2019 Albany Empire 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.

2019 Albany Empire season
Head coach	Rob Keefe
Home stadium	Times Union Center
Results
Record	10–2
League place	1st
Playoffs	Semifinals, Won vs. #4 Baltimore ArenaBowl XXXII, Won vs. Philadelphia
← 2018 Albany Empire

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

2019 Arena Football League standings
Team	Overall			Points		Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	GB	STK
Albany Empire xy	10	2	.833	620	474	5–1	5–1	—	W2
Washington Valor x	7	5	.583	538	552	4–2	3–3	3	W2
Philadelphia Soul x	7	5	.583	523	530	4–2	3–3		L1
Baltimore Brigade x	7	5	.583	500	439	4–2	3–3		W1
Atlantic City Blackjacks	4	8	.333	518	550	3–3	1–5	6	L2
Columbus Destroyers	1	11	.083	394	548	1–5	0–6	9	L5

^y - clinched regular season title
^x - clinched playoff berth

Schedule

Regular season

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

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

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

Roster

Albany Empire roster

Quarterbacks 15 Mason Espinosa  4 Tommy Grady Fullbacks  9 Mykel Benson Wide receivers 14 Christian Briggs  7 Malachi Jones 18 Quentin Sims  2 D. J. Stephens 11 Collin Taylor		Offensive linemen 68 Ryan Cave 70 Jordan Mudge 93 Moqut Ruffins 53 Jakobi Smith Defensive linemen 90 Harold Brantley 92 Calvin France  5 Rodney Fritz 95 Antonio Guerad  3 Jeramie Richardson  1 Joe Sykes		Linebackers  8 Terence Moore Defensive backs 24 Arkeith Brown  6 Tevin Homer 13 Juwan Offray 10 Terrance Smith Kickers 12 Adrian Trevino		Reserve lists -- Jack Bramswig WR (IR) -- Troy Grant WR (IR) 75 Hayworth Hicks OL (IR) -- Christian Love DB (Susp.) -- Quinn McQueary QB (IR) 23 Brad Muhammad DB (IR) -- Cheatham Norrils DB (IR) 91 Brandon Sesay DL (IR) -- Monte Taylor DL (IR) 94 Aaron Tiller DL (IR) Recallable reassignment 21 A. J. Coney WR -- Jameer Outsey DL Rookies in italics Roster Archived 2018-07-31 at the Wayback Machine updated May 16, 2019 24 Active, 12 Inactive