2012 New Orleans VooDoo season

2012 New Orleans VooDoo season
Head coach	Pat O'Hara
Home stadium	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd AC South
Playoffs	Lost Conference Semifinals (Soul) 53–66

The 2012 New Orleans VooDoo season was the sixth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Pat O'Hara and played their home games at New Orleans Arena. The VooDoo finished the regular season with a record of 8–10, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 2004. The VooDoo however, were defeated in the conference semifinals by the Philadelphia Soul, 53–66.

Standings

South Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
y-Jacksonville Sharks	10	8	.556	930	884	4–4	8–6	6–4	4–4
x-Georgia Force	9	9	.500	812	923	5–3	8–5	5–4	4–5
x-New Orleans VooDoo	8	10	.444	979	995	5–3	7–5	4–5	4–5
Tampa Bay Storm	8	10	.444	1021	1108	4–4	7–7	7–2	1–8
Orlando Predators	4	14	.222	770	902	2–6	4–11	4–5	0–9

y - Clinched division
x - Clinched playoff berth

Schedule

Regular season

The VooDoo had a bye in week 1 and began the season in week 2 at home against the Philadelphia Soul on March 18. They hosted the Georgia Force on July 21 in their final regular season game.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Report
					Score	Record
1	Bye
2	Sunday	March 18	3:00 p.m. CDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 62–63	0–1	New Orleans Arena	[2]
3	Friday	March 23	7:00 p.m. CDT	Milwaukee Mustangs	L 42–65	0–2	New Orleans Arena	[3]
4	Saturday	March 31	9:00 p.m. CDT	at Utah Blaze	W 72–56	1–2	EnergySolutions Arena	[4]
5	Friday	April 6	7:00 p.m. CDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 66–47	2–2	New Orleans Arena	[5]
6	Friday	April 13	7:00 p.m. CDT	at San Antonio Talons	L 48–62	2–3	Alamodome	[6]
7	Friday	April 20	7:00 p.m. CDT	Pittsburgh Power	W 51–48	3–3	New Orleans Arena	[7]
8	Bye
9	Friday	May 4	7:00 p.m. CDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 37–41	3–4	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	[8]
10	Friday	May 11	10:00 p.m. CDT	at Spokane Shock	L 62–68 (OT)	3–5	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	[9]
11	Friday	May 18	7:00 p.m. CDT	Orlando Predators	W 68–61	4–5	New Orleans Arena	[10]
12	Saturday	May 26	7:00 p.m. CDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 45–69	4–6	New Orleans Arena	[11]
13	Saturday	June 2	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Georgia Force	W 57–35	5–6	Arena at Gwinnett Center	[12]
14	Saturday	June 9	7:00 p.m. CDT	San Antonio Talons	L 46–53	5–7	New Orleans Arena	[13]
15	Saturday	June 16	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 54–42	6–7	Quicken Loans Arena	[14]
16	Saturday	June 23	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Orlando Predators	W 48–41	7–7	Amway Center	[15]
17	Saturday	June 30	7:00 p.m. CDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 65–55	8–7	New Orleans Arena	[16]
18	Saturday	July 7	9:30 p.m. CDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 31–55	8–8	HP Pavilion at San Jose	[17]
19	Saturday	July 14	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 77–78 (OT)	8–9	Tampa Bay Times Forum	[18]
20	Saturday	July 21	7:00 p.m. CDT	Georgia Force	L 48–55	8–10	New Orleans Arena	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	July 28	7:05 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 53–66	Wells Fargo Center	[20]

Roster

2012 New Orleans VooDoo roster
Quarterbacks 10 Scott Buisson 14 Kurt Rocco  4 Brian Zbydniewski Fullbacks 22 Justin Adams Wide receivers 28 Josh Bush 11 L. J. Castile  2 Chris Duvalt 15 Quorey Payne  6 Courtney Smith		Offensive linemen 77 Patrick Afif 40 Joe Alajajian 71 Daverin Geralds 74 Brad Paul Defensive linemen 96 Xavier Brown 99 Marlon Favorite 89 Derandus Frye  3 Robert Henderson  3 Jonathan Simmons		Linebackers 17 Alvin Ray Jackson Defensive backs  5 Gladel Brutus  8 Jamaal Fudge 20 Jeremy Kellem  1 DeMarcus Robinson 21 Josh Victorian Kickers 22 Gary Cismesia		Injury reserve  3 Rahim Alem DL 13 Brian Coulter DL 72 Adam Durham OL  9 Michael Janac DL 13 Brian Johnston LB 46 Andre Mathis DL  6 Jasper O'Quinn DB -- Trevonn Williams OL 24 Jerron Wishom DB Other league exempt 88 Greg Ellingson WR League suspension -- George Batiste OL/DL 74 Mark Fisher OL  2 Phil Marfuggi K 95 Lolomana Mikaele DL  7 Joshua Shene K Refused to report -- LaDarius Key DB -- Micah Rucker WR -- Mark Thompson OL/DL Inactive reserve Currently vacant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 26, 2012 25 Active, 18 Inactive

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