2016 Philadelphia Soul season

2016 Philadelphia Soul season
2016 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner	Ron Jaworski; Craig Spencer; Pete Ciarrocchi
General manager	Thomas Goodhines
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home field	Wells Fargo Center (to May 2016); PPL Center (July 2016 onward)
Results
Record	13–3
Conference place	1st American
Playoff finish	Won American Conference Semifinals 63–41 (Storm); Won American Conference Championship 55–50 (Sharks); Won ArenaBowl XXIX 56-42 (Rattlers)
	← 2015; Philadelphia Soul seasons; 2017 →;

The 2016 Philadelphia Soul season was the eleventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The 2016 season was Clint Dolezel's fourth season with the franchise. The Soul played most of their home games at the Wells Fargo Center, but then moved their last regular season game and all playoff contests to the PPL Center in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown.

Standings

2016 American Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Records
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Philadelphia Soul	13	3	.813	983	776	5–1	7–1	6–2
Orlando Predators	12	4	.750	893	781	5–3	6–2	6–2
Jacksonville Sharks	7	9	.438	829	774	5–3	3–5	4–4
Tampa Bay Storm	2	14	.125	568	868	0–8	2–6	0–8

Schedule

Regular season

The 2016 regular season schedule was released on December 10, 2015.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location	Attendance	Report
1	Friday	April 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 69–41	1–0	Quicken Loans Arena	12,944	^[2]
2	Monday	April 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 41–59	1–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,550	^[3]
3	Sunday	April 17	4:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 70–32	2–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,782	^[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	4:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 67–50	3–1	Wells Fargo Center	7,057	^[5]
5	Monday	May 2	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 56–33	4–1	Honda Center	6,193	^[6]
6	Monday	May 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 47–17	5–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,172	^[7]
7	Saturday	May 14	6:30 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 65–58	6–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,580	^[8]
8	Saturday	May 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 62–54	7–1	Wells Fargo Center	12,127	^[9]
9	Saturday	May 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 49–63	7–2	Quicken Loans Arena	11,278	^[10]
10	Saturday	June 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 56–42	8–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,985	^[11]
11	Saturday	June 11	3:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 73–37	9–2	Sun National Bank Center	5,802
12	Friday	June 17	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 63–80	9–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,067
13	Monday	June 27	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	W 59–38	10–3	Moda Center	4,468
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	6:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 83–62	11–3	PPL Center	5,593
16	Saturday	July 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 56–51	12–3	Amalie Arena	8,406
17	Bye
18	Saturday	July 30	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 67–54	13–3	Amway Center	13,827

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance
AC Semifinals	Sunday	August 7	6:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 63–41	PPL Center	5,540
AC Championship	Sunday	August 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 55–50	PPL Center	4,721
ArenaBowl XXIX	Friday	August 26	7:00 p.m.EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	W 56–42	Gila River Arena	13,390

Roster

2016 Philadelphia Soul roster

Quarterbacks

10 Luke Collis
5 Dan Raudabaugh

Fullbacks

3 Jeramie Richardson

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

93 Richard Clebert
98 Ted Jennings
99 Justin Lawrence
8 Jake Metz
95 Ben Perry

Linebackers

2 Beau Bell
18 Joe Goosby

Defensive backs

6 Tracy Belton
22 Dwayne Hollis
25 James Romain
23 LaRico Stevenson

Kicker

11 Tommy Frevert

Injured reserve

14 Chris Dieker QB
17 Wesley Mauia LB

Refused to report

Currently vacant

League suspension

Currently vacant

Other league exempt

-- Maurice Leggett DB

Inactive reserve

55 Sean Daniels DL
24 Torez Jones DB

Recallable reassignment

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated August 22, 2016
24 Active, 5 Inactive

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