2015 ASI Panthers season explained

Team:ASI Panthers
Year:2015
Record:5-3
Conference Place:4th
Coach:Bernie Nowotarski
General Manager:Will Mattis
Owner:Bill Mattis
Stadium:Santander Arena
700 Penn Street
Reading, PA 19602
Playoffs:Lost AIF Semifinals (Capitals) 58-68
No Prevseason:true
No Nextseason:true

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.

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
1March 20TBAat Saginaw StingW 35-29[4] 1-0Dow Event Center
2March 285:00pmat York CapitalsL 32-50[5] 1-1York City Ice Arena
3April 4TBABuffalo LightningW 53-13[6] 2-1Santander Arena
4April 12TBAYork CapitalsL 34-482-2Santander Arena
5April 19TBACleveland SaintsW 73-6[7] 3-2Santander Arena
6April 257:00 p.m.at Erie Explosion (interleague)L 26-503-2Erie Insurance Arena
7May 3TBASavannah SteamW 46-6[8] 4-2Santander Arena
8Bye
9May 17TBAYork CapitalsL 20-54[9] 4-3Santander Arena
10May 23TBAat Buffalo LightningW 60-12[10] 5-3Cattaraugus Community Center

Standings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASI Panthers to Join AIF . October 10, 2014 . OurSports Central . www.oursportscentral.com . January 5, 2015.
  2. Web site: Indoor football returning to Reading . Terry Bickhart . November 19, 2014 . Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . January 5, 2015.
  3. Web site: Panthers owner predicts success for Reading's new indoor football team . Brian Rippey . December 4, 2014 . Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . January 5, 2015.
  4. Web site: Reading 35, Saginaw 29: Sting struggle offensively in season-opening loss to Panthers . Cory Butzin . March 20, 2015 . MLive Media Group . www.mlive.com . March 30, 2015.
  5. Web site: York Capitals win season opener behind Nemeth's five first-half TD passes . Colin Snyder . March 29, 2015 . The York Daily Record . www.ydr.com . March 30, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130751/http://www.ydr.com/sports/ci_27807678/york-capitals-win-season-opener-behind-nemeths-five . April 2, 2015 .
  6. Web site: ASI Panthers enjoy successful home debut . Brian Rippey . April 5, 2015 . The Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . November 12, 2015.
  7. Web site: Panthers rock and roll over Cleveland . Brian Rippey . April 20, 2015 . The Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . August 11, 2015.
  8. Web site: Defense leads ASI Panthers to win over Steam . Brian Rippey . May 4, 2015 . The Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . May 13, 2015.
  9. Web site: Former Express player stars as York rolls past Panthers . Brian Rippey . May 18, 2015 . The Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . May 19, 2015.
  10. Web site: Panthers beat Buffalo in finale . May 24, 2015 . The Reading Eagle . www.readingeagle.com . May 28, 2015 .
  11. Web site: Late surge puts York Capitals in AIF title game . Eric Thomas . May 31, 2015 . The York Daily Record . www.ydr.com . June 1, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602195853/http://www.ydr.com/sports/ci_28222674/capitals-fire-all-cylinders-top-asi-aif-playoffs . 2015-06-02 . dead .