2015 Dodge City Law season

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2015 Dodge City Law season
OwnerRicky Bertz
General managerRicky Bertz
Head coachSean Ponder
Home field United Wireless Arena
4100 W Comanche St.
Dodge City, Kansas 67801
Results
Record7-5
League place5th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2015 Dodge City Law season is the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF) in the 2015 season.

Contents

The team is owned and operated by Ricky Bertz. The Law play their home games at the United Wireless Arena in Dodge City, Kansas, under the direction of head coach Sean Ponder.

Season summary

The Law's announced schedule for the 2015 season was disrupted when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. [1] On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015. [2] The team's March 14 game was delayed one day to accommodate a high school basketball tournament that relocated to Dodge City. [3]

Off-field moves

The Law earned an 8–4 record in 2014 as an expansion team in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. [4] They lost to the Wichita Wild in the league championship semi-finals. After the season ended, the CPIFL announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form Champions Indoor Football. [5]

Awards and honors

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 5, the CIF named quarterback Joshua Floyd as the Offensive Player of the Week and defensive linesman Marquis George as the Defensive Player of the Week. [6] For Week 8, the CIF named kick returner Dominique Carson as one of two Special Teams Players of the Week. [7]

On June 6, the CIF announced the winners of its year-end awards. The Dodge City Law were named Franchise of the Year, honored for Game Operations of the Year, saw owner/general manager Ricky Bertz named Executive of the Year, and had kick returner Dominique Carson share the Special Teams Players of the Year honors. [8]

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Pre-season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SundayFebruary 225:00pm4-State FusionW 55–0 [9] 1–0 United Wireless Arena

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation [10]
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayMarch 77:00pm Amarillo Venom L 63–68 [11] [12] 0–1 United Wireless Arena [13]
2SundayMarch 157:00pm Sioux City Bandits 2W 51–39 [14] [15] 1–1 United Wireless Arena
3SaturdayMarch 217:00pmat San Angelo Bandits W 47–45 [16] [17] 2–1 Foster Communications Coliseum
4SaturdayMarch 287:00pm Texas Revolution W 55–52 [18] [19] 3–1 United Wireless Arena
5SaturdayApril 47:05pmat Salina Bombers W 47–43 [20] [21] 4–1 Bicentennial Center [22]
6SaturdayApril 117:00pmat Duke City Gladiators 1W 47–43 [23] [24] [25] 5–1 Tingley Coliseum [26]
7SaturdayApril 187:00pm Omaha Beef W 69–45 [27] [28] 6–1 United Wireless Arena [29] [30]
8SaturdayApril 256:00pmat Amarillo Venom 1L 43–44 [31] [32] 6–2 Amarillo Civic Center [33]
9SaturdayMay 27:00pm Salina Bombers L 48–55 [34] [35] 6–3 United Wireless Arena [36]
10FridayMay 87:00pmat Wichita Force L 49–52 [37] [38] 6–4 Intrust Bank Arena [39]
11 BYE
12FridayMay 227:00pmat Omaha Beef W 64–39 [40] 7–4 Ralston Arena [41] [42] [43]
13 BYE
14SaturdayJune 67:00pm Sioux City Bandits L 52–53 [44] [45] 7–5 United Wireless Arena [46] [47] [48]

1 Rescheduled after the New Mexico Stars withdrew from the league on February 22, 2015. [1] [2]
2 Rescheduled to accommodate a high school basketball tournament [3]

Roster

2015 Dodge City Law roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Transfer List

  • currently vacant

Refuse to Report

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated March 31, 2015
26 Active, 0 Inactive

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Standings

2015 Champions Indoor Football
WLPCTPFPA
z-Sioux City Bandits 93.750697536
y-Texas Revolution 84.667638475
x-Wichita Force 84.667553536
x-Amarillo Venom 75.583647598
Dodge City Law 75.583635578
Salina Bombers 65.545538483
Duke City Gladiators 44.500403389
San Angelo Bandits 110.091388627
Omaha Beef 111.083395672

x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed

Playoffs

Semifinals Champions Bowl I
      
3 Wichita 27
2Texas39
2 Texas 61
1Sioux City76
4 Amarillo 52
1Sioux City83

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