2015 Spokane Shock season | |
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Head coach | Andy Olson |
General manager | Ryan Eucker |
Owner | Nader Naini |
Home field | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena |
Results | |
Record | 7–11 |
Division place | 2nd NC Pacific |
Playoff finish | Lost Conference Semifinal (Rattlers) 41-72 |
The 2015 Spokane Shock season was the tenth season for the arena football franchise, and the sixth in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Andy Olson and played their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The Shock finished with a 7–11 record, but finished second in the Pacific division for a second straight year and once again qualified for the playoffs.
The 2015 Arena Football League season was the 28th season in the history of the league. The regular season began on March 27, 2015 and ended on August 8, 2015.
The Spokane Shock were a professional arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, playing their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was part of the National Conference Pacific Division of the Arena Football League. The franchise folded in October 2015. A reorganized ownership group applied for a franchise in the Indoor Football League, known as the Spokane Empire, as the rights to the Shock name belonged to the AFL.
Arena football is a variety of indoor gridiron football played by the Arena Football League (AFL) and China Arena Football League (CAFL). The game is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game. The sport was invented in 1981, and patented in 1987, by Jim Foster, a former executive of the National Football League and the United States Football League. The name is trademarked by Gridiron Enterprises and had a proprietary format until its patent expired in 2007. Due to the patent, other indoor American football leagues that launched following the popularity of the original AFL developed variants on the arena rules.
2015 National Conference standings | |||||||||||
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Team | Overall | Points | Records | ||||||||
W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | CON | Home | Away | ||
Pacific Division | |||||||||||
(1) San Jose SaberCats | 17 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1061 | 662 | 6–0 | 13–1 | 8–1 | 9–0 | |
(3) Spokane Shock | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 847 | 971 | 2–4 | 6–8 | 4–5 | 3–6 | |
(4) Portland Thunder | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 819 | 908 | 1–5 | 4–10 | 5–4 | 0–9 | |
West Division | |||||||||||
(2) Arizona Rattlers | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1003 | 825 | 5–1 | 10–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | |
Las Vegas Outlaws | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 740 | 909 | 3–3 | 5–9 | 3–5–1 | 2–7 | |
Los Angeles Kiss | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 724 | 915 | 1–5 | 4–10 | 3–6 | 1–8 |
The 2015 regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2014. [1]
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
1 | Saturday | March 28 | 6:30 p.m. PDT | at Arizona Rattlers | L 43–60 | 0–1 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 9,455 | [2] |
2 | Saturday | April 4 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Philadelphia Soul | L 43–54 | 0–2 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 8,635 | [3] |
3 | Thursday | April 9 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | at Portland Thunder | L 43–47 | 0–3 | Moda Center | 5,746 | [4] |
4 | Bye | ||||||||
5 | Saturday | April 25 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Orlando Predators | W 56–55 (OT) | 1–3 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 8,906 | [5] |
6 | Saturday | May 2 | 6:00 p.m. PDT | at New Orleans VooDoo | L 63–66 | 1–4 | Smoothie King Center | 3,785 | [6] |
7 | Friday | May 8 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Los Angeles KISS | W 68–46 | 2–4 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,960 | [7] |
8 | Saturday | May 16 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | San Jose SaberCats | L 28–83 | 2–5 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,519 | [8] |
9 | Saturday | May 23 | 7:30 p.m. PDT | at Las Vegas Outlaws | W 63–56 | 3–5 | Thomas & Mack Center | 2,273 | [9] |
10 | Saturday | May 30 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Arizona Rattlers | L 47–59 | 3–6 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,884 | [10] |
11 | Friday | June 5 | 7:30 p.m. PDT | at San Jose SaberCats | L 26–55 | 3–7 | SAP Center at San Jose | 7,662 | [11] |
12 | Friday | June 12 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Las Vegas Outlaws | L 56–62 | 3–8 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,497 | [12] |
13 | Sunday | June 21 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | at Portland Thunder | W 69–54 | 4–8 | Moda Center | 7,123 | [13] |
14 | Friday | June 26 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | San Jose SaberCats | L 27–62 | 4–9 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,618 | [14] |
15 | Bye | ||||||||
16 | Sunday | July 12 | 3:00 p.m. PDT | at Los Angeles KISS | L 28–34 | 4–10 | Honda Center | 7,730 | [15] |
17 | Friday | July 17 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Arizona Rattlers | W 52–45 | 5–10 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,938 | [16] |
18 | Saturday | July 25 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Portland Thunder | W 42–40 | 6–10 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 8,357 | [17] |
19 | Saturday | August 1 | 4:00 p.m. PDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | L 42–59 | 6–11 | Quicken Loans Arena | 11,674 | [18] |
20 | Saturday | August 8 | 7:30 p.m. PDT | at Las Vegas Outlaws | W 51–34 | 7–11 | Thomas & Mack Center | 2,166 | [19] |
Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report |
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NC Semifinals | Saturday | August 15 | 6:00 p.m. PDT | at Arizona Rattlers | L 41–72 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 10,322 |
2015 Spokane Shock roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks Fullbacks
Wide receivers
| Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers | Injured reserve
Other League Exempt
League Suspension
Inactive reserve
Refuse to report
Recallable reassignment
Rookies in italics | |||
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