The 2016 Savannah Steam season was the third season for the indoor football franchise, and their second in American Indoor Football (AIF).
For 2016, the Steam announced that they would be playing at the Savannah Civic Center. The team would run into severe financial troubles during the season with over $20,000 owed in rent for the use of the Civic Center and several unpaid sponsors. Eventually, the unpaid sponsors took their claims to the local sheriff's department in order to initiate an investigation and obtain the fees they were owed.
Schedule Key:
Exhibition All start times are local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 Saturday March 26 7:05pm South Carolina Ravens W 31-26 Savannah Civic Center
Regular season All start times are local to home team Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record 1 BYE 2 BYE 3 BYE 4 Sunday March 20 4:00pm at Atlanta Vultures W 2–0 (forfeit) 1–0 Columbus Civic Center 5 Monday March 28 7:05pm at Myrtle Beach Freedom L 33-34 1-1 Myrtle Beach Convention Center 6 Saturday April 2 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds L 34-43 1-2 Albany Civic Center 7 BYE 8 Sunday April 17 7:05pm Atlanta Vultures W 32-19* 2-2 Savannah Civic Center 9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm Central Florida Jaguars L 35-44 2-3 Savannah Civic Center 10 BYE 11 Saturday May 7 7:05pm at Columbus Lions L 21-100 2-4 Columbus Civic Center Forfeit by Firebirds due to travel issues 12 Saturday May 14 7:00pm LZ Falconz W 72-0 3-4 Savannah Civic Center 13 Sunday May 22 7:05pm at Florida Tarpons L 6-70 3-5 Germain Arena 14 BYE * – The Steam actually lost this game 19-32, however, the AIF later determined the Vultures had used illegal players and reversed the score instead of a just calling it a forfeit.
Standings
Playoffs All start times are local to home team Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Score Record Div. Semifinals Thursday June 2 7:05pm at Florida Tarpons* L 20-71 0-1 Germain Arena
* — When initially announced, the Tarpons were set to play the Southern Division's third-seeded Myrtle Beach Freedom. On May 30, the Freedom replaced the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Central Penn Capitals against the West Michigan Ironmen. The Freedom's former position was replaced by the Southern Division's fourth-seed, the Savannah Steam.
Roster
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