2016 River City Raiders season

The 2016 River City Raiders season was the fourth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football (AIF).[1]

2016 River City Raiders season
Head coach	Corey Bethany
General manager	Lin Hart, Jr.
Owner	Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC
Home field	Family Arena 2002 Arena Parkway St. Charles, MO 63303
Results
Record	6-1
Division place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Semifinals 52-54 (Steelhawks)

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	February 27	7:05pm	Northern Kentucky Nightmare	W 47-6[2]	1-0	Family Arena
2	BYE
3	Sunday	March 12	3:05pm	West Michigan Ironmen	W 75-68[3]	2-0	Family Arena
4	BYE
5	BYE
6	Sunday	April 3	3:05pm	Cincinnati Bulldogs	W 81-14[4]	3-0	Family Arena
7	Saturday	April 9	7:05pm	at West Michigan Ironmen	L 49-69[5]	3-1	L. C. Walker Arena
8	BYE
9	Saturday	April 23	7:05pm	Chicago Blitz	W 47-34	4-1	Family Arena
10	BYE
11	Sunday	May 8	3:05pm	Northern Kentucky Nightmare	Cancelled		Family Arena
11	Friday	May 6	6:05pm	Missouri Rampage	W 62-13	5-1	Family Arena
12	Saturday	May 14	7:05pm	at Chicago Blitz	W 37-31	6-1	Odeum Expo Center
13	BYE
14	BYE

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

Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location
Div. Semifinals	Monday	June 6	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 52-54[6]	Family Arena

Roster

2016 River City Raiders roster
Quarterbacks  3 Tarean Austin Running Backs  6 Tyler Batts 36 Lennies McFerren 33 Deon Morris Wide Receivers 18 DuJuan Bolden  8 Chris Headd 11 DeAndre Jackson 14 Johnnie King 83 Courtney Ward 81 Chris Willis		Offensive Linemen 74 K. C. Giger 50 Jerry Johnson 54 John Johnson 72 Lawrence Smith Defensive Linemen 29 Gary Henderson 57 Keenan Mace  5 Jason Null 90 Bernard Quinn		Linebackers 38 Haylon Jacobs 13 Kyle Walker Defensive Backs 10 Theo Alexander  2 Marcus Cotton 21 Timothy Hamm-Bey  7 Travonti Johnson  1 Bryan Lowery 32 Reggie Jennings  9 Patrick Wells Kickers  4 Corey Adamson		Injured reserve Currently vacant Exempt list Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated May 5, 2016 28 Active, 0 Inactive

References

1. "Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC Acquires the St. Louis Attack; Joins AIF". American Indoor Football. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
2. Andy Foltz (March 9, 2016). "Northern Kentucky Nightmare hope to make an impact in first year of arena football; aim for playoffs". www.nkytribune.com. Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
3. Mark Opfermann (March 13, 2016). "West Michigan Ironmen drop inaugural football game on the road". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
4. Brian Ledford (April 4, 2016). "River City Raiders Leash Bulldogs To Maintain Perfect Record". www.archcitysports.com. Arch City Sports. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
5. Mark Opfermann (April 9, 2016). "Passing combo helps West Michigan Ironmen post arena win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
6. "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks have trouble in River City but escape with playoff win". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.