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

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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[edit]

Key:  Win Tie Loss Bye

### Exhibition[edit]

All start times are local to home team

Week  | Day  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | Results  | Location

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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[edit]

All start times are local to home team

Week  | Day  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | Results  | Location

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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~~ | ~~atSteel 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[edit]

2016 AIF Western Standings

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Team  | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK
New Mexico Stars | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 497 | 105 | 71.0 | 15.0 | W5
Corpus Christi Fury | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 168 | 112 | 56.0 | 37.3 | L1
Steel City Menace | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 81 | 8.0 | 40.5 | L2

### Playoffs[edit]

All start times are local to home team

Round  | Day  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | Score  | Location

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Div. Semifinals  | Saturday  | June 4  | 5:05pm  | at Columbus Lions | L 37-49[6] | Columbus Civic Center

## Roster[edit]

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[edit]

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.

*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[PCT]: Winning percentage
*[PF]: Points For (Total points scored)
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
*[PF (Avg.)]: Points For (Average per Game)
*[PA (Avg.)]: Points Against (Averages per Game)
*[STK]: Current Winning or Losing Streak