2015 Buffalo Lightning season

The 2015 Buffalo Lightning season was the first season for the American Indoor Football (AIF) expansion franchise, and their first season in the AIF.

2015 Buffalo Lightning season
Owner	John Augustine Bob Guenther
Head coach	Willie Burnett
Home field	Cattaraugus Community Center 12767 Route 438 Irving, NY 14081
Results
Record	1-7
League place	7th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

Schedule

Regular season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
1	Bye
2	March 29	5:15 PM EDT	at Chicago Blitz	L 9-85	0-1	Odeum Expo Center
3	April 4	TBA	at ASI Panthers	L 13-53[1]	0-2	Santander Arena
4	Bye
5	April 18	TBA	Chicago Blitz	L 20-36	0-3	Cattaraugus Community Center
6	April 25	TBA	at Cleveland Saints	W 56-52	1-3	Multiplex
7	May 2	TBA	York Capitals	L 7-34	1-4	Cattaraugus Community Center
8	May 9	TBA	at Saginaw Sting	L 37-79[2]	1-5	Dow Event Center
9	May 16	TBA	Saginaw Sting	L 30-79[3]	1-6	Cattaraugus Community Center
10	May 23	TBD	ASI Panthers	L 12-60[4]	1-7	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

Roster

2015 Buffalo Lightning roster
Quarterbacks 17 Tony DeMartino -- Jay Rizzo Running Backs 34 Felix Joyner -- Nick Martone Wide Receivers -- Gabriel Chambers 83 Brian Goldsmith  3 Kelvin McCullough		Offensive Linemen 59 Robert McCall Defensive Linemen -- Ray Barker -- Brock Janoski 55 Gorden Schubert		Linebackers -- Dave Cuthbertson -- Mike McKinnon 21 Jeff Hand -- Russell Terry Defensive Backs -- Lamonte Hudson -- Zach Johnson -- Lavone Nelson 20 Shawn McGee Kickers 15 Jimmy Allen		Injured Reserve 14 Darrik Bloomfield WR -- Rick Krantz QB Exempt List  2 Steffen Colon QB Rookies in italics Roster updated May 12, 2015 20 Active, 3 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. Brian Rippey (April 5, 2015). "ASI Panthers enjoy successful home debut". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
2. Cory Butzin (May 9, 2015). "Sting 79, Lightning 37: Saginaw scores 42 unanswered against Buffalo for fourth straight win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
3. Cory Butzin (May 19, 2015). "Saginaw Sting roll to road win over Buffalo". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
4. "Panthers beat Buffalo in finale". www.readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.