2017 Philadelphia Soul season | |
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Owner |
Ron Jaworski Craig Spencer Pete Ciarrocchi |
General manager | Phil Bogle |
Head coach | Clint Dolezel |
Home field | Wells Fargo Center |
Results | |
Record | 13–1 |
League place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Won Semifinals 69–54 (
Brigade) Won ArenaBowl XXX 44–40 ( Storm) |
The 2017 Philadelphia Soul season was the twelfth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Soul played at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul won their second ArenaBowl the previous season beating the Arizona Rattlers. The Soul lost once in the regular season and repeated as ArenaBowl Champions in the playoffs after defeating the Tampa Bay Storm 44–40 in ArenaBowl XXX.
Front office
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Head coach
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches
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Quarterbacks
Fullbacks Wide receivers |
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kicker |
Injured reserve
Refused to report
League suspension
Other league exempt
Inactive reserve
Recallable reassignment
rookies in italics |
The 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017. [1]
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
1 | Bye | ||||||||
2 | Saturday | April 15 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Tampa Bay Storm | W 56–52 | 1–0 | Amalie Arena | 9,071 | [2] |
3 | Saturday | April 22 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Washington Valor | W 49–31 | 2–0 | Verizon Center | 12,122 | [3] |
4 | Saturday | April 29 | 7:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 69–34 | 3–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 11,833 | [4] |
5 | Saturday | May 6 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 69–67 | 4–0 | Quicken Loans Arena | 10,389 | [5] |
6 | Saturday | May 13 | 7:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 61–56 | 5–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,857 | [6] |
7 | Saturday | May 20 | 7:00 PM EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | W 64–46 | 6–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 7,667 | [7] |
8 | Saturday | May 27 | 1:00 PM EDT | at Washington Valor | W 48–47 | 7–0 | Verizon Center | 9,873 | [8] |
9 | Bye | ||||||||
10 | Saturday | June 10 | 7:00 PM EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | W 59–49 | 8–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 10,103 | [9] |
11 | Saturday | June 17 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 62–41 | 9–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,081 | [10] |
12 | Saturday | June 24 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 59–28 | 10–0 | Quicken Loans Arena | 10,580 | [11] |
13 | Bye | ||||||||
14 | Saturday | July 8 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Baltimore Brigade | L 42–49 | 10–1 | Royal Farms Arena | 5,990 | [12] |
15 | Saturday | July 15 | 7:00 PM EDT | Washington Valor | W 68–41 | 11–1 | Wells Fargo Center | 10,149 | [13] |
16 | Bye | ||||||||
17 | Saturday | July 29 | 1:00 PM EDT | at Baltimore Brigade | W 70–21 | 12–1 | Royal Farms Arena | 5,327 | [14] |
18 | Saturday | August 5 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 41–28 | 13–1 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,071 | [15] |
Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report |
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AFL Semifinals | Saturday | August 12 | 4:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 69–54 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,287 | [16] |
ArenaBowl XXX | Saturday | August 26 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 44–40 | Wells Fargo Center | 13,648 | [17] |
Team | Overall | Points | Records | ||||||||
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W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Away | GB | STK | |||
(1) Philadelphia Soul | 13 | 1 | .929 | 817 | 590 | 7–0 | 6–1 | — | W3 | ||
(2) Tampa Bay Storm | 10 | 4 | .714 | 710 | 662 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3.0 | L1 | ||
(3) Cleveland Gladiators | 5 | 9 | .357 | 696 | 715 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8.0 | W1 | ||
(4) Baltimore Brigade | 4 | 10 | .286 | 620 | 749 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9.0 | L4 | ||
Washington Valor | 3 | 11 | .214 | 565 | 692 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 10.0 | W1 |
(#) - playoff position secured