2010 Arizona Rattlers season

2010 Arizona Rattlers season
Owner	Brett Bouchy
General manager	Kevin Guy
Head coach	Kevin Guy
Home field	US Airways Center
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd NC West
Playoff finish	Lost Conference semifinals (Shock) 49–57
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The 2010 Arizona Rattlers season was the 19th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Kevin Guy and played their home games at US Airways Center. The Rattlers made the playoffs with a 10–6 record, fourth best in the National Conference, but were defeated by the top-seeded Spokane Shock in the conference semifinals, 49–57.

West Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-Spokane Shock	13	3	.812	988	843	4–0	8–2	6–2	7–1
x-Arizona Rattlers	10	6	.625	987	885	2–2	5–5	5–3	5–3
Utah Blaze	2	14	.125	742	1040	0–4	0–10	1–7	1–7

z - Clinched division and conference's best record
x - Clinched playoff berth

The Rattlers opened their season on the road against the Gladiators on April 3. They will host the Rush on April 17 for their first home game of the season. The conclusion of the regular season was at home on July 31 against the Barnstormers.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	April 3	7:00 pm	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 61–56	1–0	Quicken Loans Arena	[1]
2	Bye
3	Friday	April 16	10:30 pm	Chicago Rush	L 56–70	1–1	US Airways Center	[2]
4	Friday	April 23	10:30 pm	Tulsa Talons	W 77–76	2–1	US Airways Center	[3]
5	Saturday	May 1	7:30 pm	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 61–62	2–2	St. Pete Times Forum	[4]
6	Friday	May 7	10:30 pm	Spokane Shock	L 56–63	2–3	US Airways Center	[5]
7	Bye
8	Friday	May 21	8:05 pm	at Iowa Barnstormers	W 52–48	3–3	Wells Fargo Arena	[6]
9	Saturday	May 29	9:05 pm	at Utah Blaze	W 83–58	4–3	E Center	[7]
10	Saturday	June 5	10:30 pm	Milwaukee Iron	W 68–67 (OT)	5–3	US Airways Center	[8]
11	Friday	June 11	10:30 pm	Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz	W 56–55	6–3	US Airways Center	[9]
12	Saturday	June 19	10:30 pm	Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings	W 79–50	7–3	US Airways Center	[10]
13	Saturday	June 26	7:05 pm	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 66–50	8–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	[11]
14	Friday	July 2	10:00 pm	at Spokane Shock	L 36–37	8–4	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	[12]
15	Saturday	July 10	8:00 pm	at Chicago Rush	L 50–55	8–5	Allstate Arena	[13]
16	Friday	July 16	10:30 pm	Utah Blaze	W 48–20	9–5	US Airways Center	[14]
17	Saturday	July 24	8:00 pm	at Tulsa Talons	W 61–51	10–5	BOK Center	[15]
18	Saturday	July 31	10:30 pm	Iowa Barnstormers	L 47–67	10–6	US Airways Center	[16]

All times are EDT

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location	Report
NC Semifinals	Friday	August 6	11:00 pm	at Spokane Shock	L 49–57	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	[17]

All times are EDT

2010 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks 10 Nick Davila 15 Billy Farris Fullbacks 54 John Booker Wide receivers  5 Siaha Burley 23 Trandon Harvey  5 J. J. McKelvey  1 Rod Windsor		Offensive linemen 63 Devin Clark 69 Atlas Herrion 56 Ronald Jones 59 Kyle Young Defensive linemen 90 Alex Guerrero -- Alan Harper 77 Anttaj Hawthorne 70 Marcus Pittman		Linebackers  4 Kelvin Morris 19 Dale Robinson Defensive backs  8 Brandon Freeman  2 Terrance Sanders 21 Riley Swanson -- James Todd Kickers  9 Fabrizio Scaccia		Injured reserve 55 Brennen Carvalho OL (IR)  3 Todd Devoe WR (IR) 37 Johnie Kirton FB (IR) -- Anthony Mix WR (IR) 44 Darrell Shropshire DL (IR) Team suspended currently vacant Refuse to report -- Kevin Ingram WR (DNR) -- Jason Jones WR (DNR) -- Kurt Kahui LB (DNR) -- Frank Trentadue LB (DNR) Other league exempt currently vacant Inactive reserve currently vacant Recallable reassignment currently vacant rookies in italics Roster updated August 3, 2010 22 Active, 10 Inactive

The Rattlers' special teams returned 7 kickoffs for 212 yards and 3 returned for touchdowns against a Gladiators team that gave up only one kickoff return for a touchdown in the last season they competed. Arizona's Rod Windsor was the most common target for quarterback Nick Davila, with 13 catches for 175 yards and 2 touchdowns. Davila himself completed 26 passes for 273 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Rod Windsor's eighth touchdown of the night was the game winner for the Rattlers. On the final play of the game, on an untimed down, Windsor received a pass from Nick Davilla and hustled down the left side of the field, escaping two Tulsa defenders before reaching the end zone. Both teams went back-and-forth throughout the contest, with neither leading by more than one score at any point. The Rattlers finished with 419 yards of total offense, provided mostly by Nick Davilla who threw for 413 yards and 8 touchdowns. Windsor finished with 230 receiving yards, 6 touchdown receptions, and 2 rushing touchdowns. With the win, the Rattlers gave the Talons their first loss, while improving their own record to 2–1.

Although they trailed nearly the entire night, the Rattlers stayed in it, but came up short in the end. Tied at 48–48, the Rattlers gave up a touchdown to the Storm, however the Storm's kicker missed the extra point. Arizona scored on the next play from scrimmage, and following a successful extra point, took a 55–54 lead. Tampa Bay would take the lead back on a 37-yard passing touchdown, but rather than try another extra point, attempted a two-point conversion and made it, giving them a 62–55 lead. On Arizona's next drive covered 48 yards in just over a minute, ending with a touchdown with 7 seconds left. Instead of kicking an extra point, which would have tied the game, the Rattlers opted to go for two. Nick Davilla's pass to Anthony Mix was incomplete, although the Rattlers felt a defensive interference penalty should have been called on the play which would have given them a second chance at the conversion. No penalty was called however, and Arizona's ensuing onside kick was recovered by the Storm, effectively ending the game. Davilla finished the game with 314 yards and 7 touchdowns. J.J. McKelvey caught for 127 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The win, coupled with a loss by the Iowa Barnstormers, clinched a playoff berth for the Rattlers.