2016 Savannah Steam season
# 2016 Savannah Steam season

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:  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 | 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 | 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 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | 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 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | 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 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 11 | Saturday | May 7 | 7:05pm | at Columbus Lions | L 21-100 | 2-4 | Columbus Civic Center |
| 12 | Saturday | May 14 | 7:00pm | Georgia Firebirds | Forfeit by Firebirds due to travel issues | | Savannah Civic Center |
| 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 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | 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

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 |

### Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

| Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location |
| 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.
