2015 Nashville Venom season

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2015 Nashville Venom season
OwnerJeff Knight
Terry Burns
General managerBilly Back
Head coachBilly Back
Home fieldNashville Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record7-4
League place3rd
Playoff finishLost semi-finals 35-54 (Raiders)

The 2015 Nashville Venom season was the second and final season for the indoor football franchise, and their second in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 Friday March 27 8:00pm Alabama Hammers L 26-34 0-1 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
3 Friday April 3 8:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 55-28 1-1 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
4 Saturday April 11 8:00pm at Alabama Hammers L 52-55[1] 1-2 Von Braun Center
5 Saturday April 18 7:00pm at Columbus Lions W 58-55 2-2 Columbus Civic Center
6 Saturday April 25 8:00pm Richmond Raiders W 69-49 3-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
7 Sunday May 3 2:00pm at Erie Explosion W 63-35 4-2 Erie Insurance Arena
8 BYE
9 Sunday May 17 2:00pm Columbus Lions L 38-44 4-3 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10 BYE
11 Friday May 29 8:00pm Marion Blue Racers W 65-38 5-3 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
12 Saturday June 6 7:00pm at Richmond Raiders L 30-54 5-4 Richmond Coliseum
13 Friday June 12 8:00pm Erie Explosion W 61-38 6-4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
14 Saturday June 20 7:00pm at Trenton Freedom W 57-37 7-4 Sun National Bank Center

Standings

2015 Professional Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Columbus Lions 8 3 0 .727 611 509 55.5 46.3 L1
y-Richmond Raiders 8 4 0 .667 649 507 54.1 42.3 W6
x-Nashville Venom 7 4 0 .636 574 467 52.2 42.5 W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 5 0 .545 515 460 46.8 41.8 L3
Trenton Freedom 6 6 0 .500 553 517 46.1 43.1 L2
Alabama Hammers 5 7 0 .417 555 645 46.3 53.7 W2
Erie Explosion 2 9 0 .182 404 664 36.7 60.4 L2

Postseason

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Semi-Finals Monday June 29 7:00pm at Richmond Raiders L 35-54 0-1 Richmond Coliseum

Roster

2015 Nashville Venom roster
Quarterbacks.
  •  1 Charles McCullum

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • 14 Darrell Holmes
  •  4 Jordan Jolly
  •  5 George Murray
  •  3 Dontel Watkins
Offensive linemen
  • 99 Stanlee Bradley
  • 55 Jeremy Buchanan
  • 72 Anthony Jackson
  • 61 Harry John
  • 71 Jordan Mosley
  • 85 B. J. Taylor
  • -- Garrison Ushery

Defensive linemen

  •  8 Brian Ellis
  • 90 Joseph Dienye
  •  7 James Frazier
  • 77 Walter Thomas
Linebackers
  • 11 Douglas Rippy
  •  6 Amius Smith
  • 33 Steven Turner

Defensive backs

  •  2 Jamie Graham
  • 16 Will Johnson
  • 19 C. J. Jones
  • 24 Jihad Morris
  • 20 Corry Stewart
  •  9 Kenny Veal
  • 21 Kenny Walton
  • 18 Mike Whittaker

Kickers

  • 38 Christian Reed
Injured Reserve
  • 12 Zach Ducker QB/WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Exempt List

Left squad

  • 61 Harris Bivin OL (Left Squad)
  • -- Mon Williams LB (Left Squad)

Failure to report

  • -- Terrence McCrae WR (Did not report)

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 9, 2015
28 Active, 6 Inactive

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References

  1. ^ "Alabama Hammesr beat Nashville on last-minute pass". www.al.com. Alabama Media Group. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
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