2015 Los Angeles Kiss season

2015 Los Angeles Kiss season
Head coach	Bob McMillen
Owner	Gene Simmons Paul Stanley Doc McGhee Brett Bouchy
Home field	Honda Center
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	3rd NC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 2015 Los Angeles Kiss season was the second season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Bob McMillen and played their home games at Honda Center. After a disappointing 0-9 start, the Kiss managed to win four out of their last nine games, including a road upset of the Sabercats, who had entered the game 11-0. Despite the strong finish to improve to 4-14, the Kiss failed to make the playoffs.

Standings

2015 National Conference standings
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

Schedule

Regular season

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

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	March 27	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Portland Thunder	L 37–42	0–1	Moda Center	7,194	[2]
2	Saturday	April 4	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 28–54	0–2	SAP Center at San Jose	10,175	[3]
3	Saturday	April 11	7:00 p.m PDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	L 48–61	0–3	Honda Center	8,565	[4]
4	Saturday	April 18	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Orlando Predators	L 48–61	0–4	Amway Center	11,218	[5]
5	Saturday	April 25	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 30–68	0–5	Honda Center	7,900	[6]
6	Monday	May 4	4:30 p.m. PDT	at Las Vegas Outlaws	L 16–49	0–6	Thomas & Mack Center	2,452	[7]
7	Friday	May 8	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Spokane Shock	L 46–68	0–7	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,960	[8]
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Portland Thunder	L 47–63	0–8	Moda Center	10,023	[9]
9	Bye
10	Sunday	May 31	3:00 p.m. PDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 35–41	0–9	Honda Center	8,235	[10]
11	Sunday	June 7	3:00 p.m. PDT	Portland Thunder	W 52–40	1–9	Honda Center	7,345	[11]
12	Saturday	June 13	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	W 48–42 (OT)	2–9	SAP Center at San Jose	9,132	[12]
13	Saturday	June 20	7:00 p.m. PDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 48–56	2–10	Honda Center	6,122	[13]
14	Saturday	June 27	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 43–49	2–11	Honda Center	7,832	[14]
15	Bye
16	Sunday	July 12	3:00 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	W 34–28	3–11	Honda Center	7,730	[15]
17	Saturday	July 18	7:00 p.m. PDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	W 37–27	4–11	Honda Center	7,635	[16]
18	Sunday	July 26	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 55–68	4–12	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,106	[17]
19	Saturday	August 1	4:30 p.m. PDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 34–38	4–13	Amalie Arena	16,308	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 38–60	4–14	Honda Center	9,854	[19]

Roster

2015 Los Angeles KISS roster
Quarterbacks 14 Joe Clancy 12 Danny Southwick Fullbacks 70 Miles Mason Wide receivers 10 L. J. Castile 11 Tom Gilson  1 Donovan Morgan  9 Tim Vizzi		Offensive linemen 77 Kody Afusia 72 Anthony Parker 66 Hamani Stevens 71 Shannon Tevaga Defensive linemen 56 Nekos Brown  3 Antron Dillon 90 Logan Harrell 92 Spencer Myers 91 Sione Tuihalamaka		Linebackers  2 Darryl Cato-Bishop 95 Brenden Daley Defensive backs 22 Ter'Ran Benton 15 Shaine Boyle 37 Charles Clay  7 Rayshaun Kizer Kickers 48 Andre Heidari		Injured reserve 64 Chad Anderson OL  9 Carlton Brown DB  8 J. T. Gilmore LB 13 Tyrone Goard WR 99 Nigel Nicholas DL  6 Romeo Pellum DB  4 DeMarco Sampson WR 34 Laron Scott DB  9 Jeffrey Solomon WR 19 Kenny Spencer K Refuse to report 22 Terrence Johnson DB 26 Winston Wright DB Other League Exempt 63 Joe Madsen OL  5 Adrian McPherson QB -- Ty Nsekhe OL -- Akwasi Owusu-Ansah DB -- Kevin Smith WR League Suspension -- Lamont Bryant WR 16 DaJohn Harris DL -- Louis Holmes DL 90 Michael Janac DL -- Zian Jones DL -- Will Latu OL -- Raymond Radway WR 16 Michale Spicer DL  6 Josh Victorian DB 72 Julius Wilson OL Inactive reserve Currently vacant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 6, 2015 23 Active, 26 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
2. "LA KISS Opens 2015 Season and Comes Out Short In Portland". Los Angeles KISS. Arenafan.com. March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
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