2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

The 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season was the second season for the Sacramento Mountain Lions and the first since relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area. The team finished with a 4–4 record and third in the league.

2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season
Head coach	Dennis Green
General manager	Dennis Green
Owner	Paul Pelosi
Home field	Hornet Stadium
Results
Record	4–4
Division place	3rd
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

After unusually poor attendance at the California Redwoods' 2009 home games (the team was the only one to not have a single game with an attendance of over 10,000 fans), the Redwoods announced they would be leaving AT&T Park in San Francisco for either San Jose, California or Sacramento, California. Sacramento (and Hornet Stadium) was ultimately chosen, and the team was renamed the "Sacramento Mountain Lions" in a fan contest.

UFL Draft

Main article: 2010 UFL Draft

2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions UFL Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	3	Justin Goltz	QB	Occidental
2	8	Tavita Thompson	OT	Oregon State
3	13	Tim Clark	CB	Oregon State
4	18	Udeme Udofia	DT	Stanford
5	23	Ryan McFoy	S	Arizona State
6	28	Antonio Chatman	WR	Cincinnati
7	32	Carl Spitale	OT	Florida Atlantic
8	36	Dennis Keyes	S	UCLA
9	45	Bobby Guillory	WR	Central Missouri
10	49	Curtis Young	DE	Cincinnati
11	53	Willie Glasper	CB	Oregon
12	57	Terrence Blevins	RB	Eastern Michigan

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Personnel

Staff

2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions staff

Front Office Majority Owner – Paul Pelosi Minority Owner – Angelo Tsakopoulos Minority Owner – George Zimmer Minority Owner – Dave Lucchetti Minority Owner – George Marcus Director of Football Operations – Sid Pillai Player Personnel – Robert Griffith Head Coaches Head Coach/General Manager – Dennis Green Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Mike Kruczek Running Backs – Mike McDaniel Wide Receivers – Charles Collins Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Bill Khayat Offensive Line – Art Kehoe

Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Ricky Hunley Defensive Line – DeChon Burns Defensive Backs – Steve Shafer Safeties – Robert Griffith Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Assistant – Martin Bayless Special Teams Assistant – Steven Hoppe Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Michael Rehfeldt

Roster

2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Richard Bartel  8 Daunte Culpepper  7 Liam O'Hagan Running backs 26 Steve Baylark 44 Tyler Clutts FB 20 Cory Ross 28 John David Washington Wide receivers 18 Otis Amey 17 Taye Biddle 80 Jayson Foster 13 Marcus Maxwell 19 Joe West 11 Rod Windsor 83 Aaron Woods RS Tight ends 41 Kai Brown 84 Nate Lawrie 82 Darrell Strong		Offensive linemen 66 Martin Bibla G 67 Matt Lentz T 75 Sam Lightbody T 77 Tyler Luellen T 65 Mike Mabry C 62 Erik Robertson G/C 60 Matt Spanos G 63 Mike Tepper T Defensive linemen 98 Antwon Burton DT 93 John Faletoese DT 95 Josh Leonard DT 94 Eric Moncur DE 90 Jason Parker DE 97 Josh Savage DE 91 A. J. Schable DE 99 Jason Stewart DT		Linebackers 55 Maurice Crum, Jr. OLB 52 Prince Kwateng OLB 57 Zeke Moreno MLB 54 Ronnie Palmer OLB 53 Clinton Snyder MLB 51 Michael Tauiliili OLB 56 Dontarrious Thomas OLB Defensive backs 30 Tim Clark CB 31 Lendy Holmes SS 27 David Irons CB 22 Dennis Keyes FS 24 Kelly Malveaux CB 25 Terrell Maze CB 32 Marcus McCauley CB 21 Ronnie Prude CB 34 Andrew Sendejo SS Special teams 42 Aaron King LS  1 Tom Malone P  9 Fabrizio Scaccia K		Reserve lists 31 Robert Bourne CB (IR) -- Kevin Myers OL (IR) 29 Scott Ware FS (IR) 50 Worrell Williams MLB (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated November 15, 2010 52 Active, 4 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 18	11:30 a.m. PT	at Hartford Colonials	L 10–27	0–1	Rentschler Field	14,384	NESN
2	Saturday, September 25	8:00 p.m. PT	Florida Tuskers	W 24–20	1–1	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
3	Saturday, October 2	5:30 p.m. PT	at Omaha Nighthawks	L 17–20	1–2	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,416	HDNet
4	Bye
5	Friday, October 15	8:00 p.m. PT	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 3–26	1–3	Hornet Stadium	19,000	HDNet
6	Thursday, October 21	4:00 p.m. PT	at Florida Tuskers	W 21–17	2–3	Citrus Bowl	10,066	HDNet
7	Saturday, October 30	8:00 p.m. PT	Hartford Colonials	L 26–27	2–4	Hornet Stadium	13,500	Versus
8	Saturday, November 6	8:00 p.m. PT	at Las Vegas Locomotives	W 27–24	3–4	Sam Boyd Stadium	13,622	Versus
9	Saturday, November 13	8:00 p.m. PT	Omaha Nighthawks	W 41–3	4–4	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
10	Bye

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 1: at Hartford Colonials

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	0	0	3	7	10
Colonials	7	13	7	0	27

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

• Date: Saturday, September 18
• Game time: 11:30 a.m. PT
• Game attendance: 14,384
• Referee: Perry Havener
• TV announcers (NESN): Mike Logan (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (analyst)
• Recap

Game information

1st Quarter HAR – Markee White 4-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:22 2nd Quarter HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 34-yard field goal, 11:33 HAR – Jason Chery 59-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 8:34 HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 20-yard field goal, 5:00 3rd Quarter HAR – Lorenzo Booker 80-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 14:03 SAC – Fabrizio Scaccia 21-yard field goal, 6:45 4th Quarter SAC – Joe West 5-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:37 Passing SAC – Daunte Culpepper – 21/40, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT HAR – Josh McCown – 11/21, 265 yards, 3 TD Rushing SAC – Cory Ross – 14 att, 22 yards HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 att, 94 yards Receiving SAC – Rod Windsor – 5 rec, 55 yards HAR – Jason Chery – 2 rec, 103 yards, 1 TD

Week 2: vs. Florida Tuskers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	3	7	7	3	20
Mountain Lions	0	7	0	17	24

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

• Date: Saturday, September 25
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. PT
• TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)

Over 20,000 Sacramento fans filed into Hornet Stadium to watch the Mountain Lions overcome a ten-point fourth-quarter deficit to become the first team to beat the Florida Tuskers in the regular season (snapping a seven-game win streak for Florida), 24–20. Daunte Culpepper completed 26 of 42 passes for 374 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception. This included the 33-yard go-ahead touchdown pass with thirty-one seconds left to play. Brooks Bollinger threw for his sixth career 300-yard game in the UFL with 328, completing 23 of 41 yards for a touchdown and an interception. The win gave the Mountain Lions (1–1) their first win since relocating to Sacramento and the loss gave Florida (1–1) their first ever even .500 record.[2]

Week 3: at Omaha Nighthawks

Week 5: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

Week 6: at Florida Tuskers

Week 7: vs. Hartford Colonials

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	7	0	13	27
Mountain Lions	14	6	0	6	26

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

• Date: Saturday, October 30
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. PT
• Game attendance: 13,500
• Referee: Jon Bible
• TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
• Recap

The thirty-four combined points at halftime was the most scored in the first thirty minutes in a game this season, and the Colonials also gave up the league's first ever punt return for a touchdown. But Hartford overcame an early 14-0 deficit to defeat the Sacramento Mountain Lions, 27-26 in front of a crowd of over 13,000 at Hornet Stadium. After missing a potential game-winning field goal against Las Vegas the previous week, plus 34 and 22-yard field goals earlier in the game, Taylor Mehlhaff redeemed himself by nailing a 23-yarder as time expired to beat the Mountain Lions for only their second win of the season. (both coming against Sacramento)

Week 8: at Las Vegas Locomotives

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	7	14	0	6	27
Locomotives	0	3	7	14	24

at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

• Date: Saturday, November 6
• Game time: 10:00 p.m. PT
• Game attendance: 13,622[3]
• TV: Versus

Sacramento attempted to avenge a 26-3 home loss earlier in the season to Las Vegas and did so with a 27-24 win on the road at Sam Boyd. The Mountain Lions survived a scare after the Locos tied the game at 24 in the fourth quarter, after Sacramento lead 21-0 in the second. Chase Clement was stellar in his debut for the Locos, throwing a touchdown and running for two in Las Vegas's comeback attempt that came up just a bit short. The Mountain Lions are the only team not named Florida to defeat the Locos.

Week 9: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

References

1. "2010 UFL Draft by Team - Sacramento". United Football League. 2010-06-02. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
2. "Gameday Final: Mountain Lions vs. Tuskers". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
3. "Gameday Final: Sacramento 27, Las Vegas 24". Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-07.