2015 Chicago Blitz season

2015 Chicago Blitz season
2015 Chicago Blitz season
Owner	Mike Oliver
General manager	Tom Gosche
Head coach	Mike Oliver
Home field	Odeum Expo Center; 1033 North Villa Avenue; Villa Park, IL 60181
Results
Record	6-2
League place	3rd
Playoff finish	Won AIF Semifinals (Sting) 63-45; Lost 2015 AIF Championship Game (Capitals) 30-58
	← 2014; Chicago Blitz; 2016 →;

The 2015 Chicago Blitz season was the second season for the American Indoor Football (AIF) franchise, and their first season in the AIF.

On October 4, 2014, the Blitz announced they were joining X-League Indoor Football^[1] for the 2015 season. Shortly after, the team was removed from the X-League website, and was no longer affiliated with the X-League. On October 15, 2014, the Blitz joined American Indoor Football (AIF), following former CIFL team, the Sting.^[2] The Blitz finished the regular season 6-2, earning the 3 seed in the AIF playoffs. They defeated the 2nd seeded Saginaw Sting 63-45 in the AIF semifinals, earning a berth in the 2015 AIF Championship Game. The Blitz traveled to York, Pennsylvania to take on the York Capitals for the AIF crown. The Blitz fell to the Capitals 30-58.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
1	March 21	8:00 PM CST	at Cleveland Saints	W 46-24	1-0	Multiplex
2	March 29	4:15 PM CST	Buffalo Lightning	W 85-9	2-0	Odeum Expo Center
3	April 4	TBA	Cleveland Saints	W 42-0	3-0	Odeum Expo Center
4	Bye
5	April 18	TBA	at Buffalo Lightning	W 36-20	4-0	TBD
6	April 25	TBA	at Saginaw Sting	L 40-55^[3]	4-1	Dow Event Center
7	May 2	TBA	Saginaw Sting	L 23-57^[4]	4-2	Odeum Expo Center
8	May 9	TBA	at Cleveland Saints	W 54-17	5-2	Multiplex
9	May 16	TBA	Atlanta Sharks	W Forfeit	6-2	Odeum Expo Center
10	Bye

Standings

2015 American Indoor Football view talk edit
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-York Capitals	8	0	0	1.000	394	164	49.3	20.5	W8
x-Saginaw Sting	6	2	0	.750	402	217	57.4	31.0	W6
x-Chicago Blitz	6	2	0	.750	318	187	45.4	26.7	W2
x-ASI Panthers	5	3	0	.625	356	218	44.5	18.2	W1
Savannah Steam	5	2	0	.714	232	131	33.2	18.7	W2
Atlanta Sharks	1	2	0	.333	46	112	15.3	37.3	L2
Buffalo Lightning	1	7	0	.125	184	471	23.0	58.9	L4
Maryland Eagles	0	3	0	.000	44	120	14.7	40.0	L3
Cleveland Saints	0	8	0	.000	128	424	16.0	53.0	L8

Postseason

Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
AIF Semifinals	May 30	6:30 PM	at Saginaw Sting	W 63-45^[5]	1-0	Dow Event Center
AIF Championship Game	June 6	7:00 PM	at York Capitals	L 30-58^[6]	1-1	York City Ice Arena

Roster

2015 Chicago Blitz roster

Quarterbacks

14 Dominique Banks
6 Jimmy Coy

Running backs

3 Bryant Pascascio
5 C. J. Woodford

Wide receivers

11 David Brown
7 Rodney Brown Jr.
22 Josh Hampton
1 Anthony Hughes
4 Shawn McKeown
2 Brian Miles

Offensive linemen

64 Robert Albano
55 Tim Mueller
-- Demitrious Powell
-- Moak Te'o
-- Nick Torresso
77 David Williams

Defensive linemen

18 Ramon Lacey
8 DeAndre Mosley
90 Ryan O'Neil
93 Tyrone Saunders
-- Nick White
30 Neil Wilcox

Linebackers

19 Rod Harrington
-- Kevin Morris Sr.

Defensive backs

-- Bruce Cabell
26 Steve Drain
21 Calvin Grant
13 Mitchell Moore
24 Chris Muhammad
-- Keith Woodson

Kickers

9 Julie Harshbarger

Injured Reserve

7 Tommy Kudyba QB (IR)

Exempt List

currently vacant

Practice squad

currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated March 19, 2015
29 Active, 0 Inactive

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References

^ "Chicago Blitz Are Latest to Join X-League". X-League Indoor Football. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ "Chicago Blitz Joins AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
^ Cory Butzin (April 25, 2015). "Sting 55, Blitz 40: Saginaw overcomes slow start to down undefeated Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ Cory Butzin (May 4, 2015). "Sting 57, Blitz 23: Saginaw rolls past Chicago for third straight win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ Cory Butzin (May 30, 2015). "Blitz 63, Sting 45: Saginaw stumbles in postseason loss to Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
^ Eric Thomas (June 6, 2015). "Watson's defense spurs York Capitals to AIF championship vs. Chicago Blitz". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.

[xleague-1] "Chicago Blitz Are Latest to Join X-League". X-League Indoor Football. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[2] "Chicago Blitz Joins AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

[3] Cory Butzin (April 25, 2015). "Sting 55, Blitz 40: Saginaw overcomes slow start to down undefeated Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[4] Cory Butzin (May 4, 2015). "Sting 57, Blitz 23: Saginaw rolls past Chicago for third straight win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[5] Cory Butzin (May 30, 2015). "Blitz 63, Sting 45: Saginaw stumbles in postseason loss to Chicago". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

[6] Eric Thomas (June 6, 2015). "Watson's defense spurs York Capitals to AIF championship vs. Chicago Blitz". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.

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