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
+ 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
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 final roster Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen Linebackers
Defensive Backs Special Teams
Reserve Lists
rookies in italics 52 Active, 1 Inactive
Schedule Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 Bye 2 Hartford Colonials W 27–26 1–0 Rosenblatt Stadium 23,067 3 Sacramento Mountain Lions W 20–17 2–0 Rosenblatt Stadium 23,416 4 at Las Vegas Locomotives L 10–22 2–1 Sam Boyd Stadium 9,767 5 at Hartford Colonials W 19–14 3–1 Rentschler Field 14,056 6 Bye 7 Las Vegas Locomotives L 10–24 3–2 Rosenblatt Stadium 23,554 8 at Florida Tuskers L 14–31 3–3 Citrus Bowl 9,203 9 at Sacramento Mountain Lions L 3–41 3–4 Hornet Stadium 20,000 10 Florida Tuskers L 10–27 3–5 Rosenblatt Stadium 21,106
Standings
Game summaries Week 2: vs. Hartford Colonials
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.
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