2016 Chicago Blitz season

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2016 Chicago Blitz season
OwnerMike Oliver
General managerMichael Dortch
Head coachMike Oliver
Home fieldOdeum Expo Center
1033 North Villa Avenue
Villa Park, IL 60181
Results
Record3-3
Division place6th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2016 Chicago Blitz season was the third season for the American Indoor Football franchise, and their second season in the AIF. On May 25, the Blitz cancelled its last scheduled road game and announced that the team was for sale.

Schedule[edit]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season[edit]

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 Sunday March 13 7:00pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare W 33-22 1-0 Odeum Expo Center
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Saturday April 2 7:00pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 30-34[1] 1-1 L. C. Walker Arena
7 Saturday April 9 7:00pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare W 36-24 2-1 Odeum Expo Center
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at River City Raiders L 34-47 2-2 Family Arena
10 BYE
11 Saturday May 7 7:00pm Memphis X-Sounds W 73-6 3-2 Odeum Expo Center
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm River City Raiders L 31-37 3-3 Odeum Expo Center
13 BYE
14 Saturday May 28 7:00pm West Michigan Ironmen Cancelled Odeum Expo Center

Standings[edit]

Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
West Michigan Ironmen 6 1 0 .857 471 224 67.3 32.0 W6
River City Raiders 6 1 0 .857 398 235 56.9 33.6 W3
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 2 0 .750 430 237 53.8 29.6 L1
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets 4 3 0 .571 266 169 38.0 24.0 L2
Central Penn Capitals 4 4 0 .500 373 338 46.6 42.3 W3
Chicago Blitz 3 3 0 .500 237 170 39.5 28.3 L1
Triangle Torch 3 4 0 .429 292 359 41.7 51.3 L2
Winston Wildcats 3 5 0 .375 139 300 17.4 37.5 W3
Maryland Eagles 0 2 0 .000 19 116 9.5 58.0 L2
Northern Kentucky Nightmare 0 5 0 .000 116 236 23.2 47.2 L5

Roster[edit]

2016 Chicago Blitz roster
Quarterbacks
  •  9 Andre Locke

Running backs

  • 17 Keenan Miller
  • 30 Lloyd Morgan

Wide receivers

  • 11 David Brown
  • -- Brian Miles
  •  3 Bryan Pascascio
  • 12 Jermel Smith
  •  6 James Walton
Offensive linemen
  • 56 Anthony Bullock
  • 66 Darius Crosby
  • 55 Tim Mueller
  • 57 Nick Torresso
  • 77 Baptiste Williams

Defensive linemen

  •  5 Karl Grant
  • 18 Ramon Lacey
  •  8 DeAndre Mosley
  • 90 Ryan O'Neil
  • 96 Evan Van Klei
  • 66 Marquis Walton
Linebackers
  •  1 Greg Barksdale
  • 13 Zo Hood
  • 44 Shannon Newsberry

Defensive backs

  • 14 Jorrick Calvin
  • 21 Deshon Conley
  •  7 Darius Jones
  •  4 Brandon Onuselogu
  • 28 Robert Riley
  • 12 Leo Watkins
  • 24 Keith Woodson

Kickers

  • 19 Igor Materic
Injured reserve

Exempt list

  • 93 Tyrone Saunders DL (Exempt)

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2016-06-13 at the Wayback Machine updated May 12, 2016
30 Active, 2 Inactive

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Mark Opfermann (April 2, 2016). "Late kickoff return for TD a game-winner for West Michigan Ironmen". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 5, 2016.