2012 Orlando Predators season

The 2012 Orlando Predators season was the 21st season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Bret Munsey and played their home games at Amway Center. Finishing with a 4–14 record, the Predators missed the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 1991, snapping a streak of 19 consecutive playoff appearances.

2012 Orlando Predators season
Head coach	Bret Munsey
Home field	Amway Center
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	5th AC South
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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Standings

South Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
y-Jacksonville Sharks	10	8	.556	930	884	4–4	8–6	6–4	4–4
x-Georgia Force	9	9	.500	812	923	5–3	8–5	5–4	4–5
x-New Orleans VooDoo	8	10	.444	979	995	5–3	7–5	4–5	4–5
Tampa Bay Storm	8	10	.444	1021	1108	4–4	7–7	7–2	1–8
Orlando Predators	4	14	.222	770	902	2–6	4–11	4–5	0–9

y - Clinched division
x - Clinched playoff berth

Schedule

The Predators began the season at home against the Pittsburgh Power on March 9. They hosted the Milwaukee Mustangs in their final regular season game on July 22.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	March 9	8:30 p.m. EST	Pittsburgh Power	L 26–40	0–1	Amway Center	[2]
2	Bye
3	Thursday	March 22	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Chicago Rush	L 49–51	0–2	Allstate Arena	[3]
4	Saturday	March 31	7:30 p.m. EDT	San Antonio Talons	L 34–47	0–3	Amway Center	[4]
5	Sunday	April 8	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 24–41	0–4	Quicken Loans Arena	[5]
6	Saturday	April 14	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	L 54–57 (OT)	0–5	Consol Energy Center	[6]
7	Friday	April 20	7:30 p.m. EDT	Georgia Force	W 27–24	1–5	Amway Center	[7]
8	Saturday	April 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 53–69	1–6	Amway Center	[8]
9	Saturday	May 5	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 31–55	1–7	Tampa Bay Times Forum	[9]
10	Bye
11	Friday	May 18	8:00 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 61–68	1–8	New Orleans Arena	[10]
12	Friday	May 25	8:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 37–55	1–9	Amway Center	[11]
13	Saturday	June 2	7:05 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 48–79	1–10	Wells Fargo Center	[12]
14	Friday	June 8	10:30 p.m. EDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 34–51	1–11	HP Pavilion at San Jose	[13]
15	Friday	June 15	8:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 64–40	2–11	Amway Center	[14]
16	Saturday	June 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	L 48–41	2–12	Amway Center	[15]
17	Sunday	July 1	3:00 p.m. EDT	at Georgia Force	L 53–56	2–13	Arena at Gwinnett Center	[16]
18	Friday	July 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 55–34	3–13	Amway Center	[17]
19	Saturday	July 14	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 30–48	3–14	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	[18]
20	Sunday	July 22	2:00 p.m. EDT	Milwaukee Mustangs	W 49–39	4–14	Amway Center	[19]

  Gray indicates that the game was played with replacement players because of the players' strike.

Final roster

2012 Orlando Predators roster
Quarterbacks  8 Matt Grothe 12 Chris Leak Fullbacks 22 Mykel Benson Wide receivers 16 Glen Fox 17 T. T. Toliver 11 Jarvis Williams		Offensive linemen 77 Thaddeus Coleman 50 Paul Fenaroli 65 Chris Jamison 70 Trevis Turner Defensive linemen 23 Terrance Carter 33 J. T. Gilmore 61 Jimmy Saddler-McQueen 91 Jason Peters		Linebackers  9 Marlon Moye-Moore 44 Mark Robinson Defensive backs 21 Simeon Castile  2 Travis Coleman  6 Darron Edwards 15 Erick Harris 28 Kenny McEntyre Kickers 18 Mark Lewis		Injured reserve 63 Richard Clebert DL Other league exempt list Currently vacant League suspension -- Randy Lowery WR -- Joe Marshall DL Inactive reserve Currently vacant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 22, 2012 22 Active, 3 Inactive

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