Arena football season
The 2019 Albany Empire season was the second season for the Albany Empire in the Arena Football League . The Empire played at the Times Union Center and were coached by Rob Keefe for the 2019 season .
In just their second season of existence, the Empire finished with the best regular season record and advanced to ArenaBowl XXXII , where they defeated the Philadelphia Soul to win their first league championship.
Standings [ edit ] y - clinched regular season titlex - clinched playoff berth
Schedule [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] The 2019 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2019.[1] All times Eastern .[2]
Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report Score Record 1 Saturday April 27 7:00 p.m. Columbus Destroyers W 35–19 1–0 Times Union Center 11,682 [3] 2 Saturday May 4 7:30 p.m. Washington Valor W 36–27 2–0 Times Union Center 9,208 [4] 3 Saturday May 11 7:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Soul W 57–48 3–0 Wells Fargo Center 9,843 [5] 4 Saturday May 18 7:00 p.m. at Columbus Destroyers W 56–40 4–0 Nationwide Arena 7,035 [6] 5 Saturday May 25 7:00 p.m. at Atlantic City Blackjacks W 54–35 5–0 Boardwalk Hall 4,386 [7] 6 Saturday June 1 3:30 p.m. Washington Valor W 58–48 6–0 Times Union Center 8,744 [8] 7 Saturday June 8 7:30 p.m. Baltimore Brigade L 41–42 6–1 Times Union Center 10,287 [9] 8 Saturday June 15 7:00 p.m. at Washington Valor W 56–55 7–1 Capital One Arena 7,179 [10] 9 Saturday June 22 3:30 p.m. Atlantic City Blackjacks W 63–61 8–1 Times Union Center 9,417 [11] 10 Saturday June 29 3:30 p.m. at Philadelphia Soul L 43–54 8–2 Wells Fargo Center 10,564 [12] 11 Bye 12 Sunday July 14 3:00 p.m. at Columbus Destroyers W 49–18 9–2 Nationwide Arena 9,275 [13] 13 Saturday July 20 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Soul W 72–27 10–2 Times Union Center 10,981 [14]
Postseason [ edit ] Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Score Location Attendance Report SF–1 Saturday July 27 7:00 p.m. Baltimore Brigade W 61–26 Times Union Center 9,085 [15] SF–2 Saturday August 3 7:00 p.m. at Baltimore Brigade W 62–21 Royal Farms Arena 5,282 [16] Aggregate score W 123–47 ArenaBowl Sunday August 11 8:00 p.m. Philadelphia Soul W 45–27 Times Union Center 12,042 [17]
Game summaries [ edit ] Week 1: Columbus (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Columbus 6 0 7 6 19 Albany 7 14 14 0 35
Week 2: Washington (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 7 7 6 27 Albany 7 14 7 8 36
Week 3: at Philadelphia (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 14 14 14 15 57 Philadelphia 7 13 14 14 48
Week 4: at Columbus (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 7 21 7 21 56 Columbus 7 7 14 12 40
Week 5: at Atlantic City (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 13 14 14 13 54 Atlantic City 14 14 0 7 35
Week 6: Washington (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 12 0 21 15 48 Albany 7 23 21 7 58
Week 7: Baltimore (L ) 1 2 3 4 Total Baltimore 14 14 14 0 42 Albany 7 14 14 6 41
Week 8: at Washington (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 7 7 21 21 56 Washington 14 20 7 14 55
Week 9: Atlantic City (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Atlantic City 21 14 7 19 61 Albany 20 15 7 21 63
Week 10: at Philadelphia (L ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 14 7 0 22 43 Philadelphia 7 13 14 20 54
Week 12: at Columbus (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 21 14 7 7 49 Columbus 6 6 0 6 18
Week 13: Philadelphia (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Philadelphia 7 13 0 7 27 Albany 14 16 21 21 72
Semifinal, Leg 1: Baltimore (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Baltimore 6 0 7 13 26 Albany 7 14 20 20 61
Semifinal, Leg 2: at Baltimore (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Albany 21 28 6 7 62 Baltimore 7 0 7 7 21
ArenaBowl XXXII: Philadelphia (W ) 1 2 3 4 Total Philadelphia 14 7 0 6 27 Albany 14 21 7 3 45
Albany Empire roster Quarterbacks Fullbacks
Wide receivers
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Kickers
Reserve lists Recallable reassignment
Rookies in italics Roster Archived 2018-07-31 at the Wayback Machine updated May 16, 2019 24 Active, 12 Inactive
References [ edit ] ^ "Albany Empire 2019 Schedule" . Albany Empire . Retrieved March 26, 2019 . ^ "2019 Schedule & Times" . Arena Football League . Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE TAKE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON: BY THE NUMBERS" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE SETTLES UNFINISHED BUSINESS AGAINST VALOR" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE DEFEAT SOUL TO REMAIN UNBEATEN" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE SINKS DESTROYERS IN COLUMBUS' HOME OPENER" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE CAPS OFF ROAD TRIP WITH A VICTORY" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE REMAIN UNBEATEN WITH WIN OVER VALOR" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE FALL SHORT TO BRIGADE, 42-41" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE WIN THRILLER OVER VALOR, COMPLETE SEASON SWEEP" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "TheAlbanyEmpire.com - EMPIRE WIN SHOOTOUT OVER ATLANTIC CITY" . thealbanyempire.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Empire v Soul - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Empire v Destroyers - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved July 15, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Soul v Empire - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved July 20, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Brigade v Empire - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved July 28, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Empire v Brigade - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved August 4, 2019 . ^ "STATS Hosted Solution | Boxscore - Soul v Empire - Arena Football League - Football" . hosted.stats.com . Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
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