2016 Philadelphia Soul season

2016 Philadelphia Soul season
Head coach Clint Dolezel
General manager Thomas Goodhines
Owner Ron Jaworski
Craig Spencer
Pete Ciarrocchi
Home field Wells Fargo Center (to May 2016)
PPL Center (July 2016 onward)
Results
Record 13–3
Playoff finish 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 is the eleventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The 2016 season is 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
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
AC Championship Sunday August 14 6:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks W 55–50 PPL Center
ArenaBowl XXIX Friday August 26 4:00 p.m.PDT at Arizona Rattlers W 56-42 Gila River Arena

Roster

2016 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

  •  1 Chris Duvalt
  •  4 Lonnie Outlaw
Offensive linemen
  • 72 Keith Newell
  • 77 Neal Tivis

Defensive linemen

  • 99 Justin Lawrence
  • -- Ben Perry
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  6 Tracy Belton
  • 22 Dwayne Hollis
  • 25 James Romain
  • 23 LaRico Stevenson

Kicker

  • 11 Tommy Frevert
Injured reserve
  • 17 Wesley Mauia LB

Refused to report

  • Currently vacant

League suspension

  • Currently vacant

Other league exempt

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

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References

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