2010 Cleveland Gladiators season The Cleveland Gladiators season was the 11th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League , and the second while in Cleveland . The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena . The Gladiators missed out on the playoffs by finishing 5th in the National Conference with a 7 – 9 record . Regular season schedule . The Gladiators began their season at home against the Rattlers on April 3 . Their final regular season game was on July 31 , when they hosted the Iron . Regular season . Week 1 : vs . Arizona Rattlers . At halftime , the Gladiators led by three touchdowns , and never trailed in the entire game until giving up a 3 - yard touchdown pass to go down 61 – 56 with 3 : 30 remaining . Quarterback John Dutton threw a pick on what would prove to be Cleveland ' s final drive , as their defense was unable to keep Arizona from running out the clock to end the game . It was just one of Dutton ' s 4 interceptions on the night , though he did have 7 touchdowns , and threw for 287 yards . Week 2 : at Chicago Rush . In a closely contested game that saw neither team at any point lead by more than a touchdown , the Gladiators fell to 0 – 2 after being unable to come up with the game ' s last score . Following a 13 - yard passing touchdown and successful extra point to tie the game at 56 – 56 , the Gladiators allowed the Rush to drive all the way to the 4 - yard line , where the Rush kicked a field goal to go ahead . After taking the ensuing kickoff for a touchback , Brent Holmes caught a pass as time expired , but did not get far with the ball , failing to even cross midfield before being tackled , ending the game . Contributing to the loss was Cleveland ' s turnovers . Quarterback John Dutton threw for 379 yards , but had 3 interceptions in the game . Brent Holmes , Chris Johnson , and Ben Nelson each had over 100 yards receiving in the losing effort . Week 3 : at Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz . The Gladiators held a 14 – 0 lead early in the 2nd quarter , but the lead was cut to only 3 points at halftime when they allowed 4 touchdowns in the remainder of the half , including a kickoff returned for a touchdown , and a pair of 1 - yard rushes into the end zone . In the 3rd quarter the Gladiators failed to score , falling into a hole they couldn ' t climb out of , as both teams scored 3 touchdowns each in the final quarter . Quarterback John Dutton attempted 50 passes , completing 35 for 309 yards and 7 touchdowns . Week 5 : at Spokane Shock . The Gladiators won their first game of the season in the last seconds of the game , which featured several lead changes in the final minute . Spokane went ahead 61 – 59 lead with 46 seconds on the clock with a 2 - yard touchdown pass . The Gladiators got back in front on a 27 - yard catch by Ben Nelson . The extra point was missed , but Cleveland still held a 65 – 61 advantage . The Shock responded by driving 45 yards in 5 plays , capped off by a touchdown pass from 4 yards out , pulling back ahead 68 – 65 with just 8 seconds left . Brent Holmes received the ensuing kickoff 6 yards back in the end zone and took it all the way back for a touchdown , giving the Gladiators a 72 – 68 lead with only a second to play in the game . Following the kickoff to the Shock , time had expired , however Spokane was given one more shot from scrimmage as the result of a penalty on the Gladiators for unsportsmanlike conduct after their go - ahead score . Spokane quarterback Kyle Rowley threw a pass that fell short of his intended target , giving the victory to Cleveland . John Dutton finished with 285 yards passing and 6 touchdowns , however threw 2 interceptions . Ben Nelson was the top receiver with 129 yards and 4 touchdowns on the night . Week 6 : at Iowa Barnstormers . The Gladiators fell behind by 12 points at one point in the 2nd quarter , but cut the Barnstormer ' s lead to 36 – 35 at halftime . In the 4th quarter , when the Gladiators took a 49 – 43 lead on a 4 - yard touchdown reception by Victor Williams , they never trailed for the rest of the night . Putting the game away with a 32 - yard touchdown catch by Chris Johnson with just over a minute to play , Cleveland won their second straight game . John Dutton had an outstanding night at quarterback , completing 31 of 39 passes , including his first 11 attempts . He finished with 355 passing yards and 5 touchdowns . Johnson , Williams , and Adam Tadisch each had a rushing touchdown . Ben Nelson had 3 receiving touchdowns , but it was Johnson who caught for the most yards , with 166 .