2014 Nashville Venom season

2014 Nashville Venom season
Head coach Billy Back
General manager Billy Back
Owner Jeff Knight
Terry Burns
Home field Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record 10-2
Conference place 1st
Playoff finish Won American Conference Championship (Columbus) 44-39
Won PIFL Cup III (Lehigh Valley) 64-43
Timeline
Previous season Next season
N/A 2015

The 2014 Nashville Venom season was the first season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League. One of 8 teams competing in the PIFL for the 2014 season.

In November, 2012, it was announced that the Venom would be the eighth and final expansion team of the Professional Indoor Football League for the 2014 season.[1] A few days after being introduced it was announced by Managing Partne Jeff Knight that Billy Back would be the first coach in Venom history.[2] The Venom began their inaugural season on March 29, 2014, in Huntsville, Alabama against the Alabama Hammers. Their first home game was on April 5, against the Harrisburg Stampede.[3] The Venom finished the regular season 10-2, the best record in the league, and won the American Conference regular season title. Their 9 All-PIFL selected players were the most of any team.[4] In the American Conference Championship Game, the Venom defeated the Columbus Lions 44-39 to advance to PIFL Cup III.[5] On July 12, 2014, the Venom won their first PIFL Cup Championship, defeating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 64-43.[6]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 29 7:00pm at Alabama Hammers W 57-40 1-0 Von Braun Center
2 Saturday April 5 7:00pm Harrisburg Stampede W 40-31 2-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
3 BYE
4 Friday April 18 7:35pm Alabama Hammers W 59-29 3-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
5 BYE
6 Saturday May 3 7:30pm at Georgia Fire L 42-49 3-1 Forum Civic Center
7 Saturday May 10 7:05pm Georgia Fire L 56-58 3-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
8 Saturday May 17 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 53-38 4-2 Stabler Arena
9 Sunday May 25 2:15pm Columbus Lions W 58-44 5-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10 Monday June 2 7:15pm Alabama Hammers W 59-45 6-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
11 Saturday June 7 7:30pm at Georgia Fire W 73-39 7-2 Forum Civic Center
12 Saturday June 14 7:00pm at Columbus Lions W 60-56 8-2 Columbus Civic Center
13 Saturday June 21 7:30pm at Richmond Raiders W 63-28 9-2 Richmond Coliseum
14 Saturday June 28 7:15pm Trenton Freedom W 64-48 10-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Postseason

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
American Conference Championship Saturday July 5 3:05pm Columbus Lions W 44-39 1-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
PIFL Cup III Saturday July 12 3:05pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 64-43 2-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Roster

2014 Nashville Venom roster
Quarterbacks
  • 18 Zach Duckery
  • 12 Charles McCullum
  • -- A. J. McKenna

Running Backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide Receivers

  •  4 Jordan Jolly
  •  5 George Murray
  •  2 Mack Ogletree
Offensive Linemen
  • 99 Stanlee Bradley
  • 72 Anthony Jackson
  • 91 James Jenkins
  • 55 Greshom Jordan
  • 90 Chris Thompson

Defensive Linemen

  • 72 Kenny Davis
  • 33 Brian Ellis
  •  7 James Frazier
  • 85 B. J. Taylor
  • 77 Walter Thomas
Linebackers
  •  8 Anthony Kelly
  • 11 Cobran'i Mixon
  • -- Santino Turnbow

Defensive Backs

  • 14 Jamie Graham
  • 16 Will Johnson
  •  6 Scooter Rogers
  • 20 Corry Stewart
  • 24 Kenny Veal
  • 21 Kenny Walton

Kickers

  • 38 Christian Reed
Injured Reserve
  • 33 Curtis Blake LB
  • 42 Deshawn Byrd OL
  •  3 Ernest Ramsey DB
  • -- Dedrick Tucker DL

Exempt List

  • -- Akeel Lendor OL
  • -- Jordan Mosley OL

Left Squad

  • 55 Kyle McCarthy OL

Refused to report

Roster updated June 22, 2014
28 Active, 10 Inactive

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Division Standings

2014 Professional Indoor Football League
Team Overall Conference
W L T PCT W L T PCT
National Conference
y-Trenton Freedom 8 4 0 .667 6 2 0 .750
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 6 0 .500 5 3 0 .625
Richmond Raiders 5 7 0 .417 3 5 0 .375
Harrisburg Stampede 4 8 0 .333 2 6 0 .250
American Conference
y-Nashville Venom 10 2 0 .833 6 2 0 .750
x-Columbus Lions 7 5 0 .583 5 3 0 .625
Georgia Fire 4 8 0 .333 3 5 0 .375
Alabama Hammers 4 8 0 .333 2 6 0 .250

References

  1. ↑ J. R. Lind (November 9, 2013). "Indoor football set to return to Nashville". www.nashvillepost.com. SouthComm Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Audra Martin (November 12, 2013). "Indoor football returns to Nashville". www.wkrn.com. WorldNow and WKRN. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2014 Regular Season Schedule." Nashville Venom. 2013. Retrieved on November 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2014 All-PIFL Teams Announced". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Lauren Moore. "Nashville Venom advance to PIFL title game". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lauren Moore (July 13, 2014). "Nashville Venom win first indoor football title". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

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