2016 River City Raiders season

The 2016 River City Raiders season was the fourth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football (AIF).[1]

2016 River City Raiders season
OwnerFree Tickets Entertainment, LLC
General managerLin Hart, Jr.
Head coachCorey Bethany
Home fieldFamily Arena
2002 Arena Parkway
St. Charles, MO 63303
Results
Record6-1
Division place2nd
Playoff finishLost Divisional Semifinals 52-54 (Steelhawks)

Schedule

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Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

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All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday February 27 7:05pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare W 47-6[2] 1-0 Family Arena
2 BYE
3 Sunday March 12 3:05pm West Michigan Ironmen W 75-68[3] 2-0 Family Arena
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Sunday April 3 3:05pm Cincinnati Bulldogs W 81-14[4] 3-0 Family Arena
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 49-69[5] 3-1 L. C. Walker Arena
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm Chicago Blitz W 47-34 4-1 Family Arena
10 BYE
11 Sunday May 8 3:05pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare Cancelled Family Arena
11 Friday May 6 6:05pm Missouri Rampage W 62-13 5-1 Family Arena
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm at Chicago Blitz W 37-31 6-1 Odeum Expo Center
13 BYE
14 BYE

Standings

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Team W L PCT
yWest Michigan Ironmen 6 1 .857
xRiver City Raiders 6 1 .857
xLehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 2 .750
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets 4 3 .571
Central Penn Capitals 4 4 .500
Chicago Blitz 3 3 .500
Triangle Torch 3 4 .429
Winston Wildcats 3 5 .375
Maryland Eagles 0 2 .000
Northern Kentucky Nightmare 0 5 .000

Playoffs

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All start times are local to home team

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Score Location
Div. Semifinals Monday June 6 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 52-54[6] Family Arena

Roster

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2016 River City Raiders roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Tarean Austin

Running backs

  •  6 Tyler Batts
  • 36 Lennies McFerren
  • 33 Deon Morris

Wide receivers

  • 18 DuJuan Bolden
  •  8 Chris Headd
  • 11 DeAndre Jackson
  • 14 Johnnie King
  • 83 Courtney Ward
  • 81 Chris Willis
Offensive linemen
  • 74 K. C. Giger
  • 50 Jerry Johnson
  • 54 John Johnson
  • 72 Lawrence Smith

Defensive linemen

  • 29 Gary Henderson
  • 57 Keenan Mace
  •  5 Jason Null
  • 90 Bernard Quinn
Linebackers
  • 38 Haylon Jacobs
  • 13 Kyle Walker

Defensive backs

  • 10 Theo Alexander
  •  2 Marcus Cotton
  • 21 Timothy Hamm-Bey
  •  7 Travonti Johnson
  •  1 Bryan Lowery
  • 32 Reggie Jennings
  •  9 Patrick Wells

Kickers

  •  4 Corey Adamson
Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated May 5, 2016
28 Active, 0 Inactive

References

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  1. ^ "Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC Acquires the St. Louis Attack; Joins AIF". American Indoor Football. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Andy Foltz (March 9, 2016). "Northern Kentucky Nightmare hope to make an impact in first year of arena football; aim for playoffs". www.nkytribune.com. Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Mark Opfermann (March 13, 2016). "West Michigan Ironmen drop inaugural football game on the road". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Brian Ledford (April 4, 2016). "River City Raiders Leash Bulldogs To Maintain Perfect Record". www.archcitysports.com. Arch City Sports. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Mark Opfermann (April 9, 2016). "Passing combo helps West Michigan Ironmen post arena win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks have trouble in River City but escape with playoff win". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.