2010 Omaha Nighthawks season – Wikipedia

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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[edit]

Expansion draft[edit]

[1]

UFL draft[edit]

[2]

Personnel[edit]

Staff[edit]

2010 Omaha Nighthawks staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

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

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[edit]

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

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

Game summaries[edit]

Week 2: vs. Hartford Colonials[edit]

Game information

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[edit]