2016 New Mexico Stars season

2016 New Mexico Stars season
Head coach Carlos Cavanaugh (fired on April 3, 1-0 record)
John Fourcade (interim)
General manager Tracy Duran
Owner Tracy Duran
Crystal Duran
Home field Santa Ana Star Center
3001 Civic Centre Drive
Santa Ana, NM 87144
Results
Record 2-1

The 2016 New Mexico Stars season is the fourth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.

On June 16, 2015, the Stars announced that they would be returning to football in 2016, playing the X-League Indoor Football. The team also announced that Carlos Cavanaugh was named the teams' new head coach.[1] However, on October 1, 2015, the X-League folded, and the Stars joined American Indoor Football.[2] On April 3, 2016, John Fourcade was named the head coach of the Stars.[3]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Exhibition

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at West Texas Renegades Cancelled NYTEX Sports Centre
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm West Texas Renegades Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm at Colorado Charge Cancelled Magness Arena
10 Saturday April 30 5:00pm Colorado Charge Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
10 Saturday April 30 5:00pm Austin Cobras W 90-6 1-0 Santa Ana Star Center
11 Saturday May 7 6:00pm Texas Stealth Santa Ana Star Center
13 Saturday May 21 5:00pm Colorado Charge Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
13 Saturday May 21 6:00pm Dallas Silverbacks Santa Ana Star Center
14 Monday May 30 7:05pm at Colorado Charge Cancelled Magness Arena

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 Friday March 11 7:05pm Steel City Manace W 34–14 1–0 Santa Ana Star Center
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Monday April 4 7:05pm at Corpus Christi Fury L 53-59 1-1 American Bank Center
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Steel City Manace[4] W 47-2 2-1 Santa Ana Star Center
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Steel City Menace Cancelled Southwest Motors Events Center
10 BYE
11 Saturday May 7 5:00pm Steel City Menace Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
12 Sunday May 15 11:30pm Corpus Christi Fury Santa Ana Star 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

New Mexico Stars roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Gerard Kaufman
  • 12 Jeremy Soto
  • 10 Percy Turner

Running Backs

  • 25 Kris Pettus
  •  4 P. J. Smith
  • 20 Martee Tenner

Wide Receivers

  • 17 Joshua Carson
  •  3 Kurtis Green
  • -- T. J. Gretzner
  • -- Charles Johnson
  •  1 LaVaughn Macon
  • -- Kevin McFadden
  • -- Josh Vaughn
Offensive Linemen
  • 70 Deron Jefferson
  • 77 Jamal Price
  • 52 Charles Stevens
  • 72 Charles Tillman

Defensive Lineman

  • 55 Gerald Blockman
  • 51 Jeffery Bradley
  • 54 Dwight Hamilton
  • 70 Deron Jefferson
Linebackers
  •  7 Kendrick Causey
  •  5 Chris Hernandez

Defensive Backs

  •  0 Brashard Booker
  •  9 Darius Chapman
  • 22 Jameel Erving
  • 21 Royel Johnson
  •  6 Anthony Ratliff
  • -- Kiwaski Tenner

Kickers

  • -- Brian Weems
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 28, 2016
30 Active, 0 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ Bob Christ (June 16, 2015). "Stars announce change in places for 2016". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "AIF to Add West Division". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bob Christ (April 3, 2016). "Indoor football: Stars take a trip with a new coach". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bob Christ (April 9, 2016). "Stars go to Plan D to find opponent". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
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