The 2015 Indoor Football League season was the seventh season of the

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. Playing with ten teams in two conferences located in mid-sized cities predominantly in the central United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 28, 2015, when the reigning league champion

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travelled to the Bemidji Axemen. The regular season ended 16 weeks later on June 20, 2015, with the

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visiting the

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. The playoffs were held in two rounds with the top two teams in each conference facing off in a conference championship game followed by the winners of those games meeting in the United Bowl.

Teams

For 2015, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each of 10 teams played 14 games during the 16-week regular season. This is the one more teams than the number of teams as played in the 2014 IFL season. The Texas-based

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expansion team replaced the Texas Revolution which left for

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for the 2015 season. The Iowa Barnstormers joined the IFL from the

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after making a move due to easier regional travel. The

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folded, and the league accepted the expansion franchise of Billings Wolves and the

United Conference

Intense Conference

Expansion

In January 2014, the league announced that the Billings Wolves would join the league for the 2015 season. The Wolves played their home games at

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. The city was previously home to the

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, who folded after a tornado heavily damaged the arena leaving them with heavy, uninsured losses. On August 25, 2014, the Nighthawks became official members of the

Teams

United Conference

Intense Conference

Expansion

Standings

Playoffs

Awards

Individual season awards

1st Team All-IFL

2nd Team All-IFL

References