2010 Hartford Colonials season

2010 Hartford Colonials season
Head coach	Chris Palmer
General manager	Chris Palmer
Owner	Bill Mayer
Home field	Rentschler Field
Results
Record	3–5
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 2010 Hartford Colonials season was the second season for the Hartford Colonials and the first since relocating to Hartford from New York City. The team finished with a 3–5 record and fourth in the league.

Offseason

UFL Draft

Main article: 2010 UFL Draft

2010 Hartford Colonials UFL Draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	2	Andre Dixon	RB	Connecticut
2	7	Anthony Montgomery	DL	Minnesota
3	12	Shawn Bayes	WR	Kent State
4	17	Andre Barbour	OL	Eastern Kentucky
5	22	Simoni Lawrence	LB	Minnesota
6	27	Tim Mattran	OL	Stanford
7	31	Robert Ortiz	WR	San Diego State
8	40	Asaph Schwapp	FB	Notre Dame
9	44	Brandon Drumgoole	DL	Greensboro College
10	48	Ben Benshoof	OL	Wingate
11	52	Clint McPeek	LB	New Mexico
12	56	Kendall Briscoe	DT	New Mexico

^[1]

Personnel

Staff

2010 Hartford Colonials staff

Front Office

Owner – Bill Mayer
Director of Football Operations – Jason McKay
Director of Player Personnel – David Turner

Head Coaches

Head Coach/General Manager – Chris Palmer

Offensive Coaches

Quarterbacks – Dave Ragone
Running Backs – Michael Jenkins
Wide Receivers – Shane Waldron
Tight Ends/Offensive Line – Oji Fagan
Offensive Line – Todd Washington

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Osia Lewis
Defensive Line – Ted Daisher
Assistant Defensive Line – Tony Sparano, Jr.
Linebackers – Frank Hauser
Secondary – Jerry Holmes
Safeties – Doug Mandigo

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Kevin O'Dea
Special Teams Quailty Control/Video Assistant - James Stanley

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Mark Asanovich

Roster

2010 Hartford Colonials roster

Quarterbacks

12 Josh McCown
11 Ryan Perrilloux

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

16 Patrick Carter
13 Jason Chery
81 Shaheer McBride
84 Syndric Steptoe PR
17 Aaron Valentin
88 Markee White

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

72 Jacob Bender G
74 Colin Brown T
68 Ryan Cave G
75 Pete Clifford T
70 Keith Gray C
77 Greg Isdaner G
62 Tim Mattran G/C
79 Isaac Sowells G
65 Orrin Thompson T

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

57 Harry Coleman OLB
91 Kenny Ingram OLB
51 Frantz Joseph MLB
58 Danny Lansanah MLB
53 Simoni Lawrence OLB
50 Clint McPeek OLB
56 Joe Mortensen OLB

Defensive Backs

27 Tra Battle SS
24 Emanuel Cook SS
30 Manny Collins CB
35 Quintin Demps FS
20 Ben Hannula FS
22 Gerard Lawson CB/KR
23 Ryan Palmer CB
36 David Pittman CB
21 Kyle Whitehurst CB

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

28 Lorenzo Booker RB (Susp.)
52 Tank Daniels OLB (IR)
39 Trevor Ford CB (Susp.)
25 Kevin Jones RB (IR)
68 Rueben Riley G/T (IR)
84 Andrew Robinson WR (IR)
44 Asaph Schwapp FB (IR)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated November 22, 2010
51 Active, 7 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance	TV
1	Saturday, September 18	2:30 p.m. ET	Sacramento Mountain Lions	W 27–10	1–0	Rentschler Field	14,384	NESN
2	Friday, September 24	8:00 p.m. ET	at Omaha Nighthawks	L 26–27	1–1	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,067	HDNet
3	Bye
4	Saturday, October 9	3:00 p.m. ET	Florida Tuskers	L 20–33	1–2	Rentschler Field	14,468	Versus
5	Saturday, October 16	3:00 p.m. ET	Omaha Nighthawks	L 14–19	1–3	Rentschler Field	14,056	NESN
6	Saturday, October 23	3:30 p.m. ET	at Las Vegas Locomotives	L 21–24 (OT)	1–4	Sam Boyd Stadium	8,451	Versus
7	Saturday, October 30	11:00 p.m. ET	at Sacramento Mountain Lions	W 27–26	2–4	Hornet Stadium	13,500	Versus
8	Bye
9	Thursday, November 11	7:00 p.m. ET	at Florida Tuskers	L 7–41	2–5	Citrus Bowl	9,637	HDNet
10	Saturday, November 20	3:30 p.m. ET	Las Vegas Locomotives	W 27–14	3–5	Rentschler Field	14,554	Versus

Standings

United Football League
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Las Vegas Locomotives	5	3	0	.625	174	142	L2
y-Florida Tuskers	5	3	0	.625	213	136	W3
x-Sacramento Mountain Lions	4	4	0	.500	169	164	W2
x-Hartford Colonials	3	5	0	.375	169	194	W1
x-Omaha Nighthawks	3	5	0	.375	113	202	L4

y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL Championship Game berth
x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	0	0	3	7	10
Colonials	7	13	7	0	27

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Date: Saturday, September 18
Game time: 2:38 p.m. ET
Game attendance: 14,384
Referee: Perry Havener
TV announcers (NESN): Mike Logan (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (analyst)
Recap

Game information

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

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

The first game in the second season of the UFL was a battle of the two teams that relocated during the offseason, the Sacramento Mountain Lions, formerly the California Redwoods, and the Hartford Colonials, formerly the New York Sentinels. Hartford took scored the first 27 points of the game en route to the franchise's first victory in its two-year history, 27-10. Hartford's QB Josh McCown completed 11 of 21 passes for 265 passes and three touchdowns. Daunte Culpepper of the Mountain Lions threw forty passes, completing twenty-one, threw for 174 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Sacramento lost on opening day for the second consecutive season.^[2] A record-crowd of 14,384 attended the first professional football game in Hartford since 1973.^[3]

Week 2: at Omaha Nighthawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	13	3	3	26
Nighthawks	7	3	0	17	27

at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska

Date: Friday, September 24
Game time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Game attendance: 23,067
Referee: Chris Snead
TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
Recap

Game information

1st Quarter

HAR – Tyson DeVree 14-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:00
OMA – Rendrick Taylor 10-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:54

2nd Quarter

HAR – Taurus Johnson 6-yard pass from Ryan Perrilloux (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:05
OMA – Jeff Wolfert 26-yard field goal, 1:13
HAR – Patrick Carter 35-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick failed), 0:13

3rd Quarter

HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 37-yard field goal, 5:53

4th Quarter

OMA – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 14:13
OMA – Devard Darling 2-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 8:05
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 25-yard field goal, 2:43
OMA – Robert Ferguson 12-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 0:12

Passing

HAR – Josh McCown – 22/25, 264 yards, 2 TD
OMA – Jeff Garcia – 23/40, 226 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 att, 59 yards
OMA – Ahman Green – 12 att, 49 yards

Receiving

HAR – Lorenzo Booker – 5 rec, 50 yards
OMA – Devard Darling – 5 rec, 48 yards, 1 TD

Week 4: vs. Florida Tuskers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	3	7	13	10	33
Colonials	3	10	0	7	20

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Date: Saturday, October 9
Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Game attendance: 14,468

Week 5: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nighthawks	0	7	3	9	19
Colonials	7	7	0	0	14

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Game attendance: 14,056

Week 6: at Las Vegas Locomotives

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonials	0	13	0	8	0	21
Locomotives	0	7	7	7	3	24

at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

Date: Saturday, October 23
Game time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)

Week 7: at Sacramento Mountain Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	7	0	13	27
Mountain Lions	14	6	0	6	26

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

Date: Saturday, October 30
Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
Game attendance: 13,500
Referee: Jon Bible
TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
Recap

Week 9: at Florida Tuskers

	1	2	Total
Colonials			0
Tuskers			0

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

Date: Thursday, November 11
Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Week 10: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

	1	2	Total
Locomotives			0
Colonials			0

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Date: Saturday, November 20
Game time: 3:30 p.m. ET

References

↑ "2010 UFL Draft by Team - Hartford". United Football League. 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
↑ Hartford 27, Sacramento 10 Archived September 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Colonials/Mountain Lions full recap

2010 UFL season

Florida Tuskers Hartford Colonials Las Vegas Locomotives Omaha Nighthawks Sacramento Mountain Lions

2010 UFL Draft 2010 UFL Championship Game

Hartford Colonials

Formerly the New York Sentinels Founded in 2009 Operations Inactive as of 2011 Based in Hartford, Connecticut

The Franchise	Franchise

Stadiums	Giants Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium Rentschler Field

Head Coaches	Cottrell Palmer Glanville

Key Personnel	Owner: Bill Mayer Head Coach/General Manager: Jerry Glanville

Seasons (2)	2009 2010

Current League Affiliation	United Football League

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