2015 Chicago Blitz season

2015 Chicago Blitz season
Head coach Mike Oliver
General manager Tom Gosche
Owner Mike Oliver
Home field Odeum Expo Center
1033 North Villa Avenue
Villa Park, IL 60181
Results
Record 6-2
League place 3rd
Playoff finish Won AIF Semifinals (Sting) 63-45
Lost 2015 AIF Championship Game (Capitals) 30-58

The 2015 Chicago Blitz season was the second season for the American Indoor Football franchise, and their first season in the AIF.

On October 4, 2014, the Blitz announced they were joining X-League Indoor Football[1] for the 2015 season. Shortly after, the team was removed from the X-League website, and was no longer affiliated with the X-League. On October 15, 2014, the Blitz joined American Indoor Football (AIF), following former CIFL team, the Sting.[2] The Blitz finished the regular season 6-2, earning the 3 seed in the AIF playoffs. They defeated the 2nd seeded Saginaw Sting 63-45 in the AIF semifinals, earning a berth in the 2015 AIF Championship Game. The Blitz traveled to York, Pennsylvania to take on the York Capitals for the AIF crown. The Blitz fell to the Capitals 30-58.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 March 21 8:00 PM CST at Cleveland Saints W 46-24 1-0 Multiplex
2 March 29 4:15 PM CST Buffalo Lightning W 85-9 2-0 Odeum Expo Center
3 April 4 TBA Cleveland Saints W 42-0 3-0 Odeum Expo Center
4 Bye
5 April 18 TBA at Buffalo Lightning W 36-20 4-0 TBD
6 April 25 TBA at Saginaw Sting L 40-55[3] 4-1 Dow Event Center
7 May 2 TBA Saginaw Sting L 23-57[4] 4-2 Odeum Expo Center
8 May 9 TBA at Cleveland Saints W 54-17 5-2 Multiplex
9 May 16 TBA Atlanta Sharks W Forfeit 6-2 Odeum Expo Center
10 Bye

Standings

2015 American Indoor Football
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-York Capitals 8 0 0 1.000 394 164 49.3 20.5 W8
x-Saginaw Sting 6 2 0 .750 402 217 57.4 31.0 W6
x-Chicago Blitz 6 2 0 .750 318 187 45.4 26.7 W2
x-ASI Panthers 5 3 0 .625 356 218 44.5 18.2 W1
Savannah Steam 5 2 0 .714 232 131 33.2 18.7 W2
Atlanta Sharks 1 2 0 .333 46 112 15.3 37.3 L2
Buffalo Lightning 1 7 0 .125 184 471 23.0 58.9 L4
Maryland Eagles 0 3 0 .000 44 120 14.7 40.0 L3
Cleveland Saints 0 8 0 .000 128 424 16.0 53.0 L8

Postseason

Round Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
AIF Semifinals May 30 6:30 PM at Saginaw Sting W 63-45[5] 1-0 Dow Event Center
AIF Championship Game June 6 7:00 PM at York Capitals L 30-58[6] 1-1 York City Ice Arena

Roster

2015 Chicago Blitz roster
Quarterbacks
  • 14 Dominique Banks
  •  6 Jimmy Coy

Running Backs

  •  3 Bryant Pascascio
  •  5 C. J. Woodford

Wide Receivers

  • 11 David Brown
  •  7 Rodney Brown, Jr.
  • 22 Josh Hampton
  •  1 Anthony Hughes
  •  4 Shawn McKeown
  •  2 Brian Miles
Offensive Linemen
  • 64 Robert Albano
  • 55 Tim Mueller
  • -- Demitrious Powell
  • -- Moak Te'o
  • -- Nick Torresso
  • 77 David Williams

Defensive Linemen

  • 18 Ramon Lacey
  •  8 Deandre Mosley
  • 90 Ryan O'Neil
  • 93 Tyrone Saunders
  • -- Nick White
  • 30 Neil Wilcox
Linebackers
  • 19 Rod Harrington
  • -- Kevin Morris Sr.

Defensive Backs

  • -- Bruce Cabell
  • 26 Steve Drain
  • 21 Calvin Grant
  • 13 Mitchell Moore
  • 24 Chris Muhammad
  • -- Keith Woodson

Kickers

 Injured Reserve
  •  7 Tommy Kudyba QB

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 19, 2015
29 Active, 0 Inactive

→ More rosters

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Blitz Are Latest to Join X-League". X-League Indoor Football. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Blitz Joins AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Cory Butzin (April 25, 2015). "Sting 55, Blitz 40: Saginaw overcomes slow start to down undefeated Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Cory Butzin (May 4, 2015). "Sting 57, Blitz 23: Saginaw rolls past Chicago for third straight win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Cory Butzin (May 30, 2015). "Blitz 63, Sting 45: Saginaw stumbles in postseason loss to Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Eric Thomas (June 6, 2015). "Watson's defense spurs York Capitals to AIF championship vs. Chicago Blitz". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.