2015 Portland Thunder season

2015 Portland Thunder season
Owner	Terry Emmert
General manager	Meadow Lemon
Head coach	Mike Hohensee
Home field	Moda Center
Results
Record	5–13
Division place	3rd NC Pacific
Playoff finish	Lost NC Semifinals (SaberCats) 28–55

The 2015 Portland Thunder season was the second season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Mike Hohensee and played their home games at the Moda Center. The Thunder finished third in the Pacific division and 5–13 for the second straight year, and were also one of two teams to go winless on the road. Despite not qualifying for the playoffs with their win–loss record, because the league elected to cease operations of the Las Vegas Outlaws, who had finished ahead of Portland for the final playoff berth in the National Conference, Portland was awarded a playoff berth in their place.[1] They were defeated in the conference semifinals by the San Jose SaberCats, 55–28.

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.[2]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	March 27	7:00 p.m. PDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 42–37	1–0	Moda Center	7,194	[3]
2	Friday	April 3	7:00 p.m. PDT	Tampa Bay Storm	L 48–54	1–1	Moda Center	5,098	[4]
3	Thursday	April 9	7:00 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	W 47–43	2–1	Moda Center	5,746	[5]
4	Saturday	April 18	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 47–65	2–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	8,815
5	Saturday	April 25	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 45–64	2–3	SAP Center at San Jose	7,125	[6]
6	Saturday	May 2	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Philadelphia Soul	L 35–52	2–4	Wells Fargo Center	7,011	[7]
7	Bye
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. PDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 63–47	3–4	Moda Center	10,023	[8]
9	Saturday	May 23	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Orlando Predators	L 43–69	3–5	Amway Center	10,583	[9]
10	Saturday	May 30	3:00 p.m. PDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 42–61	3–6	Moda Center	8,815	[10]
11	Sunday	June 7	3:00 p.m. PDT	at Los Angeles KISS	L 40–52	3–7	Honda Center	7,345
12	Friday	June 12	7:00 p.m. PDT	Arizona Rattlers	L 42–69	3–8	Moda Center	9,435	[11]
13	Sunday	June 21	7:00 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	L 54–69	3–9	Moda Center	7,123	[12]
14	Sunday	June 28	2:00 p.m. PDT	at Las Vegas Outlaws	L 46–48	3–10	Thomas & Mack Center	3,497	[13]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	7:00 p.m. PDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 72–48	4–10	Moda Center	7,123	[14]
17	Saturday	July 18	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 49–55 (OT)	4–11	SAP Center at San Jose	9,211	[15]
18	Saturday	July 25	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Spokane Shock	L 40–42	4–12	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,357	[16]
19	Saturday	August 1	7:00 p.m. PDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	W 64–33	5–12	Moda Center	14,055	[17]
20	Saturday	August 8	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 39–67	5–13	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,687	[18]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Friday	August 14	7:30 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 28–55	SAP Center at San Jose	10,060	[19]

Final roster

2015 Portland Thunder roster
Quarterbacks 18 Alex Carder  3 Kyle Rowley Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide receivers 15 Perez Ashford  2 Duane Brooks 12 Jamar Howard  5 V'Keon Lacey  6 Jared Perry 14 Maurice Williams		Offensive linemen 79 John Collins 73 Sam Longo 70 John Martinez 66 Ed Ta'amu Defensive linemen 45 Adrian Hamilton  7 Marquis Jackson  8 K. C. Obi 52 Frank Trotter		Linebackers 11 Dexter Davis Jr. 99 Robert Hayes Defensive backs 16 De'Mon Glanton 21 Dwight McLean 20 Bryce Peila 13 Matt Pierce 10 Varmah Sonie Kickers 23 Zach Ramirez		Injured reserve  9 Jake McDonough DL 75 Jordan Mudge OL  6 Okechukwu Okoroha DB 32 Brandon Tett LB  1 Darron Thomas QB 28 Remond Willis LB Other League Exempt  8 Douglas McNeil III WR 13 Eric Rogers WR -- Jason Slowey OL -- Trent Steelman WR League suspension 16 Quincy Butler DB 66 Stanley Daniels OL 23 Coryell Judie DB 14 Jeffrey Soloman WR 70 Nick Torresso OL Inactive reserve Currently vacant Team suspension 11 Brady Beeson K 24 Andre Martin DB  4 Osagie Odiase DB Refused to report Currently facant Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 12, 2015 24 Active, 18 Inactive → More rosters

References

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