2016 Cleveland Gladiators season

The 2016 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 17th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their seventh while in Cleveland. The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena.

2016 Cleveland Gladiators season
Owner	Dan Gilbert
Head coach	Steve Thonn
Home field	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	7–9
Conference place	3rd National
Playoff finish	Won National Conference Semifinals 56-52 (KISS) Lost National Conference Championship 41-82 (Rattlers)
← 2015 Gladiators seasons 2017 →

Standings

2016 National Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Record
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Arizona Rattlers	13	3	.813	1,068	766	8–0	8–0	5–3
Los Angeles Kiss	7	9	.438	736	748	4–4	5–4	2–5
Cleveland Gladiators	7	9	.438	826	934	2–4	4–4	3–5
Portland Steel	3	13	.188	670	926	1–7	3–4	0–9

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	Philadelphia Soul	L 41–69	0–1	Quicken Loans Arena	12,944	[2]
2	Saturday	April 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 41–29	1–1	Quicken Loans Arena	11,892	[3]
3	Saturday	April 16	7:30 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	L 42–47	1–2	Quicken Loans Arena	12,243	[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 50–67	1–3	Wells Fargo Center	7,057	[5]
5	Friday	April 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	L 56–76	1–4	Quicken Loans Arena	13,429	[6]
6	Saturday	May 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 41–40	2–4	Quicken Loans Arena	8,056	[7]
7	Monday	May 16	8:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 55–48 (OT)	3–4	Quicken Loans Arena	6,733	[8]
8	Monday	May 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 70–63 (OT)	4–4	Amalie Arena	9,722	[9]
9	Saturday	May 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	W 63–49	5–4	Quicken Loans Arena	11,278	[10]
10	Friday	June 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 62–77	5–5	Quicken Loans Arena	11,797
11	Monday	June 13	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 56–59	5–6	Amway Center	11,117
12	Monday	June 20	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 58–49	6–6	Moda Center	4,516
13	Saturday	June 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 48–47	7–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,645
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 62–83	7–7	Wells Fargo Center	5,593
16	Saturday	July 16	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 61–63	7–8	Honda Center	8,069
17	Sunday	July 24	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 20–68	7–9	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,823
18	Bye

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Sunday	August 7	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles Kiss	W 56–52	Valley View Casino Center	4,269
NC Championship	Saturday	August 13	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 41–82	Talking Stick Resort Arena	15,103

Roster

2016 Cleveland Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks  2 Arvell Nelson 15 Stephen Panasuk Fullbacks 22 Collin Keoshian 44 Phillipkeith Manley Wide receivers 10 Larry Beavers  6 Thyron Lewis 18 Quentin Sims 17 Collin Taylor 13 Devin Wilson		Offensive linemen 69 D. J. Brandel 74 Joe Madsen 78 Chris Jasperse 66 Jesse Somsel 72 Aslam Sterling Defensive linemen 96 Randy Colling  8 Isaiah Dunning 99 Nick Seither 93 Curtis Young		Linebackers Currently vacant Defensive backs 20 Joe Phinisee 21 Joe Powell  9 Kelvin Rodgers  4 Marvin Ross  1 Brandon Stephens Kickers 19 Adrian Trevino		Injured reserve 33 Brian Brikowski DL 70 Skyler Burkland OL -- Josiah Holt WR 75 Chad Schofield OL Other league exempt Currently vacant League suspension  3 Shaine Boyle DB 49 Tim Cheatwood DL -- Donnie Fletcher DB 16 Dominick Goodman WR 12 Dennis Havrilla QB  2 Dominic Jones DB 77 Jayson Palmgren OL  9 Robert Rose DL Inactive reserve 11 Alim Koroma DL  3 Demarcus Robinson DB Refuse to report 73 Adrian Battles OL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 11, 2016 24 Active, 15 Inactive

References

1. "Arena Football League Announces 2016 Schedule". arenafootball.com. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. Soul Outplay Gladiators, 69-41 Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
3. Gladiators Hold on to Defeat Tampa Bay, 41-29 Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
4. LA KISS Outlast the Gladiators in Cleveland Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
5. Gladiators Start Fast, But Fall to the Soul, 67-50 Archived April 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
6. Gladiators Fall to Unbeaten Predators, 76-56 Archived May 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
7. Gladiators Come From Behind to Stun Sharks, 41-40 Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
8. Gladiators fend steel rally ^{[permanent dead link]}
9. Gladiators Escape Tampa Bay with 70-63 Overtime Win Archived May 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
10. Soul Fall to Gladiators, 63-49 Archived May 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine