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
OwnerDan Gilbert
Head coachSteve Thonn
Home fieldQuicken Loans Arena
Results
Record7–9
Conference place3rd National
Playoff finishWon National Conference Semifinals 56-52 (KISS)
Lost National Conference Championship 41-82 (Rattlers)

Standings
2016 National Conference standings
Team Overall Points Record
W L PCT PF PA CON Home Away
x-Arizona Rattlers133.8131,0687668–08–05–3
Los Angeles Kiss79.4387367484–45–42–5
Cleveland Gladiators79.4388269342–44–43–5
Portland Steel313.1886709261–73–40–9

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

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen
  • 69 D. J. Brandel
  • 74 Joe Madsen
  • 78 Chris Jasperse
  • 66 Jesse Somsel
  • 72 Aslam Sterling

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers
  • Currently vacant

Defensive backs

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

Inactive reserve

  • 11 Alim Koroma DL
  •  3 Demarcus Robinson DB

Refuse to report

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
  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
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