2015 PIFL season

2015 Professional Indoor Football League season
League	Professional Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor football
Duration	March 27, 2015 – June 20, 2015
Season MVP	Terrence Ebagua (COL)
Playoffs
1 vs. 4 champions	Columbus Lions
1 vs. 4 runners-up	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
2 vs. 3 champions	Richmond Raiders
2 vs. 3 runners-up	Nashville Venom
PIFL Cup IV
Champions	Columbus Lions
Runners-up	Richmond Raiders
Finals MVP	Kendrick Perry (COL)
PIFL seasons
	← 2014 2016 →

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Professional Indoor Football League season was the fourth and last season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 27, 2015, and end on June 20, 2015. Each team played an 11 or 12-game schedule. The top 4 teams in the league advanced to the playoffs that began on June 27, 2015.

Professional Indoor Football League sports league, 2012-2015

The Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) was a professional indoor football league that played four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Like the Lone Star Football League, the PIFL was mainly composed of teams formerly part of Southern Indoor Football League. Despite the name, this PIFL had no connections to the original Professional Indoor Football League.

Pre-season

The Erie Explosion joined the league, after playing two seasons in Continental Indoor Football League.^[1] The Explosion took the place of the Georgia Fire, who were created by the league to fill the void of the Albany Panthers, who folded in January 2014.^[2]

The Erie Explosion was a professional American indoor football team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007 as the Pittsburgh RiverRats, the Explosion played in the Professional Indoor Football League, the United Indoor Football League, the Southern Indoor Football League, the Continental Indoor Football League and the American Indoor Football Association and operated continuously from 2007 to 2015.

The Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) was an indoor football league based along the Midwestern United States region that played nine seasons from 2006 to 2014. It began play in April 2006 as the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL). It was formed by Jeff Spitaleri, his brother Eric, and a third member, Cory Trapp, all from the Canton, Ohio area.

The Georgia Fire were a professional indoor football team based in Rome, Georgia. They were members of the American Conference in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) during the 2014 season.

The Harrisburg Stampede abruptly folded prior to the 2015 season due to financial problems.^[3]

The Harrisburg Stampede were a professional indoor football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stampede participated in several different leagues over their history: the American Indoor Football Association in 2009 and 2010, the Southern Indoor Football League in 2011, American Indoor Football in 2012 and 2013, and the Professional Indoor Football League in what became their final season of play in 2014. The team suspended operations on December 30, 2014.

Regular season

2015 Professional Indoor Football League view talk edit
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-Columbus Lions	8	3	0	.727	611	509	55.5	46.3	L1
y-Richmond Raiders	8	4	0	.667	649	507	54.1	42.3	W6
x-Nashville Venom	7	4	0	.636	574	467	52.2	42.5	W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	5	0	.545	515	460	46.8	41.8	L3
Trenton Freedom	6	6	0	.500	553	517	46.1	43.1	L2
Alabama Hammers	5	7	0	.417	555	645	46.3	53.7	W2
Erie Explosion	2	9	0	.182	404	664	36.7	60.4	L2

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals


1	Columbus	69

4	Lehigh Valley	41
			1	Columbus	64

			2	Richmond	38
2	Richmond	54

3	Nashville	35

Awards

Most Valuable Player - Terrence Ebagua, Columbus Lions
Offensive Player of the Year - Jonathan Bane, Richmond Raiders
Defensive Player of the Year - Jerome Hayes, Trenton Freedom
Offensive Rookie of the Year - Casey Kacz, Columbus Lions
Defensive Rookie of the Year - Joe Powell, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
Special Teams Player of the Year - T. C. Stevens, Richmond Raiders
Coach of the Year - James Fuller, Richmond Raiders

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References

↑ "Erie Explosion Joins PIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
↑ "DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
↑ Bristol, Jason (December 31, 2014). Players, coaches stunned at Stampede's departure Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine .. WHP-TV. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

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[1] "Erie Explosion Joins PIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

[2] "DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

[3] Bristol, Jason (December 31, 2014). Players, coaches stunned at Stampede's departure Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine .. WHP-TV. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

v t e Professional Indoor Football League
Teams	Alabama Hammers Albany Panthers Charlotte Speed Columbus Lions Erie Explosion Georgia Fire Harrisburg Stampede Lehigh Valley Steelhawks Knoxville NightHawks Louisiana Swashbucklers Nashville Venom Richmond Raiders Trenton Freedom
Arenas	Von Braun Center (Alabama) Albany Civic Center (Albany) Columbus Civic Center (Columbus) Erie Insurance Arena (Erie) Forum Civic Center (Georgia) Giant Center (Harrisburg) Knoxville Civic Coliseum (Knoxville) Stabler Arena (Lehigh Valley) Sudduth Coliseum (Louisiana) Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville) Richmond Coliseum (Richmond) Sun National Bank Center (Trenton)
Seasons	2012 2013 2014 2015