2015 Chicago Outlaws UFFL season

The 2015 Chicago Outlaws season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the United Furry Football League (UFFL). After a rough first season, the Outlaws bounced back and earned their first playoff berth.

The Outlaws received the 1st overall draft pick and chose running back Jean-Etienne Tremblay, who was effective immediately. Chicago's 28 interceptions and 426 points scored led the league in 2015.

Chicago Outlaws Timeline
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2015 Chicago Outlaws season
Owner (OOC)	pythos_cheetah
Owner (IC)
Head Coach	Richard Routledge
Offensive Coordinator	Forrest Heyerdahl (male timber wolf)
Defensive Coordinator	Joshua Pierzynski (male red squirrel)
Special Teams Coordinator	Annawake Ryan (female osprey)
Details
Conference / Division	United /
Location	Chicago, IL, USA
Home field	Magnificent Mile Stadium
Results
Record	11-5
Place	Division:
	Conference: 2nd
Playoff finish	Yes

Draft Picks

Main article: 2015 UFFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	1	Jean-Étienne Tremblay	Brown Bear	RB
2	13	Oliver McKinnon	Grey Wolf	TE
3	25	Cecil Grates	Black Rhinoceros	DT

Roster

Photo	#	Name	Pos.	Species	Ht	Wt	Yr	College
		Darius Smith	QB	African Wild Dog	6'2	205	2	Forest Park
		Nigel Seals	QB	Seal
	45	Jean-Étienne Tremblay	RB	Bear- Brown	6'4	255	R	U. Animalière Laval
		Jerry Simons	RB	Rhinoceros - Black	6'1	270	8	Appalachian State
		Ellsworth Starr	RB	Swallow- Tree	6'0	195	2	Harvaardwak
		Amos Granger	RB	Dog- Australian Shepherd	6'2	236	6	California Canine
		Ty Bassett	FB	Possum	5'11	250	4	Southern Mississippi
		James Schroeder	WR	Seagull	6'1	190	4	Montana State
		Ricky Mitchell	WR	Iguana - Gray's Spiny-tailed	6'2	195	5	Duke
File:Reuyters Olen.jpg		Olen Reuyters	WR	Rat - Brown	6'0	212	2	Faxwell (OH)
		Dyana Cobalt	WR	Dolphin	6'0	163	2	FATU
		Sean Smith	WR	Panther - black	6'4	216	3
		Byrus Downey	TE	Porcupine - North American	6'0	235	4	Minnesota's West
	88	Olliver McKinnon	TE	Wolf - grey	6'2	234	R	Victoria Wolfpack
		Zachery Munson	OL	Cat - Birman	6'0	285	4	Texas Tech
		Minh Gan	OL	Seal - Elephant	6'0	315	10	None (Vietnam)
		Sal Darden	OL	Leopard - Snow	6'3	270	3	Yarmouth
		Otis Benitez	OL	Cow	6'2	300	4	Western Illinois
		Aron Matos	OL	Cat - Balinese	5'11	291	14	Tennessee
		Kenneth Urban	C	Hartebeest	6'3	306	9
		Dewitt Sewell	DL	Avocet	5'11	240	3	Florida State
		Tristan Dorsey	DL	Penguin - Galapagos	5'10	316	4	Houston
		Marcelino Christopher	DL	Fox - Arctic	6'2	260	5	Michigan Tech
		Sam O'Brien	DL	Caribou	6'5	300	2	The Dakotas
	54	Cecil Grates	DL	Rhinoceros - Black	6'6	315	R	Privost
		Philip White	DE	Wallaby	6'3	285	4
		Wallace Curtis	LB	Cat - Marbled	6'1	255	11	Michigan
		Edmond Theisen	LB	Cattle	6'4	275	2	Edgerton
		Brad Ulrich	LB	Chinchilla	6'0	255	4	Iowa
		Harlan Freeman	LB	Pika- American	6'0	245	6	Vulpine State
		Chloe Moore	CB	Weasel - Long-tailed	6'1	228	9	Oklahoma
		Joe Jackson	CB	Quokka	6'4	232	8	Georgia
		David Locke	CB	Wildebeest -blue	6'2	220	2	Wyoming Herd
		Ronny Beard	FS				2
		Quincy Doss	FS	Dog- Canaan	6'1	230	6
		Patrice Bush	SS	African Palm Civet	6'4	226	5	Western Louisiana
		Armando Eastman	SS	Squirrel - Eastern Grey	5'11	205	1
File:Thalia Head.png		Thalia Perez	K	Bear	5'8	145	2	SFU
		Corbin Daniels	K	Mouse- house	5'8	175	9	Cornelius
		Rodger Blackman	P	Dog - Neapolitan Mastiff	6'1	210	8	Washington State

Practice Squad

The table below includes players who were appointed to the Practice Squad in 2015. These players could be promoted to the starting roster in the event that a certain position was needed due to injury. No contributor-created players could be on the Practice Squad.

Photo	Name	Pos	Species	Ht	Wt	Yr	College
	Nestor Scribner	C		6'2	283	R
	Chris Baron	WR		6'5	205	1
	Robert Shipp	DE		6'2	268	2
	Adam Ward	CB		6'1	195	1

Schedule

The 2015 UFFL schedule consisted of 2 preseason weeks and 16 regular season games. The weekends of October 4th and November 22nd were 'Bye' weeks for all 12 teams. The first playoff weekend games began on January 2nd, 2016. The UFFL reverted to the customary single-elimination style bracket.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Player of the Game
1	8/16/15	Abilene Lancers	L 14–17	0-1	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Aaron Whitman, ABI
2	8/23/15	at Fargo Axemen	W 7-6	1–1	Fargodome	Jerry Simons, CHI

Regular Season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Player of the Game
1	8/30/15	at New York Titans	L 26–28	0-1	Polo Grounds IV	John Cameron, NYT
2	9/6/15	Downriver Waves	W 30-0	1–1	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Jerry Simons, CHI
3	9/13/15	North Florida Renegades	W 23-6	2-1	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Patrice Bush, CHI
4	9/20/15	at Texas Ramblers	L 24-30 (OT)	2–2	Lone Star Stadium	Isaac Sierra, TEX
5	9/27/15	at Las Vegas Bandits	L 21-24	2–3	Silver State Stadium (Bandit Valley)	Justin Brown, LVB
Bye
6	10/11/15	Easton Bald Eagles	W 27–0	3–3	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Jean-Etienne Tremblay, CHI
7	10/18/15	California Dons	W 35-23	4–3	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Patrice Bush, CHI
8	10/25/15	at Baltimore Ponies	L 20-27	4–4	The Bali'mer Horseshoe	Dewitt Sewell, BAL
9	11/01/15	at Abilene Lancers	W 48-17	5-4	Shotwell Stadium	Jean-Etienne Tremblay, CHI
10	11/08/15	at Grand Rapids Dragons	W 27-13	6-4	Meijer Field (The Dragon's Lair)	Jean-Etienne Tremblay, CHI
11	11/15/15	Fargo Axemen	L 20-26 (OT)	6–5	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Bernard Randolph, FAR
Bye
12	11/29/15	at Downriver Waves	W 35-10	7-5	Wave Stadium	Darius Smith, CHI
13	12/6/15	at North Florida Renegades	W 16-6	8-5	Capital Stadium	Joe Jackson, CHI
14	12/13/15	Texas Ramblers	W 27-10	9-5	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Nigel Seals, CHI
15	12/20/15	New York Titans	W 24-10	10-5	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Ricky Mitchell, CHI
16	12/27/15	Las Vegas Bandits	W 23-20	11-5	Magnificent Mile Stadium	Joe Jackson, CHI

Playoffs

	1/9/16 – Silver State Stadium (Bandit Valley)
	4	Texas	14
						1/16/16 – Silver State Stadium (Bandit Valley)
	1	Las Vegas	28
	UC
						3	New York	30
	1/9/16 – Magnificent Mile Stadium
						1	Las Vegas	16
						UC Championship
	3	New York	24
											1/30/16 – Shotwell Stadium
	2	Chicago	20
	Divisional playoffs
											UC	New York	52
	1/10/16 – Meijer Field (Dragon's Lair)
											UC	Baltimore	17
											FurBowl II
	4	Baltimore	45
						1/16/16 – Scorpions Dome
	1	Grand Rapids	28
	CC
						4	Baltimore	31
	1/10/16 – Scorpions Dome
						2	California	28
						CC Championship
	3	Fargo	17
	2	California	19

Standings

United Conference
Team	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(1) Las Vegas Bandits	13	3	0	.813	8–2	383	266	L1
(2) Chicago Outlaws	11	5	0	.688	7-3	426	250	W5
(3) New York Titans	11	5	0	.688	7–3	361	308	W1
(4) Texas Ramblers	8	8	0	.500	4-6	341	342	L4
North Florida Renegades	6	10	0	.375	2-8	246	330	L5
Downriver Waves	3	13	0	.188	2-8	217	380	W2

2015 Team Statistics

Player Stats

2015 STATISTICS
Passing
Name	Team	G	GS	PA	PC	Yds	%	Lng	TD	Int	Rating
Darius Smith	CHI	14	14	372	212	2628	57	65	19	18	75
Nigel Seals	CHI	16	2	129	78	872	60	80	4	1	87

Rushing
Name	Team	G	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum
Jean-Étienne Tremblay	CHI	14	253	1078	4	52	10	5
Jerry Simons	CHI	16	153	693	4	61	4	1
Darius Smith	CHI	14	44	186	4	20	0	5
Amos Granger	CHI	16	14	67	4	31	2	0
Ellsworth Starr	CHI	16	10	46	4	9	0	1
Ty Bassett	CHI	16	11	41	3	7	0	0
Nigel Seals	CHI	16	10	16	1	6	0	1
Olen Reuyters	CHI	13	1	-2	-2	0	0	0
Dyana Cobalt	CHI	16	1	-4	-4	0	0	1

Receiving
Name	Team	G	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum
Ricky Mitchell	CHI	16	59	1233	20	80	8	0
Olen Reuyters	CHI	13	59	940	15	65	7	0
Jean-Étienne Tremblay	CHI	14	36	345	9	50	4	5
Olliver McKinnon	CHI	16	36	261	7	13	2	0
Dyana Cobalt	CHI	16	24	251	10	19	0	1
Byrus Downey	CHI	16	41	222	5	14	0	0
Sean Smith	CHI	16	18	110	6	22	0	0
Ellsworth Starr	CHI	16	5	69	13	35	0	1
Jerry Simons	CHI	16	5	29	5	13	1	1
Joseph Keane	CHI	2	3	20	6	10	1	0
James Schroeder	CHI	13	2	16	8	10	0	0
Ty Bassett	CHI	16	1	4	4	4	0	0
Amos Granger	CHI	16	1	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats
Name	Team	G	Tck	TFL	FF/FR	Sck	Int	PD	Sfty	TD	Blk P/XP/FG
Edmond Theisen	CHI	16	133	3	4 / 1	2	1	2	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Patrice Bush	CHI	16	102	5	2 / 1	4	8	12	0	3	0 / 0 / 0
Brad Ulrich	CHI	16	101	4	2 / 1	3	1	14	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Quincy Doss	CHI	16	84	0	1 / 0	2	5	5	0	1	0 / 0 / 0
Joe Jackson	CHI	16	77	0	0 / 0	0	8	20	0	2	0 / 0 / 0
Chloe Moore	CHI	16	75	0	2 / 0	3	2	18	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Dewitt Sewell	CHI	16	63	9	4 / 3	11	0	0	0	1	0 / 0 / 0
Harlan Freeman	CHI	15	51	1	1 / 1	2	2	3	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Tristan Dorsey	CHI	16	50	2	0 / 0	2	0	0	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Marcelino Christopher	CHI	14	31	4	0 / 1	3	0	0	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Cecil Grates	CHI	16	30	6	1 / 0	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Wallace Curtis	CHI	16	22	1	0 / 0	0	1	1	0	1	0 / 0 / 0
Sam O'Brien	CHI	5	12	2	0 / 0	2	0	0	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Armando Eastman	CHI	16	11	0	0 / 0	0	0	2	0	0	0 / 0 / 0
Ronny Beard	CHI	16	2	0	0 / 0	0	0	1	0	0	0 / 0 / 0

Offensive Line Stats
Name	Team	G	Pancakes	Sacks Allowed
Sal Darden	CHI	16	58	5
Otis Benitez	CHI	15	46	4
Minh Gan	CHI	16	43	7
Aron Matos	CHI	16	36	4
Zachery Munson	CHI	16	33	10
Byrus Downey	CHI	16	25	0
Olliver McKinnon	CHI	16	20	0
Kenneth Urban	CHI	16	14	1
Ty Bassett	CHI	16	7	2
Jean-Étienne Tremblay	CHI	14	6	2
Jerry Simons	CHI	16	3	1
Amos Granger	CHI	16	2	1

Kicking
Name	Team	G	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lng	Pts
Thalia Perez	CHI	16	48	48	100	26	32	81.2	4/4	6/6	9/10	5/8	2/4	53	126
Rodger Blackman	CHI	16	0	0	0	2	2	100	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	47	6

Punting
Name	Team	G	Punts	Yds	Avg	Inside 20	Long
Rodger Blackman	CHI	16	114	5549	48.7	15	74

Special Teams
Name	Team	G	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	KR Lng	KR TD	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR Lng	PR TD
Ricky Mitchell	CHI	16	3	82	27	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Granger	CHI	16	20	416	20	96	1	45	387	8	63	1
Olen Reuyters	CHI	13	16	304	19	34	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team Leaders

2015 Chicago Outlaws Team Leaders
Category	Player(s)	Value
Passing Yards	Darius Smith	2628
Touchdown Passes	Darius Smith	19
Rushing Yards	Jean-Étienne Tremblay	1078
Touchdown Runs	Jean-Étienne Tremblay	10
Receptions	Olen Reuyters	59
Receiving Yards	Ricky Mitchell	1233
Touchdown Catches	Ricky Mitchell	8
Points Scored	Thalia Perez	126
Kick Return Yards	Amos Granger	416
Punt Return Yards	Amos Granger	387
Tackles	Edmond Theisen	133
Sacks	Dewitt Sewell	11
Forced Fumbles	Edmond Theisen	4
Interceptions	Joe Jackson	8

League Rankings

Offense			Defense			Special Teams
Category	Value	Rank (out of 12)	Category	Value	Rank (out of 12)	Category	Value	Rank (out of 12)
Total Yards	351.3 YPG	5th	Total Yards	340.8 YPG	7th	Kickoff returns	20.6 YPR	7th
Yards per play			Yards per play			Punt returns	8.6 YPR	3rd
Rushing Yards	132.6 YPG	2nd	Rushing Yards	128.7 YPG	10th	FG Made %	82.4 %	10th
Yards per Rush	4.3 YPR	3rd	Yards per Rush			Net punting	48.7 YPP	1st
Passing Yards	218.8 YPG	7th	Passing Yards	212.1 YPG	7th	Kickoff coverage
Yards per Pass	7.0	6th	Yards per Pass			Punt coverage
Scoring	426	1st	Scoring	250	2nd
Pass completions	(290/501) 57.9%	10th	Pass completions
3rd Down %			3rd Down %
Possession Avg.			Sacks	34	12th
Fewest Sacks Allowed	37	4th	Forced fumbles	17	1st-T
Turnover differential			Fumble recoveries	13	4th-T
			Interceptions	28	1st