2015 Nashville Venom season

Last updated
2015 Nashville Venom season
OwnerJeff Knight
Terry Burns
General managerBilly Back
Head coachBilly Back
Home field Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record7-4
League place3rd
Playoff finishLost semi-finals 35-54 (Raiders)

The 2015 Nashville Venom season was the second and final season for the indoor football franchise, and their second in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1 BYE
2FridayMarch 278:00pm Alabama Hammers L 26-340-1 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
3FridayApril 38:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 55-281-1 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
4SaturdayApril 118:00pmat Alabama Hammers L 52-55 [1] 1-2 Von Braun Center
5SaturdayApril 187:00pmat Columbus Lions W 58-552-2 Columbus Civic Center
6SaturdayApril 258:00pm Richmond Raiders W 69-493-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
7SundayMay 32:00pmat Erie Explosion W 63-354-2 Erie Insurance Arena
8 BYE
9SundayMay 172:00pm Columbus Lions L 38-444-3 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10 BYE
11FridayMay 298:00pm Marion Blue Racers W 65-385-3 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
12SaturdayJune 67:00pmat Richmond Raiders L 30-545-4 Richmond Coliseum
13FridayJune 128:00pm Erie Explosion W 61-386-4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
14SaturdayJune 207:00pmat Trenton Freedom W 57-377-4 Sun National Bank Center

Standings

TeamWLTPCTPFPAPF (Avg.)PA (Avg.)STK
y-Columbus Lions 830.72761150955.546.3L1
y-Richmond Raiders 840.66764950754.142.3W6
x-Nashville Venom 740.63657446752.242.5W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 650.54551546046.841.8L3
Trenton Freedom 660.50055351746.143.1L2
Alabama Hammers 570.41755564546.353.7W2
Erie Explosion 290.18240466436.760.4L2

Postseason

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Semi-FinalsMondayJune 297:00pmat Richmond Raiders L 35-540-1 Richmond Coliseum

Roster

2015 Nashville Venom roster
Quarterbacks.
  •  1Charles McCullum

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • 14Darrell Holmes
  •  4Jordan Jolly
  •  5George Murray
  •  3Dontel Watkins
Offensive linemen
  • 99Stanlee Bradley
  • 55Jeremy Buchanan
  • 72Anthony Jackson
  • 61Harry John
  • 71Jordan Mosley
  • 85B. J. Taylor
  • --Garrison Ushery

Defensive linemen

  •  8Brian Ellis
  • 90Joseph Dienye
  •  7James Frazier
  • 77Walter Thomas
Linebackers
  • 11Douglas Rippy
  •  6Amius Smith
  • 33Steven Turner

Defensive backs

  •  2Jamie Graham
  • 16Will Johnson
  • 19C. J. Jones
  • 24Jihad Morris
  • 20Corry Stewart
  •  9 Kenny Veal
  • 21Kenny Walton
  • 18Mike Whittaker

Kickers

  • 38Christian Reed
Injured Reserve
  • 12 Zach Ducker QB/WR (IR) Injury icon 2.svg

Exempt List

Left squad

  • 61Harris Bivin OL (Left Squad)
  • -- Mon Williams LB (Left Squad)

Failure to report

  • --Terrence McCrae WR (Did not report)

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 9, 2015
28 Active, 6 Inactive

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References

  1. "Alabama Hammesr beat Nashville on last-minute pass". www.al.com. Alabama Media Group. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.