2016 Tampa Bay Storm season

2016 Tampa Bay Storm season
Owner	Jeffrey Vinik
Head coach	Lawrence Samuels
Home field	Amalie Arena
Results
Record	2–14
Conference place	4th
Playoff finish	Lost 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

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	Saturday	April 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 29–41	0-2	Quicken Loans Arena	11,892
3	Saturday	April 16	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 27–60	0–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	14,872
4	Bye
5	Sunday	May 1	2:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 27–33	0–4	Amalie Arena	8,438
6	Monday	May 9	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 17–47	0–5	Wells Fargo Center	8,172
7	Friday	May 13	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 40–42	0–6	Amway Center	12,971
8	Monday	May 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 63–70 (OT)	0–7	Amalie Arena	9,722
9	Sunday	May 29	2:00 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 63–56	1–7	Amalie Arena	8,298
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	Sunday	July 31	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

Roster

2016 Tampa Bay Storm roster
Quarterbacks 16 Jason Boltus  2 Warren Smith Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide receivers 11 Phillip Barnett 17 Kendrick Ings 10 V'Keon Lacey 15 Prechae Rodriguez  1 T. T. Toliver		Offensive linemen 44 R. J. Bibbs 79 Ben Ossai 72 Anthony Parker 70 Isaiah Shelton Defensive linemen 43 John Brown 93 Everett Dawkins 94 James McClinton 56 Jerry Turner 99 David Washington		Linebackers 50 James Gordon Defensive backs 23 Nick Addison  6 Qua Cox  5 James Harrell 13 Dallas Jackson 18 Cameron McGlenn 21 Cortez Stubbs Kickers 12 Delbert Alvarado		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 98 Torrey Davis DL 75 Cornelius Dixon OL 99 Justin Edison DL  8 Adam Kennedy QB 77 Jesse Peterson OL Other league exempt -- Delvin Breaux DB 54 Padric Scott DL 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 → More rosters