2016 Georgia Firebirds season

2016 Georgia Firebirds season
Head coach	David Daniels (fired on March 21, 0-1 record) Antwone Savage (interim)
General manager	Terence Fowler
Owner	Gridiron Central Group
Home field	Albany Civic Center 100 West Oglethorpe Boulevard Albany, GA 31701
Results
Record	3-4

The 2016 Georgia Firebirds season is the first season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.

On November 18, 2015, the Firebirds finalized the contract with the city of Albany, Georgia and the Albany Civic Center, to play indoor football for the 2016 season.^[1]

On March 20th, 2016, the Firebirds lost their first ever game in franchise history. The following day, Daniels was fired as the Firebirds head coach, replaced by Antwone Savage.^[2]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Exhibition

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Wednesday	March 9	7:00pm	Capital City Cobras	W 42-22[3]	1-0	Albany Civic Center
2	Saturday	May 7	7:00pm	South Carolina Ravens			Albany Civic 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	Sunday	March 20	4:00pm	at Columbus Lions	L 0–86[4]	0–1	Columbus Civic Center
5	Saturday	March 26	7:00pm	Atlanta Vultures	L 38-40[5]	0-2	Albany Civic Center
6	Saturday	April 2	7:00pm	Savannah Steam	W 43-34[6]	1-2	Albany Civic Center
7	Monday	April 11	7:05pm	Myrtle Beach Freedom	W 49-20[7]	2-2	Myrtle Beach Convention Center
8	Sunday	April 17	7:05pm	at Florida Tarpons	L 31-52[8]	2-3	Germain Arena
9	Saturday	April 23	7:00pm	Myrtle Beach Freedom	W 56-43[9]	3-3	Albany Civic Center
10	Saturday	April 30	7:00pm	Columbus Lions	L 19-73[10]	3-4	Albany Civic Center
11	BYE
12	Saturday	May 14	7:00pm	at Savannah Steam			Savannah Civic Center
13	BYE
14	BYE

Standings

2016 AIF South Standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
Columbus Lions	6	0	0	1.000	447	131	74.5	21.8	W6
Corpus Christi Fury	2	0	0	1.000	125	59	62.5	29.5	W2
Florida Tarpons	4	1	0	.800	336	180	67.2	36	W1
New Mexico Stars	2	1	0	.667	134	75	44.6	25.0	W1
Georgia Firebirds	3	4	0	.429	236	348	33.7	49.7	L1
Myrtle Beach Freedom	2	3	0	.400	152	237	30.4	47.4	L3
Savannah Steam	2	3	0	.400	165	166	33.0	33.2	L1
Central Florida Jaguars	1	5	0	.167	201	402	33.5	67.0	L1
Atlanta Vultures (folded)	1	2	0	.333	67	135	22.3	45.0	L2
Steel City Menace (folded)	0	2	0	.000	16	81	8.0	40.5	L2

Roster

Template:Georgia Firebirds roster

References

1. Carlton Fletcher (November 18, 2015). "Georgia Firebirds, city of Albany finalize arena football pact". www.albanyherald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
2. "Firebirds Announce New Coach". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
3. Jake Wallace (March 9, 2016). "Firebirds introduce themselves with exhibition win". www.walb.com. Frankly Media and WALB. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
4. Dana Barker (March 20, 2016). "Lions trounce Firebirds". www.mcall.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
5. Time Morse (March 26, 2016). "Georgia Firebirds show improvement but fall 40-38". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
6. Nolan Imsande (April 3, 2016). "Georgia Firebirds earn first victory". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
7. "Georgia Firebirds win again". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
8. "Georgia Firebirds fall to Florida". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
9. Nolan Imsande (April 23, 2016). "Change at QB leads Georgia Firebirds to victory". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
10. Timothy Threadcraft (April 30, 2016). "Columbus Lions rout Georgia Firebirds again". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2016.