2016 New Mexico Stars season

2016 New Mexico Stars season
2016 New Mexico Stars season
Owner	Tracy Duran; Crystal Duran
General manager	Tracy Duran
Head coach	Carlos Cavanaugh (fired on April 3, 1-0 record); John Fourcade (interim)
Home field	Santa Ana Star Center; 3001 Civic Centre Drive; Santa Ana, NM 87144
Results
Record	6-1
Division place	1st
Playoff finish	Lost Southern Semifinals (Lions) 37-49
	← 2014; New Mexico Stars; 2017 →;

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
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
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
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
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 view talk edit
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

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

[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.

[PlanD-4] 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.

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