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2011 United Football League season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 15, 2011 – October 15, 2011
2011 UFL Championship Game
DateOctober 21, 2011
SiteVirginia Beach Sportsplex, Virginia Beach, Virginia
ChampionVirginia Destroyers
Runner-upLas Vegas Locomotives

The 2011 UFL season was the third season of the United Football League (UFL). The season, which was affected by franchise shifts and schedule delays due in part to the UFL's lingering financial issues (as well as a failure to capitalize on the National Football League's player lockout),[1][2][3] began on September 15, 2011 and would have run through October 28, with a championship game set for the following weekend. The regular season was abandoned after the games of October 15 (with two weeks remaining), and the Championship Game moved up to October 21,[4] when the Virginia Destroyers claimed their first UFL title by defeating the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Locomotives 17-3 at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.[5]

Pre-season planning and changes

Though it hoped for as many as six teams in place for the 2010 season, the UFL entered the 2011 season with only four, including having a presence in a new market, the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, which was granted an expansion franchise in August 2010, the Virginia Destroyers. The Destroyers' first off-season was marked with front office and coaching upheaval: Jim Speros had been named owner of the Destroyers before relinquishing control back to the league,[6] who would assign control to former Hartford Colonials owner Bill Mayer in August 2011. The Destroyers off-season would see two coaches leave (see "Coaching Changes" below) as well as a general manager, Doug Williams, who resigned in February 2011 to accept the head football coaching position at his alma mater, Grambling State University.

The UFL went back from six to five teams on January 12, 2011, when the league announced it was "ceasing operations" of its

Florida Tuskers franchise and moving the Tuskers' coaching staff and list of protected players to Virginia to serve in the same roles with the Destroyers in lieu of an expansion draft.[7] The relocated coaching staff included Tuskers head coach Jay Gruden, who replaced original Destroyers coach Joe Moglia (who was reassigned to the open head coaching position in Omaha) but later accepted a coordinator position with Cincinnati in the NFL
.

Prior to shuttering the Tuskers franchise (a move the UFL made citing decreased attendance and stadium issues in the Orlando area),[8] the league had been aiming for as many as eight franchises for 2011; the league was "pretty committed" to a team in the Los Angeles area (a market it has explored in the past to various degrees), and plans were almost in place for a team in Portland, Oregon.[9] Though "encouraging conversations" with franchise investors for a sixth team did take place, the UFL announced in February 2011 that new expansion plans would not be made in time for the start of the 2011 season, and that the league would remain at five teams.[10][11] In March 2011, however, a report surfaced that a group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, led by Jim Bates and Jeremy Bates, was interested in pursuing a UFL team for that city.[12][13] League officials acknowledged that Chattanooga was in the mix, but only for a 2012 expansion and that the 2011 season was fixed at five teams.[14]

The UFL's franchise lineup would encounter further instability when, in late July 2011, it was revealed that the UFL was considering further contraction, with the

Rentschler Field, where the team played its 2010 home schedule.[18]

The

undrafted free agents that, because of the NFL's ongoing labor stoppage, could not be signed to NFL teams until said stoppage was lifted; the May 2 draft was in part designed to gain access to the undrafted free agent market.[20]

Financial Difficulties

The UFL's financial difficulties came to glaring light during the 2011 offseason, with the league delinquent on bills acquired during the previous season, having lost approximately $50 million in the 2010 season and facing about $6 million in debts to creditors.[21][22] A few players and team personnel also claimed they have not received paychecks for the 2010 season.[23]

Legal action against the UFL was also set into motion during the 2011 offseason, including:

Most of these debts were paid in March 2011, according to reports.[26][27] The Mayo Clinic's lawsuit, however, was still reported as open and pending in October 2011.[28]

In an effort to avoid future problems, the league shifted most operation costs from the league to its teams for 2011, with each team president taking a greater role of its finances.

William Hambrecht stated that this was because he was no longer interested in subsidizing an entire league and instead desired to focus his efforts on the Las Vegas Locomotives, of which he owns a greater share than the other teams.[30]

Further news of the league's financial problems surfaced in mid-October, at the time of the season's truncation (see below). A source revealed to the UFLAccess website on October 12 that the league hadn't yet made full payments to Florida Tuskers staff who participated in the 2010 UFL Championship Game, which UFL VP/Communications Michael Preston confirmed was "among debts the UFL is working to clear."[31] Additionally, UFL COO Bill Peterson filed a suit in Duval County, Florida (where the UFL is headquartered) claiming that the league owes him over $110,000 in back salary.[28]

Coaching changes

Team 2011 Coach 2010 Coach Reason for leaving Story/Accomplishments
Hartford Colonials Contracted Chris Palmer, Jerry Glanville Resigned, contracted After leading the Colonials to a 3–5 record (.375) in
Comcast SportsNet, and liaison for potential expansion markets; his Colonials coaching staff was reassigned to other teams.[32][33]
Omaha Nighthawks Joe Moglia Jeff Jagodzinski Fired After a 3–1 start in
the Nighthawks' new stadium
.
Virginia Destroyers Marty Schottenheimer Joe Moglia,
Jay Gruden 		Reassigned,
resigned 		Moglia was named the Destroyers' head coach in November 2010 when the Destroyers were an
Florida Tuskers' operations, including its coaching staff, were merged into Virginia's. Jay Gruden, who went 5-4 (.556) as Tuskers coach in 2010 (including a loss in the championship game) accepted the offensive coordinator position with the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals on February 2. The Destroyers, after initially revealing they had a tentative agreement with an unstated former NFL head coach on March 4[36]
announced Schottenheimer as their head coach March 23. Schottenheimer was a head coach in the NFL from 1984 to 1998 and 2001 to 2006, with a career record of 205–139–1 (.604).

Stadium changes

Two UFL teams played in new stadiums in 2011. The

Virginia Beach their new home in 2010; the currently undersized Sportsplex underwent a temporary expansion to accommodate the Destroyers.[38]

The Las Vegas Locomotives sought a lower-cost alternative to the high rate of rent for Sam Boyd Stadium and considered moving to the smaller Cashman Field for 2011,[39] but instead opted to return to Sam Boyd Stadium, where they wound up playing one home game (October 8) before the league's regular season was cancelled (the Locos' two remaining home games were dropped due to the cancellation); low attendance at the stadium despite a renewed public relations push was a factor in the abbreviation of the 2011 season, as the Locos drew only 6,500 fans to their lone home game, significantly less than 2009 or 2010.

The

Dillon Stadium or one of the two stadiums at Willow Brook Park (New Britain Stadium or Veterans Stadium) if an agreement could not be reached, although both of these stadiums are believed to be less than ideal for the UFL.[41] The UFL reached an agreement with the operators of Rentschler Field in late June 2011[42]
before deciding to suspend the franchise outright.

Season recap

With the tumult and delays of the offseason seemingly behind it, the UFL began its 2011 season on September 15, with the

TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The game attracted an announced crowd of 15,836, the first Nighthawks home game that didn't sell out.[44]

Much in the same way as the league's first two seasons, the Destroyers and

Chase Clement and running back Marcel Shipp
.

The Locos and Destroyers would meet in the rescheduled (to October 21) UFL Championship Game at Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The Destroyers would prevail in the game 17-3, exacting a bit of revenge on the Locos' the league's 2-time defending champs (at the expense of the Florida Tuskers). The Destroyers were keyed by a stifling defense that overwhelmed the Locos offense, who managed only 154 total yards. The game MVP was Destroyers safety and Virginia Beach native Aaron Rouse, who had three pass interceptions on the evening and returned one for a touchdown. The win gave Destroyers head coach Marty Schottenheimer his first league title as a professional head coach.[5]

The

perfectly bad season
and was the only game in which the Nighthawks scored more than one touchdown.

Schedule

The UFL initially planned to start its 2011 regular season the second weekend of August—a date that, while considerably earlier than the start dates for previous seasons, would have allowed the UFL to gain attention while the

preseason (and had the potential to provide even more attention had the NFL's labor problems
affected its preseason); the move was also intended to provide the UFL the opportunity to stage games on Sunday for the first time ever.

The league, when it was planning for six teams, intended for a 10-game regular season over 11 weeks (one bye week for each team). After several delays, the UFL released its original 2011 schedule on June 9, one that featured five teams (including the

double round robin, two bye weeks for each team) that was to have begun the weekend of August 13–14 and culminate with the UFL Championship Game the weekend of October 21–23.[47] The UFL announced a delay in training camps and the regular season on July 19, with the season to begin in mid-September, the same month its 2010 season began. When the UFL announced the Colonials' contraction on August 10, they also confirmed that the remaining four teams would each play a 6-game schedule mirroring the pattern used in the league's inaugural season in 2009 (double round robin, 1 bye week for each team), and also released the opening week games (Virginia at Omaha on September 15, Las Vegas at Sacramento on September 17),[32] with the balance of the schedule released on August 16.[48] The UFL Championship Game, under this new plan, would have been played weekend of November 4–5 at a site to be determined in a similar manner to the previous season, when the UFL awarded Omaha the title game
based on advance ticket sales, team record, and fan reception.

On October 16, 2011, after the 5th week of the season had concluded, a report appeared on a Virginia Destroyers fan site that the UFL was considering canceling the final two weeks of the regular season (Weeks 6 and 7) and moving up the Championship Game to the weekend of October 21; a person associated with the Omaha Nighthawks would confirm that original report to the Omaha World-Herald later on the 16th.[49] The following day (October 17), the UFL did indeed announce that the final two weeks would be canceled. Halting the season, according to UFL leadership, would save the league $3.5 million, mainly in player wages, and help ensure the possibility for a 2012 season.[50]

The season wasn't entirely finished, however: The UFL also confirmed that the Destroyers' October 21 home game would change from a regular season game against the Nighthawks to the 2011 UFL Championship Game against Las Vegas (both teams finished tied for the top spot in the league's standings). The Destroyers' home, Virginia Beach Sportsplex was chosen as the title game's venue based in part on the Destroyers' home attendance (both their home games attracted crowds of over 12,000) and the teams' social media following.[51] (Ironically, the newly rescheduled Championship Game would take place on the same weekend as when it was scheduled in the original 5-team schedule.)[47]

Additionally, the 3rd and 4th place teams,

TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, in effect moving the October 28 game between those teams up one week; that consolation game would also take place on October 21, concurrent with the Locos/Destroyers title game.[52] Part of the reasoning for scheduling the consolation game in Omaha was to avoid a mass refund on the 15,000 tickets sold the Nighthawks' October 28 home game, which was one of the cancelled games.[53]

Week Date Kickoff Visitor Home Result Site Attendance TV
1 Thursday September 15 7:00PM (CT) Virginia Destroyers Omaha Nighthawks VA 23, OMA 13
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
 15,836 None
Saturday September 17 7:30PM (PT) Las Vegas Locomotives Sacramento Mountain Lions LV 23, SAC 17
Hornet Stadium
 19,938
CSN California
2
(Bye: Omaha & Sacramento) 		Saturday September 24 7:00PM (ET) Las Vegas Locomotives Virginia Destroyers LV 17, VA 34 Virginia Beach Sportsplex 12,167 None
3
(Bye: Las Vegas & Virginia) 		Saturday October 1 4:00PM (PT) Omaha Nighthawks Sacramento Mountain Lions OMA 33, SAC 30 Hornet Stadium 17,612
CSN California
4 Friday October 7 7:00PM (ET) Sacramento Mountain Lions Virginia Destroyers SAC 6, VA 28 Virginia Beach Sportsplex 12,617
CSN+ Mid-Atlantic[54]
Saturday October 8 5:00PM (PT) Omaha Nighthawks Las Vegas Locomotives OMA 10, LV 30 Sam Boyd Stadium 6,500 None
5 Saturday October 15 4:00PM (PT) Virginia Destroyers Sacramento Mountain Lions VA 20, SAC 27 (OT) Hornet Stadium 18,794 None[55]
7:00PM (CT) Las Vegas Locomotives Omaha Nighthawks LV 13, OMA 6 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha 17,697 None

Had the regular season not been cut short, the following games would have been played:

Week Date Kickoff Visitor Home Site TV
6 Friday October 21 7:00PM (ET) Omaha Nighthawks Virginia Destroyers Virginia Beach Sportsplex
CSN+ Mid-Atlantic[54]
Saturday October 22 9:00PM (PT) Sacramento Mountain Lions Las Vegas Locomotives Sam Boyd Stadium None
7 Thursday October 27 7:00PM (PT) Virginia Destroyers Las Vegas Locomotives Sam Boyd Stadium None
Friday October 28 7:00PM (CT) Sacramento Mountain Lions Omaha Nighthawks TD Ameritrade Park Omaha None

Postseason

Date Game Kickoff Visitor Home Result Site Attendance TV
Championship Game Friday October 21 8:00PM (ET) Las Vegas Locomotives Virginia Destroyers LV 3, VA 17 Virginia Beach Sportsplex 14,172
CSN Mid-Atlantic
Consolation Game 7:00 PM (CT) Sacramento Mountain Lions Omaha Nighthawks SAC 25, OMA 19 (OT)
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
 10,123 None

Broadcasting

The UFL entered the 2011 season without any national television partner. The league's previous 2-year television contracts with

Fox Sports was also mentioned; ESPN was on record as not being interested.)[40][56]

But by July, when the UFL announced its season delay, no new TV partnerships had been announced; the uncertainty over labor problems with the NFL (which were beginning to reach a resolution by that time) as well as the

HDNet, to cover the 2011 season, with regional sports networks in the league's markets taking up the slack.[32] HDNet then released a statement on September 2 denying it had ever agreed to carry any UFL games in 2011, leaving the league without any television partners.[58]

The lack of a national TV partner would force the UFL to rely solely on local TV partnerships; two UFL teams,

CSN Mid-Atlantic, respectively) for select games,[33][59] while Las Vegas and Omaha would arrange deals with local cable carriers to relay the other networks' broadcasts to their home markets. Internet streaming was also made available for the games that are televised through Veetle
, a streaming video service, which also made the games available for viewers on mobile devices, a feature not available for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

The league's original business model had anticipated the league owners absorbing their losses during its first two years of operation, then securing a paying broadcast contract in 2011; without it, even at the 20,000 fans per game that the teams in Sacramento and Omaha were drawing, each team was doomed to lose approximately $6 million per year under the league's business model. The failure to secure the television contract was thus a major factor in the league's failure.[60]

Local Broadcast Partners

Team Radio TV
Las Vegas Locomotives KBAD (920AM) Cox Cable 128 (replays only)
Omaha Nighthawks KOZN (1620AM) Cox Cable 2 (replays only)
Sacramento Mountain Lions KHTK (1140AM)
Comcast SportsNet California
(2 home games)
Virginia Destroyers WVSP-FM (94.1FM),[61] WGH-AM (1310 AM)
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic[54]
(Weeks 4, 5, and 6)

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

Statistical Leaders

The following statistical leaders were for the 2011 UFL regular season (through the 5th of seven scheduled weeks), at which time each team had played four regular season games:[62]

Team
Points Scored Virginia Destroyers (105)
Total Offense Virginia Destroyers (1178 yards gained)
Rushing Offense Virginia Destroyers (548 yards)
Passing Offense Omaha Nighthawks (779 yards)
Fewest Points Allowed Virginia Destroyers (63)
Total Defense Virginia Destroyers (900 yards allowed)
Rushing Defense Virginia Destroyers (303 yards allowed)
Passing Defense Virginia Destroyers (597 yards allowed)
Individual
Scoring Dominic Rhodes, Virginia (36 points)
Touchdowns Dominic Rhodes, Virginia (6)
Most Field Goals Made Delbert Alvarado, Virginia (7)
Rushing Yards Dominic Rhodes, Virginia (410)
Passing Yards Jeremiah Masoli, Omaha (808)
Touchdown Passes Ryan Colburn, Sacramento (5)
Pass Receptions
Chris Davis
, Omaha (29)
Receiving Yards
Chris Davis
, Omaha (247)
All-Purpose Yards Dominic Rhodes, Virginia (502)
Interceptions Tony Taylor, Virginia, and John Busing, Sacramento (3 each)
Punting Tom Malone, Sacramento (44.7 yards/punt)
Tackles Dontarrious Thomas, Sacramento (27 total tackles)
Sacks Jason Parker, Sacramento, and Angelo Crowell, Omaha (3 each)

Awards

Players of the week

Week Offense Defense Special Teams
1[63]
Chase Clement, QB, Las Vegas
Dominic Rhodes
, RB, Virginia 		Marquis Floyd, CB, Las Vegas Aaron Woods, WR/KR, Sacramento
2[64] Chris Greisen, QB, Virginia Tony Taylor, LB, Virginia Delbert Alvarado, K, Virginia
3[65] Jeremiah Masoli, QB, Omaha
John David Washington, RB, Sacramento 		Stuart Schweigert, S, Omaha Jeff Wolfert, K, Omaha
4[66] Dominic Rhodes, RB, Virginia Tony Taylor, LB, Virginia Clint Stitser, K, Las Vegas
5[67] McLeod Bethel-Thompson, QB, Sacramento Angelo Crowell, LB, Omaha Aaron Woods, WR, Sacramento

Players and Coach of the Year

Players of the Year
Coach of the Year

UFL Championship Game MVP

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