2016 Philadelphia Yellow Jackets season

2016 Philadelphia Yellow Jackets season
Head coach Mike Brown
Owner Joe Krause
Home field Class of 1923 Arena
3130 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Results
Record 4-3

The 2016 Philadelphia Yellow Jackets season is the first season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.

The Yellow Jackets played their home games at the Class of 1923 Arena on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania the majority of their first season until May 11, 2016, when they University voided their contract claiming non-payment. They re-scheduled their last "home" game to be at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Preseason

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 5 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 28-41[1] 0-1 PPL Center

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 BYE
4 BYE
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at Winston Wildcats W 55-9[2] 1-0 LJVM Coliseum Annex
6 Saturday April 2 7:05pm at Central Penn Capitals W 40-36 2-0 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
7 BYE
8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Central Penn Capitals W 79-26 3-0 Class of 1923 Arena
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 33-52[3] 3-1 PPL Center
10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm Triangle Torch Rescheduled for May 28 Class of 1923 Arena
11 Saturday May 8 4:05pm at Triangle Torch W 59-42 4-1 Dorton Arena
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm Maryland Eagles Cancelled* Class of 1923 Arena
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm at Winston Wildcats L 0-2** 4-2
13 Saturday May 21 7:05pm Winston Wildcats L 0-2* 4-3 Class of 1923 Arena
14 Saturday May 28 7:05pm Triangle Torch Cancelled Class of 1923 Arena
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

* — Game canceled or forfeited due to the Yellow Jackets loss of a home arena.
** — Game was never scheduled to be played but was credited as forfeit loss to the Wildcats one week after the non-played game with the Eagles with no explanation given by the AIF.

Standings

2016 AIF Northern standings
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

Philadelphia Yellow Jackets roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 40 Rustin Mayorga

Wide receivers

  • 18 Anthony Green
  •  3 Ray Mack
  • 19 Emery Sammons
  •  6 Marcellus Sammons
  • 15 Lynell Suggs
Offensive linemen
  • 98 Trevor Anderson
  • 91 Andrew Edouard
  • 76 DaShawn Johnson
  • 55 Robert Jones
  • 73 Khamil Rangoloam

Defensive linemen

  • 77 Steve Coleman
  • 75 Malik Gumbs
  • 56 Blade Shoop
  •  4 D. J. Simon
  • 78 Raheem Stanley
Linebackers
  •  7 Jamal Giddens
  • 56 Joe Koonce
  •  9 Ricardo Thompson

Defensive backs

  • 24 Rodney Hall
  • 21 DeMarta' Johnson
  •  5 Andre Jones
  •  1 Kwaheem Smith

Kickers

  • 43 Robert Fusik
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Transfer list

  • -- Byron Pinkston OL (Exempt.)

Refuse to report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 10, 2016
26 Active, 1 Inactive

References

  1. ↑ "Steelhawks Open with Home Win in AIF Debut". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Winston-Salem Wildcats Play First Home Game Of Inaugural Season". www.wfmynews2.com. Tegna. March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Keith Groller (April 24, 2016). "Steelhawks stay unbeaten by passing their way past Philadelphia, 52-33". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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