2016 Sioux Falls Storm season
OwnerTodd Tryon
General managerTyler Pederson
Head coachKurtiss Riggs
Home fieldDenny Sanford Premier Center
Results
Record15-1
Conference place1st
Playoff finishWon United Conference Championship 54-28 (Titans)
Won 2016 United Bowl 55-34 (Empire)

The 2016 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's seventeenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Storm were members of the United Conference.

Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday February 20 8:05pm at Billings Wolves W 51-28[1] 1-0 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
2 Friday February 26 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 54-45[2] 2-0 Denny Sanford Premier Center
3 Sunday March 6 3:05pm at Green Bay Blizzard W 49-31 3-0 Resch Center
4 BYE
5 Sunday March 20 4:00pm at Colorado Crush W 58-55[3] 4-0 Budweiser Events Center
6 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at Cedar Rapids Titans L 57-60[4] 4-1 U.S. Cellular Center
7 BYE
8 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 62-49[5] 5-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
9 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 71-44[6] 6-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
10 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Nebraska Danger W 62-44[7] 7-1 Eihusen Arena
11 Saturday April 30 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 66-59[8] 8-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
12 Friday May 6 7:00pm at Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 66-58[9] 9-1 Kay Yeager Coliseum
13 Saturday May 14 7:05pm Spokane Empire W 63-50[10] 10-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
14 Saturday May 21 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard W 58-24[11] 11-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
15 Friday May 27 7:05pm at Iowa Barnstormers W 50-49 (OT) 12-1 Wells Fargo Arena
16 Saturday June 4 7:05pm Colorado Crush W 72-59[12] 13-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
17 Saturday June 11 7:05pm Iowa Barnstormers W 53-30[13] 14-1 Denny Sanford Premier Center
18 Saturday June 18 7:00pm at Spokane Empire W 59-35[14] 15-1 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
19 BYE

Standings

2016 United Conference
W L T PCT PF PA GB STK
y–Sioux Falls Storm 15 1 0 .938 951 720 -- W11
x–Cedar Rapids Titans 12 4 0 .750 781 628 3.0 W7
x–Wichita Falls Nighthawks 11 5 0 .688 1001 861 4.0 W2
Green Bay Blizzard 5 11 0 .313 682 932 10.0 L1
Iowa Barnstormers 4 12 0 .250 737 838 11.0 L7

Postseason

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Wild Card BYE
United Conference Championship Saturday July 16 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 54-28 1-0 Denny Sanford Premier Center
2016 United Bowl Saturday July 23 7:05pm Spokane Empire W 55-34 2-0 Denny Sanford Premier Center

Roster

2016 Sioux Falls Storm roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Lorenzo Brown
  •  2 Carrington Hanna

Running backs

  • 22 Rolandan Finch

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 71 Kyle Bryant
  • 69 Rashaud Mungro
  • 55 Charlie Sanders
  • 75 Myniya Smith

Defensive linemen

  • 56 Byron Bennett
  • 58 Sam Campbell
  • 15 Claude Davis
  • 95 Bryan Keys
  • 34 Brandon Peguese
  • 47 Roosevelt Roberts
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 16 J'Vontez Blackmon
  •  6 Elijah Fields
  • 12 Matt Hermanson
  • 13 Jonathon Setzer
  • 24 Carlton Watkins

Kickers

  • 19 Justin Syrovatka
Injury reserve
  •  2 Melvin German WR
  • -- Chris Thompson OL

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant

Refused to report

  •  9 Gareef Glashen DB
  •  2 Jon Wolf QB

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 23, 2016
25 Active, 4 Inactive

References

  1. ^ John Letasky (February 21, 2016). "Sioux Falls starts fast against Billings". www.billingsgazette.com. Billings Gazette. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Storm slip past Cedar Rapids". www.billingsgazette.com. Billings Gazette. February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Storm Survives Clash with Crush". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Douglas Miles (March 27, 2016). "Jared Elmore catches 3 TD passes as the Cedar Rapids Titans edge Sioux Falls, 60-57". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Storm Get Redemption Against Titans". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Storm Triumph Nighthawks". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. ^ "Storm Rolls Past Danger". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "Storm Prove To Be More Powerful Than The Blizzard". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "Storm Snap Nighthawks' Home Win Record". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  10. ^ "Storm Take down the Empire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  11. ^ "IFL: Storm String Together Seventh Straight Win". www.keloland.com. Keloland Television. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  12. ^ Mick Garry (June 4, 2016). "Storm overcome shaky performance to claim ninth straight win". www.argusleader.com. Argus Leader. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  13. ^ Mick Garry (June 11, 2016). "Cleaner second half allows Storm to pull away from Iowa". www.argusleader.com. Argus Leader. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  14. ^ John Blanchette (June 18, 2016). "John Blanchette: Empire find Sioux Falls in a league of its own". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

External links

IFL National Champions
2016 IFL season
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