2016 New Mexico Stars season

2016 New Mexico Stars season
OwnerTracy Duran
Crystal Duran
General managerTracy Duran
Head coachCarlos Cavanaugh (fired on April 3, 1-0 record)
John Fourcade (interim)
Home fieldSanta Ana Star Center
3001 Civic Centre Drive
Santa Ana, NM 87144
Results
Record6-1
Division place1st
Playoff finishLost Southern Semifinals (Lions) 37-49

The 2016 New Mexico Stars season was the fourth season for the indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football (AIF).

On June 16, 2015, the Stars announced that they would be returning to football in 2016, playing the X-League Indoor Football. The team also announced that Carlos Cavanaugh was named the teams' new head coach.[1] However, on October 1, 2015, the X-League folded, and the Stars joined American Indoor Football.[2] On April 3, 2016, John Fourcade was named the head coach of the Stars.[3]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Exhibition

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm at West Texas Renegades Cancelled NYTEX Sports Centre
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm West Texas Renegades Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm at Colorado Charge Cancelled Magness Arena
10 Saturday April 30 5:00pm Colorado Charge Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
10 Saturday April 30 5:00pm Austin Cobras Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
11 Saturday May 7 6:00pm Texas Stealth Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
13 Saturday May 21 5:00pm Colorado Charge Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
13 Saturday May 21 6:00pm Dallas Silverbacks Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
14 Monday May 30 7:05pm at Colorado Charge Cancelled Magness Arena

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 Friday March 11 7:05pm Steel City Manace W 34–14 1–0 Santa Ana Star Center
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Monday April 4 7:05pm at Corpus Christi Fury L 53-59 1-1 American Bank Center
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Abilene Warriors[4] Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Austin Colts[4] Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm Steel City Manace[4] W 47-2 2-1 Santa Ana Star Center
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Steel City Menace Cancelled Southwest Motors Events Center
10 Saturday April 30 5:00pm Capital City Warriors[5] W 90-6 3-1 Santa Ana Star Center
11 Saturday May 7 5:00pm Steel City Menace Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
11 Saturday May 7 6:00pm New Mexico Outlaws W 80-12 4-1 Santa Ana Star Center
12 Sunday May 15 11:30am Corpus Christi Fury Cancelled Santa Ana Star Center
12 Sunday May 15 11:30pm Quad-City Roadrunners W 91-6 5-1 Santa Ana Star Center
13 Saturday May 21 6:00pm Capital City Warriors W 102-6 6-1 Santa Ana Star Center
14 BYE

Standings

2016 AIF Western Standings
Team W L PCT
y – New Mexico Stars 6 1 .857
Corpus Christi Fury 2 1 .667
Steel City Menace 0 2 .000

Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Score Location
Div. Semifinals Saturday June 4 5:05pm at Columbus Lions L 37-49[6] Columbus Civic Center

Roster

2016 New Mexico Stars roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Gerard Kaufman
  • 12 Jeremy Soto
  • 10 Percy Turner

Running backs

  • 25 Kris Pettus
  •  4 P. J. Smith
  • 20 Martee Tenner

Wide receivers

  • 17 Joshua Carson
  •  3 Kurtis Green
  • -- T. J. Gretzner
  • -- Charles Johnson
  •  1 LaVaughn Macon
  • -- Kevin McFadden
  • -- Josh Vaughn
Offensive linemen
  • 70 Deron Jefferson
  • 77 Jamal Price
  • 52 Charles Stevens
  • 72 Charles Tillman

Defensive Lineman

  • 55 Gerald Blockman
  • 51 Jeffery Bradley
  • 54 Dwight Hamilton
  • 70 Deron Jefferson
Linebackers
  •  7 Kendrick Causey
  •  5 Chris Hernandez

Defensive backs

  •  0 Brashard Booker
  •  9 Darius Chapman
  • 22 Jameel Erving
  • 21 Royel Johnson
  •  6 Anthony Ratliff
  • -- Kiwaski Tenner

Kickers

  • 11 Brian Weems
Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated April 28, 2016
30 Active, 0 Inactive

References

  1. ^ Bob Christ (June 16, 2015). "Stars announce change in places for 2016". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "AIF to Add West Division". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Bob Christ (April 3, 2016). "Indoor football: Stars take a trip with a new coach". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Bob Christ (April 9, 2016). "Stars go to Plan D to find opponent". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "Indoor football: Gladiators hit the road to face Mesquite". Albuquerque Journal. May 6, 2016.
  6. ^ 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.