2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season
Head coach	Dennis Green
General manager	Dennis Green
Owner	Paul Pelosi
Home field	Hornet Stadium
Results
Record	1–3
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform
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The 2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season was the third season for the United Football League franchise. The team finished with a 1–3 record and fourth in the league.

Offseason

UFL Draft

Main article: 2011 UFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

2011 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/Quality Control – James MacPherson Wide Receivers – Charles Collins Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Bill Khayat Offensive Line – Robert McFarland Offensive Assistant – Kurt Beathard			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator – Martin Bayless Defensive Line – Carl Hairston Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia Secondary – Robert Griffith Assistant Secondary – Randy Hanson Defensive Assistant – Jeff Burris Special teams coaches Defensive/Special Teams Assistant – Steven Hoppe Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Chris Clausen

Roster

2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions roster
	Quarterbacks  2 McLeod Bethel-Thompson 15 Ryan Colburn  7 Trevor Harris Running Backs 26 Steve Baylark 20 Cory Ross 44 Galen Stone FB/TE 28 John David Washington Wide Receivers 10 Otis Amey 89 Jayson Boyd 80 Jayson Foster 81 Kenneth Moore 19 Joe West 83 Aaron Woods Tight Ends 41 Kai Brown 85 Dominique Jones 84 Nate Lawrie		Offensive Linemen 74 Patrick Afif T 72 Nick Howell T 77 Tyler Luellen T 67 Kurt Quarterman G 62 Erik Robertson G/C 60 Matt Spanos C 73 Torrin Tucker G 64 Kenny Wiggins T Defensive Linemen 96 Brian Coulter DE 93 John Faletoese DE 92 Jeremy Navarre DT 90 Jason Parker DE 91 A. J. Schable DE 69 Jonas Seawright DT 99 Jason Stewart DT 98 Ekom Udofia DT		Linebackers 50 Victor Aiyewa OLB 59 Shawn Crable OLB 52 Prince Kwateng MLB 54 Ronnie Palmer MLB 51 Michael Tauiliili OLB 56 Dontarrious Thomas OLB Defensive Backs 39 Victor Anderson FS 31 Robert Bourne CB 40 John Busing SS 30 Manny Collins CB 25 Terrell Maze CB 32 Jermaine Phillips FS 23 Will Poole CB 21 Ronnie Prude CB 29 Zach Schrader SS Special Teams 57 Ryan Coulson LS  1 Tom Malone P  3 Jose Martinez K		Reserve Lists 45 Charles Ali FB (IR) 10px -- Taye Biddle WR (IR) 10px 55 Maurice Crum, Jr. OLB (IR) 10px 33 Andre Dixon RB (IR) 10px 42 Aaron King LS (IR) 10px 75 Sam Lightbody OT (IR) 10px 13 Marcus Maxwell WR (IR) 10px 94 Eric Moncur DE (IR) 10px 53 Clinton Snyder OLB (IR) 10px 91 Willie Williams DT (IR) 10px Rookies in italics Roster updated October 20, 2011 51 Active, 10 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff *	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 17	7:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–23	0–1	Hornet Stadium
2	Bye
3	Saturday, October 1	4:00 p.m.	Omaha Nighthawks	L 30–33	0–2	Hornet Stadium
4	Friday, October 7	4:00 p.m.	at Virginia Destroyers	L 6–28	0–3	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
5	Saturday, October 15	4:00 p.m.	Virginia Destroyers	W 27–20 (OT)	1–3	Hornet Stadium
6	Friday, October 21 †	6:00 p.m.	at Omaha Nighthawks	W 25–19	2–3	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
* All times are Pacific Time. † Postseason Consolation Game.

Standings

United Football League
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
z-Virginia Destroyers	3	1	0	.750	105	63	L1
z-Las Vegas Locomotives	3	1	0	.750	83	67	W2
x-Omaha Nighthawks	1	3	0	.250	62	96	L2
x-Sacramento Mountain Lions	1	3	0	.250	80	104	W1

z-Virginia and Las Vegas were awarded berths in the 2011 UFL Championship Game when the balance of the regular season was cancelled on October 17
x-Omaha and Sacramento would play in a post-season consolation game

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

Week One: Las Vegas Locomotives at Sacramento Mountain Lions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Locomotives	7	10	0	6	23
Mountain Lions	3	0	7	7	17

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

• Date: Saturday, September 17, 2011
• Game time: 7:37PM (PT)
• Game attendance: 19,938
• Referee: Dave Cutaia
• TV announcers (CSN California): Grant Napear, Jerry Glanville, Mike Pawlawski, Dan Dibley
• Source: GameBook from ufl-football.com

Game information

First Quarter SAC - Fabrizio Scaccia 43-yd FG, 6:24 remaining 3-0 Lions LV - Chase Clement 3-yd TD run (Aaron Pettrey kick), 5:23 remaining, 7-3 Locomotives Second Quarter LV - DeDe Dorsey 11-yd TD run (Aaron Pettrey kick), 13:04 remaining, 14-3 Locomotives LV - Aaron Pettrey 21-yd FG, 0:05 remaining, 17-3 Locomotives Third Quarter SAC - Reggie Williams 6-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabriz Scaccia kick), 7:16 remaining, 17-10 Locomotives Fourth Quarter LV - Aaron Pettrey 28-yd FG, 14:46 remaining, 20-10 Locomotives LV - Aaron Pettrey 23-yd FG, 6:51 remaining, 23-10 Locomotives SAC - Kai Brown 1-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabriz Scaccia kick), 1:51 remaining, 23-17 Locomotives Passing Leaders LV - Chase Clement - 20/28 for 233 yards SAC - Ryan Colburn - 26/35 for 256 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Leaders LV - DeDe Dorsey - 51 yds on 9 carries, 1 TD SAC - Cory Ross - 48 yds on 14 carries Receiving Leaders LV - Adam Bergen - 6 catches for 62 yds SAC - Reggie Williams - 6 catches for 59 yds

Week 3: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

Week Three: Omaha Nighthawks at Sacramento Mountain Lions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nighthawks	7	3	6	17	33
Mountain Lions	0	10	7	13	30

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

• Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
• Game time: 4:07PM (PT)
• Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Sunny, Winds from SW 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h)
• Game attendance: 17,612
• Referee: Chris Snead
• TV announcers (CSN California): Grant Napear, Jerry Glanville, Mike Pawlawski, Dan Dibley
• Gamebook from ufl-football.com

Game information

First Quarter OMA - Shaud Williams 1-yd TD run, (Jeff Wolfert kick), 2:24 left (Drive: 9 plays, 43 yds, 3;35) 7-0 Nighthawks Second Quarter SAC - Fabrizio Scaccia 23-yd Field Goal, 7:20 left (Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards, 2:39) 7-3 Nighthawks SAC - Kenny Moore 5-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 4:46 left (Drive: 5 plays, 24 yds, 2:20) 10-7 Mountain Lions OMA - Jeff Wolfert 54-yd Field Goal, 0:58 left (Drive: 10 plays, 44 yds, 3:48) 10-10 Tie Third Quarter OMA - Jeff Wolfert 56-yd Field Goal, 10:21 left (Drive: 12 plays, 35 yds, 4:39) 13-10 Nighthawks SAC - John David Washington 1-yd TD run (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:15 left (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yds, 3:06) 17-13 Mountain Lions OMA - Jeff Wolfert 42-yd Field Goal, 2:48 left (Drive: 12 plays, 36 yds, 4:27) 17-16 Mountain Lions Fourth Quarter SAC - Galen Stone 11-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (kick failed), 13:29 left (Drive: 8 plays, 73 yds, 4:19) 23-16 Mountain Lions OMA - Noel Devine 1-yd TD run (Jeff Wolfert kick), 9:13 left (Drive: 5 plays, 38 yds, 1:49) 23-23 Tie SAC - Dominique Jones 50-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 6:57 left (Drive: 5 plays, 69 yds, 2:16) 30-23 Mountain Lions OMA - Shaud Williams 9-yd TD run (Jeff Wolfert kick), 4:57 left (Drive: 5 plays, 65 yds, 2:00) 30-30 Tie OMA - Jeff Wolfert 39-yd Field Goal, 0:00 left (Drive: 7 plays, 44 yds, 1:59) 33-30 Nighthawks Passing Leaders OMA - Jeremiah Masoli, 27-42, 283 yds, 2 INT SAC - Ryan Colburn, 18-29, 234 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Leaders OMA - John Griffin, 12 carries, 35 yds SAC - John David Washington, 14 carries, 114 yds, 1 TD Receiving Leaders OMA - Chris Davis, 8 catches, 77 yds SAC - Kenny Moore, 5 catches, 24 yds, 1 TD Defensive Leaders OMA - Stuart Schweigert, 6 tackles (5 solo, 2 assisted), 1 INT; Ricardo Colclough, 4 tackles, 1 INT SAC - Dontarrious Thomas, 7.5 tackles (6 solo, 3 assisted); John Busing, 5.5 tackles (4 solo, 3 assisted), 1 INT; Manny Collins, 3 tackles, 1 INT

Week 4: at Virginia Destroyers

Week Four: Sacramento Mountain Lions at Virginia Destroyers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	0	6	0	0	6
Destroyers	7	0	0	21	28

at Virginia Beach Sportsplex, Virginia Beach, Virginia

• Date: Friday, October 7
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. PT
• Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), Clear
• Game attendance: 12,617
• Referee: Perry Havener
• Recap, Gamebook

Week 5: Virginia Destroyers

Week Five: Virginia Destroyers at Sacramento Mountain Lions – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Destroyers			0
Mountain Lions			0

Week 6: at Omaha Nighthawks

Week Six: Sacramento Mountain Lions at Omaha Nighthawks – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Mountain Lions			0
Nighthawks			0