2015 Richmond Raiders season

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2015 Richmond Raiders season
OwnerMike & Elizabeth Frazier
Head coach James Fuller
Home stadium Richmond Coliseum
Results
Record8-4
League place2nd
PlayoffsWon 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

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1SundayMarch 224:00pmat Trenton Freedom L 33-41 [1] 0-1 Sun National Bank Center 1,611
2SundayMarch 293:00pmat Columbus Lions L 50-52 [2] 0-2 Columbus Civic Center 3,193
3SaturdayApril 47:00pm Alabama Hammers W 60-45 [3] 1-2 Richmond Coliseum 3,614
4SaturdayApril 117:00pm Columbus Lions L 43-47 [4] 1-3 Richmond Coliseum 3,530
5FridayApril 177:00pm Trenton Freedom W 52-50 [5] 2-3 Richmond Coliseum 3,298
6SaturdayApril 258:00pmat Nashville Venom L 49-692-4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1,570
7SaturdayMay 28:00pmat Alabama Hammers W 87-583-4 Von Braun Center 1,875
8SundayMay 102:00pmat Erie Explosion W 70-46 [6] 4-4 Erie Insurance Arena 473
9 BYE
10SaturdayMay 237:00pm Trenton Freedom W 46-405-4 Richmond Coliseum 3,939
11FridayMay 297:00pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 35-286-4 PPL Center 2,682
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

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
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 3,145

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 Injury icon 2.svg (IR)

Exempt List

Suspended

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 14, 2015

27 Active, 4 Inactive

References

  1. Laura Fien (March 22, 2015). "Raiders lose to Freedom". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. "Raids fall on late touchdown". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 29, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. David M. Lawrence (April 4, 2015). "Raiders outscore Hammers". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. David M. Lawrence (March 29, 2015). "Richmond Raiders can't hold on to late lead, lose to Columbus". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  5. Mark Gormus (April 17, 2015). "Raiders hold off Trenton for second win of the season". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  6. "Erie Explosion lose QB, game". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News. May 11, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  7. Justin Ferguson (July 6, 2015). "Lions feast on Raiders again, claim PIFL title with 64-38 win". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 7, 2015.