2016 Orlando Predators season

2016 Orlando Predators season
Owner	David A. Siegel
General manager	Michael DiJulio
Head coach	Rob Keefe
Home stadium	Amway Center
Results
Record	12–4
Conference place	2nd American
Playoffs	Lost American Conference Semifinals 68-69 (Sharks)
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The 2016 Orlando Predators season was the twenty-fifth and final season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Rob Keefe and played their home games at the Amway Center.

Standings

2016 American Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Philadelphia Soul	13	3	.813	983	776	5–1	7–1	6–2
Orlando Predators	12	4	.750	893	781	5–3	6–2	6–2
Jacksonville Sharks	7	9	.438	829	774	5–3	3–5	4–4
Tampa Bay Storm	2	14	.125	568	868	0–8	2–6	0–8

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	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 76–25	1–0	Amalie Arena	9,928	[2]
2	Saturday	April 9	7:30 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 53–50	2–0	Amway Center	10,732	[3]
3	Monday	April 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 63–56	3–0	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	7,835	[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 43–40	4–0	Amway Center	10,127	[5]
5	Friday	April 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 76–56	5–0	Quicken Loans Arena	13,429	[6]
6	Saturday	May 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 77–59	6–0	Amway Center	10,512	[7]
7	Friday	May 13	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 42–40	7–0	Amway Center	12,971	[8]
8	Saturday	May 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 54–62	7–1	Wells Fargo Center	12,127	[9]
9	Friday	May 27	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 56–59	7–2	Amway Center	10,651	[10]
10	Sunday	June 5	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 43–41	8–2	Honda Center	6,287
11	Sunday	June 11 [11]	7:30 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 59–56	9–2	Amway Center	11,117
12	Saturday	June 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 44–34	10–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,835
13	Friday	June 24	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 56–33	11–2	Amway Center	13,527
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 47–41	12–2	Moda Center	4,458
16	Monday	July 18	9:30 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 45–62	12–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	9,628
17	Bye
18	Saturday	July 30	7:30 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 59–67	12–4	Amway Center	13,827

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 68–69 (OT)	Amway Center	12,171

Roster

2016 Orlando Predators roster
Quarterbacks  5 Bernard Morris 13 Danny Southwick Fullbacks 47 John Martinez Wide receivers  1 Larry Brackins 11 LaMark Brown 81 Paul Browning  4 Greg Carr 14 Brandon Thompkins		Offensive linemen 65 Chad Anderson 62 Sam Longo 51 Will Maxwell 63 Jordan McCray 64 Justin McCray Defensive linemen 90 Monte Lewis 56 Willie McGinnis 67 Terrance Taylor 32 Brandon Tett		Linebackers 92 Calvin Fance  8 Terence Moore Defensive backs 21 Emanuel Cook  9 Kent Richardson 10 Varmah Sonie  3 Paul Stephens Kickers 18 Mark Lewis		Injured reserve 13 Chase Cartwright QB 80 Brelan Chancellor WR 71 C. J. Cobb OL -- Brandan Green WR 12 Randy Hippeard QB 24 Arthur Hobbs DB 74 Adam Shead OL Other league exempt 90 Austin Brown DL -- Brandon Copeland LB -- T. J. Fatinikun DL -- Montell Garner DB -- Nathan Isles OL 78 Erle Ladson OL -- Earl Okine DL -- Khalil Paden WR 32 Nick Taylor DB League suspension 77 Logan Harrell DL 24 Rod Issac DB Refused to report -- Donte Paige-Moss DL -- Xavier Proctor DL Inactive reserve 44 Zach Anderson DL  2 Darryl Cato-Bishop DL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 5, 2016 24 Active, 22 Inactive

Staff

Orlando Predators staff
	Front office Owner – David A. Siegel President – Jared Saft Operations and sponsorships - Darrell Harbin General manager of football operations - Michael DiJulio Director of ticket sales - Aubrey Jones			Head coach Head coach – Rob Keefe Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Matthew Sauk Offensive line coach – Steve Edwards Defensive coaches Defensive line coach – Steve Edwards

References

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7. "Predators Knock Off Arizona Rattlers to Remain Undefeated - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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