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The 2016 San Francisco season was the inaugural season of San Francisco Rush.
The Rush played their inaugural game on April 17, suffering a 25–37 defeat to the Sacramento Express. [1]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 17 | at Sacramento Express | L 25-37 | 0-1 | Bonney Field | |||
| 2 | April 24 | Denver Stampede | L 18-35 | 0-2 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 3 | May 1 | Ohio Aviators | L 17-51 | 0-3 | EAS Training Center | |||
| 4 | May 8 | San Diego Breakers | L 46-33 | 0-4 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 5 | Bye | |||||||
| 6 | May 20 | Denver Stampede | L 41-37 | 0-5 | Infinity Park | |||
| 7 | May 29 | Ohio Aviators | W 35-20 | 1-5 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 8 | Bye | |||||||
| 9 | Bye | |||||||
| 10 | June 18 | at San Diego Breakers | W 19-24 | 2-5 | Torero Stadium | |||
| 11 | June 26 | at Ohio Aviators | L 20–71 | 2–6 | EAS Training Center | |||
| 12 | July 3 | Sacramento Express | L 19-43 | 2-7 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 13 | Bye | |||||||
| 14 | July 16 | San Diego Breakers | W 50-26 | 3-7 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 15 | July 23 | Denver Stampede | L 24-31 | 3-8 | Boxer Stadium | |||
| 16 | July 23 | at Sacramento Express | Bonney Field | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Stampede | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 403 | 273 | +130 | 8 | 48 |
| 2 | Ohio Aviators | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 476 | 273 | +203 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | San Diego Breakers | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 335 | 413 | −78 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | San Francisco Rush | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 339 | 454 | −115 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Sacramento Express | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 294 | 434 | −140 | 6 | 18 |
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| Team | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Stampede | 4 (2nd) | 9 (1st) | 13 (1st) | 13 (1st) | 18 (1st) | 23 (1st) | 23 (1st) | 27 (1st) | 27 (1st) | 27 (2nd) | 31 (2nd) | 31 (2nd) | 36 (2nd) | 41 (2nd) | 46 (1st) | 48 (1st) | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Aviators | 1 (3rd) | 1 (4th) | 6 (2nd) | 11 (2nd) | 12 (3rd) | 17 (2nd) | 17 (3rd) | 17 (3rd) | 22 (2nd) | 27 (1st) | 32 (1st) | 37 (1st) | 42 (1st) | 42 (1st) | 42 (2nd) | 47 (2nd) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento Express | 5 (1st) | 5 (3rd) | 5 (4th) | 5 (4th) | 5 (4th) | 5 (4th) | 5 (5th) | 5 (5th) | 5 (5th) | 5 (5th) | 5 (5th) | 10 (5th) | 11 (5th) | 11 (5th) | 16 (5th) | 18 (5th) | |||||||||||||||||
| San Diego Breakers | 0 (4th) | 5 (2nd) | 6 (3rd) | 11 (3rd) | 15 (2nd) | 15 (3rd) | 20 (2nd) | 21 (2nd) | 22 (3rd) | 23 (3rd) | 23 (3rd) | 23 (3rd) | 23 (3rd) | 24 (3rd) | 25 (3rd) | 25 (3rd) | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Rush | 0 (5th) | 0 (5th) | 0 (5th) | 1 (5th) | 1 (5th) | 3 (5th) | 8 (4th) | 8 (4th) | 8 (4th) | 12 (4th) | 12 (4th) | 12 (4th) | 12 (4th) | 17 (4th) | 19 (4th) | 24 (4th) | |||||||||||||||||
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key: | win | loss | draw | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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