Английская Википедия:2015 Duke City Gladiators season

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The 2015 Duke City Gladiators season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise, first as the "Duke City Gladiators", and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Venom were led by head coach Dominic Bramante. One of nine teams in the CIF for the 2015 season, the Gladiators played their home games at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Season summary

The CIF's announced schedule for the 2015 season was disrupted when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015. The Gladiators' schedule was a mix of league games and non-league games because of prior scheduling maneuvers and arena availability.

Although hastily assembled, the Gladiators were able to pick up many key personnel from the unexpected temporary shutdown of the New Mexico Stars. This experience allowed them amass a 5–4 record during their unexpectedly shortened debut season. Originally scheduled for just 9 league games, the Gladiators' final home game was won by forfeit after the Sailna Bombers were ejected from the CIF on May 28. Of their four losses, only the season opener against the Texas Revolution was a blowout. The other three losses were by just 4 points, 3 points, and 5 points, respectively. Duke City also played a pair of non-league exhibition games, winning both.

Off-field moves

The team opened training camp on March 15. Their first indoor practice session was March 24. Regular season promotions included Hispanic Heritage Night on March 28 and Public Service Day on April 26.

The team averaged about 1,000 fans per home game with a peak of 1,200 during the home season finale on April 26.

Awards and honors

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 12, the CIF named quarterback Kasey Peters as the Offensive Player of the Week. For Week 13, the CIF named defensive back Jayson Serda as the Defensive Player of the Week.

Schedule

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Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Friday	March 20	7:00pm	at Texas Revolution	L 16–56	0–1	Allen Event Center
2	Saturday	March 28	6:05pm	All Friends Team/MexicoШаблон:SupШаблон:SupШаблон:Sup	W 27–13	—	Tingley Coliseum
3	Saturday	April 4	6:05pm	San Angelo Bandits	W 51–34	1–1	Tingley Coliseum
4	Saturday	April 11	6:05pm	Dodge City Law	L 43–47	1–2	Tingley Coliseum
5	Saturday	April 18	6:05pm	Amarillo Venom	W 45–38	2–2	Tingley Coliseum
6	Sunday	April 26	4:05pm	Texas Stealth (NAIFL)Шаблон:Sup	W 76–12	—	Tingley Coliseum
7	Saturday	May 2	7:05pm	at San Angelo Bandits	W 64–61	3–2	Foster Communications Coliseum
8	BYE
9	Saturday	May 16	7:05pm	at Amarillo Venom	L 86–89 (4OT)	3–3	Amarillo Civic Center
10	Monday	May 25	7:00pm	at San Angelo Bandits	W 47–10	4–3	Foster Communications Coliseum
11	Friday	May 29	7:00pm	at Texas Revolution	L 49–54	4–4	Allen Event Center
12	Saturday	June 6	6:05pm	Salina Bombers	FORFEITШаблон:Sup	5–4	Santa Ana Star CenterШаблон:Sup

Шаблон:Sup Exhibition game against non-league opponent.
Шаблон:Sup Won by forfeit; game ended by officials after fight just before halftime.
Шаблон:Sup Duke City alternate home site as Tingley Coliseum was unavailable in June
Шаблон:Sup Game cancelled after Salina Bombers ejected from league on May 28, 2015.

Roster

2015 Duke City Gladiators roster
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External links

• Duke City Gladiators official website
• Duke City Gladiators at Our Sports Central