2017 Cleveland Gladiators season

2017 Cleveland Gladiators season
Owner	Dan Gilbert
Head coach	Ron Selesky
Home stadium	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	5–9
League place	3rd
Playoffs	Lost Semifinals 59–73 (Storm)
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The 2017 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 18th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their eighth in Cleveland. The Gladiators played at the Quicken Loans Arena. The Gladiators drew an average home attendance of 10,173 in the 2017 AFL season. ^[1]

Staff

2017 Cleveland Gladiators staff

	Front office [2] Dan Gilbert (Majority Owner) Len Komoroski (CEO) Kerry Bubolz (President of business operations) Mike Ostrowski (VP of Minor League Operations) Dominic Jones (director of football operations) Chad Schofield (Football Outreach and Community Ambassador)			Head coach Ron Selesky Assistant coaches Dominic Jones (assistant head coach) Chad Schofield (offensive coordinator / offensive line coach) Clay Harrell (defensive line coach / strength and conditioning coach) [3]

Roster

The Gladiators on April 22

2017 Cleveland Gladiators roster

Quarterbacks 12 Tanner Marsh  2 Arvell Nelson Fullbacks 33 Jeramie Richardson Wide receivers  6 Tom Gilson 10 Lonnie Outlaw 19 Michael Preston 18 Quentin Sims 17 Collin Taylor

Offensive linemen 55 Adam Bice 51 Alex Land 74 Bret Piekarski 77 Aslam Sterling Defensive linemen  3 Darryl Cato-Bishop 56 Willie McGinnis  9 K. C. Obi 99 Nick Seither 50 Derrick Summers

Linebackers  8 Terence Moore Defensive backs 21 Marrio Norman  5 Fred Obi  4 Brandon Stephens 20 Kenny Veal Kickers 23 Drew Basil

Injured reserve 11 Phillip Barnett WR (IR)  1 Larry Brackins WR (IR) 92 Zach Colvin DL (IR) 11 Jamar Howard WR (IR) 63 Jordan McCray OL (IR) 13 Devin Wilson WR (IR) Other league exempt Currently vacant League suspension -- D. J. Brandel OL(Susp.) -- Michael Carlisle LB(Susp.) 78 David Griffin OL(Susp.) 15 Jujuan Harley DB(Susp.) 15 Stephen Panasuk QB(Susp.) 21 Troy Pascley WR(Susp.) 14 Aaron Pettrey K(Susp.)  4 Marvin Ross DB(Susp.) 13 Danny Southwick QB(Susp.) 11 Antonio Vaughan WR(Susp.) 10 Josiah Yazdani K(Susp.) Inactive reserve Currently vacant Refuse to report -- John Collins OL(DNR) Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 14, 2017 23 Active, 18 Inactive

Schedule

The Gladiators playing the Tampa Bay Storm on April 22

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017. ^[4]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	April 8	7:00 PM EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	L 40–46	0–1	Quicken Loans Arena	12,865	[5]
2	Sunday	April 16	3:00 PM EDT	Baltimore Brigade	L 49–52	0–2	Quicken Loans Arena	5,758	[6]
3	Saturday	April 22	7:00 PM EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 61–62	0–3	Amalie Arena	9,119	[7]
4	Friday	April 28	7:00 PM EDT	Washington Valor	W 48–34	1–3	Quicken Loans Arena	9,223	[8]
5	Saturday	May 6	7:00 PM EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 67–69	1–4	Quicken Loans Arena	10,389	[9]
6	Bye
7	Saturday	May 20	7:00 PM EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 46–64	1–5	Wells Fargo Center	7,667	[10]
8	Saturday	May 27	7:00 PM EDT	at Baltimore Brigade	L 60–63	1–6	Royal Farms Arena	5,190	[11]
9	Saturday	June 3	7:00 PM EDT	at Washington Valor	W 59–35	2–6	Verizon Center	9,901	[12]
10	Saturday	June 10	7:00 PM EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 49–59	2–7	Wells Fargo Center	10,103	[13]
11	Friday	June 16	7:00 PM EDT	Baltimore Brigade	W 59–48	3–7	Quicken Loans Arena	10,877	[14]
12	Saturday	June 24	7:00 PM EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 28–59	3–8	Quicken Loans Arena	10,580	[15]
13	Bye
14	Saturday	July 8	7:00 PM EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 41–39	4–8	Quicken Loans Arena	11,525	[16]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 22	7:00 PM EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 27–57	4–9	Amalie Arena	10,567	[17]
17	Saturday	July 29	7:00 PM EDT	at Washington Valor	W 62–28	5–9	Verizon Center	11,127	[18]
18	Bye

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AFL Semifinals	Monday	August 14	7:00 PM EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 59–73	Amalie Arena	9,621	[19]

Standings

2017 Arena Football League standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points		Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	GB	STK
(1) Philadelphia Soul	13	1	.929	817	590	7–0	6–1	—	W3
(2) Tampa Bay Storm	10	4	.714	710	662	6–1	4–3	3.0	L1
(3) Cleveland Gladiators	5	9	.357	696	715	3–4	2–5	8.0	W1
(4) Baltimore Brigade	4	10	.286	620	749	3–4	1–6	9.0	L4
Washington Valor	3	11	.214	565	692	2–5	1–6	10.0	W1

^(#) - playoff position secured

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