 84.667642611
y-Dodge City Law 84.667653523
Duke City Gladiators 66.500568573
San Angelo Bandits 210.167537688
Mesquite Marshals 210.167479688
z - clinched top overall seed
x - clinched division title
y - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2016 Chicago Eagles roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10Anthony Iannotti

Running backs

  •  5Chris Perry
  • 22Calvin Phillips

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 52Jordan Brown
  • 63Jabari Buckley
  • 64Alex Gonzales
  • --Antwan Marshal

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 23Deonte Ball
  •  3Jordan Boykin
  • 49 Leon Mackey
  •  7Kevin Morris Sr.
  • 20Alex Wahl

Defensive backs

  • 22Roderick Cohn
  •  1Anthony Hughes
  • 18Chris Muhammed

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • 34 Terrence Freeman FB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg

Transfer list

  • Currently vacant

Refuse to report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 12, 2016
26 Active, 1 Inactive

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