2015 Columbus Lions season explained

Team:	Columbus Lions
Year:	2015
Record:	8–3
League Place:	1st
Coach:	Jason Gibson
General Manager:	Tanema Willock
Owner:	John Hargrove Keith Norred Kike Seda Skip Seda Rich Jacobson
Stadium:	Columbus Civic Center
Playoffs:	Won Semi-Finals 69–41 (Steelhawks) Won PIFL Cup IV 64–38 (Raiders)
Previous:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 Columbus Lions season was the ninth season for the indoor football franchise, and their fourth in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). They won PIFL Cup IV over the Richmond Raiders.

Schedule

Key:

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
1	colSpan=7	BYE
2	Sunday	March 29	3:00pm	Richmond Raiders	W 52–50^[1]	1–0	Columbus Civic Center
3	Saturday	April 4	7:00pm	at Trenton Freedom	W 70–60	2–0	Sun National Bank Center
4	Saturday	April 11	7:00pm	at Richmond Raiders	W 47–43^[2]	3–0	Richmond Coliseum
5	Saturday	April 18	7:00pm	Nashville Venom	L 55–58	3–1	Columbus Civic Center
6	Saturday	April 25	7:00pm	Alabama Hammers	W 74–53	4–1	Columbus Civic Center
7	Saturday	May 2	7:00pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	L 43–46^[3]	4–2	PPL Center
8	Saturday	May 9	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 45–35	5–2	Columbus Civic Center
9	Sunday	May 17	3:00pm	at Nashville Venom	W 44–38	6–2	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10	colSpan=7	BYE
11	Saturday	May 30	7:00pm	Erie Explosion	W 81–26^[4]	7–2	Columbus Civic Center
12	colSpan=7	BYE
13	Saturday	June 13	7:00pm	Trenton Freedom	W 43–40	8–2	Columbus Civic Center
14	Saturday	June 20	8:00pm	at Alabama Hammers	L 57–60	8–3	Von Braun Center

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Location
Semi-Finals	Saturday	June 27	7:00pm	Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 69–41	1–0	Columbus Civic Center
PIFL Cup IV	Monday	July 6	7:00pm	Richmond Raiders	W 64–38^[5]	2–0	Columbus Civic Center

Web site: Raids fall on late touchdown . March 29, 2015 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . www.richmond.com . May 12, 2015.
Web site: Richmond Raiders can't hold on to late lead, lose to Columbus . David M. Lawrence . March 29, 2015 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . www.richmond.com . May 12, 2015.
Web site: Steelhawks win a thriller to gain sole possession of first place . Keith Groller . May 3, 2015 . The Morning Call . www.mcall.com . May 12, 2015 . February 11, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211204447/http://touch.mcall.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83453085/ . dead .
Web site: Lions score 81, roll over Explosion . Joshua Fuller . May 30, 2015 . Ledger-Enquirer . www.ledger-enquirer.com . June 1, 2015 .
Web site: Lions feast on Raiders again, claim PIFL title with 64-38 win . Justin Ferguson . July 6, 2015 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . www.richmond.com . July 7, 2015.