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2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

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{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = Sacramento Mountain Lions

| year = 2010

| record = 4–4

| division_place = 3rd

| coach = Dennis Green

| general manager = Dennis Green

| owner = Paul Pelosi

| stadium = Hornet Stadium

| playoffs = did not qualify

| uniform =File:UFL-Uniform-SAC.png

| previous = 2009

}}

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.

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|2010 UFL Draft}}

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|+ 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions UFL Draft selections

width="100" colspan="2" | Draft order

! width="140" rowspan="2" | Player name

! width="60" rowspan="2" | Position

! width="140" rowspan="2" | College

Round

! Choice

align="center"

! 1

! 3

| Justin Goltz

| QB

| Occidental

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! 2

! 8

| Tavita Thompson

| OT

| Oregon State

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! 3

! 13

| Tim Clark

| CB

| Oregon State

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! 4

! 18

| Udeme Udofia

| DT

| Stanford

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! 5

! 23

| Ryan McFoy

| S

| Arizona State

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! 6

! 28

| Antonio Chatman

| WR

| Cincinnati

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! 7

! 32

| Carl Spitale

| OT

| Florida Atlantic

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! 8

! 36

| Dennis Keyes

| S

| UCLA

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! 9

! 45

| Bobby Guillory

| WR

| Central Missouri

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! 10

! 49

| Curtis Young

| DE

| Cincinnati

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! 11

! 53

| Willie Glasper

| CB

| Oregon

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! 12

! 57

| Terrence Blevins

| RB

| Eastern Michigan

{{cite web|url=http://www.ufl-football.com/Draft/2010/Team/Sacramento|title=2010 UFL Draft by Team - Sacramento|work=United Football League|date=2010-06-02|accessdate=2010-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611060509/http://www.ufl-football.com/Draft/2010/Team/Sacramento|archive-date=2010-06-11|url-status=dead}}

Personnel

=Staff=

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|+ colspan="7" style="background-color:#B08C0A; color:white; border: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions staff

style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

|width="35"| 

|valign="top"|

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" |

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

=Roster=

{{UFL final roster

|Year=2010

|TeamName=Sacramento Mountain Lions

|BC1=#B08C0A

|FC1=white

|BDC1=black

|Active=52

|Inactive=4

|Date=November 15, 2010

|Quarterbacks=

{{NFLplayer|12|Richard Bartel}}

{{NFLplayer| 8|Daunte Culpepper}}

{{NFLplayer| 7|Liam O'Hagan}}

|Running Backs=

{{NFLplayer|26|Steve Baylark}}

{{NFLplayer|44|Tyler Clutts|FB}}

{{NFLplayer|20|Cory Ross}}

{{NFLplayer|28|John David Washington}}

|Wide Receivers=

{{NFLplayer|18|Otis Amey}}

{{NFLplayer|17|Taye Biddle}}

{{NFLplayer|80|Jayson Foster}}

{{NFLplayer|13|Marcus Maxwell}}

{{NFLplayer|19|Joe West|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|11|Rod Windsor}}

{{NFLplayer|83|Aaron Woods|rookie=y|RS}}

|Tight Ends=

{{NFLplayer|41|Kai Brown}}

{{NFLplayer|84|Nate Lawrie}}

{{NFLplayer|82|Darrell Strong}}

|Offensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|66|Martin Bibla|G}}

{{NFLplayer|67|Matt Lentz|T}}

{{NFLplayer|75|Sam Lightbody|T}}

{{NFLplayer|77|Tyler Luellen|T}}

{{NFLplayer|65|Mike Mabry|C}}

{{NFLplayer|62|Erik Robertson|G/C}}

{{NFLplayer|60|Matt Spanos|G}}

{{NFLplayer|63|Mike Tepper|rookie=y|T}}

|Defensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|98|Antwon Burton|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|93|John Faletoese|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|95|Josh Leonard|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|94|Eric Moncur|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|90|Jason Parker|d=American football|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|97|Josh Savage|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|91|A. J. Schable|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|99|Jason Stewart|d=American football|DT}}

|Linebackers=

{{NFLplayer|55|Maurice Crum, Jr.|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|52|Prince Kwateng|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|57|Zeke Moreno|MLB}}

{{NFLplayer|54|Ronnie Palmer|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|53|Clinton Snyder|rookie=y|MLB}}

{{NFLplayer|51|Michael Tauiliili|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|56|Dontarrious Thomas|OLB}}

|Defensive Backs=

{{NFLplayer|30|Tim Clark|d=American football|rookie=y|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|31|Lendy Holmes|SS}}

{{NFLplayer|27|David Irons|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|22|Dennis Keyes|FS}}

{{NFLplayer|24|Kelly Malveaux|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|25|Terrell Maze|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|32|Marcus McCauley|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|21|Ronnie Prude|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|34|Andrew Sendejo|rookie=y|SS}}

|Special Teams=

{{NFLplayer|42|Aaron King|d=American football|rookie=y|LS|link=no}}

{{NFLplayer| 1|Tom Malone|d=American football|P}}

{{NFLplayer| 9|Fabrizio Scaccia|K}}

|Reserve Lists=

{{NFLplayer|31|Robert Bourne|d=American football|CB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|--|Kevin Myers|d=American football|OL|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|29|Scott Ware|FS|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|50|Worrell Williams|MLB|IR}}

}}

Schedule

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rowspan="2" | Week

! rowspan="2" | Date

! rowspan="2" | Kickoff

! rowspan="2" | Opponent

! colspan="2" | Results

! rowspan="2" | Game site

! rowspan="2" | Attendance

! rowspan="2" | TV

Final score

! Team record

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! 1

| Saturday, September 18

| 11:30 a.m. PT

| at Hartford Colonials

| L 10–27

| 0–1

| Rentschler Field

| 14,384

| NESN

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! 2

| Saturday, September 25

| 8:00 p.m. PT

| Florida Tuskers

| W 24–20

| 1–1

| Hornet Stadium

| 20,000

| Versus

bgcolor="#ffbbbb" align="center"

! 3

| Saturday, October 2

| 5:30 p.m. PT

| at Omaha Nighthawks

| L 17–20

| 1–2

| Rosenblatt Stadium

| 23,416

| HDNet

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! 4

| colspan=8 | Bye

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! 5

| Friday, October 15

| 8:00 p.m. PT

| Las Vegas Locomotives

| L 3–26

| 1–3

| Hornet Stadium

| 19,000

| HDNet

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! 6

| Thursday, October 21

| 4:00 p.m. PT

| at Florida Tuskers

| W 21–17

| 2–3

| Citrus Bowl

| 10,066

| HDNet

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! 7

| Saturday, October 30

| 8:00 p.m. PT

| Hartford Colonials

| L 26–27

| 2–4

| Hornet Stadium

| 13,500

| Versus

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! 8

| Saturday, November 6

| 8:00 p.m. PT

| at Las Vegas Locomotives

| W 27–24

| 3–4

| Sam Boyd Stadium

| 13,622

| Versus

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! 9

| Saturday, November 13

| 8:00 p.m. PT

| Omaha Nighthawks

| W 41–3

| 4–4

| Hornet Stadium

| 20,000

| Versus

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! 10

| colspan=8 | Bye

Standings

{{2010 UFL standings|team=SAC}}

Game summaries

=Week 1: at Hartford Colonials=

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|date=Saturday, September 18

|time=11:30 a.m. PT

|road=Mountain Lions

|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=3 |R4=7

|home=Colonials

|H1=7 |H2=13 |H3=7 |H4=0

|stadium=Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

|attendance=14,384

|referee=Perry Havener

|TV=NESN

|TVAnnouncers=Mike Logan (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (analyst)

|reference=[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4092974 Recap]

|scoring=

;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

|stats=

;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=

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|date=Saturday, September 25

|time=8:00 p.m. PT

|Road=Tuskers

|R1=3 |R2=7 |R3=7 |R4=3

|home=Mountain Lions

|H1=0 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=17

|stadium=Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

|attendance=

|weather=

|referee=

|TV=Versus

|TVAnnouncers=Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)

|reference=

|scoring=

|stats=

}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ufl-football.com/news/gameday-final-mountain-lions-24-tuskers-20 |title=Gameday Final: Mountain Lions vs. Tuskers |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929063442/http://www.ufl-football.com/news/gameday-final-mountain-lions-24-tuskers-20 |archive-date=2010-09-29 |url-status=dead }}

=Week 3: at Omaha Nighthawks=

=Week 5: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives=

=Week 6: at Florida Tuskers=

=Week 7: vs. Hartford Colonials=

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|date=Saturday, October 30

|time=8:00 p.m. PT

|road=Colonials

|R1=7 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=13

|home=Mountain Lions

|H1=14 |H2=6 |H3=0 |H4=6

|stadium=Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

|attendance=13,500

|referee=Jon Bible

|TV=Versus

|TVAnnouncers=Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)

|reference=[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4109756 Recap]

|scoring=

|stats=

}}

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=

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|titlestyle=background-color:#B08C0A; color:white

|date=Saturday, November 6

|time=10:00 p.m. PT

|road=Mountain Lions

|R1=7 |R2=14 |R3=0 |R4=6

|home=Locomotives

|H1=0 |H2=3 |H3=7 |H4=14

|stadium=Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

|attendance=13,622{{Cite web |url=http://www.ufl-football.com/news/gameday-final-sacramento-27-las-vegas-24 |title=Gameday Final: Sacramento 27, Las Vegas 24 |access-date=2010-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110014644/http://www.ufl-football.com/news/gameday-final-sacramento-27-las-vegas-24 |archive-date=2010-11-10 |url-status=dead }}

|referee=

|TV=Versus

|TVAnnouncers=

|reference=

|scoring=

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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

{{Reflist}}

{{2010 UFL season}}

{{Sacramento Mountain Lions}}

Sacramento Mountain Lions Season, 2010

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