2016 Philadelphia Soul season

2016 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner	Ron Jaworski Craig Spencer Pete Ciarrocchi
General manager	Thomas Goodhines
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home stadium	Wells Fargo Center (to May 2016) PPL Center (July 2016 onward)
Results
Record	13–3
Conference place	1st American
Playoffs	Won American Conference Semifinals 63–41 (Storm) Won American Conference Championship 55–50 (Sharks) Won ArenaBowl XXIX 56-42 (Rattlers)

The 2016 Philadelphia Soul season was the eleventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The 2016 season was Clint Dolezel's fourth season with the franchise. The Soul played most of their home games at the Wells Fargo Center, but then moved their last regular season game and all playoff contests to the PPL Center in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown.

Standings

2016 American Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Philadelphia Soul	13	3	.813	983	776	5–1	7–1	6–2
Orlando Predators	12	4	.750	893	781	5–3	6–2	6–2
Jacksonville Sharks	7	9	.438	829	774	5–3	3–5	4–4
Tampa Bay Storm	2	14	.125	568	868	0–8	2–6	0–8

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	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 69–41	1–0	Quicken Loans Arena	12,944	[2]
2	Monday	April 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 41–59	1–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,550	[3]
3	Sunday	April 17	4:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 70–32	2–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,782	[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	4:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 67–50	3–1	Wells Fargo Center	7,057	[5]
5	Monday	May 2	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 56–33	4–1	Honda Center	6,193	[6]
6	Monday	May 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 47–17	5–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,172	[7]
7	Saturday	May 14	6:30 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 65–58	6–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,580	[8]
8	Saturday	May 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 62–54	7–1	Wells Fargo Center	12,127	[9]
9	Saturday	May 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 49–63	7–2	Quicken Loans Arena	11,278	[10]
10	Saturday	June 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 56–42	8–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,985	[11]
11	Saturday	June 11	3:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 73–37	9–2	Sun National Bank Center	5,802
12	Friday	June 17	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 63–80	9–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,067
13	Monday	June 27	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 59–38	10–3	Moda Center	4,468
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	6:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 83–62	11–3	PPL Center	5,593
16	Saturday	July 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 56–51	12–3	Amalie Arena	8,406
17	Bye
18	Saturday	July 30	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 67–54	13–3	Amway Center	13,827

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Sunday	August 7	6:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 63–41	PPL Center	5,540
AC Championship	Sunday	August 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 55–50	PPL Center	4,721
ArenaBowl XXIX	Friday	August 26	7:00 p.m.EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	W 56–42	Gila River Arena	13,390

Roster

2016 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks 10 Luke Collis  5 Dan Raudabaugh Fullbacks  3 Jeramie Richardson Wide receivers  1 Chris Duvalt 21 Shaun Kauleinamoku 19 Ryan McDaniel  4 Lonnie Outlaw  7 Darius Reynolds		Offensive linemen 72 Keith Newell 76 Adam Smith 77 Neal Tivis 69 Wayne Tribue Defensive linemen 93 Richard Clebert 98 Ted Jennings 99 Justin Lawrence  8 Jake Metz 95 Ben Perry		Linebackers  2 Beau Bell 18 Joe Goosby Defensive backs  6 Tracy Belton 22 Dwayne Hollis 25 James Romain 23 LaRico Stevenson Kicker 11 Tommy Frevert		Injured reserve 14 Chris Dieker QB 17 Wesley Mauia LB Refused to report Currently vacant League suspension Currently vacant Other league exempt -- Maurice Leggett DB Inactive reserve 55 Sean Daniels DL 24 Torez Jones DB Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 22, 2016 24 Active, 5 Inactive

References

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