2015 Chicago Blitz season

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

2015 Chicago Blitz season
OwnerMike Oliver
Head coachMike Oliver
General managerTom Gosche
Home fieldOdeum Expo Center
1033 North Villa Avenue
Villa Park, IL 60181
Results
Record6-2
League place3rd
Playoff finishWon AIF Semifinals (Sting) 63-45
Lost 2015 AIF Championship Game (Capitals) 30-58

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

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsGame site
Final scoreTeam record
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
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 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

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

  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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