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UFL, Mountain Lions Announce 2011 Schedule

August 16, 2011 - United Football League (UFL 1)
Sacramento Mountain Lions News Release


SACRAMENTO, CA - Tuesday, August 16 - The United Football League will play its third season in 2011 during the course of seven weeks leading up to a Championship Game to be played in one of the league's four markets.

The Sacramento Mountain Lions will open the season at Hornet Stadium against visiting Las Vegas at 7:30 p.m. on September 17.

The rest of the Mountain Lions home schedule consists of a battle with the Omaha Nighthawks on October 1 at 4 p.m. and a contest against the Virginia Destroyers on Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. This will be the first UFL meeting between Sacramento head coach DENNIS GREEN and Virginia head coach MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER. The two men were head coaches in the NFL for a combined 34 years; both last serving as a head coach following the 2006-07 NFL season.

Green and Schottenheimer coached against each other in Green's final game as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, on December 31, 2006. Schottenheimer's San Diego Chargers won the game 27-20. This was also the final regular season game for Schottenheimer as a head coach in the NFL.

Green and the Mountain Lions will take on the two-time reigning champion Las Vegas Locos in the season opener. Las Vegas is coached by former NFL head coach JIM FASSEL.

"It is very exciting to open the 2011 season with two home games," Green said. "The atmosphere in Sacramento for home games last year was fun for the fans and the community. So with three of the first four games at home, we see this as an opportunity to get off to a good start and challenge for the UFL championship."

The Mountain Lions averaged about 18,250 fans per game for their four home games in 2010.

The top two teams in the standings at the end of a six-game campaign will meet for the William Hambrecht Trophy on November 4 or 5. The team that sets the early pace on the field, attracts the most passionate fans to the stands, and boasts the most active social media presence will earn the right to host the season finale, according to league officials.

"In a six-game season, every game counts and not only is there no room for a losing streak, but our teams will be in playoff mode right from the opening kickoff," said UFL Commissioner MICHAEL HUYGHUE. "That will make for some tense and exciting games to keep fans on the edge of their seats."

Visit www.sacmountainlions.com or call 916-383-5466 for season tickets to see the Mountain Lions.

2011 United Football League Schedule

* All games are subject to change

Week Date Game Local Time EDT

1 Thursday September 15 Virginia at Omaha 7pm 8pm

Saturday September 17 Las Vegas at Sacramento 7.30pm 10.30pm

2 Saturday September 24 Las Vegas at Virginia 7pm 7pm

3 Saturday October 1 Omaha at Sacramento 4pm 7pm

4 Friday October 7 Sacramento at Virginia 7pm 7pm

Saturday October 8 Omaha at Las Vegas 5pm 8pm

5 Saturday October 15 Las Vegas at Omaha 7pm 8pm

Saturday October 15 Virginia at Sacramento 4pm 7pm

6 Friday October 21 Omaha at Virginia 7pm 7pm

Saturday October 22 Sacramento at Las Vegas 7pm 10pm

7 Thursday October 27 Virginia at Las Vegas 7pm 10pm

Friday October 28 Sacramento at Omaha 7pm 8pm

CG November 4 or 5 Championship Game TBC TBC

2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions Schedule

* All times local to the home team

Sacramento Mountain Lions Local EDT

Wk 1 9/17 LAS VEGAS 7.30pm 10.30pm

Wk 2 Bye

Wk 3 10/1 OMAHA 4pm 7pm

Wk 4 10/7 at Virginia 7pm 7pm

Wk 5 10/15 VIRGINIA 4pm 7pm

Wk 6 10/22 at Las Vegas 7pm 10pm

Wk 7 10/28 at Omaha 7pm 8pm

Sacramento Mountain Lions by week:

Week 1

LAS VEGAS at SACRAMENTO

All-time series record: 3-1 Las Vegas.

Las Vegas won the first three games in this series, while Sacramento won the last one. The Locos head coach Jim Fassel has a 1-1 record in his opening games as a UFL coach . . . The Locos have won both games on their travels to Northern California, 16-10 in 2009 and 26-3 last season . . . This is the first time in three seasons the Locos have opened their campaign on the road . . . Mountain Lions head coach Dennis Green has an 0-2 opening weekend record with the Mountain Lions and California Redwoods . . . This is the first time the Mountain Lions have opened a season at home.

Week 3

OMAHA at SACRAMENTO

All-time series record: Tied at 1-1.

Omaha is 1-1 coming off a bye week . . . Sacramento is 0-2 coming off a bye week . . . This will be the first-ever coaching meeting between Omaha's Joe Moglia and Sacramento ‚¬â„¢s Dennis Green . . . The two teams split their first-ever meetings in 2010 . . . In Week 3 of last season, the Nighthawks got a late-fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Jeff Garcia to Jeb Putzier for a 20-17 victory . . . In Week 9 at Hornet Stadium, the Mountain Lions won 41-3 and set a UFL single-game record with 244 rushing yards.

Week 4

SACRAMENTO at VIRGINIA

All-time series record: First meeting.

This will be the first meeting between Marty Schottenheimer and Dennis Green since December 31, 2006 . . . Schottenheimer and the San Diego Chargers triumphed 27-20 over Green in his last game in charge of the Arizona Cardinals . . . Schottenheimer and Green have combined for 34 years as head coaches in the NFL . . . The former Florida Tuskers, whose players were protected by the Destroyers, defeated the then-California Redwoods twice in 2009, 34-7 and 34-27 . . . The Mountain Lions won both games against the Tuskers in 2010, 24-20 at home in Week 2 and 21-17 on the road in Week 6.

Week 5

VIRGINIA AT SACRAMENTO

Sacramento will be the first team to complete its 2011 home schedule with two games on the road to follow . . . The game will also be a back-to-back meeting between the teams as the Destroyers and Mountain Lions also meet in Week 4 . . . Sacramento, as was the case with all five UFL teams in 2010, was 2-2 at home.

Week 6

SACRAMENTO at LAS VEGAS

This will be the sixth coaching match up in the UFL between Las Vegas' Jim Fassel and Sacramento's Dennis Green, most in league history . . . In 2010, visiting Sacramento took a 21-0 lead before Las Vegas stormed back to tie the game 24-24 in the fourth quarter, only to see the Mountain Lions win in the final two minutes, 27-24.

Week 7

SACRAMENTO at OMAHA

Mountain Lions running back Cory Ross returns ‚¬Ëœhome ‚¬â„¢ having played college football at Nebraska . . . In two games against the Nighthawks in 2010, Ross ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns and caught 13 passes for 85 yards . . . In the second meeting, in Week 9 at Hornet Stadium, Ross set a new UFL record with a 75-yard touchdown run . . . The Nighthawks beat Sacramento 20-17 in Omaha in 2010 in a battle between Sacramento quarterback Daunte Culpepper and Omaha quarterback Jeff Garcia.

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