2016 Triangle Torch season

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2016 Triangle Torch season
OwnerGeorge Sutphen
General managerGeorge Sutphen
Head coachJosh Resignalo
Home field Dorton Arena
1025 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
Results
Record3–4
Division place7th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2016 Triangle Torch season was the first season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football. [1] [2]

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 BYE
4SundayMarch 204:05pm Winston Wildcats W 53–33 [3] 1–0 Dorton Arena
5FridayMarch 257:05pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 30-661–1 Dorton Arena
6 BYE
7SaturdayApril 97:05pmat Central Penn Capitals L 43-741-2 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
8SaturdayApril 167:05pmat Winston Wildcats W 58-122-2 LJVM Coliseum Annex
9SundayApril 244:05pm Central Penn Capitals W 47-41 [4] 3-2 Dorton Arena
10SaturdayApril 307:05pmat Philadelphia Yellow Jackets Rescheduled for May 28 Class of 1923 Arena
11SundayMay 84:05pm Philadelphia Yellow Jackets L 42-593-3 Dorton Arena
12SaturdayMay 147:05pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 19-68 [5] 3-4 PPL Center
13 BYE
14SaturdayMay 287:05pmat Philadelphia Yellow Jackets Cancelled Class of 1923 Arena
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

Standings

TeamWLPCT
yWest Michigan Ironmen 61.857
xRiver City Raiders 61.857
xLehigh Valley Steelhawks 62.750
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets 43.571
Central Penn Capitals 44.500
Chicago Blitz 33.500
Triangle Torch 34.429
Winston Wildcats 35.375
Maryland Eagles02.000
Northern Kentucky Nightmare 05.000

Roster

2016 Triangle Torch roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7Brian Harris
  • 10Garrett Sutphen

Running backs

  • 25Anson Yarborough

Wide receivers

  •  1Antonio Allen
  • 12Gerron Bryant
  • --Tony Dixon
  • --Frank James
  •  8Justin Kenyan
  • 17Chad Walcott
Offensive linemen
  • 68Ken Brown
  • 50Tobias Brown
  • --Anthony Harris
  • --R. J. Harvin
  • --Phillip Watson
  • 77Jataurus White
  • 91Jamaal Williams

Defensive linemen

  • 55William Alderman
  • 75Dontre Brown
  • 11Stanley Porter
Linebackers
  • 56Preston Hines
  •  5Allen Lee
  •  9Brandon Sutton

Defensive backs

  •  6Malik Cromartie
  •  2Keith Holliday
  •  3Jay Jackson
  • 23Dekota Marshall
  •  4John Robertson
  • 21Jacob Sykes
  • 22Stephen Virgil

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant
  • rookies in italics
  • Roster updated May 12, 2016
  • 30 Active, 0 Inactive

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