2014 Nashville Venom season

The 2014 Nashville Venom season was the first season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The Venom were of eight teams competing in the PIFL for the 2014 season.

2014 Nashville Venom season
OwnerJeff Knight
Terry Burns
General managerBilly Back
Head coachBilly Back
Home fieldNashville Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record10-2
Conference place1st
Playoff finishWon American Conference Championship (Columbus) 44-39
Won PIFL Cup III (Lehigh Valley) 64-43

In November 2012, it was announced that the Venom would be the eighth and final team of the Professional Indoor Football League for the 2014 season.[1] Unlike other teams in the American Conference of the new PIFL, the Venom were an entirely new team, not a continuation of a franchise in the former Southern Indoor Football. A few days after being introduced it was announced by Managing Partner Jeff Knight that Billy Back would be the first coach in Venom history.[2] The Venom began their inaugural season on March 29, 2014, in Huntsville, Alabama against the Alabama Hammers. Their first home game was on April 5, against the Harrisburg Stampede.[3] The Venom finished the regular season 10-2, the best record in the league, and won the American Conference regular season title. Their nine All-PIFL selected players were the most of any team.[4] In the American Conference Championship Game, the Venom defeated the Columbus Lions 44-39 to advance to PIFL Cup III.[5] On July 12, 2014, the Venom won their first PIFL Cup Championship, defeating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 64-43.[6]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 29 7:00pm at Alabama Hammers W 57-40 1-0 Von Braun Center
2 Saturday April 5 7:00pm Harrisburg Stampede W 40-31 2-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
3 BYE
4 Friday April 18 7:35pm Alabama Hammers W 59-29 3-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
5 BYE
6 Saturday May 3 7:30pm at Georgia Fire L 42-49 3-1 Forum Civic Center
7 Saturday May 10 7:05pm Georgia Fire L 56-58 3-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
8 Saturday May 17 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 53-38 4-2 Stabler Arena
9 Sunday May 25 2:15pm Columbus Lions W 58-44 5-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10 Monday June 2 7:15pm Alabama Hammers W 59-45 6-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
11 Saturday June 7 7:30pm at Georgia Fire W 73-39 7-2 Forum Civic Center
12 Saturday June 14 7:00pm at Columbus Lions W 60-56 8-2 Columbus Civic Center
13 Saturday June 21 7:30pm at Richmond Raiders W 63-28 9-2 Richmond Coliseum
14 Saturday June 28 7:15pm Trenton Freedom W 64-48 10-2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Postseason
Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
American Conference Championship Saturday July 5 3:05pm Columbus Lions W 44-39 1-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
PIFL Cup III Saturday July 12 3:05pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks W 64-43 2-0 Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Roster
2014 Nashville Venom roster
Quarterbacks
  • 18 Zach Duckery
  • 12 Charles McCullum
  • -- A. J. McKenna

Running backs

  • currently vacant

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen
  • 99 [tanlee Bradley
  • 72 Anthony Jackson
  • 91 James Jenkins
  • 55 Greshom Jordan
  • 90 Chris Thompson

Defensive linemen

  • 72 Kenny Davis
  • 33 Brian Ellis
  •  7 James Frazier
  • 85 B. J. Taylor
  • 77 Walter Thomas
Linebackers
  • 19 Wayne Daniels
  •  8 Anthony Kelly
  • 11 Cobran'i Mixon
  • -- Santino Turnbow

Defensive backs

  • 14 Jamie Graham
  • 16 Will Johnson
  •  6 Scooter Rogers
  • 20 Corry Stewart
  • 24 Kenny Veal
  • 21 Kenny Walton

Kickers

  • 38 Christian Reed
Injured Reserve
  • 33 Curtis Blake LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 42 DeShawn Byrd OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  3 Ernest Ramsey DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Dedrick Tucker DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Exempt List

  • 14 Alex Carder QB (Exempt)
  • 14 Lee Chapple QB (Exempt)
  • -- Akeel Lendor OL (Exempt)
  • -- Jordan Mosley OL (Exempt)

Left squad

  • 55 Kyle McCarthy OL (Left Squad)

Refused to report

Roster updated June 22, 2014
28 Active, 10 Inactive

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Division Standings
2014 Professional Indoor Football League
Team Overall Conference
W L T PCT W L T PCT
National Conference
y-Trenton Freedom840.667620.750
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks660.500530.625
Richmond Raiders570.417350.375
Harrisburg Stampede480.333260.250
American Conference
y-Nashville Venom1020.833620.750
x-Columbus Lions750.583530.625
Georgia Fire480.333350.375
Alabama Hammers480.333260.250

References
  1. J. R. Lind (November 9, 2013). "Indoor football set to return to Nashville". www.nashvillepost.com. SouthComm Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  2. Audra Martin (November 12, 2013). "Indoor football returns to Nashville". www.wkrn.com. WorldNow and WKRN. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. "2014 Regular Season Schedule." Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Nashville Venom. 2013. Retrieved on November 11, 2013.
  4. "2014 All-PIFL Teams Announced". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  5. Lauren Moore. "Nashville Venom advance to PIFL title game". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  6. Lauren Moore (July 13, 2014). "Nashville Venom win first indoor football title". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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