2014 Pittsburgh Power season

2014 Pittsburgh Power season
Head coach	Derek Stingley (fired on March 21; 0–1 record) Ron James (15–2 record)
Home field	Consol Energy Center
Results
Record	15–3
Division place	2nd AC East
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals (Predators) 48–56

The 2014 Pittsburgh Power season was the fourth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. They played their home games at the Consol Energy Center. The 2014 season marked the franchise's first-ever winning season, after the Power victory over the Philadelphia Soul, 57-56, on June 14.^[1] A week later on June 20, the Power clinched their first-ever playoff berth with a 57–27 win over the Iowa Barnstormers.^[2] The Power finished the regular season 15–3, but lost in their first-ever playoff game to the Orlando Predators in the conference semifinals by a 56–48 score.

The team had been coached by Derek Stingley, however he was fired after a 63–53 loss to the Cleveland Gladiators in the team's first game of the season. He was replaced by Ron James as the franchise's coach.^[3]

Standings

East Division
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-Cleveland Gladiators	17	1	.944	991	782	7–1	12–1	9–0	8–1
x-Pittsburgh Power	15	3	.833	1015	778	6–2	11–2	8–1	7–2
x-Philadelphia Soul	9	9	.500	1021	949	2–5	7–7	7–2	2–7
Iowa Barnstormers	6	12	.333	848	1046	0–7	2–10	3–6	3–6

x - Clinched playoff berth
z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

Regular season

The Power began the season at home against the Cleveland Gladiators on March 15. They hosted the Philadelphia Soul in their last regular season game on July 26.^[4]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff (ET)	TV	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
						Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 15	5:00 p.m.	thisTV	Cleveland Gladiators	L 53–63	0–1	Consol Energy Center	7,742	[5]
2	Bye
3	Saturday	March 29	5:00 p.m.	thisTV	San Jose SaberCats	W 48–47	1–1	Consol Energy Center	4,309	[6]
4	Friday	April 4	8:30 p.m.	ESPN3	at San Antonio Talons	W 70–17	2–1	Alamodome	4,112	[7]
5	Friday	April 11	7:00 p.m.	CBS Sports Network	New Orleans VooDoo	W 56–14	3–1	Consol Energy Center	5,224	[8]
6	Saturday	April 19	9:00 p.m.	ESPN3	at Arizona Rattlers	L 69–73	3–2	US Airways Center	8,179	[9]
7	Saturday	April 26	7:00 p.m.	ESPN3	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 28–55	3–3	Quicken Loans Arena	11,083	[10]
8	Saturday	May 3	7:00 p.m.	thisTV	Philadelphia Soul	W 65–57	4–3	Consol Energy Center	5,321	[11]
9	Friday	May 9	10:00 p.m.	ESPN3	at Spokane Shock	W 52–41	5–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,742	[12]
10	Saturday	May 17	6:00 p.m.	CBS Sports Network	Los Angeles Kiss	W 50–26	6–3	Consol Energy Center	7,762	[13]
11	Saturday	May 24	7:30 p.m.	ESPN3	at Orlando Predators	W 62–61	7–3	CFE Arena	5,008	[14]
12	Saturday	May 31	5:00 p.m.	thisTV	Cleveland Gladiators	W 48–34	8–3	Consol Energy Center	5,348	[15]
13	Saturday	June 7	5:00 p.m.	thisTV	New Orleans VooDoo	W 65–26	9–3	Consol Energy Center	5,419	[16]
14	Saturday	June 14	6:00 p.m.	ESPN3	at Philadelphia Soul	W 57–56	10–3	Wells Fargo Center	7,804	[17]
15	Friday	June 20	7:00 p.m.	thisTV	Iowa Barnstormers	W 57–27	11–3	Consol Energy Center	6,657	[18]
16	Saturday	June 28	7:00 p.m.	CBS Sports Network	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 64–48	12–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,304	[19]
17	Monday	July 7	8:30 p.m.	ESPN3	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 48–43	13–3	Smoothie King Center	4,966	[20]
18	Bye
19	Saturday	July 19	8:05 p.m.	ESPN3	at Iowa Barnstormers	W 59–56	14–3	Wells Fargo Arena	7,557	[21]
20	Saturday	July 26	5:00 p.m.	thisTV	Philadelphia Soul	W 64–34	15–3	Consol Energy Center	9,549	[22]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff (ET)	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Sunday	August 3	2:00 p.m.	at Orlando Predators	L 48–56	CFE Arena	4,889	[23]

Roster

2014 Pittsburgh Power roster
Quarterbacks 10 Tommy Grady  7 Arvell Nelson Fullbacks 32 Marlion Jackson 24 Tommy Taggart Wide receivers 12 Tyrone Goard  3 Shaun Kauleinamoku 15 Prechae Rodriguez 18 James Shaw		Offensive linemen 71 Daverin Geralds 70 Colin Madison 77 Kevin Myers 69 Antonio Narcisse 75 Keith Newell Defensive linemen 44 Maurice Fountain  8 Jake Killeen 99 Justin Lawrence 93 Curtis Young		Linebackers  2 James Bryant Defensive backs  6 Brandon Freeman  9 Sergio Gilliam  4 Virgil Gray 22 Andre Jones 14 Al Phillips Kickers 27 Julian Rauch		Inactive reserve 19 Jeremy Kelley WR 13 Latarrius Thomas DB Injured reserve 11 Hank Edwards WR  5 Anthony Hoke DL 90 Roosevelt Holliday DL 21 Ricardo Kemp DB  1 Aaron Lesué WR 34 Neil Purvis DL 17 Rodney Wright WR Other league exempt -- Kenny Stafford WR -- Julian Talley WR -- Eric Norwood DL Refuse to report -- Justin Warren DL Rookies in italics Roster updated July 31, 2014 24 Active, 13 Inactive → More rosters

References

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