2015 Tampa Bay Storm season

2015 Tampa Bay Storm season
Head coach	Lawrence Samuels
Owner	Jeffrey Vinik
Home field	Amalie Arena
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	3rd AC South
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 2015 Tampa Bay Storm season was the twenty-seventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Lawrence Samuels and played their home games at the Amalie Arena. The Storm finished the regular season 7–11, and for the second consecutive season, failed to reach the playoffs.

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	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	March 27	7:30 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 44–60	0–1	Amalie Arena	9,727	[2]
2	Friday	April 3	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Portland Thunder	W 54–48	1–1	Moda Center	5,098	[3]
3	Friday	April 10	7:30 p.m. EDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 27–36	1–2	Amalie Arena	8,588	[4]
4	Friday	April 17	7:30 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 42–13	2–2	Amalie Arena	9,122	[5]
5	Friday	April 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 54–62	2–3	Quicken Loans Arena	11,120	[6]
6	Saturday	May 2	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 63–28	3–3	Amalie Arena	11,121	[7]
7	Bye
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 62–63 (OT)	3–4	Amway Center	10,973	[8]
9	Saturday	May 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 27–71	3–5	Amalie Arena	13,921	[9]
10	Saturday	May 30	7:30 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 35–34	4–5	Amalie Arena	13,581	[10]
11	Saturday	June 6	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 46–69	4–6	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,304	[11]
12	Friday	June 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 63–56	5–6	Amalie Arena	12,602	[12]
13	Friday	June 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 52–48	6–6	Quicken Loans Arena	10,123	[13]
14	Friday	June 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 42–64	6–7	Wells Fargo Center	8,214	[14]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	7:30 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	L 62–69	6–8	Amalie Arena	15,835	[15]
17	Saturday	July 18	8:00 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 53–65	6–9	Smoothie King Center	5,888	[16]
18	Saturday	July 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 16–63	6–10	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	13,092	[17]
19	Saturday	August 1	7:30 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 38–34	7–10	Amalie Arena	16,308	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 40–59	7–11	Amway Center	15,188	[19]

Roster

2015 Tampa Bay Storm roster
Quarterbacks 16 Jason Boltus  3 Luke Collis Fullbacks 45 Undra Hendrix Wide receivers  2 Julius Gregory 17 Kendrick Ings 13 Tristan Purifoy  6 Emery Sammons  1 T. T. Toliver		Offensive linemen 73 Bruce Doyle 50 Jermarcus Hardrick 64 Travis Miller 79 Ben Ossai 71 Jeremy Schonbrunner Defensive linemen 92 Rony Barrow 93 Richard Clebert 94 Everett Dawkins 90 Julius Forte 91 Brandon Sesay 97 David Washington		Linebackers 55 Dexter Jackson Defensive backs  5 James Harrell 23 Nick Addison 26 Randall Burden 14 Al Phillips Kickers 19 Craig Peterson		Injured reserve 15 Phillip Barnett WR  8 Rick-J Hill DB 57 Byron Isom OL 52 Alfred McCullough OL 21 Tim Shelley DB Inactive reserve Currently vacant League suspension 54 Stanlee Bradley FB 99 Ryne Giddins DL 99 Ishmyl Johnson OL 54 Rocco Manfre OL Other league exempt -- Cory Brandon OL 97 Frank Mays DL 73 Tyler Moore OL Refuse to report 75 Mario Henderson OL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in itlatics Roster updated August 6, 2015 24 Active, 12 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
2. "Storm Lose 60-44 to Cleveland". Tampa Bay Storm. March 27, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
3. "Storm earns first win of 2015 season, defeats Portland 54-48". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
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5. "Boltus’ TDs; Defense Lift Tampa Bay Storm Past New Orleans 42-13". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
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11. "Storm Falls In Arizona, Lose To The Rattlers 46-69". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
12. "Storm rolls up record first-half; Hangs on to defeat Jacksonville 63-56". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
13. "Storm Win On Touchdown In Final Seconds, Defeats Gladiators 52-48". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
14. "Storm fail to complete comeback, lose to the Soul 42-64". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
15. "Orlando Predators edge Tampa Bay Storm, 69-62, in "War on I-4" battle". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
16. "Storm Drops Game In New Orleans, Lose To VooDoo 53-65". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
17. "Storm Falls In Jacksonville, Loses To Sharks 16-63". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
18. "Storm defense leads Tampa Bay to 38-34 win over Los Angeles KISS". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
19. "Storm Loses Season Finale, Falls To Predators 59-40". Tampa Bay Storm. Arenafan.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.