2015 Florida Tarpons season

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2015 Florida Tarpons season
OwnerMichael Taylor
General managerMichael Taylor
Head coachMichael Taylor
Home field Germain Arena
11000 Everblades Parkway
Estero, FL 33928
Results
Record6-2
League place1st
Playoff finishWon X-Bowl II 64-23 (Marine Raiders)

The 2015 Florida Tarpons season was the fourth season for the franchise and 1st as a member of X-League Indoor Football (X-League).

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2SaturdayApril 4at Florida Marine Raiders L 21-53 [1] 0-1 Lakeland Center
3SaturdayApril 11at Alabama Outlawz L 39-590-2 Bill Harris Arena
4 BYE
5SaturdayApril 25 Florida Marine Raiders W 51-37 [2] 1-2 Germain Arena
6SaturdayMay 2at Georgia Rampage W 37-35 [3] 2-2 Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center
7SundayMay 10at Cape Fear Heroes W 73-61 [4] 3-2 Crown Coliseum
7SaturdayMay 16 Alabama Outlawz W 69-48 [5] 4-2 Germain Arena
8SundayMay 24 Georgia Rampage W 92-12 [6] 5-2 Germain Arena
9SaturdayJune 6 Cape Fear Heroes Canceled6-2 Germain Arena

Postseason

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
X-Bowl IISaturdayJune 6 Florida Marine Raiders W 64-23 [7] 1-0 Germain Arena

Standings

TeamWinsLossesPercentage
z-Florida Tarpons62.750
Rio Grande Valley Sol 52.714
St. Louis Attack 53.625
Bloomington Edge 53.625
x-Florida Marine Raiders 53.625
Marion Blue Racers 53.625
Cape Fear Heroes 44.500
Georgia Rampage 26.250
Alabama Outlawz 26.250
Corpus Christi Fury 07.000

y - clinched conference title x - clinched playoff spot

Roster

2015 Florida Tarpons roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • currently vacant
Linebackers
  • currently vacant

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injury Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Transfer List

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 6, 2015

5 Active, 0 Inactive

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