2015 Cleveland Gladiators season

2015 Cleveland Gladiators season
Head coach	Steve Thonn
Owner	Dan Gilbert
Home field	Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	2nd AC East
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals (Soul) 35-47

The 2015 Cleveland Gladiators season was the 16th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their sixth while in Cleveland. The team was coached by Steve Thonn and played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena. The Gladiators finished with a 8-10 record after going the previous year 17-1, but qualified for the playoffs again.

Standings

2015 American Conference standings
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
East Division
^(1) Philadelphia Soul	15	3	0	.833	1060	823	6–0	11–3	9–0	6–3
^(4) Cleveland Gladiators	8	10	0	.444	953	959	3–3	6–8	3–6	5–4
New Orleans VooDoo	3	14	1	.194	692	919	0–6	2–12	3–6	0–8–1
South Division
^(2) Orlando Predators	12	6	0	.667	1023	951	5–1	10–4	7–2	5–4
^(3) Jacksonville Sharks	10	8	0	.556	971	901	2–4	8–6	7–2	3–6
Tampa Bay Storm	7	11	0	.389	820	942	2–4	5–9	5–4	2–7

Schedule

Regular season

The 2015 regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2014.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	TV	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
						Score	Record
1	Friday	March 27	7:30 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 60–44	1–0	Amalie Arena	9,727	[2]
2	Saturday	April 4	8:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 70–42	2–0	Smoothie King Center	3,818	[3]
3	Saturday	April 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3/WUAB	Arizona Rattlers	L 41–49	2–1	Quicken Loans Arena	12,776	[4]
4	Saturday	April 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN2	at Philadelphia Soul	L 48–63	2–2	Wells Fargo Center	10,008	[5]
5	Friday	April 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	Tampa Bay Storm	W 62–54	3–2	Quicken Loans Arena	11,120	[6]
6	Saturday	May 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at Orlando Predators	W 56–55 (OT)	4–2	Amway Center	9,212	[7]
7	Friday	May 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3/WUAB	Jacksonville Sharks	L 43–46	4–3	Quicken Loans Arena	9,872	[8]
8	Friday	May 15	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	New Orleans VooDoo	W 64–42	5–3	Quicken Loans Arena	12,127	[9]
9	Saturday	May 23	10:30 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at San Jose SaberCats	L 58–70	5–4	SAP Center at San Jose	7,474	[10]
10	Friday	May 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	Orlando Predators	L 42–63	5–5	Quicken Loans Arena	10,670	[11]
11	Sunday	June 7	5:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at Las Vegas Outlaws	W 63–44	6–5	Thomas & Mack Center	3,255	[12]
12	Friday	June 12	8:30 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 51–34	7–5	Smoothie King Center	4,131	[13]
13	Friday	June 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3/WUAB	Tampa Bay Storm	L 48–52	7–6	Quicken Loans Arena	10,123	[14]
14	Saturday	June 27	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 41–74	7–7	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,123	[15]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	1:00 p.m. EDT	CBS Sports Network	at Philadelphia Soul	L 56–72	7–8	Wells Fargo Center	8,784	[16]
17	Saturday	July 18	6:00 p.m. EDT	CBS Sports Network	Orlando Predators	L 58–65	7–9	Quicken Loans Arena	13,186	[17]
18	Bye
19	Saturday	August 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3/WUAB	Spokane Shock	W 59–42	8–9	Quicken Loans Arena	11,674	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	ESPN3/WUAB	Philadelphia Soul	L 33–48	8–10	Quicken Loans Arena	12,474	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 15	5:00 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 35-47	Wells Fargo Center

Roster

2015 Cleveland Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks 10 Shane Austin 14 Chris Dieker Fullbacks 72 Phillipkeith Manley Wide receivers 16 Dominick Goodman 88 Josiah Holt 11 Amarri Jackson  6 Thyron Lewis 17 Collin Taylor		Offensive linemen 73 Adrian Battles 69 D. J. Brandel 71 C. J. Cobb 75 Chad Schofield Defensive linemen 44 Mike Alston 33 Brian Brikowski 96 Randy Colling 56 Willie McGinnis  4 Jeramie Richardson		Linebackers  9 Anthony Degrate Defensive backs  2 Dominic Jones  1 Marrio Norman  5 Joe Phinisee -- Joe Powell  3 Terrance Sanders Kickers 19 Adrian Trevino		Injured reserve -- Marcus Barnett WR 49 Tim Cheatwood LB 88 Tyrone Collins WR  7 Donnie Fletcher DB 40 Corey Howard FB -- David Lewis WR  3 Quorey Payne WR 74 Jesse Peterson OL  8 Fred Shaw DB 93 Austin Teitsma DL 34 Colby Way DL Other league exempt -- Darren Keyton OL -- Roosevelt Nix-Jones DL 79 Kitt O'Brien OL League suspension -- James Bryant LB 15 Andy Cruse WR 20 Justin Hannah DB 77 Jayson Palmgren OL  1 Brandon Stephens DB 93 Curtis Young DL Inactive reserve  7 Devon Dace DB -- Kenny Veal DB Refuse to report 21 Trevor Coston DB -- Marcus Hall OL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 13, 2015 24 Active, 24 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
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19. "Gladiators Fall to Soul in Season Finale, 48-33". Cleveland Gladiators. Arenafan.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.