2018 Arizona Rattlers season

The 2018 Arizona Rattlers season is the twenty-sixth season for the professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). Led by head coach Kevin Guy, the Rattlers play their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

2018 Arizona Rattlers season
Owner	Ron Shurts
Head coach	Kevin Guy
General manager	Kevin Guy
Home field	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record	11–3
League place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost semifinal

Standings

2018 Indoor Football League
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	GB	STK
y-Iowa Barnstormers	11	3	.786	648	493	—	W1
x-Arizona Rattlers	11	3	.786	746	567	—	W1
x-Sioux Falls Storm	11	3	.786	724	577	—	W5
x-Nebraska Danger	4	10	.286	525	592	7	L9
Cedar Rapids Titans	3	11	.214	543	733	8	L1
Green Bay Blizzard	2	12	.143	421	645	9	L4

y - clinched regular season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	February 25	3:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	W 39–33	1–0	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,477[1]
2	BYE
3	Saturday	March 10	6:05pm	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 28–38	1–1	Wells Fargo Arena	5,874[1]
4	Sunday	March 18	3:05pm	Green Bay Blizzard	W 37–31	2–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena
5	Saturday	March 24	6:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 62–49	3–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	9,763[1]
6	Saturday	March 31	6:05pm	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 54–19	4–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,155[1]
7	BYE
8	Monday	April 16	6:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	W 48–40	5–1	Denny Sanford Premier Center
9	Saturday	April 21	6:05pm	Green Bay Blizzard	W 65–33	6–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	13,825[1]
10	Saturday	April 28	6:05pm	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 84–83	7–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	16,742[1]
11	Saturday	May 5	5:05pm	at Cedar Rapids Titans	W 57–42	8–1	U.S. Cellular Center
12	Saturday	May 12	5:05pm	at Green Bay Blizzard	W 62–26	9–1	Resch Center
13	Sunday	May 20	3:05pm	Iowa Barnstormers	L 68–69 OT	9–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	18,381[1]
14	Sunday	May 27	3:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 45–40	10–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena
15	Saturday	June 2	5:05pm	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 38–41	10–3	Wells Fargo Arena
16	BYE
17	Saturday	June 16	5:00pm	at Nebraska Danger	W 59–23	11–3	Eihusen Arena

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location
Semifinal	Saturday	June 23	7:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	L 68–69 OT	Talking Sticks Resort Arena

Staff

Arizona Rattlers staff

	Front office CEO / majority owner – Ron Shurts General manager – Kevin Guy Assistant general manager – Jeff Jarnigan Director of business operartions – Ashley Stovall Operations assistant – Karra Labombarde Director of team operations – J. T. Thompson Media / community relations – Peter Garbow Sidewinders Dancers Director – Shelby Regier			Coaches Head coach – Kevin Guy Assistant head coach and offensive line coach – Kani Kauahi Defensive line and special teams Coach – Jeff Jarnigan Wide receivers coach – Rod Windsor Quarterback and running back coach – Dan Reich

Final roster

Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks  1 Verlon Reed 13 Jeff Ziemba Running backs 32 Dylan Peebles 28 Shadrach Thornton Wide receivers  5 Anthony Amos 17 Dezmon Epps 16 Jarrod Harrington 12 Anthony Jones Jr.  2 Jamal Miles 15 Dillion Winfrey		Offensive linemen 50 Chris Boles 56 Steven Gurrola 94 Lamar Mady 64 Vernon Sainvil Defensive linemen 95 Joshua Gordon 91 Justin Martin 31 Chris McAllister 97 Terrance Surratt		Linebackers 30 Justin Shirk Defensive backs 11 Arkeith Brown -- Yogi Hale  4 Nathan Lindsey  8 Davontae Merriweather 24 Keith Trumps Kickers 22 Sawyer Petre		Reserve list  3 Allen Chapman DB (IR) -- Fahraad Johnson OL (IR) 45 Ryan Langford LB (IR) -- Lene Maiava OL (IR) 14 Darrell Monroe RB (IR) 49 Edward Mosley DL (IR) -- Mark Munson WR (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated May 17, 2018 25 Active, 7 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2018 Stats". GoIFL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.