2015 PIFL season

2015 Professional Indoor Football League season
League	Professional Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor football
Duration	March 27, 2015 – June 20, 2015
Season MVP	Terrence Ebagua (COL)
Playoffs
1 vs. 4 champions	Columbus Lions
1 vs. 4 runners-up	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
2 vs. 3 champions	Richmond Raiders
2 vs. 3 runners-up	Nashville Venom
PIFL Cup IV
Champions	Columbus Lions
Runners-up	Richmond Raiders
Finals MVP	Kendrick Perry (COL)

The 2015 Professional Indoor Football League season was the fourth and last season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 27, 2015, and end on June 20, 2015. Each team played an 11 or 12-game schedule. The top 4 teams in the league advanced to the playoffs that began on June 27, 2015.

Pre-season

The Erie Explosion joined the league, after playing two seasons in Continental Indoor Football League.^[1] The Explosion took the place of the Georgia Fire, who were created by the league to fill the void of the Albany Panthers, who folded in January 2014.^[2]

The Harrisburg Stampede abruptly folded prior to the 2015 season due to financial problems.^[3]

Regular season

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Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-Columbus Lions	8	3	0	.727	611	509	55.5	46.3	L1
y-Richmond Raiders	8	4	0	.667	649	507	54.1	42.3	W6
x-Nashville Venom	7	4	0	.636	574	467	52.2	42.5	W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	5	0	.545	515	460	46.8	41.8	L3
Trenton Freedom	6	6	0	.500	553	517	46.1	43.1	L2
Alabama Hammers	5	7	0	.417	555	645	46.3	53.7	W2
Erie Explosion	2	9	0	.182	404	664	36.7	60.4	L2

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Columbus	69
	4	Lehigh Valley	41
						1	Columbus	64
						2	Richmond	38
	2	Richmond	54
	3	Nashville	35

Awards

• Most Valuable Player - Terrence Ebagua, Columbus Lions
• Offensive Player of the Year - Jonathan Bane, Richmond Raiders
• Defensive Player of the Year - Jerome Hayes, Trenton Freedom
• Offensive Rookie of the Year - Casey Kacz, Columbus Lions
• Defensive Rookie of the Year - Joe Powell, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
• Special Teams Player of the Year - T. C. Stevens, Richmond Raiders
• Coach of the Year - James Fuller, Richmond Raiders

References

1. "Erie Explosion Joins PIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
2. "DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
3. Bristol, Jason (December 31, 2014). Players, coaches stunned at Stampede's departure Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine. WHP-TV. Retrieved December 31, 2014.