2015 Arizona Rattlers season
Appearance
2015 Arizona Rattlers season | |
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Owner | Ron Shurts |
General manager | Kevin Guy |
Head coach | Kevin Guy |
Home field | Talking Stick Resort Arena |
Results | |
Record | 14–4 |
Division place | 1st NC West |
Playoff finish | Won National Conference Semifinals 72–41 (Shock) Lost National Conference Championship 67–70 (SaberCats) |
The 2015 Arizona Rattlers season was the twenty-third season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Kevin Guy and played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Rattlers finished with a 14–4 record, with two of the losses coming at the hands of the San Jose SaberCats.
Standings
[edit]Team | Overall | Points | Records | ||||||||
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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
[edit]Regular season
[edit]The 2015 regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2014.[1]
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
1 | Saturday | March 28 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Spokane Shock | W 60–43 | 1–0 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 9,455 | [2] |
2 | Saturday | April 4 | 8:30 p.m. MDT | at Las Vegas Outlaws | L 53–70 | 1–1 | Thomas & Mack Center | 3,327 | [3] |
3 | Saturday | April 11 | 5:00 p.m. MDT | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 49–41 | 2–1 | Quicken Loans Arena | 12,776 | [4] |
4 | Saturday | April 18 | 8:00 p.m. MDT | Portland Thunder | W 65–47 | 3–1 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 8,815 | |
5 | Saturday | April 25 | 8:00 p.m. MDT | at Los Angeles KISS | W 68–30 | 4–1 | Honda Center | 7,900 | [5] |
6 | Saturday | May 2 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | San Jose SaberCats | L 34–56 | 4–2 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 8,249 | [6] |
7 | Saturday | May 9 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | at New Orleans VooDoo | W 47–39 | 5–2 | Smoothie King Center | 4,015 | [7] |
8 | Saturday | May 16 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Las Vegas Outlaws | W 60–41 | 6–2 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 10,130 | [8] |
9 | Bye | ||||||||
10 | Saturday | May 30 | 8:00 p.m. MDT | at Spokane Shock | W 59–47 | 7–2 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,884 | [9] |
11 | Saturday | June 6 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Tampa Bay Storm | W 69–46 | 8–2 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 12,304 | [10] |
12 | Friday | June 12 | 7:30 p.m. MDT | at Portland Thunder | W 69–42 | 9–2 | Moda Center | 9,435 | [11] |
13 | Saturday | June 20 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Orlando Predators | W 55–35 | 10–2 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 11,673 | [12] |
14 | Saturday | June 27 | 8:00 p.m. MDT | at Los Angeles KISS | W 49–43 | 11–2 | Honda Center | 7,832 | [13] |
15 | Bye | ||||||||
16 | Saturday | July 11 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Las Vegas Outlaws | W 57–43 | 12–2 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 11,891 | [14] |
17 | Friday | July 17 | 8:00 p.m. MDT | at Spokane Shock | L 45–52 | 12–3 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | 7,938 | [15] |
18 | Sunday | July 26 | 4:00 p.m. MDT | Los Angeles KISS | W 68–55 | 13–3 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 11,106 | [16] |
19 | Friday | July 31 | 8:30 p.m. MDT | at San Jose SaberCats | L 29–56 | 13–4 | SAP Center at San Jose | 10,633 | [17] |
20 | Saturday | August 8 | 7:00 p.m. MDT | Portland Thunder | W 67–39 | 14–4 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 12,687 | [18] |
Playoffs
[edit]Round | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | Report |
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NC Semifinals | Saturday | August 15 | 6:00 p.m. PDT | Spokane Shock | W 72–41 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 10,322 | |
NC Championship | Saturday | August 22 | 5:00 p.m. PDT | at San Jose SaberCats | L 67–70 | Stockton Arena |
Roster
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ^ "Shock fall to Rattlers 43-60". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. March 29, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers (1-1) Lose to the Outlaws (1-1) 70-53". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers (2-1) Hold on to Beat Cleveland (2-1) 49-41". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers (4-1) Rock the Kiss (0-5), 68-30". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
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- ^ "Rattlers (8-2) Quiet the Storm (4-6), 69-46". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers Win Big in Portland, 69-42". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers (10-2) Overpower Orlando (7-6), 55-35". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers Win Fifth Straight West Division Title; Defeating KISS 49-43". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 28, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers Take Out the Outlaws, 57-43". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers Lose to Spokane, 52-45". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Big First Half Propels Rattlers Past KISS, 68-55". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers Lose to the SaberCats, 56-29". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ "Rattlers End Regular Season with Big Win over Thunder, 67-39". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.