2011 Omaha Beef season

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2011 Omaha Beef season
OwnerJeff Sprowls
General managerJosh Roehr
Head coachBruce Cowdrey
Home field Omaha Civic Auditorium
1804 Capitol Avenue
Omaha, NE 68102
Results
Record9-5
Division place2nd Great Plains
Playoff finishWon United Conference Wild Card 39-34 (Extreme)
Lost United Conference Semi-Finals 39-52 (Storm)

The 2011 Omaha Beef season was the twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Omaha, Nebraska-based Omaha Beef were members of the Great Lakes Division of the United Conference.

Contents

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Preseason

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResults
Final ScoreTeam Record
February 20 (Sun)2:00pmSaint Charles CyclonesW 66-0---

Regular season

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResults
Final ScoreTeam Record
1February 26 (Sat)7:05pmat Chicago Slaughter W 39-36 [1] 1-0
2Bye
3March 12 (Sat)7:05pm La Crosse Spartans W 40-20 [2] 2-0
4Bye
5March 25 (Fri)7:05pm Tri-Cities Fever L 37-51 [3] 2-1
6April 3 (Sun)2:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 38-482-2
7April 9 (Sat)7:05pm Wichita Wild W 36-243-2
8April 16 (Sat)7:11pmat West Texas Roughnecks L 16-393-3
9April 23 (Sat)7:05pm Nebraska Danger W 46-374-3
10April 30 (Sat)7:05pm Wyoming Cavalry W 68-245-3
11May 6 (Fri)7:05pm
(9:05 Central)		at Seattle Timberwolves L 50-525-4
12May 14 (Sat)7:05pmat Wichita Wild W 48-446-4
13May 21 (Sat)7:05pm Chicago Slaughter W 48-297-4
14May 28 (Sat)7:05pmat Nebraska Danger W 75-418-4
15June 3 (Fri)7:05pm
(8:05 Central)		at Wyoming Cavalry L 33-418-5
16June 11 (Sat)7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm W 41-379-5

Playoffs

RoundDateKickoffOpponentResults
Final ScoreTeam Record
Wild CardJune 18 (Sat)7:00pm Bloomington Extreme W 39-341-0
UC Semi-FinalsJune 25 (Sat)7:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 39-521-1

Roster

2011 Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3James McNear
  • 15Chad Schmigel

Running backs

  • 20R. J. Rollins

Wide receivers

  •  1Maurice Avery
  •  6Allen Burrell
  •  4Mike Jones
  •  5O. J. Simpson
Offensive linemen
  • 65George Batiste
  • 54Ya'Tarrie Brown
  • 72Cournelius Lewis
  • 68Dan Potmesil

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 22Eric Bingham
  • 19Matt Hewitt
  • 18Kelly Rouse

Defensive backs

  • 13Cornelius Brown
  • 24Diezeas Calbert
  •  2Cortney Grixby
  •  7 Travonti Johnson
  • 10Michael Phillips

Kickers

  • 84Brandon Stewart
Injured Reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant

Roster updated June 25, 2011
23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Standings

2011 Great Plains Division
WLTPCTPFPADIVGBSTK
z Sioux Falls Storm 13100.92910224575–1—L1
x Omaha Beef 9500.6436155235–14.0W1
Wichita Wild 6800.4295716181–57.0W2
Nebraska Danger 31100.2146177881–510.0L8

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References

  1. ↑ "Beef's Defense Dominates in First Victory". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 1, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Omaha Beef ride early surge to 40-20 win over La Crosse Spartans". www.lacrosstribune.com. La Cross Tribune. March 13, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fever picks up big road victory". www.tri-cityherald.com. Tri-City Herald. March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
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