2015 Cleveland Gladiators season

2015 Cleveland Gladiators season
Head coach Steve Thonn
Owner Dan Gilbert
Home field Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record 3–2
Division place 2nd AC East
Playoff finish TBD
Timeline
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The 2015 Cleveland Gladiators season will be the 16th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their sixth while in Cleveland. The team is coached by Steve Thonn and plays their home games at Quicken Loans Arena.

Standings

2015 American Conference standings
Team Overall Points Records
W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
East Division
Philadelphia Soul 5 0 1.000 305 248 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–0
Cleveland Gladiators 3 2 .600 281 252 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
New Orleans VooDoo 1 4 .200 190 264 0–2 1–4 1–3 0–1
South Division
Orlando Predators 3 2 .600 281 270 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Tampa Bay Storm 2 3 .400 221 219 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Jacksonville Sharks 1 4 .200 264 265 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2

Through games played in week 5.

Schedule

Regular season

The 2015 regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2014.[1]

Week Day Date Kickoff TV Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
Score Record
1 Friday March 27 7:30 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at Tampa Bay Storm W 60–44 1–0 Amalie Arena 9,727 [2]
2 Saturday April 4 8:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at New Orleans VooDoo W 70–42 2–0 Smoothie King Center 3,818 [3]
3 Saturday April 11 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Arizona Rattlers L 41–49 2–1 Quicken Loans Arena 12,776 [4]
4 Saturday April 18 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN2 at Philadelphia Soul L 48–63 2–2 Wells Fargo Center 10,008 [5]
5 Friday April 24 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 Tampa Bay Storm W 62–54 3–2 Quicken Loans Arena 11,120 [6]
6 Saturday May 2 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at Orlando Predators Amway Center
7 Friday May 8 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Jacksonville Sharks Quicken Loans Arena
8 Friday May 15 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 New Orleans VooDoo Quicken Loans Arena
9 Saturday May 23 10:30 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at San Jose SaberCats SAP Center at San Jose
10 Friday May 29 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 Orlando Predators Quicken Loans Arena
11 Sunday June 7 5:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at Las Vegas Outlaws Thomas & Mack Center
12 Friday June 12 8:30 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at New Orleans VooDoo Smoothie King Center
13 Friday June 19 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Tampa Bay Storm Quicken Loans Arena
14 Saturday June 27 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3 at Jacksonville Sharks Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
15 Bye
16 Saturday July 11 1:00 p.m. EDT CBS Sports Network at Philadelphia Soul Wells Fargo Center
17 Saturday July 18 1:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Orlando Predators Quicken Loans Arena
18 Bye
19 Saturday August 1 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Spokane Shock Quicken Loans Arena
20 Saturday August 8 7:00 p.m. EDT ESPN3/WUAB Philadelphia Soul Quicken Loans Arena

Roster

Cleveland Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 75 Chad Schofield

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

  •  7 Donnie Fletcher
  • -- Justin Hannah
  •  5 Joe Phinisee
  •  3 Fred Shaw
  •  1 Brandon Stephens

Kickers

  • 19 Adrian Trevino
Injured reserve
  • -- Marcus Barnett WR
  • -- Randy Colling DL
  • 88 Tyrone Collins WR
  • -- A. J. Holderman LB
  • 96 Corey Howard OL
  • -- David Lewis WR
  • -- Quorey Payne WR
  •  3 Terrance Sanders DB

Other league exempt

League suspension

  • 21 Trevor Coston DB
  • 77 Jayson Palmgren OL

Inactive reserve

Refuse to report

  • -- Marcus Hall OL

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 29, 2015
25 Active, 19 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gladiators Open Season with 60-44 Victory in Tampa". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. March 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gladiators pull away from VooDoo in the second half, win 70-42". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gladiators fall to Arizona in home opener, 49-41". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Soul rolls past Gladiators, 63-48". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gladiators defense seals 62-54 victory over Tampa Bay". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.