2016 Chicago Blitz season

Chicago Blitz
2016 Chicago Blitz season
Head coach	Mike Oliver
General manager	Michael Dortch
Owner	Mike Oliver
Home field	Odeum Expo Center; 1033 North Villa Avenue; Villa Park, IL 60181
Results
Record	3-3
Division place	6th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2016 Chicago Blitz season was the third season for the American Indoor Football franchise, and their second season in the AIF. On May 25, the Blitz cancelled its last scheduled road game and announced that the team was for sale.

Schedule

Key: Win Tie Loss Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
1	BYE
2	BYE
3	Sunday	March 13	7:00pm	Northern Kentucky Nightmare	W 33-22	1-0	Odeum Expo Center
4	BYE
5	BYE
6	Saturday	April 2	7:00pm	at West Michigan Ironmen	L 30-34[1]	1-1	L. C. Walker Arena
7	Saturday	April 9	7:00pm	Northern Kentucky Nightmare	W 36-24	2-1	Odeum Expo Center
8	BYE
9	Saturday	April 23	7:05pm	at River City Raiders	L 34-47	2-2	Family Arena
10	BYE
11	Saturday	May 7	7:00pm	Memphis X-Sounds	W 73-6	3-2	Odeum Expo Center
12	Saturday	May 14	7:05pm	River City Raiders	L 31-37	3-3	Odeum Expo Center
13	BYE
14	~~Saturday~~	~~May 28~~	~~7:00pm~~	~~West Michigan Ironmen~~	Cancelled		~~Odeum Expo Center~~

Standings

2016 AIF Northern standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
West Michigan Ironmen	6	1	0	.857	471	224	67.3	32.0	W6
River City Raiders	6	1	0	.857	398	235	56.9	33.6	W3
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	2	0	.750	430	237	53.8	29.6	L1
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	4	3	0	.571	266	169	38.0	24.0	L2
Central Penn Capitals	4	4	0	.500	373	338	46.6	42.3	W3
Chicago Blitz	3	3	0	.500	237	170	39.5	28.3	L1
Triangle Torch	3	4	0	.429	292	359	41.7	51.3	L2
Winston Wildcats	3	5	0	.375	139	300	17.4	37.5	W3
Maryland Eagles	0	2	0	.000	19	116	9.5	58.0	L2
Northern Kentucky Nightmare	0	5	0	.000	116	236	23.2	47.2	L5

Roster

2016 Chicago Blitz roster

Quarterbacks

9 Andre Locke

Running Backs

17 Keenan Miller

30 Lloyd Morgan

Wide Receivers

11 David Brown

-- Brian Miles

3 Bryan Pascascio

12 Jermel Smith

6 James Walton

Offensive Linemen

56 Anthony Bullock

66 Darius Crosby

55 Tim Mueller

57 Nick Torresso

77 Baptiste Williams

Defensive Linemen

5 Karl Grant

18 Ramon Lacey

8 DeAndre Mosley

90 Ryan O'Neil

96 Evan Van Klei

66 Marquis Walton

Linebackers

1 Greg Barksdale

13 Zo Hood

44 Shannon Newsberry

Defensive Backs

14 Jorrick Calvin

21 Deshon Conley

7 Darius Jones

4 Brandon Onuselogu

28 Robert Riley

12 Leo Watkins

24 Keith Woodson

Kickers

19 Igor Materic

Injured reserve

2 Demetrius Jones QB (IR)

Exempt list

93 Tyrone Saunders DL (Exempt)

Practice squad

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 12, 2016
30 Active, 2 Inactive

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References

Mark Opfermann (April 2, 2016). "Late kickoff return for TD a game-winner for West Michigan Ironmen". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

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[1] Mark Opfermann (April 2, 2016). "Late kickoff return for TD a game-winner for West Michigan Ironmen". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 5, 2016.