2015 San Angelo Bandits season

2015 San Angelo Bandits season
OwnerRandy Sanders[1]
Sue Sanders
General managerTim White
Head coachJoey Longoria (games 1–5)
Wendell Davis (games 6–)
Home fieldFoster Communications Coliseum
50 East 43rd Street
San Angelo, Texas 76903
Results
Record1-10
League place8th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2015 San Angelo Bandits season was the team's third season as a professional indoor football franchise, third as the "San Angelo Bandits", and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF).[1] The Bandits were led by head coach Wendell Davis.

The Bandits were the 2014 champions of the Lone Star Football League, the last before the LSFL merged with the Champions Professional Indoor Football League and several other teams to form Champions Indoor Football.[2] One of nine teams in the CIF for the 2015 season, the Bandits played their home games at Foster Communications Coliseum in San Angelo, Texas.[3]

Season summary

The Bandits' announced schedule for the 2015 season was affected when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began.[4][5] On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015.[6] The Gladiators simply replaced the Stars on the Bandits' schedule for two home games and one road game.[7]

Just one season after San Angelo won the LSFL championship, the Bandits found themselves in a new league and an unfamiliar position as underdogs. The team lost its first 5 games as a CIF franchise under the leadership of new head coach Joey Longoria.[2] He was replaced as head coach by former Dallas Cowboys player and recently released Texas Revolution head coach Wendell Davis.[8] Longoria was demoted to defensive coordinator and offensive coordinator Gabe Carillo was released.[8] Davis led the Bandits to their first win of the season by defeating the Revolution in San Angelo but decisively lost the next weekend's matchup against the Revolution at the Allen Event Center.[9][10] This was followed by a home defeat by the Duke City Gladiators, another road loss to Texas, and a home-season ending loss to Duke City. The May 30 road game against the Salina Bombers was cancelled when that team abruptly folded on May 28.

Awards and honors

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 3, the CIF named defensive back Darrelle Charlo as the Defensive Player of the Week.[11] For Week 8, the CIF named kick returner Darrell Harkless as one of two Special Teams Players of the Week.[12]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 14 7:05pm Texas Revolution L 36–42[13][14][15] 0–1 Foster Communications Coliseum[2]
2 Saturday March 21 7:05pm Dodge City Law L 45–47[16][17] 0–2 Foster Communications Coliseum[18]
3 Saturday March 28 7:05pm Amarillo Venom L 32–50[19][20] 0–3 Foster Communications Coliseum[21][22]
4 Saturday April 4 7:05pm at Duke City Gladiators1 L 34–51[23][24] 0–4 Tingley Coliseum[25]
5 Saturday April 11 7:05pm at Amarillo Venom L 40–62[26] 0–5 Amarillo Civic Center[27][28]
6 Saturday April 18 7:05pm Texas Revolution W 42–38[9][29][30] 1–5 Foster Communications Coliseum[8][31]
7 Friday April 24 7:05pm at Texas Revolution L 31–83[10][32][33] 1–6 Allen Event Center[34]
8 Saturday May 2 7:00pm Duke City Gladiators1 L 61–64[35] 1–7 Foster Communications Coliseum[36]
9 BYE
10 Saturday May 16 7:05pm at Texas Revolution L 48–78[37][38][39] 1–8 Allen Event Center[40][41]
11 Monday May 25 7:05pm Duke City Gladiators1 L 10–47[42] 1–9 Foster Communications Coliseum[43]
13 Saturday May 30 7:05pm at Salina Bombers CANCELLED2 1–9 Bicentennial Center
14 Saturday June 6 7:05pm at Amarillo Venom L 7–65[44][45] 1–10 Amarillo Civic Center[46][47]

1 Rescheduled after the New Mexico Stars withdrew from the league on February 22, 2015.[4][5][6]
2 Game cancelled after Salina Bombers ejected from league on May 28, 2015.[48][49][50]

Roster

2015 San Angelo Bandits roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 18 Brannon Hatley

Wide receivers

  •  5 Michael Ball
  •  4 Darrell Cantu-Harkless
  • -- Josh Collins
  •  5 Beau Gonzales
  • 11 Kurtis Green
  •  2 Shiloh Hickman
  •  6 Darrelle Raven-Charlo
  •  3 Jason Stephenson
Offensive linemen
  • 53 Alex Joyner
  • 99 Larry Landry
  • 77 Parker Rentz
  • 73 Aneus Ruiz

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Lee Hughes
  • -- Joe Laukaitis
  • 90 Kyle Paterson
Linebackers
  • 41 Tyler Murray

Defensive backs

  •  7 Chris Boudreaux
  • 10 Reuben Tiller
  • 13 Joe Webb
  • 20 Greg Yeldell

Kickers

  • 19 Jared Wood
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated March 19, 2015
24 Active, 0 Inactive

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Standings

2015 Champions Indoor Football
W L PCT PF PA
z-Sioux City Bandits 9 3 .750 697 536
y-Texas Revolution 8 4 .667 638 475
x-Wichita Force 8 4 .667 553 536
x-Amarillo Venom 7 5 .583 647 598
Dodge City Law 7 5 .583 635 578
Salina Bombers 6 5 .545 538 483
Duke City Gladiators 4 4 .500 403 389
San Angelo Bandits 1 10 .091 388 627
Omaha Beef 1 11 .083 395 672

x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed

Playoffs

Semifinals Champions Bowl I
      
3 Wichita 27
2 Texas 39
2 Texas 61
1 Sioux City 76
4 Amarillo 52
1 Sioux City 83

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