2016 Tampa Bay Storm season
OwnerJeffrey Vinik
Head coachLawrence Samuels
Home fieldAmalie Arena
Results
Record2–14
Conference place4th American
Playoff finishLost American Conference Semifinals 41-63 (Soul)

The 2016 Tampa Bay Storm season was the twenty-eighth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Lawrence Samuels and played their home games at the Amalie Arena.

Standings

2016 American Conference standings
Team Overall Points Records
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
Score Record
1 Friday April 1 7:00 p.m. EDT Orlando Predators L 25–76 0-1 Amalie Arena 9,928 [2]
2 Saturday April 9 7:00 p.m. EDT at Cleveland Gladiators L 29–41 0-2 Quicken Loans Arena 11,892 [3]
3 Saturday April 16 9:00 p.m. EDT at Arizona Rattlers L 27–60 0–3 Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,872 [4]
4 Bye
5 Sunday May 1 2:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks L 27–33 0–4 Amalie Arena 8,438 [5]
6 Monday May 9 7:00 p.m. EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 17–47 0–5 Wells Fargo Center 8,172 [6]
7 Friday May 13 7:30 p.m. EDT at Orlando Predators L 40–42 0–6 Amway Center 12,971 [7]
8 Monday May 23 7:30 p.m. EDT Cleveland Gladiators L 63–70 (OT) 0–7 Amalie Arena 9,722 [8]
9 Sunday May 29 2:00 p.m. EDT Arizona Rattlers W 63–56 1–7 Amalie Arena 8,298 [9]
10 Monday June 6 10:00 p.m. EDT at Portland Steel L 35–68 1–8 Moda Center 5,136
11 Saturday June 11 5:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville Sharks L 34–67 1–9 Amalie Arena 8,418
12 Saturday June 18 7:30 p.m. EDT Los Angeles KISS L 27–57 1–10 Amalie Arena 9,670
13 Friday June 24 7:30 p.m. EDT at Orlando Predators L 33–56 1–11 Amway Center 13,527
14 Bye
15 Monday July 11 10:00 p.m. EDT at Los Angeles KISS L 21–48 1–12 Honda Center 6,249
16 Saturday July 16 4:00 p.m. EDT Philadelphia Soul L 51–56 1–13 Amalie Arena 8,406
17 Saturday July 23 5:00 p.m. EDT Portland Steel W 41–40 2–13 Amalie Arena 8,958
18 Saturday July 30 5:00 p.m. EDT at Jacksonville Sharks L 35–54 2–14 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 10,324

Playoffs

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
AC Semifinals Sunday August 7 6:00 p.m. EDT at Philadelphia Soul L 41–63 PPL Center 5,540

Roster

2016 Tampa Bay Storm roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 44 R. J. Bibbs
  • 79 Ben Ossai
  • 72 Anthony Parker
  • 70 Isaiah Shelton

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • 15 Xavier Boyce WR
  • 72 Bruce Doyle OL
  •  4 Rick-J Hill DB
  • 74 Andrew Miller OL
  • 55 Dominie Pittman DL
  • 77 Isaiah Tuiasosopo OL
  • 29 Seth Williams DB
  •  3 Gerald Young WR

Inactive reserve

  • Currently vacant

League suspension

Other league exempt

Refuse to report

  • 64 Travis Miller OL
  • 74 Keyun Swinney OL

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in itlatics
Roster updated August 4, 2016
24 Active, 17 Inactive

References

  1. ^ "2016 Arena Football League schedule" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-04-02.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-14.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Storm Falls in Arizona, Lose to Rattlers 60-27 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. ^ "Storm Falls to Jacksonville, 33-27 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-10.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-14.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-05-25.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Tampa Bay Storm Defeats Arizona Rattlers, 63-56 - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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