2016 Savannah Steam season

The 2016 Savannah Steam season was the third season for the indoor football franchise, and their second in American Indoor Football (AIF).

2016 Savannah Steam season
Owner	Bobby Dammarell
Head coach	Bobby Dammarell
General manager	Jenny Dammarell
Home field	Savannah Civic Center 301 West Oglethorpe Boulevard Savannah, GA 31401
Results
Record	3-5
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	Lost Southern Division Semifinals 20-71 (Tarpons)

For 2016, the Steam announced that they would be playing at the Savannah Civic Center.[1] The team would run into severe financial troubles during the season with over $20,000 owed in rent for the use of the Civic Center and several unpaid sponsors. Eventually, the unpaid sponsors took their claims to the local sheriff's department in order to initiate an investigation and obtain the fees they were owed.[2]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Exhibition

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 26	7:05pm	South Carolina Ravens	W 31-26		Savannah Civic Center

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	at Atlanta Vultures	W 2–0 (forfeit)	1–0	Columbus Civic Center
5	Monday	March 28	7:05pm	at Myrtle Beach Freedom	L 33-34	1-1	Myrtle Beach Convention Center
6	Saturday	April 2	7:00pm	at Georgia Firebirds	L 34-43[3]	1-2	Albany Civic Center
7	BYE
8	Sunday	April 17	7:05pm	Atlanta Vultures	W 32-19*	2-2	Savannah Civic Center
9	Saturday	April 23	7:05pm	Central Florida Jaguars	L 35-44	2-3	Savannah Civic Center
10	BYE
11	Saturday	May 7	7:05pm	at Columbus Lions	L 21-100[4]	2-4	Columbus Civic Center
12	Saturday	May 14	7:00pm	Georgia Firebirds	Forfeit by Firebirds due to travel issues		Savannah Civic Center
12	Saturday	May 14	7:00pm	LZ Falconz	W 72-0	3-4	Savannah Civic Center
13	Sunday	May 22	7:05pm	at Florida Tarpons	L 6-70[5]	3-5	Germain Arena
14	BYE

* – The Steam actually lost this game 19-32, however, the AIF later determined the Vultures had used illegal players and reversed the score instead of a just calling it a forfeit.

Standings

2016 AIF Southern standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
Columbus Lions	8	0	0	1.000	599	174	74.9	21.8	W8
Florida Tarpons	7	1	0	.875	489	202	61.1	25.3	W4
Myrtle Beach Freedom	4	4	0	.500	259	307	32.4	38.4	L1
Savannah Steam	3	5	0	.375	264	336	33.0	42.0	L1
Georgia Firebirds	3	5	0	.375	236	350	29.5	43.8	L2
Central Florida Jaguars	2	6	0	.250	219	483	27.4	60.4	L1
Atlanta Vultures	1	5	0	.167	67	141	11.2	23.5	L5

Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
Div. Semifinals	Thursday	June 2	7:05pm	at Florida Tarpons*	L 20-71[6]	0-1	Germain Arena

* — When initially announced, the Tarpons were set to play the Southern Division's third-seeded Myrtle Beach Freedom. On May 30, the Freedom replaced the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Central Penn Capitals against the West Michigan Ironmen. The Freedom's former position was replaced by the Southern Division's fourth-seed, the Savannah Steam.

Roster

Savannah Steam roster
Quarterbacks 15 Alexander Davis 11 George Grant Running Backs 24 Ken Middleton  7 Deveon Braithwaite Wide Receivers 18 Courtney Brantley  3 Lee Dorsey  8 Napoleon Scott 13 Kevin Williams		Offensive Linemen 77 E. J. Clowers 46 Shawn Martinez 72 Robert McCoy 55 Terrance Williams Defensive Linemen  9 Reggie Givens 52 Michael McCain 66 Brandon Thomas		Linebackers 44 Jarod Elser 33 Glen Pond 42 Nate Scola Defensive Backs  2 Devonte Green 10 Eric Maxwell  5 Dominique Reynolds  6 Jamahl Street Kickers Currently vacant		Injured reserve Currently vacant Transfer list Currently vacant Refuse to report Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated May 25, 2016 22 Active, 0 Inactive

References

1. "INDOOR FOOTBALL: Savannah Steam to play home opener at Civic Center on Saturday". www.savannahnow.com. Savannah Morning News. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
2. "Sheriff's Could Get Involved in Savannah Steam Money Troubles". WSAV News 3. May 10, 2016.
3. Nolan Imsande (April 3, 2016). "Georgia Firebirds earn first victory". www.albanyhearald.com. Albany Herald. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
4. Dana Barker (May 7, 2016). "Lions score 100, steamroll Savannah". www.ledger-enquirer.com. Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
5. Nicholas Idler (May 22, 2016). "Indoor football: Florida Tarpons win in another rout to close regular season". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
6. Nicholas Idler (June 2, 2016). "Indoor football: Florida Tarpons rout Savannah Steam in first round of playoffs". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved June 3, 2016.