2014 Philadelphia Soul season

2014 Philadelphia Soul season
2014 Philadelphia Soul season
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home field	Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	3rd AC East
Playoff finish	Lost Conference semifinals (Gladiators) 37–39
	← 2013; Philadelphia Soul seasons; 2015 →;

The 2014 Philadelphia Soul season was the ninth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Clint Dolezel and played their home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul finished the regular season 9–9, which was good enough for a playoff berth. However, they were eliminated in the first round by the Cleveland Gladiators on a field goal as time expired, losing by a score of 39–37.

Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
East Division v t e
z-Cleveland Gladiators	17	1	.944	991	782	7–1	12–1	9–0	8–1
x-Pittsburgh Power	15	3	.833	1015	778	6–2	11–2	8–1	7–2
x-Philadelphia Soul	9	9	.500	1021	949	2–5	7–7	7–2	2–7
Iowa Barnstormers	6	12	.333	848	1046	0–7	2–10	3–6	3–6

x - Clinched playoff berth
z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

Regular season

The Soul began the season with a rematch of ArenaBowl XXVI on the road against the Arizona Rattlers on March 15. Their final regular season game was on July 26 against the Pittsburgh Power on the road.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location	Attendance	Report
1	Saturday	March 15	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 55–62 (OT)	0–1	US Airways Center	9,493	^[2]
2	Friday	March 23	10:30 p.m. EDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 33–70	0–2	SAP Center at San Jose	10,721	^[3]
3	Bye
4	Friday	April 4	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 49–63	0–3	Tampa Bay Times Forum	11,102	^[4]
5	Thursday	April 10	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 69–56	1–3	CFE Arena	4,756	^[5]
6	Saturday	April 19	6:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 54–41	2–3	Wells Fargo Center	12,311	^[6]
7	Sunday	April 27	4:00 p.m. EDT	Iowa Barnstormers	W 60–55	3–3	Wells Fargo Center	10,062	^[7]
8	Saturday	May 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	L 57–65	3–4	Consol Energy Center	5,321	^[8]
9	Saturday	May 10	6:00 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 79–60	4–4	Wells Fargo Center	6,080	^[9]
10	Saturday	May 17	6:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 62–34	5–4	Wells Fargo Center	8,058	^[10]
11	Friday	May 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 52–54	5–5	Quicken Loans Arena	10,659	^[11]
12	Saturday	May 31	6:00 p.m. EDT	San Antonio Talons	W 76–40	6–5	Wells Fargo Center	7,811	^[12]
13	Friday	June 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	L 49–56	6–6	Tampa Bay Times Forum	11,062	^[13]
14	Saturday	June 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	Pittsburgh Power	L 56–57	6–7	Wells Fargo Center	7,804	^[14]
15	Saturday	June 21	6:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 68–69	6–8	Wells Fargo Center	8,033	^[15]
16	Saturday	June 28	8:05 p.m. EDT	at Iowa Barnstormers	W 84–48	7–8	Wells Fargo Arena	9,551	^[16]
17	Monday	July 7	8:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 42–35	8–8	Wells Fargo Center	7,069	^[17]
18	Bye
19	Sunday	July 20	4:00 p.m. EDT	San Jose SaberCats	W 42–20	9–8	Wells Fargo Center	10,471	^[18]
20	Saturday	July 26	5:00 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	L 34–64	9–9	Consol Energy Center	9,549	^[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 37–39	Quicken Loans Arena	^[20]

Roster

2014 Philadelphia Soul roster

Quarterbacks

9 Bryan Randall
5 Dan Raudabaugh

Fullbacks

4 Derrick Ross

Wide receivers

83 Harvey Binford
11 Tiger Jones
2 V'Keon Lacey
15 Emery Sammons
88 Markee White

Offensive linemen

52 Ryan Blaszczyk
47 Jason Holman
78 Christian Johnson
76 Adam Smith

Defensive linemen

92 Calvin Fance
12 Bryan Robinson

Linebackers

18 Joe Goosby
6 Brandon Perkins
90 Jerome Williams

Defensive backs

7 Rayshaun Kizer
24 Ray Little
8 Kent Richardson
25 James Romain
23 LaRico Stevenson

Kicker

1 Jon Striefsky

Injured reserve

99 Morkeith Brown DL
55 Brennen Carvalho C
97 Chauncey DeBose DL
94 Tyron Hurst DL
3 Carlos Martinez K
19 Ryan McDaniel WR
-- Neal Tivis OL
97 Julius Williams DL

League suspension

24 Carlos Campbell DB
8 T. J. Langley DL
15 Robert Redd WR
69 Wayne Tribue OL
-- Justin Young DL

Other League Exempt

-- Maurice Leggett DB

Inactive reserve

98 Ted Jennings DL
13 Padric Scott DL

Refuse to Report

-- Pernell Phillips DL

Recallable reassignment

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine updated July 31, 2014
23 Active, 17 Inactive

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