2001 Omaha Beef season

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2001 Omaha Beef season
Head coach Sandy Buda
General manager Don Igo
Home field Omaha Civic Auditorium
1804 Capitol Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Results
Record 15–1
League place 1st
Playoff finish Lost IPFL Championship 38-47 (Thunder Cats)

The 2001 Omaha Beef season was the team's second season as a football franchise and second in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL). One of five teams competing in the IPFL for the 2001 season. The team played their home games at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Omaha Beef

The Omaha Beef is an indoor football team and a charter member of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) league. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Beef play their home games at Ralston Arena in nearby Ralston.

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999. The IPFL led a troubled three-year existence, and died after its 2001 season, with its most successful teams joining up with the National Indoor Football League.

Omaha Civic Auditorium

Omaha Civic Auditorium was a multi-purpose convention center located in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 1954, it surpassed the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum as the largest convention/entertainment complex in the city, until the completion of CHI Health Center Omaha in 2003. With the opening of the Ralston Arena in 2012, all teams that played at the Civic Auditorium moved, which reduced the venue's viability. The auditorium closed its doors in June 2014.

Contents

Schedule

  Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekOpponentResultsLocation
Final scoreTeam record
1 St. Louis Renegades W 61–44 [1] 1–0 Omaha Civic Auditorium
2Bye
3at Trenton Lightning W 51–41 [2] 2–0 Sovereign Bank Arena
4 Boise Stallions W 56–27 [3] 3–0Omaha Civic Auditorium
5at St. Louis RenegadesW 55–47 [4] 4–0 Family Arena
6Bye
7at Boise StallionsW 57–34 [5] 5–0 Bank of America Centre
8 Tennessee ThunderCats W 72–50 [6] 6–0Omaha Civic Auditorium
9at Boise StallionsW 49–457–0Bank of America Centre
10Tennessee ThunderCatsW 56–298–0Omaha Civic Auditorium
11at Tennessee ThunderCatsW 54–329–0 Knoxville Civic Coliseum
12St. Louis RenegadesW 53–4210–0Family Arena
13at Tennessee ThunderCatsL 34–6110–1Knoxville Civic Coliseum
14at Boise StallionsW 35–911–1Bank of America Centre
15Boise StallionsW 58–1912–1Omaha Civic Auditorium
16at St. Louis RenegadesW 76–3713–1Family Arena
17Bye
18at St. Louis RenegadesW 50–3314–1Family Arena
19Boise StallionsW 79–1815–1Omaha Civic Auditorium

Standings

1. Omaha Beef, 15-1

2. Tennessee ThunderCats, 12-4

3. Boise Stallions, 6-9

4. St. Louis Renegades, 5-11

5. Trenton Lightning, 0-16

Playoffs

WeekOpponentResultsLocation
Final scoreTeam record
IPFL SemifinalsTennessee ThunderCatsL 38–47–Omaha Civic Auditorium

Roster

2001 Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks
  • -- Troy Travis

Running backs

  • -- Clinton Childs

Wide receivers

  • -- Quincy Kenoly
Offensive linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • -- T. J. Martin
  • -- Cliff Robinson
Linebackers
  • Currently vacant

Defensive backs

  • -- Pat Davis
  • -- Lamont Gilchrist
  • -- Deondre Jones
  • -- Yano Jones
  • -- Lamar O'Neal
  • -- Orville Townsend Jr.
  • -- Shanon Yates

Special teams

  • -- Craig Forman
Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
14 Active, 0 Inactive

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