2015 Spokane Shock season

The 2015 Spokane Shock season was the tenth season for the arena football franchise, and the sixth in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Andy Olson and played their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The Shock finished with a 7–11 record, but finished second in the Pacific division for a second straight year and once again qualified for the playoffs.

2015 Spokane Shock season
Owner	Nader Naini
General manager	Ryan Eucker
Head coach	Andy Olson
Home field	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	2nd NC Pacific
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinal (Rattlers) 41-72
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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.^[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 28	6:30 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 43–60	0–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	9,455	[2]
2	Saturday	April 4	7:00 p.m. PDT	Philadelphia Soul	L 43–54	0–2	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,635	[3]
3	Thursday	April 9	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Portland Thunder	L 43–47	0–3	Moda Center	5,746	[4]
4	Bye
5	Saturday	April 25	7:00 p.m. PDT	Orlando Predators	W 56–55 (OT)	1–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,906	[5]
6	Saturday	May 2	6:00 p.m. PDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 63–66	1–4	Smoothie King Center	3,785	[6]
7	Friday	May 8	7:00 p.m. PDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 68–46	2–4	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,960	[7]
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 28–83	2–5	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,519	[8]
9	Saturday	May 23	7:30 p.m. PDT	at Las Vegas Outlaws	W 63–56	3–5	Thomas & Mack Center	2,273	[9]
10	Saturday	May 30	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 47–59	3–6	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,884	[10]
11	Friday	June 5	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 26–55	3–7	SAP Center at San Jose	7,662	[11]
12	Friday	June 12	7:00 p.m. PDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	L 56–62	3–8	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,497	[12]
13	Sunday	June 21	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Portland Thunder	W 69–54	4–8	Moda Center	7,123	[13]
14	Friday	June 26	7:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 27–62	4–9	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,618	[14]
15	Bye
16	Sunday	July 12	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 28–34	4–10	Honda Center	7,730	[15]
17	Friday	July 17	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	W 52–45	5–10	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,938	[16]
18	Saturday	July 25	7:00 p.m. PDT	Portland Thunder	W 42–40	6–10	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,357	[17]
19	Saturday	August 1	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 42–59	6–11	Quicken Loans Arena	11,674	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:30 p.m. PDT	at Las Vegas Outlaws	W 51–34	7–11	Thomas & Mack Center	2,166	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Saturday	August 15	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 41–72	Talking Stick Resort Arena	10,322

Roster

2015 Spokane Shock roster
Quarterbacks 12 Arvell Nelson  8 Warren Smith Fullbacks 42 Rory Nixon Wide receivers  5 Anthony Amos  1 Braylon Bell -- Josh Bush  2 Jabin Sambrano 81 Nick Truesdell		Offensive linemen 75 Patrick Afif 74 Larry Banks 66 Deveric Gallington 51 Sam Tupua Defensive linemen 36 Bryson Kelly 44 James Ruffin 56 Derrick Summers 67 Terrance Taylor		Linebackers 11 Micah King 50 Kevin McCullough Defensive backs  3 Ruschard Dodd-Masters  9 Sergio Gilliam 26 Mike McMillan 31 Jon Setzer 23 Jeff Richards Kickers  6 Taylor Rowan		Injured reserve  4 Samuel Charles WR 22 Carson Coffman QB 62 Dominique Duster DL -- Will Hunt DL  1 Sam Pope DB  7 Mike Washington WR Other League Exempt 90 Kourtnei Brown DL 32 Antareis Bryan DB 12 Kamar Jorden WR 24 Lowell Rose DB League Suspension -- Andy Erickson WR 72 Tavaris Jeffries OL 14 Christian Wise DB Inactive reserve 13 Rashaad Carter WR Refuse to report 21 Bryant Nnabuife DB Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 14, 2015 24 Active, 15 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2015 AFL Schedule" (PDF). ww.grfx.cstv.com. Arena Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
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14. "Shock unable to keep pace with SaberCats in 27-62 loss". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
15. Nunez, Manny (July 13, 2015). "A learning experience for all at the Honda Center". Arenafan.com. ArenaFan. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
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18. "Shock fall to Gladiators, 42-59". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
19. "Shock defeat Outlaws 51-34". Spokane Shock. Arenafan.com. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.