2012 Kansas City Command season

The 2012 Kansas City Command season was the fifth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Danton Barto and played their home games at Sprint Center. The Command finished the season 3–15 and did not qualify for the playoffs. It was announced after the end of the season that the Command would cease operations.^[1]

2012 Kansas City Command season
Head coach	Danton Barto
Home stadium	Sprint Center
Results
Record	3–15
Division place	4th NC Central
Playoffs	Did not qualify
← 2011 Other seasons

Standings

Central Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-San Antonio Talons	14	4	.778	1042	949	5–1	9–4	8–1	6–3
Chicago Rush	10	8	.556	1047	1044	4–2	5–6	7–2	3–6
Iowa Barnstormers	7	11	.389	948	1032	3–3	5–9	4–5	3–6
Kansas City Command	3	15	.167	705	938	0–6	1–12	2–7	1–8

z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

The Command had a bye week in the league's opening week, so they began their season at home against the Jacksonville Sharks on March 16. They went on the road to play the Arizona Rattlers for their final regular season game on July 21.^[2]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Report
					Score	Record
1	Bye
2	Friday	March 16	7:30 p.m. CDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 28–52	0–1	Sprint Center	[3]
3	Friday	March 23	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 39–49	0–2	Quicken Loans Arena	[4]
4	Thursday	March 29	7:30 p.m. CDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 28–56	0–3	Sprint Center	[5]
5	Saturday	April 7	7:00 p.m. CDT	at Chicago Rush	L 40–69	0–4	Allstate Arena	[6]
6	Bye
7	Saturday	April 21	9:30 p.m. CDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 35–49	0–5	HP Pavilion at San Jose	[7]
8	Monday	April 30	7:00 p.m. CDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 46–63	0–6	Tampa Bay Times Forum	[8]
9	Saturday	May 5	7:00 p.m. CDT	San Antonio Talons	L 31–41	0–7	Sprint Center	[9]
10	Saturday	May 12	7:00 p.m. CDT	at Iowa Barnstormers	L 42–62	0–8	Wells Fargo Arena	[10]
11	Saturday	May 19	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Pittsburgh Power	W 43–37	1–8	Consol Energy Center	[11]
12	Saturday	May 26	7:00 p.m. CDT	Georgia Force	W 39–27	2–8	Sprint Center	[12]
13	Saturday	June 2	7:00 p.m. CDT	Utah Blaze	L 45–55	2–9	Sprint Center	[13]
14	Saturday	June 9	9:00 p.m. CDT	at Spokane Shock	L 46–70	2–10	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	[14]
15	Sunday	June 17	2:00 p.m. CDT	San Jose SaberCats	W 57–41	3–10	Sprint Center	[15]
16	Saturday	June 23	7:00 p.m. CDT	Chicago Rush	L 41–59	3–11	Sprint Center	[16]
17	Saturday	June 30	7:00 p.m. CDT	at San Antonio Talons	L 48–58	3–12	Alamodome	[17]
18	Saturday	July 7	7:00 p.m. CDT	Iowa Barnstormers	L 27–54	3–13	Sprint Center	[18]
19	Saturday	July 14	7:00 p.m. CDT	Spokane Shock	L 48–49	3–14	Sprint Center	[19]
20	Saturday	July 21	9:00 p.m. CDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 22–47	3–15	US Airways Center	[20]

Roster

Kansas City Command roster
Quarterbacks  2 Zack Eskridge 13 Matt Gutierrez Fullbacks 44 Lee Bryant 45 Victor Mann Wide receivers  3 Jackie Chambers  7 Samie Parker 11 Armand Robinson 23 O. J. Simpson  8 Bret Smith		Offensive linemen 99 Cornelius Dixon -- Charles Hayes 54 Kimani Jones 75 Ken Scott Defensive linemen 92 Chris Asumnu 12 Tommy Chavis 40 Chris Lyle 94 Michael Robinson 48 Rico Reese		Linebackers  1 Brad Chavez 26 Tyler Knight Defensive backs 21 Rashad Barksdale  5 Kendall Davis  9 Sergio Gilliam  6 J. C. Neal Kickers 25 James Wilhoit		Injured reserve -- Marcus Barnett WR 75 Robert Brewster OL 19 Diyral Briggs DL 81 Keith Eloi WR 10 Bubby Gill WR 16 James Lancaster LB  4 Xavier Lee QB/WR -- Ernest McCoy OL 18 James Rogers DB -- Allen Smith OL 90 Richard Washington DL Other league exempt Currently vacant Refused to report -- Ryan Jones DB -- Jason Jones WR League suspension -- Ibrahim Abdulai DL -- Korey Askew DB -- Austin Emerson OL -- Carl Gettis DB 16 Brian Jones QB 57 Dan Jones OL/DL 79 Andre Ramsey OL 94 Shaun Richardson DL -- Terrance Sweeney DB -- Ryan Travis FB Roster updated July 19, 2012 24 Active, 23 Inactive