2015 Cedar Rapids Titans season

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2015 Cedar Rapids Titans season
OwnerChris Kokalis
Bob Sullivan
David Bradley
Kenneth Moninski
General managerChris Kokalis
Head coachMark Stoute
Home field U.S. Cellular Center
370 1st Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Results
Record9-5
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishLost United Conference Championship 12-34 (Storm)

The 2015 Cedar Rapids Titans season was the fourth season of the Cedar Rapids Titans as a professional indoor football franchise in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams competing in the IFL for the 2014 season, the Cedar Rapids Titans are members of the league's United Conference

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The Titans play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The team is led by head coach Mark Stoute, the 2013 Indoor Football League Coach of the Year. The Titans Dolls dance squad is led by dance team director Lindsay Wray.

The Titans were tasked with replacing 2014 starting quarterback Spencer Ohm, while also losing the IFL's leading rusher, LaRon Council. The team signed Sam Durley, from the defunct Wyoming Cavalry to be their new starting quarterback. Durley got the Titans off to a 6-3 start, good enough for second place in the United Conference, but he was released on May 4, 2015 to sign with the New Orleans VooDoo. [1] However, just two weeks prior to Durley's release, the Titans had traded for the 2014 IFL MVP, Willie Copeland. [2]

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayFebruary 287:05pm Iowa Barnstormers W 51-20 [3] 1-0 U.S. Cellular Center
2SaturdayApril 77:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 45-50 [4] 1-1 U.S. Cellular Center
3SundayMarch 153:00pmat Billings Wolves W 45-38 (2 OT) [5] 2-1 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
4FridayMarch 207:05pm Tri-Cities Fever W 56-8 [6] 3-1 U.S. Cellular Center
5SaturdayMarch 287:05pm Colorado Ice W 39-29 [7] 4-1 U.S. Cellular Center
6 BYE
7FridayApril 107:00pmat Nebraska Danger L 42-52 [8] 4-2 Eihusen Arena
8SaturdayApril 187:05pmat Bemidji Axemen W 39-36 [9] 5-2 Sanford Center
9SaturdayApril 257:00pm Green Bay Blizzard L 49-52 [10] 5-3 Eihusen Arena
10SaturdayMay 27:00pmat Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 63-40 [11] 6-3 Kay Yeager Coliseum
11SaturdayMay 97:05pm Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 34-38 [12] 6-4 U.S. Cellular Center
12SaturdayMay 167:05pmat Iowa Barnstormers W 50-46 [13] 7-4 Wells Fargo Arena
13 BYE
14SaturdayMay 306:00pmat Green Bay Blizzard W 50-32 [14] 8-4 Resch Center
15 BYE
16SaturdayJune 137:05pm Bemidji Axemen W 48-0 [15] 9-4 U.S. Cellular Center
17SaturdayJune 207:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 31-46 [16] 9-5 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Standings

2015 United Conference
WLTPCTPFPAGBSTK
y-Sioux Falls Storm 14001.000884481--W14
x-Cedar Rapids Titans 950.6436424875.0L1
Green Bay Blizzard 680.4296207158.0L3
Iowa Barnstormers 680.4295286318.0W1
Bemidji Axemen 2120.14344980312.0L10

Postseason

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
United Conference ChampionshipSaturdayJune 275:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 12-34 [17] 0-1 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Roster

2015 Cedar Rapids Titans roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1Willie Copeland

Running backs

  • 28Zach Brown
  • 37Washaun Ealey
  • 20Trent McGuire

Wide receivers

  • 15Justin Helwege
  •  9Bryan Pray
  •  4Jasonus Tillery
  • 14Charles Watkins
Offensive linemen
  • 98 A. J. Harmon
  • --Lyron McClenney
  • 56Taylor Pass
  • --Mack Randall Jr.
  • 96Maurice Robinson
  • --Sosaia Vaitai
  • --Kameron Young

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 44Nick Haag
  • 19Nikolas Sierra

Defensive backs

  • 16Robert Brown
  • --Fred Griggs
  •  5B. J. Lowery
  •  7Demetruce McNeal
  •  8Tyree Robinson
  •  2Arius Wright

Kickers

  •  3Philip Welch
Injured Reserve
  • 11Jordan Cotton WR

Refused to Report

  • 12Rockne Belmonte K
  • --Anthony Brown DL/LB
  •  6Willie Carter WR
  • --Nicholas Cooper RB
  • --Spencer Ohm QB

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Roster updated June 23, 2015
27 Active, 6 Inactive

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References

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  2. ↑ Douglas Miles (April 13, 2015). "C.R. Titans trade for reigning IFL MVP". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Douglas Miles (March 1, 2015). "McNeal, Titans bottle up Barnstormers in rout". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Douglas Miles (March 7, 2015). "No looking back for C.R. Titans QB Durley". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Douglas Miles (March 15, 2015). "Titans get by Billings in double overtime, 45-38". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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  9. ↑ Douglas Miles (April 19, 2015). "Late TD pass a winner for C.R. Titans". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ Douglas Miles (April 26, 2015). "Haag is the man in the middle for the C.R. Titans". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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  12. ↑ Douglas Miles (May 9, 2015). "Copeland runs wild, but C.R. Titans fall". www.thegazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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