2014 Portland Thunder season

2014 Portland Thunder season
Owner	Terry Emmert
Head coach	Matthew Sauk
Home stadium	Moda Center
Results
Record	5–13
Division place	3rd NC Pacific
Playoffs	Lost NC Semifinals (Rattlers) 48–52

The 2014 Portland Thunder season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Matthew Sauk and played its home games at the Moda Center. With a 5–13 record in the regular season, the Thunder qualified for the playoffs. However, they were defeated in the conference semifinals by the Arizona Rattlers by a 52–48 score.

Standings

Pacific Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
y-San Jose SaberCats	13	5	.722	999	723	5–1	9–3	7–2	6–3
x-Spokane Shock	11	7	.588	957	843	4–2	8–4	6–3	5–4
x-Portland Thunder	5	13	.278	816	965	0–6	2–11	3–6	2–7

x - Clinched playoff berth
y - Clinched division

Schedule

Regular season

The Thunder's inaugural game took place on March 17, at home against the San Jose SaberCats. The team hosted the Spokane Shock in its last regular season game on July 26.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Monday	March 17	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 34–64	0–1	Moda Center	8,509	[2]
2	Monday	March 24	7:00 p.m PDT	Iowa Barnstormers	L 36–40	0–2	Moda Center	6,521	[3]
3	Bye
4	Saturday	April 5	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles Kiss	L 34–44	0–3	Honda Center	12,045	[4]
5	Saturday	April 12	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Spokane Shock	L 27–55	0–4	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,652	[5]
6	Friday	April 18	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 32–38	0–5	Moda Center	9,075	[6]
7	Saturday	April 26	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 69–62	1–5	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	8,679	[7]
8	Saturday	May 3	4:30 p.m. PDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 61–42	2–5	Tampa Bay Times Forum	10,584	[8]
9	Saturday	May 10	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 32–61	2–6	Moda Center	8,863	[9]
10	Saturday	May 17	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 27–64	2–7	SAP Center at San Jose	8,243	[10]
11	Thursday	May 22	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Antonio Talons	W 55–40	3–7	Moda Center	6,396	[11]
12	Friday	May 30	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Spokane Shock	L 48–58	3–8	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,535	[12]
13	Friday	June 6	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 59–70	3–9	Moda Center	8,292	[13]
14	Saturday	June 14	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles Kiss	L 61–69	3–10	Honda Center	10,980	[14]
15	Bye
16	Thursday	June 26	7:00 p.m. PDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 62–56	4–10	Moda Center	7,969	[15]
17	Saturday	July 5	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 40–61	4–11	Quicken Loans Arena	9,840	[16]
18	Saturday	July 12	7:00 p.m. PDT	Los Angeles Kiss	W 44–31	5–11	Moda Center	8,802	[17]
19	Sunday	July 20	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 55–65	5–12	US Airways Center	13,120	[18]
20	Saturday	July 26	7:00 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	L 40–45	5–13	Moda Center	12,848	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Sunday	August 3	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 48–52	US Airways Center	6,753	[20]

Roster

2014 Portland Thunder roster
Quarterbacks  6 Kyle Rowley  1 Darron Thomas Fullbacks 72 Brandon Lockheart 28 Dustin Risseeuw Wide receivers  9 Braylon Bell  4 Duane Brooks  9 Kevin Cummings  5 Jamar Howard  8 Douglas McNeil III 14 Jeffrey Soloman		Offensive linemen 66 Stanley Daniels 50 Abe Markowitz 71 John Martinez 69 Aderious Simmons Defensive linemen  3 Antron Dillon 18 K. C. Obi 11 Donte Paige-Moss 32 Brandon Tett		Linebackers 93 Marquis Jackson Defensive backs  2 Eric Crocker 21 Dwight McLean 16 Okechukwu Okoroha 20 Bryce Peila 24 Varmah Sonie Kickers 23 Zach Ramirez		Injured Reserve 70 John Collins OL 74 Max Jean-Gilles OL 15 Alvance Robinson WR 70 Nick Torresso FB Refused to report -- Sioeli Fakalata OL -- Dion Turner DB Other League Exempt 50 Jeraill McCuller OL 99 Jake McDonough DL 13 Eric Rogers WR -- Jason Slowey OL League Suspension 15 Nathan Enderle QB 23 Coryell Judie DB -- James Kirkendoll WR -- Brian Smith DB  7 Danny Southwick QB -- Dontel Watkins WR Team Suspension Currently vacant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 31, 2014 24 Active, 16 Inactive → More rosters

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