2016 Tampa Bay Storm season

The 2016 Tampa Bay Storm season was the twenty-eighth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Lawrence Samuels and played their home games at the Amalie Arena.

Standings

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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 Orlando Predators L 25–76 0-1 Amalie Arena 9,928 [2]
2 Saturday April 9 7:00 p.m. EDT at Cleveland Gladiators L 29–41 0-2 Quicken Loans Arena 11,892 [3]
3 Saturday April 16 9:00 p.m. EDT at Arizona Rattlers L 27–60 0–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,872 [4]
4 Bye
5 Sunday May 1 2:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks L 27–33 0–4 Amalie Arena 8,438 [5]
6 Monday May 9 7:00 p.m. EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 17–47 0–5 Wells Fargo Center 8,172 [6]
7 Friday May 13 7:30 p.m. EDT at Orlando Predators L 40–42 0–6 Amway Center 12,971 [7]
8 Monday May 23 7:30 p.m. EDT Cleveland Gladiators L 63–70 (OT) 0–7 Amalie Arena 9,722 [8]
9 Sunday May 29 2:00 p.m. EDT Arizona Rattlers W 63–56 1–7 Amalie Arena 8,298 [9]
10 Monday June 6 10:00 p.m. EDT at Portland Steel L 35–68 1–8 Moda Center 5,136
11 Saturday June 11 5:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks L 34–67 1–9 Amalie Arena 8,418
12 Saturday June 18 7:30 p.m. EDT Los Angeles KISS L 27–57 1–10 Amalie Arena 9,670
13 Friday June 24 7:30 p.m. EDT at Orlando Predators L 33–56 1–11 Amway Center 13,527
14 Bye
15 Monday July 11 10:00 p.m. EDT at Los Angeles KISS L 21–48 1–12 Honda Center 6,249
16 Saturday July 16 4:00 p.m. EDT Philadelphia Soul L 51–56 1–13 Amalie Arena 8,406
17 Saturday July 23 5:00 p.m. EDT Portland Steel W 41–40 2–13 Amalie Arena 8,958
18 Saturday July 30 5:00 p.m. EDT at Jacksonville Sharks L 35–54 2–14 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 10,324

Playoffs

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
AC Semifinals Sunday August 7 6:00 p.m. EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 41–63 PPL Center 5,540

Roster

2016 Tampa Bay Storm roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 43 John Brown

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 44 R. J. Bibbs
  • 79 Ben Ossai
  • 72 Anthony Parker
  • 70 Isaiah Shelton

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 50 James Gordon

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • 15 Xavier Boyce WR
  • 72 Bruce Doyle OL
  •  4 Rick-J Hill DB
  • 74 Andrew Miller OL
  • 55 Dominie Pittman DL
  • 77 Isaiah Tuiasosopo OL
  • 29 Seth Williams DB
  •  3 Gerald Young WR

Inactive reserve

  • Currently vacant

League suspension

Other league exempt

Refuse to report

  • 64 Travis Miller OL
  • 74 Keyun Swinney OL

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in itlatics
Roster updated August 4, 2016
24 Active, 17 Inactive

References

  1. ^ "2016 Arena Football League schedule" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. ^ "Storm Falls to Jacksonville, 33-27 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Tampa Bay Storm Defeats Arizona Rattlers, 63-56 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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