# 2010 Hartford Colonials season

The 2010 Hartford Colonials season was the second season for the Hartford Colonials and the first since relocating to Hartford from New York City. The team finished with a 3–5 record and fourth in the league.

## Offseason
### UFL draft

2010 Hartford Colonials UFL Draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | Andre Dixon | RB | Connecticut |
| 2 | 7 | Anthony Montgomery | DL | Minnesota |
| 3 | 12 | Shawn Bayes | WR | Kent State |
| 4 | 17 | Andre Barbour | OL | Eastern Kentucky |
| 5 | 22 | Simoni Lawrence | LB | Minnesota |
| 6 | 27 | Tim Mattran | OL | Stanford |
| 7 | 31 | Robert Ortiz | WR | San Diego State |
| 8 | 40 | Asaph Schwapp | FB | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 44 | Brandon Drumgoole | DL | Greensboro College |
| 10 | 48 | Ben Benshoof | OL | Wingate |
| 11 | 52 | Clint McPeek | LB | New Mexico |
| 12 | 56 | Kendall Briscoe | DT | New Mexico |

## 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 | 2:30 p.m. ET | Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 27–10 | 1–0 | Rentschler Field | 14,384 | NESN |
| 2 | Friday, September 24 | 8:00 p.m. ET | at Omaha Nighthawks | L 26–27 | 1–1 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,067 | HDNet |
| 3 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 4 | Saturday, October 9 | 3:00 p.m. ET | Florida Tuskers | L 20–33 | 1–2 | Rentschler Field | 14,468 | Versus |
| 5 | Saturday, October 16 | 3:00 p.m. ET | Omaha Nighthawks | L 14–19 | 1–3 | Rentschler Field | 14,056 | NESN |
| 6 | Saturday, October 23 | 3:30 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 21–24 (OT) | 1–4 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 8,451 | Versus |
| 7 | Saturday, October 30 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 27–26 | 2–4 | Hornet Stadium | 13,500 | Versus |
| 8 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 9 | Thursday, November 11 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at Florida Tuskers | L 7–41 | 2–5 | Citrus Bowl | 9,637 | HDNet |
| 10 | Saturday, November 20 | 3:30 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | W 27–14 | 3–5 | Rentschler Field | 14,554 | 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: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Lions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Colonials | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: Saturday, September 18
* Game time: 2:38 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 14,384
* Referee: Perry Havener
* TV announcers (NESN): Mike Logan (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (analyst)
* Recap
Game information :
1st Quarter
HAR – Markee White 4-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:22
2nd Quarter
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 34-yard field goal, 11:33
HAR – Jason Chery 59-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 8:34
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 20-yard field goal, 5:00
3rd Quarter
HAR – Lorenzo Booker 80-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 14:03
SAC – Fabrizio Scaccia 21-yard field goal, 6:45
4th Quarter
SAC – Joe West 5-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:37
Passing
SAC – Daunte Culpepper – 21/40, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
HAR – Josh McCown – 11/21, 265 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
SAC – Cory Ross – 14 att, 22 yards
HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 att, 94 yards
Receiving
SAC – Rod Windsor – 5 rec, 55 yards
HAR – Jason Chery – 2 rec, 103 yards, 1 TD :
The first game in the second season of the UFL was a battle of the two teams that relocated during the offseason, the Sacramento Mountain Lions, formerly the California Redwoods, and the Hartford Colonials, formerly the New York Sentinels. Hartford took scored the first 27 points of the game en route to the franchise's first victory in its two-year history, 27–10. Hartford's QB Josh McCown completed 11 of 21 passes for 265 passes and three touchdowns. Daunte Culpepper of the Mountain Lions threw forty passes, completing twenty-one, threw for 174 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Sacramento lost on opening day for the second consecutive season. A record-crowd of 14,384 attended the first professional football game in Hartford since 1973.

### Week 2: at Omaha Nighthawks

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Nighthawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska
* Date: Friday, September 24
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 23,067
* Referee: Chris Snead
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
* Recap
Game information :
1st Quarter
HAR – Tyson DeVree 14-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:00
OMA – Rendrick Taylor 10-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:54
2nd Quarter
HAR – Taurus Johnson 6-yard pass from Ryan Perrilloux (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:05
OMA – Jeff Wolfert 26-yard field goal, 1:13
HAR – Patrick Carter 35-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick failed), 0:13
3rd Quarter
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 37-yard field goal, 5:53
4th Quarter
OMA – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 14:13
OMA – Devard Darling 2-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 8:05
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 25-yard field goal, 2:43
OMA – Robert Ferguson 12-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 0:12
Passing
HAR – Josh McCown – 22/25, 264 yards, 2 TD
OMA – Jeff Garcia – 23/40, 226 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 att, 59 yards
OMA – Ahman Green – 12 att, 49 yards
Receiving
HAR – Lorenzo Booker – 5 rec, 50 yards
OMA – Devard Darling – 5 rec, 48 yards, 1 TD :

### Week 4: vs. Florida Tuskers

| 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
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 14,468

### Week 5: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Nighthawks | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| Colonials | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: Saturday, October 16
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 14,056

### Week 6: at Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Colonials | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Locomotives | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
* Date: Saturday, October 23
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. ET
* TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)

### Week 7: at Sacramento Mountain Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| Mountain Lions | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California
* Date: Saturday, October 30
* Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 13,500
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
* Recap

### Week 9: at Florida Tuskers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Colonials | | | 0 |
| Tuskers | | | 0 |
at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
* Date: Thursday, November 11
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET

### Week 10: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Locomotives | | | 0 |
| Colonials | | | 0 |
at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: Saturday, November 20
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. ET