2014 Arizona Rattlers season

2014 Arizona Rattlers season
Head coach	Kevin Guy
Owner	Ron Shurts
Home field	US Airways Center
Results
Record	15–3
Division place	1st NC West
Playoff finish	Won Conference Semifinals (Thunder) 52–48 Won Conference Championship (SaberCats) 72–56 Won ArenaBowl XXVII (Gladiators) 72–32
Team MVP	Nick Davila
Team OPY	Nick Davila

The 2014 Arizona Rattlers season was the 23rd season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, coming off their victory in ArenaBowl XXVI, which was their second consecutive ArenaBowl championship. The team is coached by Kevin Guy and plays their home games at the US Airways Center.

Standings

West Division
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-Arizona Rattlers	15	3	.833	1151	905	4–0	11–2	9–0	6–3
San Antonio Talons	3	15	.167	743	1017	1–3	1–5	0–9	3–6
Los Angeles Kiss	3	15	.167	633	957	1–3	3–9	2–7	1–8

z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

Regular season

The Rattlers began the season by hosting the Philadelphia Soul, the team that the Rattlers defeated in ArenaBowl XXVI in the previous season, as well as ArenaBowl XXV in 2012. Their final regular season game was on the road against the Orlando Predators on July 26.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 15	7:00 p.m. MST	Philadelphia Soul	W 62–55 (OT)	1–0	US Airways Center	9,493	[2]
2	Sunday	March 23	4:30 p.m. MST	Spokane Shock	W 68–49	2–0	US Airways Center	7,128	[3]
3	Bye
4	Saturday	April 5	7:00 p.m. MST	Jacksonville Sharks	W 63–38	3–0	US Airways Center	8,586	[4]
5	Saturday	April 12	8:30 p.m. MST	at San Jose SaberCats	W 57–51	4–0	SAP Center at San Jose	9,123	[5]
6	Saturday	April 19	7:00 p.m. MST	Pittsburgh Power	W 73–69	5–0	US Airways Center	8,179	[6]
7	Saturday	April 26	7:00 p.m. MST	San Antonio Talons	W 69–59	6–0	US Airways Center	8,567
8	Saturday	May 3	5:00 p.m. MST	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 70–61	7–0	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,732	[7]
9	Saturday	May 10	8:00 p.m. MST	at Portland Thunder	W 61–32	8–0	Moda Center	8,863	[8]
10	Saturday	May 17	7:00 p.m. MST	Spokane Shock	W 70–38	9–0	US Airways Center	9,437	[9]
11	Sunday	May 25	8:00 p.m. MST	at Los Angeles Kiss	W 70–25	10–0	Honda Center	11,302	[10]
12	Saturday	May 31	7:30 p.m. MST	San Jose SaberCats	W 51–42	11–0	US Airways Center	12,094	[11]
13	Friday	June 6	8:00 p.m. MST	at Portland Thunder	W 70–59	12–0	Moda Center	8,292	[12]
14	Saturday	June 14	6:00 p.m. MST	at San Antonio Talons	W 70–34	13–0	Alamodome	5,692	[13]
15	Saturday	June 21	7:00 p.m. MST	Los Angeles Kiss	W 83–47	14–0	US Airways Center	10,750	[14]
16	Friday	June 27	8:30 p.m. MST	at San Jose SaberCats	L 62–33	14–1	SAP Center at San Jose	7,373	[15]
17	Bye
18	Saturday	July 12	8:00 p.m. MST	at Spokane Shock	L 66–73	14–2	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	9,362	[16]
19	Sunday	July 20	4:00 p.m. MST	Portland Thunder	W 65–55	15–2	US Airways Center	13,120	[17]
20	Saturday	July 26	5:00 p.m. MST	at Orlando Predators	L 50–56	15–3	CFE Arena	8,550	[18]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Sunday	August 3	3:00 p.m. MST	Portland Thunder	W 52–48	US Airways Center	6,753	[19]
NC Championship	Sunday	August 10	6:00 p.m. MST	San Jose SaberCats	W 72–56	US Airways Center	8,581
ArenaBowl XXVII	Saturday	August 23	5:00 p.m. MST	Cleveland Gladiators	W 72–32	Quicken Loans Arena	18,410

Final roster

2014 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks 10 Nick Davila  9 Jason Murrietta Fullbacks  8 Alex Singleton Wide Receivers  5 Jason Geathers 81 Chris Jackson 12 Tysson Poots 15 Kerry Reed  1 Rod Windsor		Offensive Linemen 60 Sherman Carter 75 Cornelius Dixon 69 Michael Huey 68 Keith Williams Defensive Linemen  6 Cliff Dukes 77 Anttaj Hawthorne 97 Leon Mackey 90 Quinn Pitcock 70 Marcus Pittman		Linebackers 94 Tyre Glasper Defensive Backs 11 Arkeith Brown 24 Allen Chapman 19 Marquis Floyd 23 Donovan Henley 20 Jeremy Kellem Kickers 92 Craig Ratanamorn		Injured reserve 26 Antonio Fenelus DB  7 Andrew Helmick WR 95 Nicolas Jean-Baptiste DL 66 Jeff Maddux OL -- Alex Magee DL  3 Jared Perry WR  2 Maurice Purify WR 65 Isaac Remington DL League Suspended -- Julius Pruitt WR Refuse to Report -- Trent Allmang-Wilder DL -- Da'Mon Merkerson DB Other League Exempt -- Derek Dennis OL -- Will Hill DB -- Ikponmwosa Igbinosun DL Inactive reserve 73 Joe Gibbs OL 72 Will Wright OL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 20, 2014 24 Active, 16 Inactive → More rosters

References

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