2015 Richmond Raiders season

Last updated
2015 Richmond Raiders season
OwnerMike & Elizabeth Frazier
Head coach James Fuller
Home field Richmond Coliseum
Results
Record8-4
League place2nd
Playoff finishWon Semi-Finals 54-35 (Venom)
Lost PIFL Cup IV 38-64 (Lions)

The 2015 Richmond Raiders season was the sixth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their fourth 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
1SundayMarch 224:00pmat Trenton Freedom L 33-41 [1] 0-1 Sun National Bank Center
2SundayMarch 293:00pmat Columbus Lions L 50-52 [2] 0-2 Columbus Civic Center
3SaturdayApril 47:00pm Alabama Hammers W 60-45 [3] 1-2 Richmond Coliseum
4SaturdayApril 117:00pm Columbus Lions L 43-47 [4] 1-3 Richmond Coliseum
5FridayApril 177:00pm Trenton Freedom W 52-50 [5] 2-3 Richmond Coliseum
6SaturdayApril 258:00pmat Nashville Venom L 49-692-4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
7SaturdayMay 28:00pmat Alabama Hammers W 87-583-4 Von Braun Center
8SundayMay 102:00pmat Erie Explosion W 70-46 [6] 4-4 Erie Insurance Arena
9 BYE
10SaturdayMay 237:00pm Trenton Freedom W 46-405-4 Richmond Coliseum
11FridayMay 297:00pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 35-286-4 PPL Center
12SaturdayJune 67:00pm Nashville Venom W 54-307-4 Richmond Coliseum
13 BYE
14SaturdayJune 207:00pm Erie Explosion W 77-88-4 Richmond Coliseum

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 297:00pm Nashville Venom W 54-351-0 Richmond Coliseum
PIFL Cup IVMondayJuly 67:00pmat Columbus Lions L 38-64 [7] 1-1 Columbus Civic Center

Roster

2015 Richmond Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 35Derrick Okafor

Wide receivers

  • 12Gerron Bryant
  •  2 Daron Clark
  •  9Ronald Davis
  • 14Dexter Green
  •  1Robert Holland
  •  5Herb Jones
Offensive linemen
  • 77James Carter
  • 56Blade Shoop
  • 78Jarius Spain
  • 63Ken Van Heule
  • 55Eric Weaver

Defensive linemen

  •  7Alex Johnson
  • 94Devin Jones
  • 90Christian Lacey
  • 41Chris Robinson
  • 75Brandon Sparrow
Linebackers
  • 32Blake Jones
  • 45Brandon Robinson

Defensive backs

  • 21Kevin Allen
  • 22Tyrell Austin
  •  6Malik Cromartie
  •  8Torez Jones
  • 31Maurice Thorne

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • -- Ammar Dyson WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg

Exempt List

Suspended

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 14, 2015

27 Active, 4 Inactive

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