2016 Arizona Rattlers season

2016 Arizona Rattlers season
Owner	Ron Shurts
General manager	Kevin Guy
Head coach	Kevin Guy
Home field	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record	13–3
Conference place	1st National
Playoff finish	Won National Conference Semifinals 84–40 (Steel) Won National Conference Championship 82–41 (Gladiators) Lost ArenaBowl XXIX 42–56 (Soul)

The 2016 Arizona Rattlers season was the twenty-fourth season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Kevin Guy and played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena. They moved to the Indoor Football League after the season.

Standings

2016 National Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Record
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Arizona Rattlers	13	3	.813	1,068	766	8–0	8–0	5–3
Los Angeles Kiss	7	9	.438	736	748	4–4	5–4	2–5
Cleveland Gladiators	7	9	.438	826	934	2–4	4–4	3–5
Portland Steel	3	13	.188	670	926	1–7	3–4	0–9

Schedule

Regular season

The 2016 regular season schedule was released on December 10, 2015.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	April 1	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 80–28	1–0	Moda Center	6,782	[2]
2	Saturday	April 9	11:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 69–28	2–0	Honda Center	6,427	[3]
3	Saturday	April 16	9:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 60–27	3–0	Talking Stick Resort Arena	14,872	[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 75–68 (OT)	4–0	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	8,354	[5]
5	Saturday	April 30	9:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 68–21	5–0	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,510	[6]
6	Saturday	May 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 59–77	5–1	Amway Center	10,512	[7]
7	Friday	May 14	6:30 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 58–65	5–2	Wells Fargo Center	8,580	[8]
8	Saturday	May 21	9:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 47–34	6–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	14,519	[9]
9	Sunday	May 29	2:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 56–63	6–3	Amalie Arena	8,298	[10]
10	Friday	June 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 77–62	7–3	Quicken Loans Arena	11,797
11	Saturday	June 11	9:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 76–49	8–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	14,401
12	Friday	June 17	10:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	W 80–63	9–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,067
13	Sunday	June 26	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 64–49	10–3	Honda Center	7,090
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	9:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 69–67	11–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,874
16	Monday	July 18	9:30 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 62–45	12–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	9,628
17	Sunday	July 24	9:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 68–20	13–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,823
18	Bye

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Saturday	August 6	10:00 p.m.EDT	Portland Steel	W 84–40	Talking Stick Resort Arena	13,192
NC Championship	Saturday	August 13	9:00 p.m.EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 82–41	Talking Stick Resort Arena	15,103
ArenaBowl XXIX	Friday	August 26	7:00 p.m.EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 42–56	Gila River Arena	13,390

Roster

2016 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks  8 Shane Boyd 10 Nick Davila Fullbacks  9 Mykel Benson Wide receivers 88 Anthony Amos 12 Dan Buckner -- Julius Gregory  2 Maurice Purify -- Antonio Vaughan  1 Rod Windsor		Offensive linemen 75 Hayworth Hicks 70 Jordan Mudge 72 Dionte Savage 52 Michael Simons Defensive linemen 32 Damien Borel 17 Rodney Fritz 96 Dimetrio Tyson 93 Luis Vasquez		Linebackers 94 Tyre Glasper Defensive backs 11 Arkeith Brown 16 Keiron Jones 20 Jeremy Kellem  3 K. J. Morten 14 Al Phillips Kickers -- Nich Pertuit  5 Kenny Spencer		Injured reserve 24 Allen Chapman DB 81 Chase Deadder WR 23 Antonio Dennard DB 77 Anttaj Hawthorne DL 97 Leon Mackey DL 55 Lamar Mady OL 13 Joe Matthews WR 31 Chris McAllister DL 15 Kerry Reed WR -- Deuce Robinson DL  5 Markus Smith DB  4 Alex Zendejas K League suspension 19 Marquis Floyd DB -- Sam Meredith DL Other league exempt -- A. J. Cruz DB -- Derek Dennis OL -- Michael Huey OL -- Mike McAdoo DL Refused to report -- Ikponmwosa Igbinosun DL -- Alfred McCullough OL Inactive reserve  6 Cliff Dukes DL 68 Keith Williams DL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 12, 2016 25 Active, 22 Inactive

References

1. "Arena Football League Announces 2016 Schedule". arenafootball.com. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. "Steel Suffer First Loss of the Season to Rattlers - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
3. "LA KISS Suffer First Loss of the Season to the Arizona Rattlers - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
4. "Storm Falls in Arizona, Lose to Rattlers 60-27 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
5. "Rattlers Defeat the Sharks in Overtime, 75-68 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
6. "Portland Steel Lose to Arizona Rattlers, 68-21 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
7. "Predators Knock Off Arizona Rattlers to Remain Undefeated - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
8. "Soul Shake Rattlers 65-58 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
9. "Rattlers Defense Rocks the KISS, 47-34 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
10. "Tampa Bay Storm Defeats Arizona Rattlers, 63-56 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.