2015 Orlando Predators season

2015 Orlando Predators season
Head coach	Rob Keefe
General manager	Michael DiJulio
Owner	David A. Siegel
Home field	Amway Center
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st AC South
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinal (Sharks) 33-55

The 2015 Orlando Predators season was the twenty-fourth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Rob Keefe and played their home games at the Amway Center. The Predators improved to a 12-6 record and won the South division for the second straight year.

Standings

2015 American Conference standings
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
East Division
^(1) Philadelphia Soul	15	3	0	.833	1060	823	6–0	11–3	9–0	6–3
^(4) Cleveland Gladiators	8	10	0	.444	953	959	3–3	6–8	3–6	5–4
New Orleans VooDoo	3	14	1	.194	692	919	0–6	2–12	3–6	0–8–1
South Division
^(2) Orlando Predators	12	6	0	.667	1023	951	5–1	10–4	7–2	5–4
^(3) Jacksonville Sharks	10	8	0	.556	971	901	2–4	8–6	7–2	3–6
Tampa Bay Storm	7	11	0	.389	820	942	2–4	5–9	5–4	2–7

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	Sunday	March 29	2:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 63–70	0–1	Amway Center	12,765	[2]
2	Friday	April 3	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	W 55–54	1–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	8,741	[3]
3	Saturday	April 11	8:00 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 47–42	2–1	Smoothie King Center	3,206	[4]
4	Saturday	April 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 61–48	3–1	Amway Center	11,218	[5]
5	Saturday	April 25	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Spokane Shock	L 55–56 (OT)	3–2	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,906	[6]
6	Saturday	May 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 55–56 (OT)	3–3	Amway Center	9,212	[7]
7	Friday	May 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 48–62	3–4	Wells Fargo Center	8,633	[8]
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 63–62 (OT)	4–4	Amway Center	10,973	[9]
9	Saturday	May 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Thunder	W 69–43	5–4	Amway Center	10,583	[10]
10	Friday	May 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 63–42	6–4	Quicken Loans Arena	10,670	[11]
11	Saturday	June 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 51–66	6–5	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,127	[12]
12	Saturday	June 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	Philadelphia Soul	W 45–42	7–5	Amway Center	10,473	[13]
13	Saturday	June 20	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 35–55	7–6	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,673	[14]
14	Saturday	June 27	7:00 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 56–43	8–6	Amway Center	10,536	[15]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 69–62	9–6	Amalie Arena	15,835	[16]
17	Saturday	July 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 65-58	10-6	Quicken Loans Arena	13,186	[17]
18	Bye
19	Saturday	August 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 64–50	11–6	Amway Center	12,184	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 59–40	12–6	Amway Center	15,188	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 15	7:30 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 33–55	Amway Center	11,459

Roster

2015 Orlando Predators roster
Quarterbacks 12 Randy Hippeard  5 Bernard Morris Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide receivers  1 Larry Brackins 13 LaMark Brown  4 Greg Carr 11 Derrick Hector 14 Brandon Thompkins 15 Kendal Thompkins		Offensive linemen 68 Ryan Cave 75 Hayworth Hicks 51 Will Maxwell 52 Michael Simons Defensive linemen 90 Austin Brown 92 Calvin Fance  6 Jeremy Geathers 44 Tim Jackson 55 Monte Lewis 42 Meshak Williams		Linebackers  5 Terence Moore Defensive backs 26 Emanuel Cook 24 Rod Issac  3 Paul Stephens 32 Nick Taylor Kickers  7 Garrett Lindholm		Injured reserve -- Courtney Gardner WR 18 Mark Lewis K 11 Aaron Robbins LB  9 Anthony Shutt DB 16 Brian Smith DB 11 Brian Zbydniewski QB Other league exempt -- Brandon Copeland DL -- T. J. Fatinikun LB 78 Erle Ladson OL -- Earl Okine DL -- Khalil Paden WR League suspension -- Justin Anderson OL -- A. J. Dalton OL 24 O'Hara Fluellen DB 10 Justin Hilton WR 17 Edward Mosley DL 16 Christian Reed K 44 Mark Robinson DL Refused to report -- Marc Dile OL -- Arthur Hobbs DB Inactive reserve  2 Arness Ikner DB 10 Julian Williams WR Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 14, 2015 24 Active, 21 Inactive → More rosters

References

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