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  2 Steffen Colon  8 Warren Smith 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 Refuse to Report Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated May 10, 2016 26 Active, 1 Inactive → More rosters

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.