2016 Arena Football League season
2016 Arena Football League season | |
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League | Arena Football League |
Sport | Arena football |
Duration | April 1, 2016 – August 26, 2016 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Nick Davila, ARZ |
League postseason | |
American Conference champions | Philadelphia Soul |
American Conference runners-up | Jacksonville Sharks |
National Conference champions | Arizona Rattlers |
National Conference runners-up | Cleveland Gladiators |
ArenaBowl XXIX | |
Champions | Philadelphia Soul |
Runners-up | Arizona Rattlers |
Finals MVP | Shaun Kauleinamoku, PHI |
The 2016 Arena Football League season was the 29th season in the history of the Arena Football League. Prior to the start of the season, the league contracted to eight teams. The 16-game regular season then began on April 1, 2016 and ended on August 1, 2016. The league, however, kept its eight-team playoff format, which meant that every club qualified for the postseason.
League business
Teams
The
ArenaBowl Playoffs
All teams from both conferences qualified for the playoffs. As in the prior season, there were the Conference Semifinals, the Conference Championships, and ArenaBowl XXIX.
In the American Semifinals, the Soul beat the Storm 63–41 in
The Rattlers doubled up the Gladiators 82–41 in the National Conference title game. In the American Conference title game, the Soul edged the Sharks by a score of 55–50.
The Philadelphia Soul upset the heavily-favored Arizona Rattlers 56–42 in ArenaBowl XXIX in Glendale, Arizona for their second AFL title.
Alignment
Conference | Teams |
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American | Jacksonville Sharks, Orlando Predators, Philadelphia Soul, Tampa Bay Storm |
National | Arizona Rattlers, Cleveland Gladiators, Los Angeles Kiss, Portland Steel |
Regular season standings
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x - Clinched conference title.
Playoffs
Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | ArenaBowl XXIX | ||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 84 | ||||||||||||
4 | Portland | 40 | ||||||||||||
1 | Arizona | 82 | ||||||||||||
National Conference | ||||||||||||||
3 | Cleveland | 41 | ||||||||||||
2 | Los Angeles | 52 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cleveland | 56 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Arizona | 42 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Philadelphia | 56 | ||||||||||||
1 | Philadelphia | 63 | ||||||||||||
4 | Tampa Bay | 41 | ||||||||||||
1 | Philadelphia | 55 | ||||||||||||
American Conference | ||||||||||||||
3 | Jacksonville | 50 | ||||||||||||
2 | Orlando | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Jacksonville | 69OT |
Conference semifinals
Conference | Date | Kickoff | Away | Score | Home | Game site | Recap |
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American | August 6 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | Jacksonville Sharks | 69–68 (OT) | Orlando Predators | Amway Center
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National | August 6 | 10:00 p.m. EDT | Portland Steel | 40–84 | Arizona Rattlers | Talking Stick Resort Arena | [9] |
American | August 7 | 6:00 p.m. EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | 41–63 | Philadelphia Soul | PPL Center | [10] |
National | August 7 | 6:00 p.m. EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | 56–52 | Los Angeles Kiss | Valley View Casino Center
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Conference finals
Conference | Date | Kickoff | Away | Score | Home | Game site | Recap |
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National | August 13 | 9:30 p.m. EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | 41–82 | Arizona Rattlers | Talking Stick Resort Arena | [12] |
American | August 14 | 6:00 p.m. EDT | Jacksonville Sharks | 50–55 | Philadelphia Soul | PPL Center | [13] |
ArenaBowl XXIX
Date | Kickoff | Away | Score | Home | Game site | Recap |
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August 26 | 7:00 PM EDT | Philadelphia Soul | 56–42 | Arizona Rattlers | Gila River Arena | [14] |
All-Arena team
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