2015 Las Vegas Outlaws season

2015 Las Vegas Outlaws season
Owner	Vince Neil
General manager	Bob Hewko
Head coach	Aaron Garcia
Home stadium	Thomas & Mack Center
Results
Record	5–12–1
Division place	2nd NC West
Playoffs	did not qualify

The 2015 Las Vegas Outlaws season was the first and only season for the expansion franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Aaron Garcia and played their home games at Thomas & Mack Center. The Outlaws finished their inaugural season 5–12–1, with the tie being a cancelled home game against the VooDoo. Though they qualified for the playoffs, the league announced on August 9 that the Outlaws (along with the VooDoo) would cease operations effective immediately, and would therefore not participate in the playoffs.^[1]

Offseason

2014 expansion draft

Draft order	Player name	Position	Height	Weight	2014 Team
Round
1	Tanner Varner	Linebacker	6-0	205	Orlando Predators
2	Ernest Owusu	Defensive lineman	6-4	270	San Jose SaberCats
3	Abe Markowitz	Offensive lineman	6-1	305	Portland Thunder
4	Julius Williams	Defensive Lineman	6-2	280	Philadelphia Soul
5	Donovan Henley	Defensive back	5-10	180	Arizona Rattlers
6	B. J. Bell	Defensive Lineman	6-3	265	Los Angeles KISS
7	Maurice Williams	Wide receiver	6-1	195	Jacksonville Sharks
8	Jeff Nady	Offensive lineman	6-6	315	San Jose SaberCats
9	Gerald Young	Wide Receiver	5-10	170	Orlando Predators
10	Will Wright	Offensive Lineman	6-2	315	Arizona Rattlers
11	Bert Reed	Wide Receiver	6-1	195	Jacksonville Sharks
12	Robert Rose	Defensive Lineman	6-5	300	Cleveland Gladiators
13	Dion Turner	Defensive back	6-0	200	Portland Thunder

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Standings

2015 National Conference standings view talk edit
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.^[3]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Monday	March 30	7:30 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 41–59	0–1	Thomas & Mack Center	6,569	[4]
2	Saturday	April 4	7:30 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 70–53	1–1	Thomas & Mack Center	3,327	[5]
3	Saturday	April 11	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 61–48	2–1	Honda Center	8,565
4	Bye
5	Friday	April 24	5:00 p.m. PDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 28–60	2–2	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,682	[6]
6	Monday	May 4	7:30 p.m. PDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 49–16	3–2	Thomas & Mack Center	2,452	[7]
7	Saturday	May 9	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 28–61	3–3	SAP Center at San Jose	8,600
8	Saturday	May 16	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 41–60	3–4	Talking Stick Resort Arena	10,130	[8]
9	Saturday	May 23	7:30 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	L 56–63	3–5	Thomas & Mack Center	2,273	[9]
10	Saturday	May 30	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 43–51	3–6	Boardwalk Hall[10]	6,514	[11]
11	Sunday	June 7	2:00 p.m. PDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 44–63	3–7	Thomas & Mack Center	3,255	[12]
12	Friday	June 12	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Spokane Shock	W 62–56	4–7	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,497	[13]
13	Sunday	June 21	2:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 31–63	4–8	Thomas & Mack Center	2,166	[14]
14	Sunday	June 28	2:00 p.m. PDT	Portland Thunder	W 48–46	5–8	Thomas & Mack Center	3,497	[15]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 43–57	5–9	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,891	[16]
17	Saturday	July 18	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 27–37	5–10	Honda Center	7,635	[17]
18	Saturday	July 25	7:30 p.m. PDT	New Orleans VooDoo	Game canceled.[18] Result considered a tie.
19	Saturday	August 1	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Portland Thunder	L 33–64	5–11–1	Moda Center	14,055	[19]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:30 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	L 34–51	5–12–1	Thomas & Mack Center	2,166	[20]

Roster

2015 Las Vegas Outlaws roster
Quarterbacks 12 Sean Brackett 11 J. J. Raterink Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide receivers -- Larry Beavers 18 LaDon Hudson  1 Clinton Solomon 21 Doug Williams 10 Jason Willis		Offensive linemen 55 Nyere Aumaitre 60 Terrence Campbell 71 Kevin Myers 74 Justin Wells 54 Zack Williams 72 Will Wright Defensive linemen 23 Terrance Carter 54 Jabari Fletcher 95 Matt Hardison 53 Mike Lewis 33 Mark Weivoda		Linebackers 17 Wesley Mauia Defensive backs  7 Ray Little  6 Eddie Moten  2 Demarcus Robinson  3 Matt Vinal Kickers 14 Ernesto Lacayo		Injured reserve 99 Junior Aumavae DL  2 Donovan Henley DB 78 Jeff Nady OL 95 Ernest Owusu DL  6 Wesley Pendleton DB 19 Tysson Poots WR 20 Tanner Varner LB 15 Jomo Wilson WR League suspension 62 Brandyn Dombrowski OL 14 Ross Gornall K 90 Romelle Jones LB 91 Brandon Peguese DL 27 Jamarko Simmons WR  5 Dee Webb DB Refuse to report 23 Myron Lewis DB -- Abe Markowitz OL -- Julius Williams DL Other league exempt Currently vacant Inactive reserve 42 Joe Mortensen FB  3 Gerald Young WR Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 6, 2015 23 Active, 20 Inactive

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