2015 Richmond Raiders season

2015 Richmond Raiders season
Head coach James Fuller
Owner Mike & Elizabeth Frazier
Home field Richmond Coliseum
Results
Record 8-4
League place 2nd
Playoff finish Won Semi-Finals 54-35 (Venom)
Lost PIFL Cup IV 38-64 (Lions)

The 2015 Richmond Raiders season was the sixth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their fourth in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

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 Sunday March 22 4:00pm at Trenton Freedom L 33-41[1] 0-1 Sun National Bank Center
2 Sunday March 29 3:00pm at Columbus Lions L 50-52[2] 0-2 Columbus Civic Center
3 Saturday April 4 7:00pm Alabama Hammers W 60-45[3] 1-2 Richmond Coliseum
4 Saturday April 11 7:00pm Columbus Lions L 43-47[4] 1-3 Richmond Coliseum
5 Friday April 17 7:00pm Trenton Freedom W 52-50[5] 2-3 Richmond Coliseum
6 Saturday April 25 8:00pm at Nashville Venom L 49-69 2-4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
7 Saturday May 2 8:00pm at Alabama Hammers W 87-58 3-4 Von Braun Center
8 Sunday May 10 2:00pm at Erie Explosion W 70-46[6] 4-4 Erie Insurance Arena
9 BYE
10 Saturday May 23 7:00pm Trenton Freedom W 46-40 5-4 Richmond Coliseum
11 Friday May 29 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 35-28 6-4 PPL Center
12 Saturday June 6 7:00pm Nashville Venom W 54-30 7-4 Richmond Coliseum
13 BYE
14 Saturday June 20 7:00pm Erie Explosion W 77-8 8-4 Richmond Coliseum

Standings

2015 Professional Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Columbus Lions 8 3 0 .727 611 509 55.5 46.3 L1
y-Richmond Raiders 8 4 0 .667 649 507 54.1 42.3 W6
x-Nashville Venom 7 4 0 .636 574 467 52.2 42.5 W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 5 0 .545 515 460 46.8 41.8 L3
Trenton Freedom 6 6 0 .500 553 517 46.1 43.1 L2
Alabama Hammers 5 7 0 .417 555 645 46.3 53.7 W2
Erie Explosion 2 9 0 .182 404 664 36.7 60.4 L2

Postseason

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Semi-Finals Monday June 29 7:00pm Nashville Venom W 54-35 1-0 Richmond Coliseum
PIFL Cup IV Monday July 6 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 38-64[7] 1-1 Columbus Civic Center

Roster

2015 Richmond Raiders roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Phil Konopka

Fullbacks

  • 35 Derrick Okafor

Wide receivers

  • 12 Gerron Bryant
  •  9 Ronald Davis
  • 14 Dexter Green
  •  1 Robert Holland
  •  5 Herb Jones
Offensive linemen
  • 77 James Carter
  • 56 Blade Shoop
  • 78 Jarius Spain
  • 63 Ken Van Heule
  • 55 Eric Weaver

Defensive linemen

  •  7 Alex Johnson
  • 94 Devin Jones
  • 90 Christian Lacey
  • 41 Chris Robinson
  • 75 Brandon Sparrow
Linebackers
  • 32 Blake Jones
  • 45 Brandon Robinson

Defensive backs

  • 21 Kevin Allen
  • 22 Tyrell Austin
  •  6 Malik Cromartie
  •  8 Torez Jones
  • 31 Maurice Thorne

Kickers

 Injured reserve
  • -- Ammar Dyson WR (IR)

Exempt List

  • 76 Miles Mason OL (Exempt.)

Suspended

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 14, 2015
27 Active, 4 Inactive

References

  1. ↑ Laura Fien (March 22, 2015). "Raiders lose to Freedom". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Raids fall on late touchdown". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 29, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ David M. Lawrence (April 4, 2015). "Raiders outscore Hammers". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ David M. Lawrence (March 29, 2015). "Richmond Raiders can't hold on to late lead, lose to Columbus". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Mark Gormus (April 17, 2015). "Raiders hold off Trenton for second win of the season". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Erie Explosion lose QB, game". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News. May 11, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Justin Ferguson (July 6, 2015). "Lions feast on Raiders again, claim PIFL title with 64-38 win". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
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