# 2010 Florida Tuskers season

The 2010 Florida Tuskers season was the second and final season for the Virginia Destroyers as the Florida Tuskers. They finished with a 5–3 regular season record and lost in the 2010 UFL Championship Game to the Las Vegas Locomotives for a second straight season.

## Offseason

Head coach Jim Haslett left the team in January 2010, becoming the new defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins. On February 9, 2010, Jay Gruden was named the team's new head coach and general manager by UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue. On the same day of Gruden's appointment, the Tampa Bay Rays were announced to have sold their interest in the franchise, which meant that all home games for the Tuskers would be played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.
Along with the league's other teams, the Tuskers unveiled new uniforms during an event at Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas on July 28, 2010.

### UFL draft

2010 Florida Tuskers UFL Draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 4 | Weston Dacus | LB | Arkansas |
| 2 | 9 | Arnold Harrison | LB | Georgia |
| 3 | 14 | John Standeford | WR | Purdue |
| 4 | 19 | Erik Pedersen | LB | Portland State |
| 5 | 24 | Tyrrell Herbert | S | Toledo |
| 6 | 29 | Adrien Clarke | OL | Ohio State |
| 7 | 33 | Kevin Harris | FB | Wake Forest |
| 8 | 37 | Cortez Hankton | WR | Texas Southern |
| 9 | 41 | Corey Small | DB | Florida Atlantic |
| 10 | 50 | Chris Perri | DE | Stony Brook |
| 11 | 54 | Greg Middleton | DE | Indiana |
| 12 | 58 | Melvin Fowler | C | Maryland |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| 1 | Saturday, September 18 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | W 27–20 | 1–0 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 9,103 | HDNet |
| 2 | Saturday, September 25 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 20–24 | 1–1 | Hornet Stadium | 20,000 | Versus |
| 3 | Thursday, September 30 | 6:00 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 17–20 | 1–2 | Citrus Bowl | 9,053 | Versus |
| 4 | Saturday, October 9 | 3:00 p.m. ET | at Hartford Colonials | W 33–20 | 2–2 | Rentschler Field | 14,468 | Versus |
| 5 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 6 | Thursday, October 21 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 17–21 | 2–3 | Citrus Bowl | 10,066 | HDNet |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 8 | Friday, November 5 | 8:00 p.m. ET | Omaha Nighthawks | W 31–14 | 3–3 | Citrus Bowl | 9,203 | HDNet |
| 9 | Thursday, November 11 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Hartford Colonials | W 41–7 | 4–3 | Citrus Bowl | 9,367 | HDNet |
| 10 | Friday, November 19 | 8:30 p.m. ET | at Omaha Nighthawks | W 27–10 | 5–3 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 21,106 | HDNet |

### Championship game

| Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| Saturday, November 27 | Noon ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 20-23 | Rosenblatt Stadium | | Versus |

## Standings

United Football League :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| y-Las Vegas Locomotives | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 174 | 142 | L2 |
| y-Florida Tuskers | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 213 | 136 | W3 |
| x-Sacramento Mountain Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 169 | 164 | W2 |
| x-Hartford Colonials | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 169 | 194 | W1 |
| x-Omaha Nighthawks | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 113 | 202 | L4 |
y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL championship game berth x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

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

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| Locomotives | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
* Date: Saturday, September 18
* Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 9,103
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
* Tuskers at Locomotives recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Las vegas – Teddy Lehman 26-yard interception return (Parker Douglass kick), 9:00
Las vegas – Parker Douglass 32-yard field goal, 2:46
2nd quarter
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 8-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 12:36
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 9:20
Florida – Nick Novak 54-yard field goal, 0:52
3rd quarter
Las vegas – Bobby Rome 1-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 8:09
Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:52
Florida – Calvin Russell 68-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:10
4th quarter
Las vegas – Parker Douglass 25-yard field goal, 4:49
Passing
Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 22/37, 308 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Las vegas – Tim Rattay: 22/38, 173 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Florida – Aveion Cason: 14 att, 83 yards
Las vegas – Marcel Shipp: 13 att, 48 yards
Receiving
Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 93 yards
Las vegas – Adam Bergen: 7 rec, 54 yards :

### Week 2: at Sacramento Mountain Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
* Date: Saturday, September 25
* Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 20,000
* Referee: David Cutaia
* TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
* Tuskers at Mountain Lions recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 9:41
2nd quarter
Sacramento – Rod Windsor 4-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 8:56
Florida – Cortez Hankton 14-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 1:22
3rd quarter
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:21
4th quarter
Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 54-yard field goal, 14:48
Sacramento – Darrell Strong 2-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:04
Florida – Nick Novak 30-yard field goal, 2:53
Sacramento – Rod Windsor 33-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 0:37
Passing
Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 23/41, 328 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 26/42, 374 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 13 att, 51 yards, 1 TD
Sacramento – Cory Ross: 14 att, 28 yards
Receiving
Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 110 yards, 1 TD
Sacramento – Cory Ross: 8 rec, 57 yards :

### Week 3: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Locomotives | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Tuskers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: Thursday, September 30
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 9,054
* Referee: Perry Havener
* TV: Versus
* Locomotives at Tuskers recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Las vegas – Samie Parker 68-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 0:02
2nd quarter
Las vegas – Parker Douglass 20-yard field goal, 7:24
Florida – Nick Novak 45-yard field goal, 2:33
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 14-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:31
3rd quarter
no scoring
4th quarter
Florida – Cortez Hankton 13-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 6:36
Las vegas – Andrae Thurman 15-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 4:13
Las vegas – Parker Douglass 21-yard field goal, 0:00
Passing
Las vegas – Tim Rattay: 28/38, 328 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 19/30, 136 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
Las vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 14 att, 99 yards
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 54 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Las vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 7 rec, 105 yards
Florida – Jason Pociask: 3 rec, 46 yards :

### Week 4: at Hartford Colonials

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 3 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| Colonials | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 14,468
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV: Versus
* Tuskers at Colonials recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 19-yard field goal, 6:43
Florida – Nick Novak 29-yard field goal, 3:04
2nd quarter
Florida – Aveion Cason 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 5:11
Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 35-yard field goal, 3:34
Hartford – Gerard Lawson 41-yard interception return (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 2:13
3rd quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 9:39
Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:37
Florida – Jermaine Wiggins 2-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:56
4th quarter
Hartford – Ronnie Ghent 2-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:12
Florida – Nick Novak 38-yard field goal, 2:29
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 16-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:53
Passing
Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 15/33, 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Hartford – Josh McCown: 18/36, 223 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 103 yards, 1 TD
Hartford – Andre Dixon: 11 att, 24 yards
Receiving
Florida – Jermaine Wiggins: 4 rec, 18 yards, 1 TD
Hartford – Lorenzo Booker: 5 rec, 32 yards :

### Week 6: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| Tuskers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 10,066
* Referee: Chris Snead
* TV: HDNet
* Mountain Lions at Tuskers recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 10:13
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 3-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:37
2nd quarter
Sacramento – Marcus Maxwell 6-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 2:07
3rd quarter
Sacramento – Maurice Crum safety, 3:25
4th quarter
Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 27-yard field goal, 11:28
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 4-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:34
Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper 10-yard run (Daunte Culpepper pass no good), 2:00
Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 39-yard field goal, 0:33
Passing
Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 31/49, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 12/23, 102 yards, 1 INT
Rushing
Sacramento – Cory Ross: 25 att, 70 yards
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 18 att, 60 yards, 2 TD
Receiving
Sacramento – Cory Ross: 10 rec, 66 yards
Florida – Maurice Hicks: 4 rec, 41 yards :

### Week 8: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Nighthawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Tuskers | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 9,203
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV: HDNet
* Nighthawks at Tuskers recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Florida – Huey Whittaker 2-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 2:42
2nd quarter
Florida – Calvin Russell 26-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 7:03
3rd quarter
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 65-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 10:32
Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 29-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 10:17
Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 0:48
4th quarter
Omaha – Jeb Putzier 2-yard pass from Matt Gutierrez (Jeff Wolfert kick), 11:16
Omaha – Robert Ferguson 0-yard fumble recovery (Jeff Wolfert kick), 5:15
Passing
Omaha – Matt Gutierrez: 17/34, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Florida – Chris Greisen: 23/31, 215 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Omaha – Shaud Williams: 7 att, 18 yards
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 111 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 5 rec, 38 yards
Florida – Calvin Russell: 6 rec, 61 yards, 1 TD :

### Week 9: vs. Hartford Colonials

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Tuskers | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 9,367
* Referee: David Cuttia
* TV: HDNet
* Colonials at Tuskers recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 2-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 11:46
Florida – Terrence Melton 70-yard fumble return (Nick Novak kick), 5:54
2nd quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 39-yard field goal, 14:56
Florida – Chas Gessner 15-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 10:57
Florida – Dominic Rhodes 30-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 4:36
Florida – Chas Gessner 7-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 0:11
3rd quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 44-yard field goal, 4:41
Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux 12-yard run (Sam Swank kick), 0:42
4th quarter
no scoring
Passing
Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux: 16/35, 184 yards
Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/23, 237 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Hartford – Tory Harrison: 8 att, 22 yards
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 102 yards, 2 TD
Receiving
Hartford – Ronnie Ghent: 3 rec, 42 yards
Florida – Calvin Russell: 3 rec, 55 yards :

### Week 10: at Omaha Nighthawks

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tuskers | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Nighthawks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska
* Date: Friday, November 19, 2010
* Game time: 8:30 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 21,106
* Referee: Perry Havener
* TV: HDNet
* Tuskers at Nighthawks recap
Game information :
1st quarter
Florida – Darius Vinnett 45-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 13:32
2nd quarter
Florida – Nick Novak 46-yard field goal, 7:01
Omaha – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 1:44
3rd quarter
Florida – Calvin Russell 35-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 6:36
Florida – Nick Novak 51-yard field goal, 1:22
4th quarter
Omaha – Roy Hall 13-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:28
Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 58-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 0:56
Passing
Omaha – Jeff Garcia: 17/35, 133 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/26, 200 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 12 att, 69 yards
Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 22 att, 52 yards
Receiving
Omaha – Devard Darling: 5 rec, 51 yards
Florida – Brian Clark: 2 rec, 59 yards :

## Championship game

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Tuskers | | | 0 |
| Locomotives | | | 0 |
at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska
* Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010
* Game time: Noon ET
* TV: Versus