2015 Arizona Rattlers season

The 2015 Arizona Rattlers season was the twenty-third season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Kevin Guy and played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Rattlers finished with a 14–4 record, with two of the losses coming at the hands of the San Jose SaberCats.

2015 Arizona Rattlers season
Owner	Ron Shurts
General manager	Kevin Guy
Head coach	Kevin Guy
Home field	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Results
Record	14–4
Division place	1st NC West
Playoff finish	Won National Conference Semifinals 72–41 (Shock) Lost National Conference Championship 67–70 (SaberCats)
← 2014 Rattlers seasons 2016 →

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	7:00 p.m. MDT	Spokane Shock	W 60–43	1–0	Talking Stick Resort Arena	9,455	^[2]
2	Saturday	April 4	8:30 p.m. MDT	at Las Vegas Outlaws	L 53–70	1–1	Thomas & Mack Center	3,327	^[3]
3	Saturday	April 11	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 49–41	2–1	Quicken Loans Arena	12,776	^[4]
4	Saturday	April 18	8:00 p.m. MDT	Portland Thunder	W 65–47	3–1	Talking Stick Resort Arena	8,815
5	Saturday	April 25	8:00 p.m. MDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 68–30	4–1	Honda Center	7,900	^[5]
6	Saturday	May 2	7:00 p.m. MDT	San Jose SaberCats	L 34–56	4–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	8,249	^[6]
7	Saturday	May 9	7:00 p.m. MDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 47–39	5–2	Smoothie King Center	4,015	^[7]
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. MDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	W 60–41	6–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	10,130	^[8]
9	Bye
10	Saturday	May 30	8:00 p.m. MDT	at Spokane Shock	W 59–47	7–2	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,884	^[9]
11	Saturday	June 6	7:00 p.m. MDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 69–46	8–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,304	^[10]
12	Friday	June 12	7:30 p.m. MDT	at Portland Thunder	W 69–42	9–2	Moda Center	9,435	^[11]
13	Saturday	June 20	7:00 p.m. MDT	Orlando Predators	W 55–35	10–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,673	^[12]
14	Saturday	June 27	8:00 p.m. MDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 49–43	11–2	Honda Center	7,832	^[13]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	7:00 p.m. MDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	W 57–43	12–2	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,891	^[14]
17	Friday	July 17	8:00 p.m. MDT	at Spokane Shock	L 45–52	12–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	7,938	^[15]
18	Sunday	July 26	4:00 p.m. MDT	Los Angeles KISS	W 68–55	13–3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11,106	^[16]
19	Friday	July 31	8:30 p.m. MDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 29–56	13–4	SAP Center at San Jose	10,633	^[17]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. MDT	Portland Thunder	W 67–39	14–4	Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,687	^[18]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
NC Semifinals	Saturday	August 15	6:00 p.m. PDT	Spokane Shock	W 72–41	Talking Stick Resort Arena	10,322
NC Championship	Saturday	August 22	5:00 p.m. PDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 67–70	Stockton Arena

Roster

2015 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks  3 Shane Boyd 10 Nick Davila Fullbacks  9 Mykel Benson Wide receivers 12 Dan Buckner 81 Chase Deadder 15 Kerry Reed  5 Quentin Sims  1 Rod Windsor		Offensive linemen 60 Sherman Carter 55 Brennen Carvalho 63 Derek Dennis -- Mark Jackson 71 Darius Morris Defensive linemen  6 Cliff Dukes 77 Anttaj Hawthorne 90 Mike McAdoo 92 Anthony McCloud 70 Marcus Pittman		Linebackers 94 Tyre Glasper Defensive backs 11 Arkeith Brown 19 Marquis Floyd 20 Jeremy Kellem 25 Ben Wells Kickers 14 Alex Zendejas		Injured reserve 23 Antonio Dennard DB 74 Andrew Miller OL 17 Fabrizio Scaccia K 65 Will Simmons OL 87 Chris Summers WR  8 Markee White WR 68 Keith Williams OL League suspension 47 Trent Allmang-Wilder DL -- B. J. Butler FB 16 B. J. Coleman QB 26 Antonio Fenelus DB 73 Joe Gibbs OL -- Vic Hall DB 83 Dwight Jones WR 90 Quinn Pitcock DL 65 Isaac Remington DL 91 David Sumter DL 17 Duwyce Wilson WR Other league exempt  7 A. J. Cruz DB -- Mike Golic, Jr. OL -- Travis Hawkins DB 69 Michael Huey OL 97 Leon Mackey DL -- Tobias Palmer WR -- Bryn Renner QB Refused to report -- J. J. Unga OL Inactive reserve 18 Ronnell Pompey WR 21 Markus Smith DB Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics updated August 20, 2015 24 Active, 28 Inactive

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