Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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| 2011 Omaha Nighthawks season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zach Nelson |
| General manager | Rick Mueller |
| Head coach | Joe Moglia |
| Home field | TD Ameritrade Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–4 |
| Division place | 3rd |
| Playoff finish | TBD |
The 2011 Omaha Nighthawks season was the second season for the United Football League franchise.
The team fired previous head coach Jeff Jagodzinski following the 2010 season after losing the last four games and slipping out of the playoffs. Joe Moglia, an Omaha native who had originally been assigned as head coach of the expansion Virginia Destroyers, was reassigned to Omaha to replace Jagodzinski.
The Nighthawks have also changed stadiums, moving from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, where they spent their inaugural season, to TD Ameritrade Park in the downtown area of Omaha.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | |||
| 1 | 2 | Reynaldo Hill | CB | Florida |
| 2 | 7 | Jamie Cumbie | DE | Clemson |
| 3 | 12 | Joe Toledo | OT | Washington |
| 4 | 17 | Chris Smith | CB | Northern Illinois |
| 5 | 23 | Mike Smith | OT | Nebraska |
| 6 | 28 | D. J. Jones | OT | Nebraska |
| 7 | 33 | Kyle Nelson | TE | New Mexico State |
| 8 | 38 | Jeremiah Masoli | QB | Mississippi |
| 8 | 39 | Brian Johnston | DE | Gardner–Webb |
| 9 | 43 | Derrick Locke | RB | Kentucky |
| 10 | 48 | Akiem Hicks | DT | Regina |
| 10 | 51 | Mark Herzlich | LB | Boston College |
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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| Week | Date | Kickoff * | Opponent | Results | Game site | |
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| Final score | Team record | |||||
| 1 | Thursday, September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Destroyers | L 13–23 | 0–1 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
| 2 | Bye | |||||
| 3 | Saturday, October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 33–30 | 1–1 | Hornet Stadium |
| 4 | Saturday, October 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–30 | 1–2 | Sam Boyd Stadium |
| 5 | Saturday, October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 6–13 | 1–3 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
| 6 | Friday, October 21 † | 7:00 p.m. | Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 19–25 | 1–4 | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha |
| * All times are Central Time. † Postseason Consolation Game. | ||||||
| United Football League | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| z-Virginia Destroyers | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 105 | 63 | L1 | ||
| z-Las Vegas Locomotives | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 83 | 67 | W2 | ||
| x-Omaha Nighthawks | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 62 | 96 | L2 | ||
| x-Sacramento Mountain Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 80 | 104 | W1 | ||
z-Virginia and Las Vegas were awarded berths in the 2011 UFL championship game when the balance of the regular season was cancelled on October 17
x-Omaha and Sacramento would play in a post-season consolation game
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Destroyers | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Nighthawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Game information | ||
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| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Nighthawks | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
| Game information | ||
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| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Nighthawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Locomotives | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
| Game information | ||
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| Period | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nighthawks | 0 | ||
| Locomotives | 0 |
| Period | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Mountain Lions | 0 | ||
| Nighthawks | 0 |
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