2016 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season

2016 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
Head coach	Chris Thompson
General manager	Michael Clark
Owner	Glenn W. Clark
Home field	PPL Center 701 Hamilton Street Allentown, PA 18101
Results
Record	5-1

The 2016 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season is the sixth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in the American Indoor Football.^[1]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Preseason

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 5	7:05pm	Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	W 41-28[2]	1-0	PPL 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	Saturday	March 12	7:05pm	at Central Penn Capitals	W 44-27[3]	1-0	Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
4	BYE
5	Friday	March 25	7:05pm	at Triangle Torch	W 66-30[4]	2-0	Dorton Arena
6	Saturday	April 2	7:05pm	at Winston Wildcats	W 43-18	3-0	LJVM Coliseum Annex
7	Friday	April 8	7:30pm	Winston Wildcats	W 72-8[5]	4-0	PPL Center
8	BYE
9	Saturday	April 23	7:05pm	Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	W 52-33[6]	5-0	PPL Center
10	Saturday	April 30	7:05pm	Central Penn Capitals	L 56-65[7]	5-1	PPL Center
11	BYE
12	Saturday	May 14	7:05pm	Triangle Torch			PPL Center
13	Saturday	May 21	7:05pm	Central Penn Capitals			PPL Center
14	BYE

Standings

2016 AIF North Standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
West Michigan Ironmen	5	1	0	.833	364	224	60.7	37.3	W5
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	5	1	0	.833	333	181	55.5	30.2	L1
River City Raiders	4	1	0	.800	299	191	59.8	38.2	W1
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	3	1	0	.750	207	123	51.75	30.75	L1
Triangle Torch	3	2	0	.600	231	232	46.2	46.4	W2
Chicago Blitz	2	2	0	.500	133	127	33.25	31.75	L1
Central Penn Capitals	2	4	0	.333	269	309	44.8	51.5	W1
Winston Wildcats	1	5	0	.167	135	300	22.5	50.0	W1
Maryland Eagles	0	1	0	.000	19	49	19.0	49.0	L1
Northern Kentucky Nightmare	0	5	0	.000	116	236	23.2	47.2	L5

Roster

Lehigh Valley Steelhawks roster
Quarterbacks 13 Clay Belton -- Aaron Channing 11 Jake Jablonski Running Backs Current vacant Wide Receivers  6 Gregory Edwards 22 Jordan Hallman 81 Warren Oliver, Jr.  4 Darius Prince  1 Brandon Rendord  7 Jerrell Young		Offensive Linemen 54 John Alvarez 58 Jeff Braun 75 Tyler Dean 72 Lloyd Morrison 77 David Osei Defensive Linemen 12 Chris Alvarez 97 Tahir Basil 92 Larry Ford 15 Tim Hume 99 Shawn Lockett 68 Justin Waltzer		Linebackers  5 Carl Fleming 10 Justin Shirk Defensive Backs -- Orlando Fisher 24 E. J. Frain -- Stephen Lewis 33 Lenroy Neysmith  2 James Pitts 21 Ken Walton  3 John Williams Kickers  8 Ken Parrish		Injured Reserve Current vacant Exempt List -- Alim Koroma DL -- Joe Powell DB Refuse to Report Current vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated March 3, 2016 30 Active, 2 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. Keith Groller (September 14, 2015). "Steelhawks moving to a new indoor football league for 2016". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
2. "Steelhawks Open with Home Win in AIF Debut". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
3. "Steelhawks Soar over Defending Champs". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
4. "Steelhawks Take Fire out of the Torch". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 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. Keith Groller (April 24, 2016). "Steelhawks stay unbeaten by passing their way past Philadelphia, 52-33". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
7. Keith Groller (April 30, 2016). "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks lose first game of the season; fall 65-56 to Central Penn Capitals at PPL Center". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved May 4, 2016.