2015 Erie Explosion season

The 2015 Erie Explosion season was the ninth and final season for the indoor football franchise, and their only season in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

2015 Erie Explosion season
OwnerBill Stafford
General managerShawn Liotta
Head coachShawn Liotta
Home fieldErie Insurance Arena
Results
Record2-9
League place7th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

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 L 35-63[5] 1-4 Erie Insurance Arena
8 Sunday May 10 2:00pm Richmond Raiders W 46-70[6] 1-5 Erie Insurance Arena
9 Saturday May 16 7:00pm Trenton Freedom L 47-50 1-6 Erie Insurance Arena
10 BYE
11 Saturday May 30 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 26-81 1-7 Columbus Civic Center
12 Saturday June 6 7:00pm Alabama Hammers W 55-52 2-7 Erie Insurance Arena
13 Friday June 12 8:00pm at Nashville Venom L 38-61 2-8 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
14 Saturday June 20 7:00pm at Richmond Raiders L 8-77 2-9 Richmond Coliseum

Standings
2015 Professional Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Columbus Lions830.72761150955.546.3L1
y-Richmond Raiders840.66764950754.142.3W6
x-Nashville Venom740.63657446752.242.5W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks650.54551546046.841.8L3
Trenton Freedom660.50055351746.143.1L2
Alabama Hammers570.41755564546.353.7W2
Erie Explosion290.18240466436.760.4L2

Roster
2015 Erie Explosion roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 99 Bob Hammer
  • 13 Richard Stokes

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen
  • 78 Henry Conway
  • 52 Byron Dovales
  • 75 Jeremiah Fennell
  • 78 Oscar Gonzalez
  • 50 Tyler Worthley

Defensive linemen

  • -- Serge Augustin
  •  2 Tim Green
  • 11 DaJuan Smith
  • -- Zach Williams
Linebackers
  • 31 Maurice Gibbs

Defensive backs

  •  7 Brian Darden
  • 21 Aunre' Davis
  •  9 Johnnie Taylor
  • 20 DeQwan Young

Kickers

  • -- Michael Georgetti
  • 14 Shon Rowser
Injured Reserve
  • 12 Greg Betterson WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Marcus Fowler OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 31 Marcus Green LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 75 LaRoi Johnson OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 43 Phil Lewis DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  1 Jayson Nickson DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  3 Jeff Sinclair QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Exempt List

Failure to report

  • -- Dana Brown DL (Did not report)
  • -- Andrew Mathis DL (Did not report)
  • -- Brandon McElwee LB (Did not report)

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 14, 2015
28 Active, 11 Inactive

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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.
  5. John Dudley (May 4, 2015). "Turnovers doom Explosion again". www.goerie.com. CyberInk LP and the Erie Times-News. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  6. "Erie Explosion lose QB, game". www.goerie.com. CyberInk LP and the Erie Times-News. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
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