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

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UFL Draft

Main article: 2010 UFL Draft

2010 Omaha Nighthawks UFL Draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
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

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Personnel

Staff

2010 Omaha Nighthawks staff

Front Office

General Manager – Rick Mueller
- Director of Football Operations – Kenny Stills Sr.
- Director of Player Personnel – Ted Sundquist
  - Team Scout - Matt Boockmeier

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

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

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

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

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

26 Aaron Rouse FS (Susp.)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated November 17, 2010
52 Active, 1 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance	TV
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

	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), 0:12

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.

References

↑ "Omaha Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski Selects 20 Players in 2010 United Football League Expansion Draft". United Football League. 2010-04-16. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
↑ "2010 UFL Draft by Team - Omaha". United Football League. 2010-06-02. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-03.

2010 UFL season

Florida Tuskers Hartford Colonials Las Vegas Locomotives Omaha Nighthawks Sacramento Mountain Lions

2010 UFL Draft 2010 UFL Championship Game

Omaha Nighthawks

Founded in 2010 Based in Omaha, Nebraska

The Franchise	Franchise Players

Stadiums	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Head Coaches	Jagodzinski Moglia Andrus

Key Personnel	Owner: Zach Nelson General Manager: Matt Boockmeier Head Coach: Bart Andrus

Seasons (3)	2010 2011 2012

Current League Affiliation	United Football League

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