2016 Winston Wildcats season

2016 Winston Wildcats season
Head coach	Barry Marrow
Owner	Sports Xtras
Home field	LJVM Coliseum Annex 2825 University Parkway Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Results
Record	3–5
Division place	8th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2016 Winston Wildcats season was the first season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.^[1]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

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	Sunday	March 20	4:05pm	at Triangle Torch	L 33–53[2]	0–1	Dorton Arena
5	Saturday	March 26	7:05pm	Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	L 9-55[3]	0-2	LJVM Coliseum Annex
6	Saturday	April 2	7:05pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 18-43[4]	0-3	LJVM Coliseum Annex
7	Friday	April 8	7:05pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 8-72[5]	0-4	PPL Center
8	Saturday	April 16	7:05pm	Triangle Torch	L 12-58	0-5	LJVM Coliseum Annex
9	BYE
10	Saturday	April 30	7:05pm	Maryland Eagles	W 49-19[6]	1-5	LJVM Coliseum Annex
11	BYE
12	Saturday	May 14	7:05pm	at Central Penn Capitals	Cancelled		Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
12	Saturday	May 14	7:05pm	Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	W 2-0*	2-5
13	Saturday	May 21	7:05pm	at Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	W 2-0 (forfeit)	3-5	Class of 1923 Arena
14	BYE

* — Game was never scheduled to be played but was credited as forfeit win to the Wildcats one week after the non-played game with no explanation given by the AIF. (The Yellow Jackets were scheduled against the Maryland Eagles that week but had to forfeit due to the loss of their arena lease.)

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

2016 Winston Wildcats roster
Quarterbacks  1 Darius Coleman 11 Torrie Walker Running Backs Currently vacant Wide Receivers 15 Anthony Boggans  3 Jay Smith 28 C. J. Tarver 12 Antwan Thorpe		Offensive Linemen 56 LaVance Ginyard 52 Harvey Oliver 90 John Uqdan Defensive Linemen 99 Chase Blackburn  9 Maurice Gibbs 54 Kevin Jones 57 C. J. Montgomery		Linebackers 44 Raphael King 33 Aaron Massey  2 Ricky Taylor Defensive Backs 25 Lamarcus Bond 36 Donnie Bryant 36 Lawyer Montgomery 21 Terrance Moore Kickers 18 Sonny Powell		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated April 5, 2016 21 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "Winston Wildcats to Join the AIF in 2016". American Indoor Football. June 29, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
2. Christian Candeloro (March 21, 2016). "Triangle Torch offers unorthodox entertainment". www.technicianonline.com. Technician. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
3. "Winston-Salem Wildcats Play First Home Game Of Inaugural Season". www.wfmynews2.com. Tegna. March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
4. Chris Lea (April 4, 2016). "WXII Sports: Wildcats take on Saturday night football". www.wxiii12.com. Hearst Television. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
5. Keith Groller (April 8, 2016). "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks set a record for largest margin of victory with a 72-8 whipping of Winston". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
6. "Wildcats Crush Eagles for First Win of the Season 49-19". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.