2015 Arizona Rattlers season

2015 Arizona Rattlers season
Head coach Kevin Guy
General manager Kevin Guy
Owner Ron Shurts
Home field Talking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record 14–4
Division place 1st NC West

The 2015 Arizona Rattlers season is the twenty-third season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team is coached by Kevin Guy and plays 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 Sabercats.

Standings

2015 National Conference standings
Team Overall Points Records
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

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 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

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Report
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

2015 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide Receivers

  • 81 Chase Deadder
  •  5 Quentin Sims
Offensive Linemen
  • 60 Sherman Carter
  • -- Mark Jackson
  • 71 Darius Morris

Defensive Linemen

  • 92 Anthony McCloud
  • 70 Marcus Pittman
Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Kickers

  • 14 Alex Zendejas
Injured reserve
  • 23 Antonio Dennard DB
  • 74 Andrew Miller OL
  • 65 Will Simmons OL

League suspension

  • 47 Trent Allmang-Wilder DL
  • -- B. J. Butler FB
  • 26 Antonio Fenelus DB
  • 73 Joe Gibbs OL
  • 65 Isaac Remington DL
  • 91 David Sumter DL
  • 17 Duwyce Wilson WR

Other League Exempt

  • -- Tobias Palmer WR

Refused to report

Inactive reserve

  • 18 Ronnell Pompey WR
  • 21 Markus Smith DB

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated August 20, 2015
24 Active, 28 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shock fall to Rattlers 43-60". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. March 29, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rattlers (1-1) Lose to the Outlaws (1-1) 70-53". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rattlers (2-1) Hold on to Beat Cleveland (2-1) 49-41". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rattlers (4-1) Rock the Kiss (0-5), 68-30". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rattlers (4-2) Lose to the SaberCats (6-0) 56-34". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rattlers (5-2) Victorious Over VooDoo (2-5), 47-39". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rattlers (6-2) Put Away the Outlaws (3-4) 60-41". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rattlers (7-2) Get Big Win in Spokane (3-6), 59-47". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. May 31, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rattlers (8-2) Quiet the Storm (4-6), 69-46". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Rattlers Win Big in Portland, 69-42". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rattlers (10-2) Overpower Orlando (7-6), 55-35". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Rattlers Win Fifth Straight West Division Title; Defeating KISS 49-43". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. June 28, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Rattlers Take Out the Outlaws, 57-43". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Rattlers Lose to Spokane, 52-45". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Big First Half Propels Rattlers Past KISS, 68-55". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Rattlers Lose to the SaberCats, 56-29". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Rattlers End Regular Season with Big Win over Thunder, 67-39". Arizona Rattlers. Arenafan.com. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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