2012 Cleveland Gladiators season

The 2012 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 13th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and the fourth while in Cleveland. The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena. The Gladiators finished the season with an 8–10 record and did not qualify for the playoffs. In this season, the Gladiators became the first team in the history of the league to forfeit a game. They did so on June 8 when the players went on strike prior to a matchup against the Pittsburgh Power in week 14.

2012 Cleveland Gladiators season
Head coach	Steve Thonn
Home field	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	2nd AC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 2011 Gladiators seasons 2013 →

Standings

East Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-Philadelphia Soul	15	3	.833	1228	919	4–2	12–2	7–2	8–1
Cleveland Gladiators	8	10	.444	879	875	4–2	6–8	5–4	3–6
Milwaukee Mustangs	5	13	.278	960	1062	3–3	4–7	2–6	3–7
Pittsburgh Power	5	13	.278	827	963	1–5	4–9	1–8	4–5

z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

The Gladiators began the season on the road against the Georgia Force on March 12. Their first home game was on March 26 against the Kansas City Command. They hosted the Chicago Rush on July 21 in their final regular season game.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Report
					Score	Record
1	Monday	March 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Georgia Force	L 39–41	0–1	Arena at Gwinnett Center	^[2]
2	Bye
3	Friday	March 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	Kansas City Command	W 49–39	1–1	Quicken Loans Arena	^[3]
4	Sunday	April 1	6:05 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	W 68–62	2–1	Wells Fargo Center	^[4]
5	Sunday	April 8	6:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 41–24	3–1	Quicken Loans Arena	^[5]
6	Friday	April 13	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 48–69	3–2	Tampa Bay Times Forum	^[6]
7	Saturday	April 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 49–54	3–3	Quicken Loans Arena	^[7]
8	Saturday	April 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	W 58–43	4–3	Consol Energy Center	^[8]
9	Bye
10	Friday	May 11	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Milwaukee Mustangs	W 69–48	5–3	Bradley Center	^[9]
11	Monday	May 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 53–34	6–3	Quicken Loans Arena	^[10]
12	Sunday	May 27	4:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 33–55	6–4	Quicken Loans Arena	^[11]
13	Friday	June 1	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 62–70	6–5	Wells Fargo Arena	^[12]
14	Friday	June 8	8:00 p.m. EDT	Pittsburgh Power	L 0–2^[a]	6–6	Quicken Loans Arena	^[13]
15	Saturday	June 16	7:30 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	L 42–54	6–7	Quicken Loans Arena	^[14]
16	Saturday	June 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 42–56	6–8	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	^[15]
17	Friday	June 29	8:00 p.m. EDT	Milwaukee Mustangs	W 69–32	7–8	Quicken Loans Arena	^[16]
18	Friday	July 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 34–55	7–9	Amway Center	^[17]
19	Friday	July 13	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Utah Blaze	L 63–83	7–10	EnergySolutions Arena	^[18]
20	Saturday	July 21	4:00 p.m. EDT	Chicago Rush	W 60–54	8–10	Quicken Loans Arena	^[19]

• ^a Due to a players' strike within the team, the Gladiators were unable to field enough players, and forfeited the game.

Final roster

2012 Cleveland Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks 10 Matt Bassuener  8 John Dutton Fullbacks 55 Derik Steiner Wide receivers  2 Carlese Franklin 16 Dominick Goodman  1 Robert Redd 17 Maurice Williams		Offensive linemen 90 Nyere Aumaitre 74 Eric Davis 79 Ron Haver 66 Jeff Maddux 71 Michael Ward Defensive linemen 33 Brian Brikowski 91 Prentice Purnell 44 Jeramie Richardson		Linebackers 49 Tim Cheatwood 14 Denayne Dixon Defensive backs  5 Dustin Bell  3 Levy Brown 21 Dominic Jones 20 Joe Phinisee  9 Lenny Wicks Kickers 11 Carlos Ojeda		Injury reserve Currently vacant Other league exempt Currently vacant Refused to report Currently vacant League suspension Currently vacant Inactive reserve Currently vacant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine updated July 21, 2012 22 Active, 0 Inactive

References

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14. "VooDoo Defeat Gladiators, 54–42". Cleveland Gladiators. June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
15. "Gladiators fall to Sharks, 56–42". Cleveland Gladiators. June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
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