2015 Erie Explosion season

2015 Erie Explosion season
Head coach Shawn Liotta
General manager Shawn Liotta
Owner Bill Stafford
Home field Erie Insurance Arena
Results
Record 1-3
Playoff finish TBD
Timeline
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The 2015 Erie Explosion season is the ninth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League.

Roster

Erie Explosion roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Mason Espinosa
  •  3 Jeff Sinclair

Running Backs

  • 99 Bob Hammer

Wide Receivers

 Offensive Linemen
  • 78 Henry Conway
  • 52 Byron Dovales
  • 50 Tyler Worthley

Defensive Linemen

  • 13 Serge Augustin
  •  2 Tim Green
  • 43 Phil Lewis
  • 11 DaJuan Smith
  • -- Zach Williams
Linebackers
  • 24 Jon D'Angelo
  • 31 Marcus Green

Defensive Backs

  • 21 Aunre' Davis
  •  6 Jerome Junior
  • 20 Martin Manson, Jr.
  •  1 Jayson Nickson
  •  7 Paul Robinson

Kickers

  • -- Rob Avirett
  • 14 Shon Rowser
Injured Reserve

Physically unable to perform

Left squad

  • -- Richard Stokes

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Failure to report

  • -- Dana Brown DL
  • -- Andrew Mathis DL
  • -- Brandon McElwee LB

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 29, 2015
27 Active, 7 Inactive

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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 BYE
2 Sunday March 29 2:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 43-50[1] 0-1 Erie Insurance Arena
3 BYE
4 Saturday April 11 7:00pm at Trenton Freedom L 23-75[2] 0-2 Sun National Bank Center
5 Saturday April 18 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 33-59[3] 0-3 PPL Center
6 Saturday April 25 7:00pm ASI Panthers (interleague) W 50-26[4] 1-3 Erie Insurance Arena
7 Sunday May 3 2:00pm Nashville Venom Erie Insurance Arena
8 Sunday May 10 2:00pm Richmond Raiders Erie Insurance Arena
9 Saturday May 16 7:00pm Trenton Freedom Erie Insurance Arena
10 BYE
11 Saturday May 30 7:00pm at Columbus Lions Columbus Civic Center
12 Saturday June 6 7:00pm Alabama Hammers Erie Insurance Arena
13 Friday June 12 8:00pm at Nashville Venom Nashville Municipal Auditorium
14 Saturday June 20 7:00pm at Richmond Raiders Richmond Coliseum

Standings

2015 Professional Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
Columbus Lions 4 1 0 .750 298 264 59.6 52.8 W1
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 4 1 0 .800 276 217 55.2 43.4 W3
Nashville Venom 3 2 0 .600 260 221 52.0 44.2 W2
Alabama Hammers 3 2 0 .600 242 251 48.4 50.2 L1
Trenton Freedom 2 3 0 .400 242 226 48.4 45.2 L2
Richmond Raiders 2 4 0 .333 280 297 46.6 59.4 L1
Erie Explosion 1 3 0 .250 149 210 37.25 52.5 W1

References

  1. ↑ John Dudley (March 30, 2015). "Explosion blow late lead, lose PIFL debut". www.goerie.com. Cyberlink LP and the Erie Times-News. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Erie Explosion give up 10 sacks in lopsided loss". www.goerie.com. Cyberlink LP and the Erie Times-News. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Erie Explosion drop to 0-3". www.goerie.com. Cyberlink LP and the Erie Times-News. April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ John Dudley (April 26, 2015). "Defensive triggers Explosion's first win". www.goerie.com. Cyberlink LP and the Erie Times-News. Retrieved April 27, 2015.