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2016 Cleveland Gladiators season
2016 Cleveland Gladiators season
Owner	Dan Gilbert
Head coach	Steve Thonn
Home field	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	7–9
Conference place	3rd National
Playoff finish	Won National Conference Semifinals 56-52 (KISS); Lost National Conference Championship 41-82 (Rattlers)
	← 2015; Gladiators seasons; 2017 →;

The 2016 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 17th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their seventh while in Cleveland. The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena.

Standings

2016 National Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Record
Team	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
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location	Attendance	Report
1	Friday	April 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 41–69	0–1	Quicken Loans Arena	12,944	^[2]
2	Saturday	April 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 41–29	1–1	Quicken Loans Arena	11,892	^[3]
3	Saturday	April 16	7:30 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	L 42–47	1–2	Quicken Loans Arena	12,243	^[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 50–67	1–3	Wells Fargo Center	7,057	^[5]
5	Friday	April 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	L 56–76	1–4	Quicken Loans Arena	13,429	^[6]
6	Saturday	May 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 41–40	2–4	Quicken Loans Arena	8,056	^[7]
7	Monday	May 16	8:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 55–48 (OT)	3–4	Quicken Loans Arena	6,733	^[8]
8	Monday	May 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 70–63 (OT)	4–4	Amalie Arena	9,722	^[9]
9	Saturday	May 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	W 63–49	5–4	Quicken Loans Arena	11,278	^[10]
10	Friday	June 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 62–77	5–5	Quicken Loans Arena	11,797
11	Monday	June 13	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 56–59	5–6	Amway Center	11,117
12	Monday	June 20	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 58–49	6–6	Moda Center	4,516
13	Saturday	June 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 48–47	7–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,645
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 62–83	7–7	Wells Fargo Center	5,593
16	Saturday	July 16	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 61–63	7–8	Honda Center	8,069
17	Sunday	July 24	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 20–68	7–9	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,823
18	Bye

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Sunday	August 7	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles Kiss	W 56–52	Valley View Casino Center	4,269
NC Championship	Saturday	August 13	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 41–82	Talking Stick Resort Arena	15,103

Roster

2016 Cleveland Gladiators roster

Quarterbacks

2 Arvell Nelson
15 Stephen Panasuk

Fullbacks

22 Collin Keoshian
44 Phillipkeith Manley

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Currently vacant

Defensive backs

Kickers

19 Adrian Trevino

Injured reserve

Other league exempt

Currently vacant

League suspension

Inactive reserve

11 Alim Koroma DL
3 Demarcus Robinson DB

Refuse to report

73 Adrian Battles OL

Recallable reassignment

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated August 11, 2016
24 Active, 15 Inactive

References

^ "Arena Football League Announces 2016 Schedule". arenafootball.com. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
^ Soul Outplay Gladiators, 69-41 Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Gladiators Hold on to Defeat Tampa Bay, 41-29 Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ LA KISS Outlast the Gladiators in Cleveland Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Gladiators Start Fast, But Fall to the Soul, 67-50 Archived April 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Gladiators Fall to Unbeaten Predators, 76-56 Archived May 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Gladiators Come From Behind to Stun Sharks, 41-40 Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Gladiators fend steel rally ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Gladiators Escape Tampa Bay with 70-63 Overtime Win Archived May 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Soul Fall to Gladiators, 63-49 Archived May 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[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] Soul Outplay Gladiators, 69-41 Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Gladiators Hold on to Defeat Tampa Bay, 41-29 Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[4] LA KISS Outlast the Gladiators in Cleveland Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Gladiators Start Fast, But Fall to the Soul, 67-50 Archived April 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Gladiators Fall to Unbeaten Predators, 76-56 Archived May 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[7] Gladiators Come From Behind to Stun Sharks, 41-40 Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[8] Gladiators fend steel rally ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] Gladiators Escape Tampa Bay with 70-63 Overtime Win Archived May 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[10] Soul Fall to Gladiators, 63-49 Archived May 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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