Arena Football League Schedule and Results 2016

[David]

This is the schedule for the Arena Football League's 2016 season, which will officially begin on Friday, April 1st.

The AFL will consist of 8 teams in 2016, with each team playing 16 games (down from 18 last year) and have two bye weeks. As was the case in 2015, Week 14 will be a league-wide bye in observation of Independence Day weekend.

The AFL's Board of Directors also approved an 8-team postseason tournament. So on other words, no matter where any of these teams finish, they will have a playoff berth and will be seeded by overall record. The regular season Conference Champions will be placed in the No. 1 and 2 seeds, while the remaining other teams will be filled in according to overall record, regardless of conference affiliation. The overall #1 seed will host the  #8 seed, the #2 seed will host the #7 seed, the #3 seed will host the #6 seed, and the #4 seed will host the #5 seed.

UPDATE (7/20/16): The AFL has decided to return to conference format playoffs.

Each week's games will appear most recent at the top of the post. These results will be updated following the conclusion of the games. All game times are listed in the Pacific Timezone. Where applicable, click on the final score to view the AFLs game tracker for the complete box score.

A total of 17 regular season games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.

ESPN will televise 8 regular season games on ESPN2, while approximately 40 games will be streamed live on ESPN3/WatchESPN.

ESPN will also air each round of the AFL postseason, which includes Arena Bowl XXIX, set to play Friday, August 26th at 5 p.m. (pacific) on ESPN.

UPDATE: 2 first round and 1 conference championship will air on CBS Sports Network.


ArenaBowl XXIX
August 26 - Philadelphia Soul 56, Arizona Rattlers (H) 42 (Glendale, AZ)

Conference Championships
National Conference: August 13 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 82, Cleveland Gladiators 41
American Conference: August 14 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 55, Jacksonville Sharks 50 (Allentown, PA)

Conference Semifinals
American Conference: August 6 - Jacksonville Sharks 69, Orlando Predators (H) 68 (OT)
National Conference: August 6 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 84, Portland Steel 40
American Conference: August 7 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 63, Tampa Bay Storm 41 (Allentown, PA)
National Conference: August 7 - Cleveland Gladiators 56, Los Angeles KISS (H) 52 (San Diego, CA)

Week 18
July 30 - Jacksonville Sharks (H) 54, Tampa Bay Storm 35.
July 30 - Philadelphia Soul 67, Orlando Predators (H) 59
August 1 - Portland Steel (H) 48, Los Angeles KISS 46
Byes - Arizona Rattlers, Cleveland Gladiators

Week 17
July 23 - Tampa Bay Storm (H) 41, Portland Steel 40
July 23 - Jacksonville Sharks (H) 46, Los Angeles KISS 32
July 24 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 68, Cleveland Gladiators 20
Byes - Orlando Predators, Philadelphia Soul

Week 16
July 16 - Philadelphia Soul 56, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 51
July 16 - Los Angeles KISS (H) 63, Cleveland Gladiators 61
July 16 - Portland Steel (H) 55, Jacksonville Sharks 53
July 18 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 62, Orlando Predators 45

Week 15
July 9 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 83, Cleveland Gladiators 62 (Allentown, PA)
July 9 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 69, Jacksonville Sharks 67
July 9 - Orlando Predators 47, Portland Steel (H) 41
July 11 - Los Angeles KISS (H) 48, Tampa Bay Storm 21

Week 14
No games scheduled

Week 13
June 24 - Orlando Predators (H) 56, Tampa Bay Storm 33
June 25 - Cleveland Gladiators 48, Jacksonville Sharks (H) 47
June 26 - Arizona Rattlers 64, Los Angeles KISS (H) 49
June 27 - Philadelphia Soul 59, Portland Steel (H) 38

Week 12
June 17 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 80, Philadelphia Soul 63
June 18 - Orlando Predators 44, Jacksonville Sharks (H) 34
June 18 - Los Angeles KISS 54, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 27
June 18 - Cleveland Gladiators 58, Portland Steel (H) 49

Week 11
June 11 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 73, Los Angeles KISS 37 (Trenton, NJ)
June 11 - Jacksonville Sharks 67, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 34
June 11 - Orlando Predators (H) 59, Cleveland Gladiators 56
June 11 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 76, Portland Steel 49

Week 10
June 3 - Arizona Rattlers 77, Cleveland Gladiators (H) 62
June 3 - Portland Steel (H) 68, Tampa Bay Storm 35
June 4 - Philadelphia Soul 56, Jacksonville Sharks (H) 42
June 5 - Orlando Predators 43, Los Angeles KISS (H) 41

Week 9
May 27 - Jacksonville Sharks 59, Orlando Predators (H) 56
May 28 - Cleveland Gladiators (H) 63, Philadelphia Soul 49
May 28 - Los Angeles KISS (H) 54, Portland Steel 42
May 29 - Tampa Bay Storm (H) 63, Arizona Rattlers 56

Week 8
May 21 - Jacksonville Sharks (H) 65, Portland Steel 34
May 21 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 62, Orlando Predators 54
May 21 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 47, Los Angeles KISS 34
May 23 - Cleveland Gladiators 70, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 63 (OT)

Week 7
May 13 - Orlando Predators (H) 42, Tampa Bay Storm 40
May 14 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 65, Arizona Rattlers 58
May 16 - Cleveland Gladiators (H) 55, Portland Steel 48 (OT)
Byes - Jacksonville Sharks, Los Angeles KISS

Week 6
May 7 - Cleveland Gladiators (H) 41, Jacksonville Sharks 40
May 7 - Orlando Predators (H) 77, Arizona Rattlers 59
May 9 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 47, Tampa Bay Storm 17
May 9 - Los Angeles KISS (H) 66, Portland Steel 27

Week 5
April 29 - Orlando Predators 76, Cleveland Gladiators (H) 56
April 30 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 68, Portland Steel 21
May 1 - Jacksonville Sharks 33, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 27
May 2 - Philadelphia Soul 56, Los Angeles KISS (H) 33

Week 4
April 23 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 67, Cleveland Gladiators 50
April 23 - Arizona Rattlers 75, Jacksonville Sharks (H) 68 (OT)
April 23 - Orlando Predators (H) 43, Los Angeles KISS 40
Byes - Portland Steel, Tampa Bay Storm

Week 3
April 16 - Los Angeles KISS 47, Cleveland Gladiators (H) 42
April 16 - Arizona Rattlers (H) 60, Tampa Bay Storm 27
April 17 - Philadelphia Soul (H) 70, Portland Steel 32
April 18 - Orlando Predators 63, Jacksonville Sharks (H) 56

Week 2
April 9 - Cleveland Gladiators (H) 41, Tampa Bay Storm 29
April 9 - Orlando Predators (H) 53, Portland Steel 50
April 9 - Arizona Rattlers 69, Los Angeles KISS (H) 28
April 11 - Jacksonville Sharks 59, Philadelphia Soul (H) 41

Week 1
April 1 - Philadelphia Soul 69, Cleveland Gladiators (H) 41
April 1 - Orlando Predators 76, Tampa Bay Storm (H) 25
April 1 - Arizona Rattlers 80, Portland Steel (H) 28
April 2 - Los Angeles KISS (H) 64, Jacksonville Sharks 39

CURRENT AFL ARENAS
Arizona Rattlers - Talking Stick Resort Arena; Phoenix, Arizona
Cleveland Gladiators - Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland, Ohio
Jacksonville Sharks - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, Florida
Los Angeles KISS - Honda Center; Anaheim, California
Orlando Predators - Amway Arena; Orlando, Florida
Philadelphia Soul - Wells Fargo Center; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portland Steel - Moda Center at the Rose Quarter; Portland, Oregon
Tampa Bay Storm - Amalie Arena; Tampa, Florida

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[DiamondThief]

I think the AFL did as good of a job as they could have given the circumstances of only having eight teams. They shortened the season and created some real parity. Many will complain about it, but who cares? The Thunder have beaten Jacksonville twice by large margins both times. It will be great to play them both times.

[David]

The Schedule's... interesting. Especially with Cleveland having to end the season on a six-game road trip.

They did the best they could do, considering the circumstances. I just don't like that all 8 teams are making the playoffs, let alone seeding them regardless of conference. Why even have a conference alignment?

[Yeseeka]

With fewer teams and hoping they have the same number of nationally televised games, maybe we can get more than two or three games on national television this year.

[DiamondThief]

Dec 15, 2015 19:30:26 GMT -8 Yeseeka said:

With fewer teams and hoping they have the same number of nationally televised games, maybe we can get more than two or three games on national television this year.

Five out of 16 with four of them being on CBSSN. That would leave six home games for Comcast to broadcast locally. The question is, will they?

[SurferGirl]

IMO, If the league had to make a change because of the Blazers playoff schedule, they could have done it better. They could have moved the game to Friday, or had it on Sunday. In the least, they should have traded home games and made the Steel be on the road and made the week 9 game in Portland with the Steel and the KISS. I'm sorry that the league is trying to snowball the Steel this season. There is no way Paul Allen is going to buy the team with the league pulling this crap.

[Kasey]

May 10, 2016 21:26:29 GMT -8 SurferGirl said:

IMO, If the league had to make a change because of the Blazers playoff schedule, they could have done it better. They could have moved the game to Friday, or had it on Sunday. In the least, they should have traded home games and made the Steel be on the road and made the week 9 game in Portland with the Steel and the KISS. I'm sorry that the league is trying to snowball the Steel this season. There is no way Paul Allen is going to buy the team with the league pulling this crap.

right? it is ridiculous that there are those even thinking Allen will buy the team