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
OwnerRon Shurts
General managerKevin Guy
Head coachKevin Guy
Home fieldTalking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record11–3
League place2nd
Playoff finishLost semifinal

Standings

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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

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Regular season

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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

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

Staff

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Arizona Rattlers staff
Front office
  • CEO / majority owner – Ron Shurts
  • Team President – Kevin Guy
  • General manager – Jeff Jarnigan
  • Sr. Vice President, Ticket Sales - Nate Reilly
  • Digital Media Manager – David Koonce
  • Sidewinders Dancers Director – Shelby Underwood
  • Equipment Manager - Dante Moses
 

Coaches


Final roster

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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.
  • 15 Dillion Winfrey


Offensive linemen
  • 50 Chris Boles
  • 56 Steven Gurrola
  • 64 Vernon Sainvil


Defensive linemen

  • 95 Joshua Gordon
  • 91 Justin Martin
  • 97 Terrance Surratt


Linebackers
  • 30 Justin Shirk


Defensive backs

  • -- Yogi Hale
  •  4 Nathan Lindsey
  •  8 Davontae Merriweather
  • 24 Keith Trumps


Kickers

  • 22 Sawyer Petre


Reserve list
  • -- 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
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "2018 Stats". GoIFL.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.