The 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season was the second season for the Sacramento Mountain Lions and the first season after the team relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area. The team finished with a 4–4 record and third in the league.
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
+ 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
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 final roster Quarterbacks Richard Bartel Daunte Culpepper Liam O'Hagan
Running backs Steve Baylark Tyler Clutts Cory Ross John David Washington
Wide receivers Otis Amey Taye Biddle Jayson Foster Marcus Maxwell Joe West Rod Windsor Aaron Woods
Tight ends Kai Brown Nate Lawrie Darrell Strong Offensive linemen Martin Bibla G Matt Lentz T/G Sam Lightbody T Tyler Luellen T Mike Mabry C Erik Robertson G/C Matt Spanos G Mike Tepper T
Defensive linemen Antwon Burton DT John Faletoese DT Josh Leonard DE Eric Moncur DE Jason Parker DE Josh Savage DE A. J. Schable DE/DT Jason Stewart DT Linebackers Maurice Crum, Jr. OLB Prince Kwateng MLB Zeke Moreno MLB Ronnie Palmer OLB Clinton Snyder OLB Mike Tauiliili OLB Dontarrious Thomas OLB
Defensive backs Tim Clark CB Lendy Holmes SS David Irons CB Dennis Keyes FS Kelly Malveaux CB Terrell Maze CB Marcus McCauley CB Ronnie Prude CB Andrew Sendejo SS Special teams Aaron King LS Tom Malone P Fabrizio Scaccia K
Reserve lists Robert Bourne CB (IR) Kevin Myers T (IR) Scott Ware FS (IR) Worrell Williams MLB (IR)
rookies in italics 52 Active, 4 Inactive
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 at Hartford Colonials L 10–27 0–1 Rentschler Field 14,384 2 Florida Tuskers W 24–20 1–1 Hornet Stadium 20,000 3 at Omaha Nighthawks L 17–20 1–2 Rosenblatt Stadium 23,416 4 Bye 5 Las Vegas Locomotives L 3–26 1–3 Hornet Stadium 19,000 6 at Florida Tuskers W 21–17 2–3 Citrus Bowl 10,066 7 Hartford Colonials L 26–27 2–4 Hornet Stadium 13,500 8 at Las Vegas Locomotives W 27–24 3–4 Sam Boyd Stadium 13,622 9 Omaha Nighthawks W 41–3 4–4 Hornet Stadium 20,000 10 Bye
Standings
Game summaries
Week 1: at Hartford Colonials
Week 2: vs. Florida Tuskers
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.
Week 3: at Omaha Nighthawks
Week 5: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives
Week 6: at Florida Tuskers
Week 7: vs. Hartford Colonials
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
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
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