# 2009 California Redwoods season

The 2009 California Redwoods season was the first and only season for the California Redwoods. In the United Football League's Premiere Season, the team finished with a 2–4 record and in third place. This team is now known as the Sacramento Mountain Lions.
The Redwoods played in the inaugural UFL game on October 8, which they lost to the Las Vegas Locomotives by a score of 30–17.

## Draft

The draft took place on June 19, 2009. Those selected were among participants in earlier workouts held in Orlando as well as Las Vegas. Once a player was picked by a team, his rights were held by that team should he elect to play in the UFL.
* = Indicates player signed with team
| Player | Position | College |
| Odie Armstrong | FB | NW Oklahoma State |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | FB | San Diego State |
| Shane Boyd | QB | Kentucky |
| Larry Brackins | WR | Pearl River CC |
| Kai Brown | LS | Brown |
| Brett Dietz | QB | Hanover |
| Marcus Fitzgerald | WR | Marshall |
| Marquies Gunn | DE | Auburn |
| Derrell Hutsona | RB | Washington State |
| Prince Kwateng | LB | Northwestern |
| Branden Ledbetter | TE | Western Michigan |
| Cory Lekkerkerker | T | California-Davis |
| Joe Martin | LB | San Diego State |
| Liam O'Hagan | QB | Harvard |
| Brian Rimpf | T | East Carolina |
| B. J. Sams | WR | McNeese State |
| Brian Stamper | T | Vanderbilt |
| Jason Stewart | NT | Fresno State |
| Damon Suggs | DE | Georgia Southern |
| Ahmad Treaudo | DB | Southern |
| Marviel Underwood | DB | San Diego State |
| Jeremy Unertl | DB | Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| John David Washington | RB | Morehouse |
| Joe West | WR | Texas-El Paso |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| 1 | Thursday, October 8 | 9:00 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 17–30 | 0–1 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 18,187 | Versus |
| 2 | Saturday, October 17 | 9:00 p.m. ET | New York Sentinels | W 24–7 | 1–1 | AT&T Park | 6,341 | HDNet |
| 3 | Thursday, October 22 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at Florida Tuskers | L 7–34 | 1–2 | Citrus Bowl | 12,021 | Versus |
| 4 | Thursday, October 29 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at New York Sentinels | W 20–13 | 2–2 | Giants Stadium | 10,818 | Versus |
| 5 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 6 | Saturday, November 14 | 9:00 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–16 | 2–3 | Spartan Stadium | 4,312 | HDNet |
| 7 | Thursday, November 19 | 9:00 p.m. ET | Florida Tuskers | L 27–34 | 2–4 | AT&T Park | 6,837 | Versus |

## Standings

United Football League :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| y-Florida Tuskers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 183 | 92 | W6 |
| y-Las Vegas Locomotives | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 167 | 100 | W3 |
| California Redwoods | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 105 | 134 | L2 |
| New York Sentinels | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 56 | 185 | L6 |
y-denotes team advanced to 2009 UFL championship game

## Game summaries
### Week 1: at Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redwoods | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Locomotives | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
* Date: October 8, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 18,187
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie
Game information :
1st quarter
LV – Graham Gano 33-yard field goal, 3:20
2nd quarter
CA – Shane Boyd 4-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 11:03
CA – Cory Ross 4-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 8:45
LV – DeDe Dorsey 1-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 0:13
3rd quarter
LV – Adam Bergen 11-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 11:07
LV – Graham Gano 39-yard field goal, 8:05
CA – Parker Douglass 26-yard field goal, 0:52
4th quarter
LV – Graham Gano 53-yard field goal, 10:20
LV – DeDe Dorsey 9-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 2:18
Passing
CA – Shane Boyd – 9/22, 92 yards
LV – J. P. Losman – 21/31, 226 yards, 2 TD
Rushing
CA – Cory Ross  – 16 att, 47 yards, 1 TD
LV – Marcel Shipp – 17 att, 69 yards
Receiving
CA – Joe West – 3 rec, 37 yards
LV – Andrae Thurman – 6 rec, 76 yards :

### Week 2: vs. New York Sentinels

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sentinels | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Redwoods | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
* Date: October 17, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 6,341
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice & Paul Maguire
Game information :
1st quarter
CA – Kai Brown 2-yard pass from Mike McMahon (Parker Douglass kick), 9:39
2nd quarter
NY – Chris Barclay 2-yard pass from Quinn Gray (Piotr Czech kick), 9:04
3rd quarter
CA – Cory Ross 1-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 5:11
4th quarter
CA – Parker Douglass 42-yard field goal, 11:45
CA – John David Washington 1-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 3:19
Passing
NY – Quinn Gray – 12/25, 115 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
CA – Mike McMahon – 16/29, 145 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
NY – Chris Barclay – 13 att, 13 yards
CA – Cory Ross  – 22 att, 121 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
NY – Craphonso Thorpe – 4 rec, 31 yards
CA – Doug Gabriel – 5 rec, 66 yards :

### Week 3: at Florida Tuskers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redwoods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tuskers | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: October 22, 2009
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 12,021
* Referee: Randy Christal
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie

### Week 4: at New York Sentinels

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redwoods | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Sentinels | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
* Date: October 29, 2009
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 10,818
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie
Game information :
1st quarter
CA – Cory Ross 25-yard pass from Shane Boyd (Parker Douglass kick), 10:19
2nd quarter
NY – Piotr Czech 36-yard field goal, 12:36
CA – Parker Douglass 27-yard field goal, 8:09
CA – Shane Boyd 5-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 0:26
NY – Piotr Czech 45-yard field goal, 0:00
3rd quarter
NY – Christian Hopkins 5-yard pass from Quinn Gray (Piotr Czech kick), 2:17
4th quarter
CA – Parker Douglass 44-yard field goal, 2:37
Passing
CA – Shane Boyd – 18/23, 197 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
NY – Quinn Gray – 22/32, 213 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
CA – Cory Ross  – 23 att, 77 yards
NY – LaBrandon Toefield – 12 att, 51 yards
Receiving
CA – Cory Ross – 7 rec, 68 yards, 1 TD
NY – Craphonso Thorpe – 9 rec, 73 yards :

### Week 6: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Locomotives | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| Redwoods | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
* Date: November 14, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 4,312
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice & Paul Maguire
Game information :
1st quarter
CA – Cory Ross 3-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 2:10
2nd quarter
LV – Graham Gano 35-yard field goal, 1:04
3rd quarter
LV – Graham Gano 39-yard field goal, 8:02
CA – Parker Douglass 28-yard field goal, 2:27
4th quarter
LV – Andrae Thurman 8-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 11:53
LV – Graham Gano 33-yard field goal, 2:01
Passing
LV – J. P. Losman – 16/29, 199 yards, 1 TD
CA – Shane Boyd – 21/31, 194 yards, 1 INT
Rushing
LV – Marcel Shipp – 19 att, 66 yards
CA – Cory Ross  – 19 att, 111 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
LV – David Kircus – 4 rec, 104 yards
CA – Joe West – 5 rec, 44 yards :

### Week 7: vs. Florida Tuskers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| Redwoods | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
* Date: November 19, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 6,837
* Referee: Dave Cutaia
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie