Central Florida Jaguars
# Central Florida Jaguars

The Central Florida Jaguars, commonly known as the Jags, were a professional indoor football team based in Lakeland, Florida.

The Jags were the third indoor football team to call Lakeland home; the first team was the Lakeland Thunderbolts which played in the National Indoor Football League from 2005 until 2006 and later the American Indoor Football Association in 2007 (where they won the AIFA Championship Bowl that year before folding). After that, the Lakeland Raiders would play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League from 2012 until 2013, after which they would later join X-League Indoor Football and change their name to the Florida Marine Raiders, playing in the 2014 and 2015 seasons before the league's folding

## History

The Jaguars joined American Indoor Football (AIF) before the beginning of the 2016 season and played their home games at the Lakeland Center. Their logo and colors were somewhat similar to the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. Following the 2016 season, the AIF ceased operations, leaving the Jaguars without a league. In October 2016, they became the charter member of the Elite Indoor Football Conference for the 2017 season. However, with the instability of the new league, they were removed from their home arena in 2017. All Elite Indoor Football Conference games were then announced to be played outdoors at Bartow Park in Bartow, Florida. The league and the Jags appear to have ceased operations during the 2017 season and all websites have lapsed.

## Statistics and records

### Season-by-season results

| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff Berth | League Leader |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason results |
| Season | League | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Postseason results |
| 2016 | AIF | Southern | 6th | 2 | 6 | 0 | |

### Head coaches' records

| Name | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Awards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name | Term | W | L | T | Win% | W | L | Awards |
| Ronnie Ghent | 2016 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | |

## 2016 season

Key:  Win  Tie  Loss  Bye

### Exhibition

All start times are local to home team

| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location |
| 1 | Saturday | April 16 | 7:05pm | South Carolina Ravens | W 69–0 | | Lakeland Center |
| 2 | Saturday | May 21 | 7:05pm | Osceola Ravens | W 58–18 | | Lakeland Center |
| 3 | Saturday | May 28 | 7:05pm | Palm Beach Phantoms | Cancelled | | Lakeland Center |

### Regular season

All start times are local to home team

| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location |
| 1 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 2 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 3 | Saturday | March 12 | 7:05pm | Florida Tarpons | L 34–84 | 0–1 | Lakeland Center |
| 4 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 5 | Sunday | March 26 | 7:05pm | Columbus Lions | L 42–90 | 0–2 | Lakeland Center |
| 6 | Saturday | April 2 | 7:05pm | Myrtle Beach Freedom | L 34–47 | 0–3 | Lakeland Center |
| 7 | Sunday | April 10 | 7:05pm | at Florida Tarpons | L 22–65 | 0–4 | Germain Arena |
| 8 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 9 | Saturday | April 23 | 7:05pm | at Savannah Steam | W 44–35 | 1–4 | Savannah Civic Center |
| 10 | Saturday | April 30 | 7:05pm | Florida Tarpons | L 25–81 | 1–5 | Lakeland Center |
| 11 | Saturday | May 7 | 7:05pm | at Atlanta Vultures | W 2–0 (by forfeit) | 2–5 | Georgia International Convention Center |
| 12 | Sunday | May 15 | 7:05pm | at Florida Tarpons | L 16–81 | 2–6 | Germain Arena |
| 13 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 14 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |

### Standings

2016 AIF Southern standingsviewtalkedit :

| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Columbus Lions | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 599 | 174 | 74.9 | 21.8 | W8 |
| Florida Tarpons | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 489 | 202 | 61.1 | 25.3 | W4 |
| Myrtle Beach Freedom | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 259 | 307 | 32.4 | 38.4 | L1 |
| Savannah Steam | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 264 | 336 | 33.0 | 42.0 | L1 |
| Georgia Firebirds | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 236 | 350 | 29.5 | 43.8 | L2 |
| Central Florida Jaguars | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 219 | 483 | 27.4 | 60.4 | L1 |
| Atlanta Vultures | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 67 | 141 | 11.2 | 23.5 | L5 |
