2010 Amarillo Venom season

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2010 Amarillo Venom season
OwnerJay Morris
Dale Morris
Head coachJon Lyles
Home field Amarillo Civic Center
401 South Buchanan St.
Amarillo, TX 79101
Results
Record11-3
Division place1st Lonestar West
Playoff finishWon quarterfinals 56-36 (Roughnecks)
Lost semifinals 31-46 (Diamonds)

The 2010 Amarillo Venom season was the team's seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-five teams competing in the IFL for the 2010 season, the Amarillo, Texas-based West Texas Roughnecks were members of the Lonestar West Division of the Intense Conference.

Contents

With the af2 breaking up and its larger market teams moving to Arena Football 1, the Dusters were forced to find a new league. Owner Randy Sanders applied for his team's spot in the Indoor Football League (IFL), [1] and they were accepted as an expansion franchise. [2]

The Venom lost to the Arkansas Diamonds 34-46 in the Intense Conference Semifinals.

Schedule

  Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
Final ScoreTeam Record
1Bye
2Bye
3SaturdayMarch 137:11pmat West Texas Roughnecks W 53-271-0 Ector County Coliseum
4Bye
5SaturdayMarch 277:05pm West Texas Roughnecks W 55-332-0 Amarillo Civic Center
6FridayApril 27:05pmat Austin Turfcats W 71-203-0 Luedecke Arena
7SaturdayApril 107:05pm Corpus Christi Hammerheads W 51-404-0 Amarillo Civic Center
8SundayApril 183:00pmat Colorado Ice W 56-375-0 Budweiser Events Center
9SaturdayApril 247:05pm Colorado Ice W 47-416-0 Amarillo Civic Center
10SaturdayMay 17:05pm Abilene Ruff Riders W 58-507-0 Amarillo Civic Center
11SaturdayMay 87:05pmat Corpus Christi Hammerheads L 24-347-1 American Bank Center
12SundayMay 157:05pm San Angelo Stampede Express W 66-418-1 Amarillo Civic Center
13SaturdayMay 227:05pm Arkansas Diamonds W 35-209-1 Amarillo Civic Center
14SaturdayMay 297:05pmat Abilene Ruff Ridiers W 56-2210-1 Taylor County Expo Center
15FridayJune 47:35pmat Arkansas Diamonds L 41-6810-2 Verizon Arena
16SaturdayJune 127:05pm Austin Turfcats W 39-1611-2 Amarillo Civic Center
17SaturdayJune 197:05pmat San Angelo Stampede Express L 50-6011-3 San Angelo Coliseum

Playoffs

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
Final ScoreTeam Record
Wild CardMondayJune 287:05pm West Texas Roughnecks W 56-36 [3] --- Amarillo Civic Center
IC SemifinalsSaturdayJuly 37:05pm Arkansas Diamonds W 31-46--- Amarillo Civic Center

Standings

2010 Lonestar West Division
WLTPCTGBDIVPFPASTK
y-Amarillo Venom 11300.786---4-0702509L1
x-West Texas Roughnecks 7700.5004.03-2594655W4
Abilene Ruff Riders 21200.1439.00-5544644L4

Roster

2010 Amarillo Venom roster
Quarterbacks
  • 13Julian Reese
  •  7Sean Setzer

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •  1Anthony Clark
  •  8Ricardo Lenhart
  •  3Alex Watson
  • 21Corey White
Offensive linemen
  • 50Willie Barton
  • 55Carlos Downey
  • 66Jon Ioane
  • 77Sione Ohuafi
  • 99Marcus Rowe

Defensive linemen

  • 33Barrett Allen
  • 85Ray Gates
  • 95Brandon Jenkins
  • 88Mario Reese
Linebackers
  • 37Tim Turner
  • 32Kyle Wilson

Defensive backs

  • 12Darrius Battles
  •  9DonTa Bright
  • 15Kevin Patterson
  • 23Cashmin Thomas

Kickers

  • 10Darren McCaleb
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 26, 2010
23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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