2017 Cleveland Gladiators season

Last updated
2017 Cleveland Gladiators season
Owner Dan Gilbert
Head coach Ron Selesky
Home field Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record5–9
League place3rd
Playoff finishLost Semifinals 59–73 (Storm)

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]

Contents

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

Assistant coaches

[3]

Roster

The Gladiators on April 22 Gladiators offensive huddle.jpg
The Gladiators on April 22
2017 Cleveland Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured reserve

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

League suspension

Inactive reserve

  • Currently vacant

Refuse to report

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 Gladiators bench.jpg
The Gladiators playing the Tampa Bay Storm on April 22

Regular season

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

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendanceReport
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayApril 87:00 PM EDT Tampa Bay Storm L 40–460–1 Quicken Loans Arena 12,865 [5]
2SundayApril 163:00 PM EDT Baltimore Brigade L 49–520–2Quicken Loans Arena5,758 [6]
3SaturdayApril 227:00 PM EDTat Tampa Bay StormL 61–620–3 Amalie Arena 9,119 [7]
4FridayApril 287:00 PM EDT Washington Valor W 48–341–3Quicken Loans Arena9,223 [8]
5SaturdayMay 67:00 PM EDT Philadelphia Soul L 67–691–4Quicken Loans Arena10,389 [9]
6Bye
7SaturdayMay 207:00 PM EDTat Philadelphia SoulL 46–641–5 Wells Fargo Center 7,667 [10]
8SaturdayMay 277:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeL 60–631–6 Royal Farms Arena 5,190 [11]
9SaturdayJune 37:00 PM EDTat Washington ValorW 59–352–6 Verizon Center 9,901 [12]
10SaturdayJune 107:00 PM EDTat Philadelphia SoulL 49–592–7Wells Fargo Center10,103 [13]
11FridayJune 167:00 PM EDTBaltimore BrigadeW 59–483–7Quicken Loans Arena10,877 [14]
12SaturdayJune 247:00 PM EDTPhiladelphia SoulL 28–593–8Quicken Loans Arena10,580 [15]
13Bye
14SaturdayJuly 87:00 PM EDTTampa Bay StormW 41–394–8Quicken Loans Arena11,525 [16]
15Bye
16SaturdayJuly 227:00 PM EDTat Tampa Bay StormL 27–574–9Amalie Arena10,567 [17]
17SaturdayJuly 297:00 PM EDTat Washington ValorW 62–285–9Verizon Center11,127 [18]
18Bye

Playoffs

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendanceReport
AFL SemifinalsMondayAugust 147:00 PM EDTat Tampa Bay StormL 59–73Amalie Arena9,621 [19]

Standings

TeamOverallPointsRecords
WLPCTPFPAHomeAwayGBSTK
(1) Philadelphia Soul 131.9298175907–06–1W3
(2) Tampa Bay Storm 104.7147106626–14–33.0L1
(3) Cleveland Gladiators 59.3576967153–42–58.0W1
(4) Baltimore Brigade 410.2866207493–41–69.0L4
Washington Valor 311.2145656922–51–610.0W1

(#) - playoff position secured

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