2015 ASI Panthers season

The 2015 ASI Panthers season was the first season for the American Indoor Football (AIF) franchise, and their first and only season in the AIF.

2015 ASI Panthers season
OwnerBill Mattis
Head coachBernie Nowotarski
General managerWill Mattis
Home fieldSantander Arena
700 Penn Street
Reading, PA 19602
Results
Record5-3
Conference place4th
Playoff finishLost AIF Semifinals (Capitals) 58-68

On October 10, 2014, American Indoor Football (AIF) announced that the ASI Panthers would be joining the league as part 2015 expansion.[1] The Panthers were officially announced as a 2015 expansion team of the AIF in November, 2014.[2][3]

Regular season

Schedule
WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsGame site
Final scoreTeam record
1 March 20 TBA at Saginaw Sting W 35-29[4] 1-0 Dow Event Center
2 March 28 5:00pm at York Capitals L 32-50[5] 1-1 York City Ice Arena
3 April 4 TBA Buffalo Lightning W 53-13[6] 2-1 Santander Arena
4 April 12 TBA York Capitals L 34-48 2-2 Santander Arena
5 April 19 TBA Cleveland Saints W 73-6[7] 3-2 Santander Arena
6 April 25 7:00 p.m. at Erie Explosion (interleague) L 26-50 3-2 Erie Insurance Arena
7 May 3 TBA Savannah Steam W 46-6[8] 4-2 Santander Arena
8 Bye
9 May 17 TBA York Capitals L 20-54[9] 4-3 Santander Arena
10 May 23 TBA at Buffalo Lightning W 60-12[10] 5-3 Cattaraugus Community Center

Standings
2015 American Indoor Football
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-York Capitals8001.00039416449.320.5W8
x-Saginaw Sting620.75040221757.431.0W6
x-Chicago Blitz620.75031818745.426.7W2
x-ASI Panthers530.62535621844.518.2W1
Savannah Steam520.71423213133.218.7W2
Atlanta Sharks120.3334611215.337.3L2
Buffalo Lightning170.12518447123.058.9L4
Maryland Eagles030.0004412014.740.0L3
Cleveland Saints080.00012842416.053.0L8

Postseason
RoundDateKickoffOpponentResultsGame site
Final scoreTeam record
AIF Semifinals May 30 7:00 PM at York Capitals L 58-68[11] 0-1 York City Ice Arena

Roster
2015 ASI Panthers roster
Quarterbacks
  • 17 Kris Brownlee
  • 12 Jim McCreery
  •  8 Ray Wagner

Running Backs

  • 25 Chad Rice
  • 21 Perry Smith

Wide Receivers

  •  0 Deven Baker
  •  7 Devron Clark
  • 30 Eric Foxsworth
  •  4 Darryl Shine
  •  5 Tyriq Smith
  • 11 Kyle Williams
Offensive Linemen
  • 69 Raquale Burnett
  • 75 Mohamed Kourouma
  • 63 Darryl Pringle
  • 66 Jaleel Taylor

Defensive Linemen

  • 15 Jonas Celian
  • 98 Todd George
  • 40 Tom Herd
  • 19 Time Hume
  • 99 Abe Koroma
Linebackers
  •  2 Kieron Hutcherson
  • 34 Herschel Thornton

Defensive Backs

  •  9 Jarard Stewart
  •  1 Troy Still
  • 16 Jamil Williams
  •  3 John Williams

Kickers

  • 10 Charlie Cornell
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Practice Squad

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 15, 2015
28 Active, 0 Inactive

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References
  1. "ASI Panthers to Join AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  2. Terry Bickhart (November 19, 2014). "Indoor football returning to Reading". www.readingeagle.com. Reading Eagle. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  3. Brian Rippey (December 4, 2014). "Panthers owner predicts success for Reading's new indoor football team". www.readingeagle.com. Reading Eagle. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  4. Cory Butzin (March 20, 2015). "Reading 35, Saginaw 29: Sting struggle offensively in season-opening loss to Panthers". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. Colin Snyder (March 29, 2015). "York Capitals win season opener behind Nemeth's five first-half TD passes". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  6. Brian Rippey (April 5, 2015). "ASI Panthers enjoy successful home debut". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  7. Brian Rippey (April 20, 2015). "Panthers rock and roll over Cleveland". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  8. Brian Rippey (May 4, 2015). "Defense leads ASI Panthers to win over Steam". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  9. Brian Rippey (May 18, 2015). "Former Express player stars as York rolls past Panthers". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  10. "Panthers beat Buffalo in finale". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  11. Eric Thomas (May 31, 2015). "Late surge puts York Capitals in AIF title game". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
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