2016 Columbus Lions season

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

2016 Columbus Lions season
OwnerJohn Hargrove
Keith Norred
Kike Seda
Skip Seda
Rich Jacobson
Head coachJason Gibson
General managerTanema Willock
Home fieldColumbus Civic Center
Results
Record8–0
Division place1st
Playoff finishWon Southern Semifinals (Stars) 49–37
Won Southern Championship (Tarpons) 79–66
Won AIF Championship (Ironmen) 74–32

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
2016 AIF Southern standings
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
Columbus Lions8001.00059917474.921.8W8
Florida Tarpons710.87548920261.125.3W4
Myrtle Beach Freedom440.50025930732.438.4L1
Savannah Steam350.37526433633.042.0L1
Georgia Firebirds350.37523635029.543.8L2
Central Florida Jaguars260.25021948327.460.4L1
Atlanta Vultures150.1676714111.223.5L5

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
  • 10 Davin Hawkins
  • 21 Zach Vallafskey

Defensive backs

  •  4 Damian Daniels
  • 15 Rashad Greene
  •  3 Jerome Junior
  •  2 Roshawn Marshall

Kickers

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

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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