# 2017 Philadelphia Soul season

The 2017 Philadelphia Soul season was the twelfth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Soul played at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul won their second ArenaBowl the previous season beating the Arizona Rattlers. The Soul lost once in the regular season and repeated as ArenaBowl Champions in the playoffs after defeating the Tampa Bay Storm 44–40 in ArenaBowl XXX.

## Schedule
### Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017.
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance | Report |
| Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance | Report |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | Saturday | April 15 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Tampa Bay Storm | W 56–52 | 1–0 | Amalie Arena | 9,071 | |
| 3 | Saturday | April 22 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Washington Valor | W 49–31 | 2–0 | Verizon Center | 12,122 | |
| 4 | Saturday | April 29 | 7:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 69–34 | 3–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 11,833 | |
| 5 | Saturday | May 6 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 69–67 | 4–0 | Quicken Loans Arena | 10,389 | |
| 6 | Saturday | May 13 | 7:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 61–56 | 5–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,857 | |
| 7 | Saturday | May 20 | 7:00 PM EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | W 64–46 | 6–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 7,667 | |
| 8 | Saturday | May 27 | 1:00 PM EDT | at Washington Valor | W 48–47 | 7–0 | Verizon Center | 9,873 | |
| 9 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 10 | Saturday | June 10 | 7:00 PM EDT | Cleveland Gladiators | W 59–49 | 8–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 10,103 | |
| 11 | Saturday | June 17 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 62–41 | 9–0 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,081 | |
| 12 | Saturday | June 24 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 59–28 | 10–0 | Quicken Loans Arena | 10,580 | |
| 13 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 14 | Saturday | July 8 | 7:00 PM EDT | at Baltimore Brigade | L 42–49 | 10–1 | Royal Farms Arena | 5,990 | |
| 15 | Saturday | July 15 | 7:00 PM EDT | Washington Valor | W 68–41 | 11–1 | Wells Fargo Center | 10,149 | |
| 16 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 17 | Saturday | July 29 | 1:00 PM EDT | at Baltimore Brigade | W 70–21 | 12–1 | Royal Farms Arena | 5,327 | |
| 18 | Saturday | August 5 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 41–28 | 13–1 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,071 | |

### Playoffs

| Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report |
| AFL Semifinals | Saturday | August 12 | 4:00 PM EDT | Baltimore Brigade | W 69–54 | Wells Fargo Center | 9,287 | |
| ArenaBowl XXX | Saturday | August 26 | 7:00 PM EDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 44–40 | Wells Fargo Center | 13,648 | |

## Standings

2017 Arena Football League standingsviewtalkedit :
| Team | Overall | Overall | Overall | Points | Points | Records | Records | Records | Records |
| Team | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Away | GB | STK |
| $^{(1)}$Philadelphia Soul | 13 | 1 | .929 | 817 | 590 | 7–0 | 6–1 | — | W3 |
| $^{(2)}$Tampa Bay Storm | 10 | 4 | .714 | 710 | 662 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3.0 | L1 |
| $^{(3)}$Cleveland Gladiators | 5 | 9 | .357 | 696 | 715 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8.0 | W1 |
| $^{(4)}$Baltimore Brigade | 4 | 10 | .286 | 620 | 749 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9.0 | L4 |
| Washington Valor | 3 | 11 | .214 | 565 | 692 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 10.0 | W1 |
$^{(#)}$ - playoff position secured