2015 ASI Panthers season

The 2015 ASI Panthers season was the first season for the American Indoor Football (AIF) franchise, and their first and only season in the AIF.

2015 ASI Panthers season
Head coach	Bernie Nowotarski
General manager	Will Mattis
Owner	Bill Mattis
Home field	Santander Arena 700 Penn Street Reading, PA 19602
Results
Record	5-3
Conference place	4th
Playoff finish	Lost AIF Semifinals (Capitals) 58-68

On October 10, 2014, American Indoor Football (AIF) announced that the ASI Panthers would be joining the league as part 2015 expansion.[1] The Panthers were officially announced as a 2015 expansion team of the AIF in November, 2014.[2][3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
1	March 20	TBA	at Saginaw Sting	W 35-29[4]	1-0	Dow Event Center
2	March 28	5:00pm	at York Capitals	L 32-50[5]	1-1	York City Ice Arena
3	April 4	TBA	Buffalo Lightning	W 53-13[6]	2-1	Santander Arena
4	April 12	TBA	York Capitals	L 34-48	2-2	Santander Arena
5	April 19	TBA	Cleveland Saints	W 73-6[7]	3-2	Santander Arena
6	April 25	7:00 p.m.	at Erie Explosion (interleague)	L 26-50	3-2	Erie Insurance Arena
7	May 3	TBA	Savannah Steam	W 46-6[8]	4-2	Santander Arena
8	Bye
9	May 17	TBA	York Capitals	L 20-54[9]	4-3	Santander Arena
10	May 23	TBA	at Buffalo Lightning	W 60-12[10]	5-3	Cattaraugus Community Center

Standings

2015 American Indoor Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-York Capitals	8	0	0	1.000	394	164	49.3	20.5	W8
x-Saginaw Sting	6	2	0	.750	402	217	57.4	31.0	W6
x-Chicago Blitz	6	2	0	.750	318	187	45.4	26.7	W2
x-ASI Panthers	5	3	0	.625	356	218	44.5	18.2	W1
Savannah Steam	5	2	0	.714	232	131	33.2	18.7	W2
Atlanta Sharks	1	2	0	.333	46	112	15.3	37.3	L2
Buffalo Lightning	1	7	0	.125	184	471	23.0	58.9	L4
Maryland Eagles	0	3	0	.000	44	120	14.7	40.0	L3
Cleveland Saints	0	8	0	.000	128	424	16.0	53.0	L8

Postseason

Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
AIF Semifinals	May 30	7:00 PM	at York Capitals	L 58-68[11]	0-1	York City Ice Arena

Roster

2015 ASI Panthers roster
Quarterbacks 17 Kris Brownlee 12 Jim McCreery  8 Ray Wagner Running Backs 25 Chad Rice 21 Perry Smith Wide Receivers  0 Deven Baker  7 Devron Clark 30 Eric Foxsworth  4 Darryl Shine  5 Tyriq Smith  6 Ed Williams 11 Kyle Williams		Offensive Linemen 69 Raquale Burnett 75 Mohamed Kourouma 63 Darryl Pringle 66 Jaleel Taylor Defensive Linemen 15 Jonas Celian 98 Todd George 40 Tom Herd 19 Time Hume 99 Abe Koroma		Linebackers  2 Kieron Hutcherson 34 Herschel Thornton Defensive Backs  9 Jarard Stewart  1 Troy Still 16 Jamil Williams  3 John Williams Kickers 10 Charlie Cornell		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated April 15, 2015 28 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "ASI Panthers to Join AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
2. Terry Bickhart (November 19, 2014). "Indoor football returning to Reading". www.readingeagle.com. Reading Eagle. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
3. Brian Rippey (December 4, 2014). "Panthers owner predicts success for Reading's new indoor football team". www.readingeagle.com. Reading Eagle. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
4. Cory Butzin (March 20, 2015). "Reading 35, Saginaw 29: Sting struggle offensively in season-opening loss to Panthers". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
5. Colin Snyder (March 29, 2015). "York Capitals win season opener behind Nemeth's five first-half TD passes". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
6. Brian Rippey (April 5, 2015). "ASI Panthers enjoy successful home debut". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
7. Brian Rippey (April 20, 2015). "Panthers rock and roll over Cleveland". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
8. Brian Rippey (May 4, 2015). "Defense leads ASI Panthers to win over Steam". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
9. Brian Rippey (May 18, 2015). "Former Express player stars as York rolls past Panthers". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
10. "Panthers beat Buffalo in finale". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
11. Eric Thomas (May 31, 2015). "Late surge puts York Capitals in AIF title game". www.ydr.com. The York Daily Record. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved June 1, 2015.