2014 Orlando Predators season

The 2014 Orlando Predators season was the 23rd season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Rob Keefe, who was in his first season with the team. They played their home games at CFE Arena, located on the campus of the University of Central Florida, after Amway Center informed the team that they had defaulted on their lease with the arena for failing to meet attendance requirements.^[1]

2014 Orlando Predators season
Owner	Todd Boren Pete DiPasqua Dal Kim Doug Long Dr. Ken Vehec Dr. Mike McHale David Pearsall Robert Schafer Randy Wilds Scott York Steve Perry
Head coach	Rob Keefe
Home field	CFE Arena
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	1st AC South
Playoff finish	Won Conference Semifinal (Power) 56-48 Lost Conference Championship (Gladiators) 46-56
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Standings

South Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
y-Orlando Predators	11	7	.611	1005	957	7–2	8–6	7–2	4–5
Tampa Bay Storm	8	10	.444	904	953	4–3	7–6	5–4	3–6
Jacksonville Sharks	7	11	.389	879	862	2–5	3–8	4–5	3–6
New Orleans VooDoo	3	15	.167	770	1011	2–5	2–12	1–8	2–7

y - Clinched division

Schedule

Regular season

The Predators began the season by hosting the Jacksonville Sharks on March 16. Their final regular season game was on July 26, at home against the Arizona Rattlers.^[2]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	March 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 49–47	1–0	CFE Arena	4,893	[3]
2	Friday	March 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles Kiss	W 69–63 (OT)	2–0	CFE Arena	5,312	[4]
3	Saturday	March 29	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 56–52	3–0	Tampa Bay Times Forum	10,896	[5]
4	Thursday	April 3	8:30 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 55–62	3–1	Smoothie King Center	4,740	[6]
5	Thursday	April 10	7:30 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 56–69	3–2	CFE Arena	4,756	[7]
6	Saturday	April 19	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 77–65	4–2	CFE Arena	5,434	[8]
7	Saturday	April 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 63–48	5–2	CFE Arena	5,013	[9]
8	Saturday	May 3	10:30 p.m. EDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 35–70	5–3	SAP Center at San Jose	8,132	[10]
9	Bye
10	Saturday	May 17	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 57–50	6–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,459	[11]
11	Saturday	May 24	7:30 p.m. EDT	Pittsburgh Power	L 61–62	6–4	CFE Arena	5,008	[12]
12	Saturday	May 31	8:05 p.m. EDT	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 48–58	6–5	Wells Fargo Arena	7,442	[13]
13	Saturday	June 7	8:00 p.m. EDT	at San Antonio Talons	L 58–39	7–5	Alamodome	6,237	[14]
14	Thursday	June 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 58–48	8–5	CFE Arena	4,789	[15]
15	Saturday	June 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 34–35	8–6	Tampa Bay Times Forum	11,890	[16]
16	Bye
17	Monday	July 7	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 35–42	8–7	Wells Fargo Center	7,069	[17]
18	Monday	July 14	8:00 p.m. EDT	Iowa Barnstormers	W 66–33	9–7	CFE Arena	5,036	[18]
19	Saturday	July 19	8:00 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 70–64 (OT)	10–7	Smoothie King Center	5,535	[19]
20	Saturday	July 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 56–50	11–7	CFE Arena	8,550	[20]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Sunday	August 3	2:00 p.m. EDT	Pittsburgh Power	W 56–48	CFE Arena	4,889	[21]
AC Championship	Sunday	August 10	3:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 46-56	Quicken Loans Arena	14,543

Final roster

2014 Orlando Predators roster
Quarterbacks 11 Jason Boltus  5 Bernard Morris Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide receivers  1 Larry Brackins  4 Greg Carr 17 Michael Rios 15 Kendal Thompkins 83 Gerald Young		Offensive linemen 60 Terrence Campbell 74 Bryan Collins 75 Hayworth Hicks 74 Justin Wells 54 Zack Williams Defensive linemen 10 Michael Janac  9 Earl Okine 98 Ko Quaye 44 Mark Robinson		Linebackers 20 Tanner Varner 49 Meshak Williams Defensive backs 26 Tracy Belton 23 Erick McIntosh  8 Eddie Moten  6 Anthony Shutt 25 Dee Webb Kickers 16 Christian Reed		Injured reserve -- Marcus Everett LB  5 Arness Ikner DB Refuse to Report -- Matt Marcorelle DL Other league exempt -- LaMark Brown WR  3 T. J. Fatinikun LB  2 Khalil Paden WR 52 Michael Simons OL League suspension -- Devin Clark OL -- Theo Goins DL -- Brian Jackson K -- Marlon Moye-Moore FB 91 Prentice Purnell DL -- Jermaine Saffold WR -- Trevis Turner OL Inactive reserve  8 O'Hara Fluellen DB Emergency hold 18 Mark Lewis K Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 12, 2014 24 Active, 16 Inactive → More rosters

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