2015 Indoor Football League season
| 2015 IFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Indoor Football League |
| Sport | Indoor Football |
| Duration | February 28, 2015 – June 20, 2015 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Jameel Sewell (Nebraska) |
| Playoffs | |
| Intense champions | Nebraska Danger |
| Intense runners-up | Tri-Cities Fever |
| United champions | Sioux Falls Storm |
| United runners-up | Cedar Rapids Titans |
| 2015 United Bowl Championship | |
| Champions | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Runners-up | Nebraska Danger |
The 2015 Indoor Football League season was the seventh season of the Indoor Football League. Playing with ten teams in two conferences spread across the United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 28, 2015, when the reigning league champion Sioux Falls Storm travelled to the Bemidji Axemen. The regular season is scheduled to end 16 weeks later on June 20, 2015, with the Green Bay Blizzard visiting the Iowa Barnstormers. The playoffs were held in two rounds with the top two teams in each conference facing off in a conference championship game followed by the winners of those games meeting in the United Bowl.
Teams
For 2015, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each of 10 teams played 14 games during the 16-week regular season. This is the one more teams than the number of teams as played in the 2014 IFL season. The Texas-based Wichita Falls Nighthawks expansion team replaced the Texas Revolution which left for Champions Indoor Football for the 2015 season. The Iowa Barnstormers joined the IFL from the Arena Football League after making a move due to easier regional travel. The Wyoming Cavalry folded, and the league accepted the expansion franchise of Billings Wolves and the Wichita Falls Nighthawks.
United Conference
| Team | Location | Arena (Capacity) |
|---|---|---|
| Bemidji Axemen | Bemidji, Minnesota | Sanford Center (4,700) |
| Cedar Rapids Titans | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | U.S. Cellular Center (6,900) |
| Green Bay Blizzard | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | Resch Center (8,621) |
| Iowa Barnstormers | Des Moines, Iowa | Wells Fargo Arena (15,181) |
| Sioux Falls Storm | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Sioux Falls Arena (4,700) |
Intense Conference
| Team | Location | Arena (Capacity) |
|---|---|---|
| Billings Wolves | Billings, Montana | Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark (12,000) |
| Colorado Ice | Loveland, Colorado | Budweiser Events Center (7,200) |
| Nebraska Danger | Grand Island, Nebraska | Eihusen Arena (7,500) |
| Tri-Cities Fever | Kennewick, Washington | Toyota Center (5,970) |
| Wichita Falls Nighthawks | Wichita Falls, Texas | Kay Yeager Coliseum (7,380) |
Expansion
In January 2014, the league announced that the Billings Wolves would join the league for the 2015 season. The Wolves will play their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.[1] The city was previously home to the Billings Outlaws who folded after a tornado heavily damaged their home arena.
On August 25, 2014, the Nighthawks became official members of the Indoor Football League.[2]
Standings
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Playoffs
| Conference Championships | 2015 United Bowl | ||||||||
| 2 | Tri-Cities | 43 | |||||||
| 1 | Nebraska | 86 | |||||||
| I1 | Nebraska | 27 | |||||||
| U1 | Sioux Falls | 62 | |||||||
| 2 | Cedar Rapids | 12 | |||||||
| 1 | Sioux Falls | 34 | |||||||
Awards
Individual season awards
| Award | Winner | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Jameel Sewell | Quarterback | Nebraska Danger |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Steven Whitehead | Wide Receiver | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jeremiah Price | Defensive Lineman | Cedar Rapids Titans |
| Special Teams Player of the Year | Mulku Kalokoh | Kick Returner | Bemidji Axemen |
| Offensive Rookie of the Year | Waymon James | Running Back | Nebraska Danger |
| Defensive Rookie of the Year | Michael Green | Defensive Back | Billings Wolves |
| Adam Pringle Award | Brady Beeson | Kicker | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Coach of the Year | Kurtiss Riggs | Head Coach | Sioux Falls Storm |
| Executive of the Year | John Pettit | VP, COO and Co-owner | Iowa Barnstormers |
1st Team All-IFL
| Offense | |
|---|---|
| Quarterback | Jameel Sewell, Nebraska |
| Running back | Waymon James, Nebraska |
| Wide receiver | Judd Harrold, Sioux Falls Steven Whitehead, Tri-Cities Kyle Kaiser, Colorado |
| Offensive tackle | Myniya Smith, Sioux Falls Darius Savage, Nebraska |
| Center | Charlie Sanders, Sioux Falls |
| Defense | |
|---|---|
| Defensive line | Jeremiah Price, Cedar Rapids Corey Johnsen, Sioux Falls Xzavie Jackson, Cedar Rapids |
| Linebacker | Javicz Jones, Iowa James Ackel, Wichita Falls |
| Defensive Back | Michael Green, Billings DeQuan Starling, Sioux Falls Jamie Bender, Green Bay |
| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Jeff Budzien, Green Bay | ||||
| Kick returner | Mulku Kalokoh, Bemidji | ||||
2nd Team All-IFL
| Offense | |
|---|---|
| Quarterback | Donovan Porterie, Green Bay |
| Running back | Andrew Pierce, Tri-Cities |
| Wide receiver | Brady Roland, Iowa Josh Jarboe, Bemidji Bryan Pray, Cedar Rapids |
| Offensive tackle | Rashaud Mungro, Sioux Falls Trevis Turner, Nebraska |
| Center | Keyun Swinney, Green Bay |
| Defense | |
|---|---|
| Defensive end | Jake Killeen, Tri-Cities Terrance Lloyd, Wichita Falls Justin Edison, Nebraska |
| Linebacker | Tyler Knight, Sioux Falls Elijah Fields, Sioux Falls |
| Defensive Back | Troy Sanders, Tri-Cities Corey Sample, Colorado Travonti Johnson, Billings |
| Special teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Rockne Belmonte, Cedar Rapids | ||||
| Kick returner | Demetruce McNeal, Cedar Rapids | ||||
References
- ↑ Zimmer, Mike (February 19, 2014). "Billings Wolves to bring indoor football back to Billings in 2015". Billings Gazette. Billings, MT. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Wichita Falls Nighthawks Join the IFL". Indoor Football League. August 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Pettit Earns IFL Executive of the Year". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Individual Awards Announced". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "IFL Names All-IFL Teams". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 30, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.