2015 FXFL season

Second season of Fall Experimental Football League January 2025 The 2015 FXFL season was the second season of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL) and the final season of league play before it was replaced by The Spring League in 2017. Relocations and franchise changes The Boston Brawlers ceased operations. The team had originally announced it was relocating the team to Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio to become the "Mahoning Valley Brawlers" but had its franchise revoked one week before the start of play.http://www.wfmj.com/story/30130758/fxfl-folding-mahoning-valley-franchise FXFL folding Mahoning Valley franchise WFMJ September 28, 2015 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes The Omaha Mammoths ceased operations and were replaced by the Hudson Valley Fort, who will play at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, New York. With the Brawlers' sudden contraction, the league shrank from four teams to three, with the Brooklyn Bolts and traveling Florida Blacktips remaining as they were in 2014. The league's geographic footprint also shrank so that both teams with home fields are located in the state of New York. Coaching changes In Brooklyn, John Bock left the team. Replacing Bock was Terry Shea, who moved over from the same position with the Brawlers. Hudson Valley hired John Jenkins, who had previously served as coach of the Blacktips and the Ottawa Renegades of the CFL, as their head coach. Sandy Buda, who had coached the predecessor Omaha Mammoths, declined to leave Omaha. The Blacktips never announced who their head coach was for the 2015 season. Jenkins himself would quit the league midseason after not being paid, with Robert Gordon serving as the Fort's head coach for the remainder of the season.http://www.newspressnow.com/sports/college/missouri_western_griffons/article_d9599937-1788-5017-88fa-f6878f047cc3.html Partridge keeps firing away in FXFL St. Joseph News Press Hanrahan Tom October 18, 2015 November 20, 2015 The Brawlers had planned to hire Rick Worman, most recently offensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes, as head coach before the team was contracted. Regular season The second Blacktips/Bolts game was originally scheduled for Friday, October 30, but the game was rescheduled to one day earlier due to Game 3 the 2015 World Series, which was to be hosted by the Bolts' parent company, the New York Mets. As was the case in the 2014 season, the last game of the season (the only matchup between the Blacktips and Hudson Valley) was canceled, and no championship was played.Friday's HV Fort Game CANCELLED!. Hudson valley Renegades. Retrieved November 6, 2015. As a result, because the Blacktips and Hudson Valley never faced each other, it became impossible to determine a true champion; although Brooklyn technically had the better record, the Blacktips and Bolts split the two-game series between each other 1–1 and the three games' difference between them and the Blacktips was all in games against winless Hudson Valley, whom the Blacktips never got to face. Schedule Date Visitor Score Home Score Attendance Friday, October 2 Blacktips 29 Brooklyn 6 est. 950 Saturday, October 3Brawlers will be part of FXFL http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jul/16/fxfl-makes-things-official/ July 16, 2015 Vindy.com The Vindicator July 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150717015146/http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jul/16/fxfl-makes-things-official/ July 17, 2015 dead Hudson Valley — Mahoning Valley — canceled Saturday, October 10http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sports/2015/08/06/pro-football-team-play-dutchess-stadium/31187895/ County brings pro football to Dutchess hoping fans follow Haynes Stephen Poughkeepsie Journal August 6, 2015 August 6, 2015 Brooklyn 45 Hudson Valley 23 1,776http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sports/recreational/2015/10/10/fort-falls-season-franchise-opener/73758954/ Fort opener yields positive atmosphere despite result Poughkeepsie Journal A.J. Martelli 11 October 2015 Thursday, October 15 Blacktips — Mahoning Valley — canceled Saturday, October 17 Hudson Valley 9 Brooklyn 34 — Friday, October 23The original schedule had Brooklyn hosting Mahoning Valley on this date instead of this game. Brooklyn 30 Hudson Valley 6 — Thursday, October 29 Blacktips 24 Brooklyn 31 — Wednesday, November 4 Brooklyn — Mahoning Valley — canceled Friday, November 6 Blacktips — Hudson Valley — canceled Final standings Team Wins Losses Win % PF PA Net points Home Road Streak Brooklyn 4 1 .800 146 91 +55 2–1 2–0 W4 Blacktips 1 1 .500 53 37 +16 0–0 1–1 L1 Hudson Valley 0 3 .000 38 109 -71 0–2 0–1 L3 References 30em FXFL Category:Fall Experimental Football League seasons