2015 Philadelphia Soul season

2015 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner	Ron JaworskiCraig SpencerPete CiarrocchiCosmo DeNicola
General manager	Thomas Goodhines
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home stadium	Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record	15–3
Division place	1st AC East
Playoffs	Won Conference Semifinals (Gladiators) 47-35Lost Conference Final (Sharks) 56-61
Team MVP	Dan Raudabaugh
Team OPY	Dan Raudabaugh

The 2015Philadelphia Soul season was the tenth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team is coached by Clint Dolezel and play their home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul improved from their disappointing 9-9 record to 15-3. The Soul finished undefeated at home, the only team of the season to do so.

Standings

2015 American Conference standings view talk edit
Team	Overall			Points			Records
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
East Division
^(1)Philadelphia Soul	15	3	0	.833	1060	823	6–0	11–3	9–0	6–3
^(4)Cleveland Gladiators	8	10	0	.444	953	959	3–3	6–8	3–6	5–4
New Orleans VooDoo	3	14	1	.194	692	919	0–6	2–12	3–6	0–8–1
South Division
^(2)Orlando Predators	12	6	0	.667	1023	951	5–1	10–4	7–2	5–4
^(3)Jacksonville Sharks	10	8	0	.556	971	901	2–4	8–6	7–2	3–6
Tampa Bay Storm	7	11	0	.389	820	942	2–4	5–9	5–4	2–7

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	Sunday	March 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 70–63	1–0	Amway Center	12,765	[2]
2	Saturday	April 4	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Spokane Shock	W 54–43	2–0	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	8,635	[3]
3	Sunday	April 12	4:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 63–52	3–0	Wells Fargo Center	9,043	[4]
4	Saturday	April 18	6:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 63–48	4–0	Wells Fargo Center	10,008	[5]
5	Sunday	April 26	4:00 p.m. EDT	at New Orleans VooDoo	W 55–42	5–0	Smoothie King Center	3,096	[6]
6	Saturday	May 2	6:00 p.m. EDT	Portland Thunder	W 52–35	6–0	Wells Fargo Center	7,011	[7]
7	Friday	May 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 62–48	7–0	Wells Fargo Center	8,633	[8]
8	Saturday	May 16	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 47–55	7–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,465	[9]
9	Saturday	May 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 71–27	8–1	Amalie Arena	13,921	[10]
10	Saturday	May 30	6:00 p.m. EDT	Las Vegas Outlaws	W 51–43	9–1	Boardwalk Hall	6,514	[11]
11	Saturday	June 6	6:00 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 62–41	10–1	Wells Fargo Center	8,197	[12]
12	Saturday	June 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	L 42–45	10–2	Amway Center	10,473	[13]
13	Saturday	June 20	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Los Angeles KISS	W 56–48	11–2	Honda Center	6,122	[14]
14	Friday	June 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 64–42	12–2	Wells Fargo Center	8,214	[15]
15	Bye
16	Saturday	July 11	1:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 72–56	13–2	Wells Fargo Center	8,784	[16]
17	Saturday	July 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Jacksonville Sharks	L 67–74	13–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,745	[17]
18	Bye
19	Sunday	August 2	4:00 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 61–28	14–3	Wells Fargo Center	10,018	[18]
20	Saturday	August 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	W 48–33	15–3	Quicken Loans Arena	12,474	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Attendance	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 15	5:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	W 47–35	Wells Fargo Center	8,424
AC Championship	Sunday	August 23	5:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	L 56–61	Wells Fargo Center	9,378

Roster

2015 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks  9Bryan Randall  5Dan Raudabaugh Fullbacks 24Tommy Taggart Wide receivers 15Harvey Binford 11Xavier Boyce 21Shaun Kauleinamoku 19Ryan McDaniel  4Lonnie Outlaw  3Marco Thomas		Offensive linemen 74Shannon Breen 76Adam Smith 72Neal Tivis Defensive linemen 95Tyron Hurst 98Ted Jennings 99Justin Lawrence 12Bryan Robinson 13Padric Scott		Linebackers  2Beau Bell 18Joe Goosby Defensive backs  6Brandon Freeman 22Dwayne Hollis 25James Romain 23LaRico Stevenson Kicker 28Tommy Frevert		Injured reserve 38Uriah Grant DL  7Carlos Martinez K 72Keith Newell OL  1Kent Richardson DB Refused to report --James Frazier DL League suspension --Dominique Curry WR --Keyun Swinney OL --Walter Thomas OL Other League Exempt --Maurice Leggett DB Inactive reserve 55Daverin Geralds OL  8Jake Metz DL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italicsRoster updated August 18, 2015 24 Active, 12 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.
2. "Soul shut down Predators, 70-63". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. March 29, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
3. "Defense lifts Soul to victory over Shock, 54-43". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
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15. "Soul survive the Storm, 64-42". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
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18. "Soul steal VooDoo's magic with a 61-28 win". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
19. "Soul defense leads way over Gladiators, 48-33". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.