2015 Trenton Freedom season

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2015 Trenton Freedom season
OwnerDennis Williams
Michael Schubiger
General managerJeff Gonos
Head coachKevin O'Hanlon
Home field Sun National Bank Center
Results
Record6–6
League place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2015 Trenton Freedom season was the second season for the American 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
1SundayMarch 224:00pm Richmond Raiders W 41–331–0 Sun National Bank Center
2 BYE
3SaturdayApril 47:00pm Columbus Lions L 60–701–1 Sun National Bank Center
4SaturdayApril 114:00pm Erie Explosion W 75–232–1 Sun National Bank Center
5FridayApril 177:00pmat Richmond Raiders L 50–522–2 Richmond Coliseum
6SaturdayApril 257:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 51–542–3 Sun National Bank Center
7 BYE
8FridayMay 88:00pmat Alabama Hammers W 57–363–3 Von Braun Center
9SaturdayMay 167:00pmat Erie Explosion W 50–474–3 Erie Insurance Arena
10FridayMay 237:00pmat Richmond Raiders L 40–464–4 Richmond Coliseum
11SaturdayMay 307:00pm Alabama Hammers W 49–355–4 Sun National Bank Center
12SaturdayJune 67:00pmat Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 48–316–4 PPL Center
13SaturdayJune 137:00pmat Columbus Lions L 40–436–5 Columbus Civic Center
14SaturdayJune 207:00pm Nashville Venom L 37–576–6 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

Roster

2015 Trenton Freedom roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •  1Antonio Allen
  •  3 Milton Colbert
  • 18Tony Green
  • 13Colin Larmond
  • 19Richie Martin
  • 17Antonie Rivera
  •  5Landis Williams
Offensive linemen
  • 70Mohamed Kourouma Ibraihm
  • 76Rocco Manfre
  • 75Lavon McCoy
  • 79Rufus Quinn
  • 62Malcolm Speller

Defensive linemen

  • 44Michael Atunarse
  • 95Brandon Potvin
  • 55Jerome Williams
Linebackers
  •  2Jerome Hayes
  •  8Adrian McLeod

Defensive backs

  •  4Vaughn Carraway
  • --Guesly Dervil
  • 12Keiron Jones
  • 23Dom Joseph
  • 14Serge Kona
  • 26Mike McMillian

Kickers

  • 15Edward Rhunke
Reserve lists
  • 91 Trevor Anderson DL (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Jaquan Bryant WR (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Phede Celestine OL (Did not report)
  • 14 Boubacar Cissoko DB (Exempt)
  •  9Tevan Ferguson DL (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Dwayne Hollis DB (Exempt)
  •  3 Roger Jackson WR (Exempt)
  • -- DaShawn Johnson OL (Exempt)
  • -- Leavander Jones DB (Did not report)
  • -- Maurice Jones DB (Did not report)
  •  7 Alex Joseph LB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 70 Lloyd Morrison OL (Did not report)
  • -- Keith Newell OL (Exempt)
  • -- Jeremy Schonbrunner OL (Exempt)
  • 90 Marques Slocum DL (Left Squad)
  • 21 Kwaheem Smith DB (Left Squad)
  • -- Warren Smith QB (Exempt)
  • --Nijha White WR (Exempt)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 14, 2015

27 Active, 18 Inactive

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