2010 Florida Tuskers season

American football league season January 2025 Florida Tuskers 2010 5–3 2nd Jay Gruden Jay Gruden Joe Theismann Citrus Bowl Lost Championship Game(Las Vegas) 23–20 File:UFL-Uniform-FL.png 2011 The 2010 Florida Tuskers season was the second and final season for the Virginia Destroyers as the Florida Tuskers. They finished with a 5–3 regular season record and lost in the 2010 UFL Championship Game to the Las Vegas Locomotives for a second straight season. Offseason Head coach Jim Haslett left the team in January 2010, becoming the new defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/13/AR2010011300289.html Redskins hire Jim Haslett as defensive coordinator The Washington Post Maske, Mark and Barry Svrluga 2010-01-13 2010-06-04 On February 9, 2010, Jay Gruden was named the team's new head coach and general manager by UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue. On the same day of Gruden's appointment, the Tampa Bay Rays were announced to have sold their interest in the franchise, which meant that all home games for the Tuskers would be played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-florida-tuskers-ufl-name-jay-gruden-coach-0209,0,7573590.story UFL names Jay Gruden new Tuskers coach, but big news is that Orlando becomes sole residence for Tuskers Orlando Sentinel 2010-02-10 2010-06-04 Along with the league's other teams, the Tuskers unveiled new uniforms during an event at Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas on July 28, 2010.http://www.ufl-football.com/news/tuskers-unveil-new-2010-team-uniforms-fashion-mall-las-vegas Tuskers Unveil New 2010 Team Uniforms at Fashion Mall in Las Vegas United Football League 2010-07-28 2010-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100731101231/http://www.ufl-football.com/news/tuskers-unveil-new-2010-team-uniforms-fashion-mall-las-vegas 31 July 2010 dead dmy-all UFL draft 2010 UFL draft + 2010 Florida Tuskers UFL draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 4 Weston Dacus LB Arkansas 2 9 Arnold Harrison LB Georgia 3 14 John Standeford WR Purdue 4 19 Erik Pedersen LB Portland State 5 24 Tyrrell Herbert S Toledo 6 29 Adrien Clarke OL Ohio State 7 33 Kevin Harris FB Wake Forest 8 37 Cortez Hankton WR Texas Southern 9 41 Corey Small DB Florida Atlantic 10 50 Chris Perri DE Stony Brook 11 54 Greg Middleton DE Indiana 12 58 Melvin Fowler C Maryland http://www.ufl-football.com/Draft/2010/Team/Florida 2010 UFL Draft by Team - Florida United Football League 2010-06-02 2010-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100607062143/http://www.ufl-football.com/Draft/2010/Team/Florida 2010-06-07 dead Staff 2010 Florida Tuskers staff Front office Owner/president – Joe Theismann Director of football operations – Diane Clark Director of player personnel – Bret Munsey Head coaches Head coach/general manager – Jay Gruden Offensive coaches Running backs – Kurt Beathard Wide receivers – Ike Hilliard Tight ends – Robert McFarland Offensive line – Bill Laveroni Offensive line assistant – Jerry Sisemore Offensive quality control – James MacPherson Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Chuck Bresnahan Defensive line – Kerry Locklin Defensive backs – Bill Bradley Assistant defensive backs – Bret Munsey Defensive quality control – Fred Pagac, Jr. Special teams coaches Special teams – Al Roberts Special teams assistant – Jim Lanford Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – John Hastings Equipment staff Head manager - Casey Turley Assistant - Bryan Wright Assistant - Tom Dillard Roster 2010 Florida Tuskers final roster Quarterbacks  8 Brooks Bollinger 14 Chris Greisen Running backs 40 James Develin 43 Maurice Hicks 33 Dominic Rhodes 38 J. 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Runnels Wide receivers 87 Brian Clark 19 Chas Gessner 81 Cortez Hankton 17 Maurice Price 88 Calvin Russell 82 John Standeford Tight ends 80 Jason Pociask 84 Galen Stone 85 Jermaine Wiggins Offensive linemen 65 Josh Beekman G/C 63 Adrien Clarke G 66 Anthony Davis G 76 Na'Shan Goddard T 71 Steve Justice G 58 Enoka Lucas C 70 Shane Olivea T 73 Torrin Tucker T 75 Seth Wand T 72 Kyle Young G/C Defensive linemen 68 McKinley Boykin DT 56 Patrick Chukwurah DE 53 Joe Clermond DE 74 Grady Jackson DT 96 Eric Moore DE 98 Bryan Save DT 93 Darrion Scott DE 95 Claude Wroten DT Linebackers 57 Darryl Blackstock OLB 97 Arnold Harrison OLB 54 Jeremy Leman OLB 59 Tim McGarigle MLB 55 Terrence Melton OLB 50 Tony Taylor MLB 52 Odell Thurman OLB Defensive backs 23 Jerome Carter FS 26 Simeon Castille CB 29 Keith Davis SS 21 Cletis Gordon CB 44 Herana-Daze Jones SS 34 Kevin Kaesviharn FS 20 Keiwan Ratliff CB 27 Corey Small CB 24 Darius Vinnett CB Special teams  9 Nick Novak K 13 Ken Parrish P 49 Ryan Senser LS Reserve lists 34 Fakhir Brown CB (IR) 7px 57 Weston Dacus OLB (IR) 7px 96 Chris Harrington DE (IR) 7px 74 Langston Moore DT (IR) 7px 91 Eric Powell DE (IR) 7px 32 J. 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Reed SS (IR) 7px 22 Nate Salley FS (IR) 7px 51 Anthony Schlegel MLB (IR) 7px 31 DeJuan Tribble CB (IR) 7px 15 Huey Whittaker WR (IR) 7px rookies in italics 52 Active, 10 Inactive Schedule Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 18, 2010 at Las Vegas Locomotives W 27–20 1–0 Sam Boyd Stadium 9,103 2 September 25, 2010 at Sacramento Mountain Lions L 20–24 1–1 Hornet Stadium 20,000 3 September 30, 2010 Las Vegas Locomotives L 17–20 1–2 Citrus Bowl 9,053 4 October 9, 2010 at Hartford Colonials W 33–20 2–2 Rentschler Field 14,468 5 Bye 6 October 21, 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions L 17–21 2–3 Citrus Bowl 10,066 7 Bye 8 November 5, 2010 Omaha Nighthawks W 31–14 3–3 Citrus Bowl 9,203 9 November 11, 2010 Hartford Colonials W 41–7 4–3 Citrus Bowl 9,367 10 November 19, 2010 at Omaha Nighthawks W 27–10 5–3 Rosenblatt Stadium 21,106 Championship game Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Championship November 27, 2010 Las Vegas Locomotives L 20–23 0–1 Rosenblatt Stadium Standings FLA Game summaries Week 1: at Las Vegas Locomotives background-color:#0090C5; color:white Saturday, September 18 11:00 p.m. ET Tuskers 0 17 10 0 Locomotives 10 0 7 3 Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada 9,103 Jon Bible HDNet Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst) Tuskers at Locomotives recap 1st quarter Las vegas – Teddy Lehman 26-yard interception return (Parker Douglass kick), 9:00 Las vegas – Parker Douglass 32-yard field goal, 2:46 2nd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 8-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 12:36 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 9:20 Florida – Nick Novak 54-yard field goal, 0:52 3rd quarter Las vegas – Bobby Rome 1-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 8:09 Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:52 Florida – Calvin Russell 68-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:10 4th quarter Las vegas – Parker Douglass 25-yard field goal, 4:49 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 22/37, 308 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Las vegas – Tim Rattay: 22/38, 173 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Florida – Aveion Cason: 14 att, 83 yards Las vegas – Marcel Shipp: 13 att, 48 yards Receiving Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 93 yards Las vegas – Adam Bergen: 7 rec, 54 yards Week 2: at Sacramento Mountain Lions background-color:#0090C5; color:white Saturday, September 25 11:00 p.m. ET Tuskers 3 7 7 3 Mountain Lions 0 7 0 17 Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California 20,000 David Cutaia Versus Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst) Tuskers at Mountain Lions recap 1st quarter Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 9:41 2nd quarter Sacramento – Rod Windsor 4-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 8:56 Florida – Cortez Hankton 14-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 1:22 3rd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:21 4th quarter Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 54-yard field goal, 14:48 Sacramento – Darrell Strong 2-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:04 Florida – Nick Novak 30-yard field goal, 2:53 Sacramento – Rod Windsor 33-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 0:37 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 23/41, 328 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 26/42, 374 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT Rushing Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 13 att, 51 yards, 1 TD Sacramento – Cory Ross: 14 att, 28 yards Receiving Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 110 yards, 1 TD Sacramento – Cory Ross: 8 rec, 57 yards Week 3: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives Thursday, September 30 6:00 p.m. ET background-color:#0090C5; color:white Locomotives 7 3 0 10 Tuskers 0 10 0 7 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida Versus 9,054 Perry Havener Locomotives at Tuskers recap 1st quarter Las vegas – Samie Parker 68-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 0:02 2nd quarter Las vegas – Parker Douglass 20-yard field goal, 7:24 Florida – Nick Novak 45-yard field goal, 2:33 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 14-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:31 3rd quarter no scoring 4th quarter Florida – Cortez Hankton 13-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 6:36 Las vegas – Andrae Thurman 15-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 4:13 Las vegas – Parker Douglass 21-yard field goal, 0:00 Passing Las vegas – Tim Rattay: 28/38, 328 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 19/30, 136 yards, 1 TD Rushing Las vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 14 att, 99 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 54 yards, 1 TD Receiving Las vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 7 rec, 105 yards Florida – Jason Pociask: 3 rec, 46 yards Week 4: at Hartford Colonials background-color:#0090C5; color:white Saturday, October 9, 2010 3:00 p.m. ET Tuskers 3 7 13 10 Colonials 3 10 0 7 Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut 14,468 Jon Bible Versus Tuskers at Colonials recap 1st quarter Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 19-yard field goal, 6:43 Florida – Nick Novak 29-yard field goal, 3:04 2nd quarter Florida – Aveion Cason 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 5:11 Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 35-yard field goal, 3:34 Hartford – Gerard Lawson 41-yard interception return (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 2:13 3rd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 9:39 Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:37 Florida – Jermaine Wiggins 2-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:56 4th quarter Hartford – Ronnie Ghent 2-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:12 Florida – Nick Novak 38-yard field goal, 2:29 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 16-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:53 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 15/33, 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Hartford – Josh McCown: 18/36, 223 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 103 yards, 1 TD Hartford – Andre Dixon: 11 att, 24 yards Receiving Florida – Jermaine Wiggins: 4 rec, 18 yards, 1 TD Hartford – Lorenzo Booker: 5 rec, 32 yards Week 5: BYE January 2011 Week 6: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions background-color:#0090C5; color:white Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:00 p.m. ET Mountain Lions 0 7 2 12 Tuskers 10 0 0 7 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida HDNet 10,066 Chris Snead Mountain Lions at Tuskers recap 1st quarter Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 10:13 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 3-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:37 2nd quarter Sacramento – Marcus Maxwell 6-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 2:07 3rd quarter Sacramento – Maurice Crum safety, 3:25 4th quarter Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 27-yard field goal, 11:28 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 4-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:34 Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper 10-yard run (Daunte Culpepper pass no good), 2:00 Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 39-yard field goal, 0:33 Passing Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 31/49, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 12/23, 102 yards, 1 INT Rushing Sacramento – Cory Ross: 25 att, 70 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 18 att, 60 yards, 2 TD Receiving Sacramento – Cory Ross: 10 rec, 66 yards Florida – Maurice Hicks: 4 rec, 41 yards Week 7: BYE January 2011 Week 8: vs. Omaha Nighthawks background-color:#0090C5; color:white Friday, November 5, 2010 8:00 p.m. ET Nighthawks 0 0 0 14 Tuskers 7 7 17 0 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida HDNet 9,203 Jon Bible Nighthawks at Tuskers recap 1st quarter Florida – Huey Whittaker 2-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 2:42 2nd quarter Florida – Calvin Russell 26-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 7:03 3rd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 65-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 10:32 Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 29-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 10:17 Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 0:48 4th quarter Omaha – Jeb Putzier 2-yard pass from Matt Gutierrez (Jeff Wolfert kick), 11:16 Omaha – Robert Ferguson 0-yard fumble recovery (Jeff Wolfert kick), 5:15 Passing Omaha – Matt Gutierrez: 17/34, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Florida – Chris Greisen: 23/31, 215 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Omaha – Shaud Williams: 7 att, 18 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 111 yards, 1 TD Receiving Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 5 rec, 38 yards Florida – Calvin Russell: 6 rec, 61 yards, 1 TD Week 9: vs. Hartford Colonials background-color:#0090C5; color:white Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:00 p.m. ET Colonials 0 0 7 0 Tuskers 14 24 3 0 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida HDNet 9,367 David Cuttia Colonials at Tuskers recap 1st quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 2-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 11:46 Florida – Terrence Melton 70-yard fumble return (Nick Novak kick), 5:54 2nd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 39-yard field goal, 14:56 Florida – Chas Gessner 15-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 10:57 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 30-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 4:36 Florida – Chas Gessner 7-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 0:11 3rd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 44-yard field goal, 4:41 Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux 12-yard run (Sam Swank kick), 0:42 4th quarter no scoring Passing Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux: 16/35, 184 yards Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/23, 237 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Hartford – Tory Harrison: 8 att, 22 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 102 yards, 2 TD Receiving Hartford – Ronnie Ghent: 3 rec, 42 yards Florida – Calvin Russell: 3 rec, 55 yards Week 10: at Omaha Nighthawks background-color:#0090C5; color:white Friday, November 19, 2010 8:30 p.m. ET Tuskers 7 3 10 7 Nighthawks 0 3 0 7 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska HDNet 21,106 Perry Havener Tuskers at Nighthawks recap 1st quarter Florida – Darius Vinnett 45-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 13:32 2nd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 46-yard field goal, 7:01 Omaha – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 1:44 3rd quarter Florida – Calvin Russell 35-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 6:36 Florida – Nick Novak 51-yard field goal, 1:22 4th quarter Omaha – Roy Hall 13-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:28 Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 58-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 0:56 Passing Omaha – Jeff Garcia: 17/35, 133 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/26, 200 yards, 1 TD Rushing Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 12 att, 69 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 22 att, 52 yards Receiving Omaha – Devard Darling: 5 rec, 51 yards Florida – Brian Clark: 2 rec, 59 yards Championship game 2010 UFL Championship Game Saturday, November 27, 2010 Noon ET Tuskers Locomotives Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska Versus References Florida Tuskers Season, 2010 Category:Florida Tuskers seasons Florida Tuskers