2016 Jacksonville Sharks season

The 2016 Jacksonville Sharks season was the seventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was coached by Les Moss for the first fourteen games of the season before he was fired and replaced by interim head coach Bob Landsee. The Sharks played their home games at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

2016 Jacksonville Sharks season
Owner	Jeff Bouchy Steve Curran Diva Nagula, D.O. Kevin Wezniak Rob Storm Jason Green Larry Payne
General manager	Les Moss (fired week 16)
Head coach	Les Moss (fired week 16; 5–9 record) Bob Landsee (interim) (2–0 record)
Home field	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Results
Record	7–9
Conference place	3rd American
Playoff finish	Won American Conference Semifinal 69-68 (Predators) Lost American Conference Championship 50-55 (Soul)
← 2015 Jacksonville Sharks seasons 2017 →

Standings

2016 American Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	CON	Home	Away
x-Philadelphia Soul	13	3	.813	983	776	5–1	7–1	6–2
Orlando Predators	12	4	.750	893	781	5–3	6–2	6–2
Jacksonville Sharks	7	9	.438	829	774	5–3	3–5	4–4
Tampa Bay Storm	2	14	.125	568	868	0–8	2–6	0–8

Schedule

Regular season

The 2016 regular season schedule was released on December 10, 2015^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	April 2	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 39–64	0–1	Honda Center	6,805	^[2]
2	Monday	April 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	W 59–41	1–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,550	^[3]
3	Monday	April 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	L 56–63	1–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	7,835	^[4]
4	Saturday	April 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 68–75 (OT)	1–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	8,354	^[5]
5	Sunday	May 1	2:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 33–27	2–3	Amalie Arena	8,438	^[6]
6	Friday	May 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 40–41	2–4	Quicken Loans Arena	8,056	^[7]
7	Bye
8	Saturday	May 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	Portland Steel	W 65–34	3–4	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,208	^[8]
9	Friday	May 27	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 59–56	4–4	Amway Center	10,651	^[9]
10	Saturday	June 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 42–56	4–5	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,985
11	Saturday	June 11	5:00 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 67–34	5–5	Amalie Arena	8,418
12	Saturday	June 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	L 34–44	5–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,835
13	Saturday	June 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 47–48	5–7	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,645
14	Bye
15	Saturday	July 9	9:30 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 67–69	5–8	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,874
16	Saturday	July 16	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Steel	L 53–55	5–9	Moda Center	4,793
17	Saturday	July 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 46–32	6–9	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	11,840
18	Saturday	July 30	5:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 54–35	7–9	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,324

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 69–68 (OT)	Amway Center	12,171
AC Championship	Sunday	August 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 50–55	PPL Center	4,721

Roster

2016 Jacksonville Sharks roster
Quarterbacks 10 Sean Brackett  4 Tommy Grady Fullbacks 39 Derrick Ross Wide receivers  2 London Crawford  1 Reggie Gray 81 Joe Hills 11 Anthony Jones 82 Andrew Robustelli		Offensive linemen 68 Ryan Cave 72 Cornelius Lewis 62 Raymond McNeil 93 Moqut Ruffins Defensive linemen 33 Keith Bowers 20 Antron Dillon 69 Jordan Miller 95 Geneath Moffett 58 Khreem Smith		Linebackers 17 Alvin Ray Jackson 55 Dexter Jackson Defensive backs  3 David Hyland  6 LaRoche Jackson  9 Keon Lyn  5 Micheaux Robinson Kickers 14 Lindsey Wolfe		Injured reserve 12 Anthony Degrate DL -- Chris Pickett DB 21 Greg Reid DB 42 Laith Wallchleger DL Refused to report -- R. J. Archer QB -- Jeremy Gallon WR -- Joe Sykes DL Other league exempt -- Martin Wright DL Inactive reserve  9 Roger Jackson WR League suspension -- A. C. Leonard WR -- Cody Precht OL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster 2017-07-17 at the Wayback Machine updated August 10, 2016 24 Active, 11 Inactive

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