2011 Omaha Nighthawks season
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The 2011 Omaha Nighthawks season was the second season for the United Football League franchise.
Offseason
The team fired previous head coach Jeff Jagodzinski following the 2010 season after losing the last four games and slipping out of the playoffs. Joe Moglia, an Omaha native who had originally been assigned as head coach of the expansion Virginia Destroyers, was reassigned to Omaha to replace Jagodzinski.
The Nighthawks have also changed stadiums, moving from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, where they spent their inaugural season, to TD Ameritrade Park in the downtown area of Omaha.
UFL Draft
Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
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Round | Pick | |||
1 | 2 | Reynaldo Hill | CB | Florida |
2 | 7 | Jamie Cumbie | DE | Clemson |
3 | 12 | Joe Toledo | OT | Washington |
4 | 17 | Chris Smith | CB | Northern Illinois |
5 | 23 | Mike Smith | OT | Nebraska |
6 | 28 | D. J. Jones | OT | Nebraska |
7 | 33 | Kyle Nelson | TE | New Mexico State |
8 | 38 | Jeremiah Masoli | QB | Mississippi |
8 | 39 | Brian Johnston | DE | Gardner–Webb |
9 | 43 | Derrick Locke | RB | Kentucky |
10 | 48 | Akiem Hicks | DT | Regina |
10 | 51 | Mark Herzlich | LB | Boston College |
Hartford Colonials dispersal draft
- R1. Orrin Thompson, OT
- R2. Chad Nkang, LB
- R3. Kyle Calloway, OT
- R4. Lorenzo Booker, RB
- R5. Cecil Newton, C
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
| Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
| Reserve lists
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Schedule
Week | Date | Kickoff * | Opponent | Results | Game site | |
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Final score | Team record | |||||
1 | Thursday, September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Destroyers | L 13–23 | 0–1 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
2 | Bye | |||||
3 | Saturday, October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 33–30 | 1–1 | Hornet Stadium |
4 | Saturday, October 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–30 | 1–2 | Sam Boyd Stadium |
5 | Saturday, October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 6–13 | 1–3 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
6 | Friday, October 21 † | 7:00 p.m. | Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 19–25 | 1–4 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
* All times are Central Time. † Postseason Consolation Game. |
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Standings
United Football League | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | ||
z-Virginia Destroyers | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 105 | 63 | L1 | ||
z-Las Vegas Locomotives | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 83 | 67 | W2 | ||
x-Omaha Nighthawks | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 62 | 96 | L2 | ||
x-Sacramento Mountain Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 80 | 104 | W1 |
z-Virginia and Las Vegas were awarded berths in the 2011 UFL championship game when the balance of the regular season was cancelled on October 17
x-Omaha and Sacramento would play in a post-season consolation game
Game summaries
Week 1: vs. Virginia Destroyers
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Destroyers | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Nighthawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
- Date: Thursday, September 15
- Game attendance: 15,836[2]
- Recap
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Week 3: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Nighthawks | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 33 |
Mountain Lions | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
- Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
- Game time: 6:07PM (CT)
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Sunny, Winds from SW 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h)
- Game attendance: 17,612
- Referee: Chris Snead
- TV announcers (Cox Cable 2 [Relay of CSN California]): Grant Napear, Jerry Glanville, Mike Pawlawski, Dan Dibley
- Gamebook from ufl-football.com[permanent dead link]
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Week 4: at Las Vegas Locomotives
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Nighthawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Locomotives | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
- Date: Saturday October 8, 2011
- Game time: 5:00PM (PT)
- Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Sunny, Winds from NNE 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
- Game attendance: 6,500
- Referee: John Bible
- Gamebook
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Week 5: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives
Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Nighthawks | 0 | ||
Locomotives | 0 |
Week 6: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions
Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Mountain Lions | 0 | ||
Nighthawks | 0 |
References
- ^ Pivovar, Steven (August 16, 2011). "Nighthawks new schedule out". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ Pivovar, Steven (September 15, 2011). "Nighthawks fall in opener". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved September 16, 2011.