2016 Columbus Lions season

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The 2016 Columbus Lions season was the tenth season for the indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.[1]

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 BYE
2 BYE
3 BYE
4 Sunday March 20 4:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 86–0[2] 1–0 Columbus Civic Center
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at Central Florida Jaguars W 90–42[3] 2–0 Lakeland Center
6 BYE
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Atlanta Vultures W 65–8[4] 3–0 Columbus Civic Center
8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Myrtle Beach Freedom W 65–15[5] 4–0 Columbus Civic Center
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm Florida Tarpons W 68–54[6] 5–0 Columbus Civic Center
10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm at Georgia Firebirds W 73–18[7] 6–0 Albany Civic Center
11 Saturday May 7 7:05pm Savannah Steam W 100–21[8] 7–0 Columbus Civic Center
12 BYE
13 Monday May 23 7:05pm at Myrtle Beach Freedom W 52–15[9] 8–0 Myrtle Beach Convention Center
14 BYE

Standings

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Team W L PCT
y – Columbus Lions 8 0 1.000
x – Florida Tarpons 7 1 .875
x – Myrtle Beach Freedom 4 4 .500
x – Savannah Steam 3 5 .375
Georgia Firebirds 3 5 .375
Central Florida Jaguars 2 6 .250
Atlanta Vultures 1 7 .125

Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Score Location
Div. Semifinals Saturday June 4 5:05pm New Mexico Stars W 49–37[10] Columbus Civic Center
Div. Championship Saturday June 11 7:05pm Florida Tarpons W 79–66[11] Columbus Civic Center
AIF Championship Saturday June 18 7:00pm West Michigan Ironmen W 72–34[12] Columbus Civic Center

Roster

2016 Columbus Lions roster
Quarterbacks
  • 16 Darren Daniel
  • 12 Casey Kacz
  • -- Cecil Lester

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • 19 Byron Dickerson
  •  6 Jarmon Fortson
  • 11 Kevin Fuller
  •  5 Kyle Griswould
  •  1 John Harris
  • 20 Jamon Langford
  • 18 Michael Reeve
Offensive linemen
  • 72 Ryne Holland
  • -- Robert Jones
  • 75 Brandon Thomas
  • 58 Dion Small
  • 55 Aaron Wheeler

Defensive linemen

  • 44 Logan Ingle
  • 98 Trey Jacobs
  • 13 Joe Marshall
  • 50 Shonquez Nelson
  •  7 Kendrick Washington
Linebackers
  • 34 Larry Edwards
  • 10 Davin Hawkins
  • 21 Zach Vallafskey

Defensive backs

  •  4 Damian Daniels
  • 15 Rashad Greene
  •  3 Jerome Junior
  •  2 Roshawn Marshall
  • -- Chris Smith
  •  9 Tracy Wilson

Kickers

  • -- Trey Crum
Injured reserve
  •  8 David Toussaint DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Refuse to report

  • Currently vacant

Exempt

  • 14 Lindsey Wolfe K (Exempt)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 25, 2016
30 Active, 2 Inactive

References

  1. ^ Keith Groller (September 14, 2015). "Steelhawks moving to a new indoor football league for 2016". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Dana Barker (March 20, 2016). "Lions trounce Firebirds". www.mcall.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Columbus Lions defeat Central Florida 90-40". www.mcall.com. Ledger-Enquirer. March 27, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Dana Barker (April 9, 2016). "Columbus Lions remain undefeated with rout of Atlanta". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Dana Barker (April 9, 2016). "Lions remain undefeated with another rout". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Dana Barker (April 24, 2016). "Columbus Lions remain undefeated with win over Florida Tarpons". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "Lions rout Firebirds, remain undefeated". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Dana Barker (May 7, 2016). "Lions score 100, steamroll Savannah". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "Columbus Lions tuneup for playoffs with win over Myrtle Beach". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  10. ^ Dana Barker (June 5, 2016). "Lions overcome slow start to win playoff opener over Stars". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  11. ^ Dana Barker (June 12, 2016). "Columbus Lions advance to AIF championship game with win over Florida Tarpons". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  12. ^ Dana Barker (June 19, 2016). "Lions capture AIF title in bizarre, blowout fashion". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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