2016 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season

2016 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season
Head coach Billy Back
Owner Drew Carnes
Home field Kay Yeager Coliseum
1000 5th Street
Wichita Falls, Texas 76301
Results
Record 5–2

The 2016 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season is the second season season for the professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League. One of ten teams that compete in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Nighthawks are members of the United Conference.

Led by head coach Billy Back, the Nighthawks play their home games at the Kay Yeager Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Pre-season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Monday February 22 7:05pm Texas Stealth W 101-30[1] 1-0 Kay Yeager Coliseum

Regular season

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 Saturday February 27 9:00pm at Spokane Empire L 65-66[2] 0-1 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
3 Friday March 4 7:05pm Colorado Crush W 65-45[3] 1-1 Kay Yeager Coliseum
4 Friday March 11 7:05pm Iowa Barnstormers W 74-47[4] 2-1 Kay Yeager Coliseum
5 BYE
6 Firday March 25 7:05pm at Nebraska Danger W 64-55[5] 3-1 Eihusen Arena
7 BYE
8 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Tri-Cities Fever W 44-35[6] 4-1 Kay Yeager Coliseum
9 Saturday April 16 7:05pm at Sioux Falls Storm L 44-71[7] 4-2 Denny Sanford Premier Center
10 Friday April 22 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 61-57[8] 5-2 Kay Yeager Coliseum
11 Friday April 29 8:30pm at Colorado Crush Budweiser Events Center
12 Friday May 6 7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm Kay Yeager Coliseum
13 Saturday May 14 8:00pm at Colorado Crush Budweiser Events Center
14 Saturday May 21 7:05pm Nebraska Danger Kay Yeager Coliseum
15 Friday May 27 7:05pm at Nebraska Danger Eihusen Arena
16 Saturday June 4 7:05pm Green Bay Blizzard Kay Yeager Coliseum
17 Saturday June 11 7:05pm Colorado Crush Kay Yeager Coliseum
18 Saturday June 18 7:05pm at Iowa Barnstormers Wells Fargo Arena
19 Saturday June 25 7:05pm at Green Bay Blizzard Resch Center

Standings

2016 United Conference
W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK
Sioux Falls Storm 8 1 0 .889 530 415 0-0 -- W4
Wichita Falls Nighthawks 5 3 0 .625 464 436 0-0 2.5 L1
Cedar Rapids Titans 6 4 0 .600 519 482 0-0 2.5 W1
Iowa Barnstormers 4 5 0 .444 451 429 0-0 4.0 W1
Green Bay Blizzard 2 7 0 .222 376 532 0-0 6.0 L1

Roster

Wichita Falls Nighthawks roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Charles McCullum
  •  8 Mike Wegzyn

Running Backs

  •  2 Edward Wesley

Wide Receivers

  • 15 Troy Evans
  •  4 Jordan Jolly
  • 10 Tyron Laughinghouse
  •  5 Ja-Mes Logan
  • 14 Jerell Norton
  •  3 Tyler Williams
Offensive Linemen
  • 75 Jarve Dean
  • 72 Antonio Foster
  • 55 Anthony Jackson
  • 73 Derrick Zeigler

Defensive Linemen

  • 19 Rodney Gnat
  • 99 Malcolm Goines
  • 11 Terrance Lloyd
  • 77 Walter Thomas
Linebackers
  • 17 Max Davis

Defensive Backs

  • 25 Neiko Conway
  • 21 Danny Jackson
  • 27 Dominique Joseph
  • 24 Davon Keys
  • 18 Gabe Lynn
  •  6 Elisha Olabode
  • 16 Charles Pugh
  • 20 Deante Purvis

Kickers

  • 12 Rockne Belmonte
Injury Reserve
  • 14 Shavodrick Beaver QB
  • -- Devin Johnson DB
  •  9 Cardelro Jones DB
  • 92 Jonathan Mathis DL
  • -- Matt Milton WR
  • -- Jimmy Pipkin WR
  • 52 Tino Tuilata OL

Transfer

  •  7 Josh Francis LB
  • 34 Rickey Simpson DL

Refused to Report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 20, 2016
27 Active, 9 Inactive

→ More rosters

References

  1. ↑ Donny Victory (February 22, 2016). "Nighthawks shell Stealth, 101-30". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nighthawks miss field goal as time expires". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Hull (March 5, 2016). "McCullum guides Nighthawks past Colorado". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Donny Victory (March 11, 2016). "Nighthawks rout Iowa in 2nd half". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nighthawks win 3rd straight game". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. March 25, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Donny Victory (April 10, 2016). "Nighthawks pull out late victory". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nighthawks pummeled by Sioux Falls". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Donny Victory (April 22, 2016). "Nighthawks remain unbeaten at KYC after TD with 7 ticks left". www.timesrecordnews.com. Wichita Falls Times Record News. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.