2010 Omaha Nighthawks season

2010 Omaha Nighthawks season
Head coach	Jeff Jagodzinski
Home field	Rosenblatt Stadium
Results
Record	3–5
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2010 Omaha Nighthawks season was the first season for the United Football League franchise. The team finished with a 3–5 record and last in the league.

Offseason

Expansion draft

2010 Omaha Nighthawks expansion draft selections

Player name	Position	College	Former team
P. J. Alexander	OG	Syracuse	Florida
Willie Andrews	S	Baylor	Florida
Martin Bibla	OG	Miami (FL)	Las Vegas
Wendell Bryant	DT	Wisconsin	Las Vegas
Mike Fladell	OT	Rutgers	New York Sentinels
Ryan Hoag	WR	Gustavus Adolphus	New York Sentinels
Christian Hopkins	TE	Toledo	New York Sentinels
Ross Kolodziej	DT	Wisconsin	Las Vegas
Fred Matua	OG	Southern California	Florida
Terrell Maze	CB	San Diego State	New York Sentinels
Adrian McCovy	LB	Arizona	California
Frank Murphy	WR	Kansas State	Florida
Ryan Neufeld	TE	UCLA	Florida
Josh Savage	DE	Utah	Florida
Adam Speer	OG	Oregon State	California
Gary Stills	LB	West Virginia	Las Vegas
Craphonso Thorpe	WR	Florida State	New York Sentinels
DeJuan Tribble	CB	Boston College	Florida
Shaud Williams	RB	Alabama	Florida
Willie Williams	DT	Louisville	Florida

UFL draft

Main article: 2010 UFL Draft

2010 Omaha Nighthawks UFL Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	1	Dewayne White	DE	Louisville
2	6	Chike Okeafor	DE	Purdue
3	11	Shawn Andrews	OT	Arkansas
4	16	Adrian Jones	OT	Kansas
5	21	Kenny Peterson	DT	Ohio State
6	26	Ronald Curry	WR	North Carolina
7	35	DeMarcus Faggins	CB	Kansas State
8	39	Devard Darling	WR	Washington State
9	43	Nate Webster	LB	Miami (FL)
10	47	Frank Walker	CB	Tuskegee
11	51	Hollis Thomas	DT	Northern Illinois
12	60	Nick Ferguson	S	Georgia Tech

Personnel

Staff

2010 Omaha Nighthawks staff

Front office General manager – Rick Mueller Director of football operations – Matt Boockmeier Director of player personnel – Ted Sundquist Head coaches Head coach/offensive coordinator – Jeff Jagodzinski Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Ron Hudson Running backs – Wardell Smith Wide receivers – Roger Hughes Tight ends – Vince Marrow Offensive line – Keith Uecker Offensive quality control/assistant offensive line – Michael Ketchum

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebackers/special teams – Kirk Doll Defensive line – Carl Hairston Assistant defensive line – Rick Lantz Defensive backs – Joe Tresey Defensive quality control/assistant defensive backs – Patrick Madden Special teams coaches Assistant special teams/assistant linebackers – Jim Ryan Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Andy Williams Football Video staff Video director – Joe Riker Assistant video director/sideline video – Tony Parks Assistant video director/endzone video – Pat Kelly Equipment Management Equipment manager – Cale Kirby Assistant equipment manager – Alex Moede Assistant equipment manager – Alex Koskinen

Roster

2010 Omaha Nighthawks roster

	Quarterbacks  7 Jeff Garcia 15 Matt Gutierrez  3 D. J. Shockley Running backs 13 Maurice Clarett 30 Ahman Green 36 Rendrick Taylor FB 21 Shaud Williams PR Wide receivers 19 Andrew Brewer 82 Michael Clayton 81 Devard Darling 89 Robert Ferguson 88 Roy Hall 85 Mike Hass Tight ends 84 Christian Hopkins 80 Jeb Putzier 86 Lee Vickers		Offensive linemen 69 P. J. Alexander C 74 Damion Cook G 66 Mitch Erickson G 72 George Foster T 71 Dan Gay T 75 Adrian Jones T 73 Erik Pears T 61 Marvin Philip G/C 78 Julius Wilson G/T Defensive linemen 90 Kevin Basped DE 77 Wendell Bryant DT 94 Dusty Dvoracek DT 44 Jay Moore DE 97 Demetrin Veal DT 95 Dewayne White DE 92 Willie Williams DT 93 Renaldo Wynn DT		Linebackers 56 Morlon Greenwood MLB 53 Nick Greisen MLB 59 Cato June OLB 50 Joey LaRocque OLB 52 Alex Lewis OLB 55 Gary Stills OLB 54 Pat Thomas OLB Defensive backs 23 Ricardo Colclough CB/KR 38 DeMarcus Faggins CB 24 Eric Green CB 42 Clinton Hart SS 35 Corey Ivy CB 37 Calvin Lowry FS 33 Matt O'Hanlon SS 32 Jermaine Phillips SS 20 Stuart Schweigert FS 22 Brandon Galvan FS Special teams 16 Justin Brantly P 47 Matt Overton LS  6 Jeff Wolfert K		Reserve lists 26 Aaron Rouse FS (Suspended) Rookies in italics Roster updated November 17, 2010 52 Active, 1 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Bye
2	Friday, September 24	7:00 p.m. CT	Hartford Colonials	W 27–26	1–0	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,067	HDNet
3	Saturday, October 2	7:30 p.m. CT	Sacramento Mountain Lions	W 20–17	2–0	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,416	HDNet
4	Friday, October 8	9:00 p.m. CT	at Las Vegas Locomotives	L 10–22	2–1	Sam Boyd Stadium	9,767	HDNet
5	Saturday, October 16	2:00 p.m. CT	at Hartford Colonials	W 19–14	3–1	Rentschler Field	14,056	NESN
6	Bye
7	Thursday, October 28	7:00 p.m. CT	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 10–24	3–2	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,554	HDNet
8	Friday, November 5	7:00 p.m. CT	at Florida Tuskers	L 14–31	3–3	Citrus Bowl	9,203	HDNet
9	Saturday, November 13	10:00 p.m. CT	at Sacramento Mountain Lions	L 3–41	3–4	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
10	Friday, November 19	7:30 p.m. CT	Florida Tuskers	L 10–27	3–5	Rosenblatt Stadium	21,106	HDNet

Standings

United Football League
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Las Vegas Locomotives	5	3	0	.625	174	142	L2
y-Florida Tuskers	5	3	0	.625	213	136	W3
x-Sacramento Mountain Lions	4	4	0	.500	169	164	W2
x-Hartford Colonials	3	5	0	.375	169	194	W1
x-Omaha Nighthawks	3	5	0	.375	113	202	L4

y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL championship game berth
x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

Game summaries

Week 2: vs. Hartford Colonials

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	13	3	3	26
Nighthawks	7	3	0	17	27

at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska

• Date: Friday, September 24
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CT
• Game attendance: 23,067
• Referee: Chris Snead
• TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
• Recap

Game information

1st Quarter HAR – Tyson DeVree 14-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:00 OMA – Rendrick Taylor 10-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:54 2nd Quarter HAR – Taurus Johnson 6-yard pass from Ryan Perrilloux (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:05 OMA – Jeff Wolfert 26-yard field goal, 1:13 HAR – Patrick Carter 35-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick failed), 0:13 3rd Quarter HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 37-yard field goal, 5:53 4th Quarter OMA – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 14:13 OMA – Devard Darling 2-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 8:05 HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 25-yard field goal, 2:43 OMA – Robert Ferguson 12-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 0:06 Passing HAR – Josh McCown – 22/25, 264 yards, 2 TD OMA – Jeff Garcia – 23/40, 226 yards, 3 TD Rushing HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 car, 59 yards OMA – Ahman Green – 12 car, 49 yards Receiving HAR – Lorenzo Booker – 5 rec, 50 yards OMA – Devard Darling – 5 rec, 48 yards, 1 TD

In what is regarded as the best UFL game played so far, Jeff Garcia completed a pass to Robert Ferguson with six seconds left to give the Nighthawks a win 27–26.