2010 UFL Championship Game The 2010 UFL Championship Game was the concluding game of the United Football League ' s 2010 season . The game was staged at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha , Nebraska on Saturday , November 27 , 2010 , and saw the Las Vegas Locomotives repeat as league champions , defeating the Florida Tuskers by a 23 - 20 score . Background . The UFL did not settle on a Championship Game site until mid - season , choosing to rely on a formula that took into consideration " advance ticket and merchandise sales , energy for all events prior to the season starting , and team record " to determine a site . The Omaha Nighthawks , who hosted the first sellout game in league history and the first game with over 20 , 000 tickets sold , were chosen as the hosts for the championship game on October 18 , 2010 . The game was the last scheduled event at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium , which served as the Nighthawks ' home field in 2010 ( the team will move to TD Ameritrade Park in 2011 ) . The selection of Omaha required the UFL to move the date for the title game , from Friday , November 26 to Saturday , November 27 ( the former date stood in conflict with a Nebraska Cornhuskers home game in Lincoln , a rivalry game with Colorado that is traditionally held on the day after Thanksgiving ) . Las Vegas , the UFL ' s defending champions , lost their season opener to Florida , 27 - 20 , but pulled off a 5 - game winning streak after a Week 2 bye , securing a berth in the title game after Week 7 . Before earning that spot , however , starting quarterback Tim Rattay went down with a ruptured Achilles tendon , and was placed on the injured reserve list . With Rattay out for the rest of the season , the Locos relied on backup quarterbacks Drew Willy and Chase Clement for the team ' s final 3 regular season games , the last 2 of which resulted in losses , giving the Locos a 5 - 3 record going into the title game . The Tuskers , who lost to the Locos in the 2009 title game and were now under the leadership of new coach Jay Gruden , began with the aforementioned Week 1 win at Las Vegas that was followed by late - second losses at Sacramento and to Las Vegas at home . Going into Week 8 , the Tuskers had a 2 - 3 record and were in danger of being eliminated from playoff contention . At that point , the Tuskers decided to sideline 2009 league MVP Brooks Bollinger , who was suffering from a rib injury , in favor of backup Chris Greisen . The Tuskers would pull off convincing home wins over Omaha and Hartford , but still needed a 27 - 10 win at Omaha on Week 10 to secure a Championship Game berth . ( Had the Tuskers lost , Sacramento would have advanced on tiebreakers . ) Game recap . First half . The game started on a furious pace , with Florida taking the ball first and going on a 12 - play , 84 - yard scoring drive that ended with Tuskers quarterback Chris Greisen dodging a Las Vegas blitz for a 5 - yard touchdown run that gave the Tuskers a 7 - 0 lead . On the 2nd play of the ensuing drive , Locos quarterback Chase Clement connected with a wide - open Andrae Thurman for a 75 - yard touchdown pass , the longest Locos offensive play of the year , to tie the game at 7 - 7 . The Tuskers then went on another lengthy scoring drive , ending with a 22 - yard field goal by Nick Novak to give the Tuskers a 10 - 7 lead with 3 : 13 left in the 1st quarter . The pace of the game would then start to slow down with no scoring until 5 : 56 remained in the 2nd quarter ; ending the Locos ' first sustained drive of the game ( including converting three 3rd downs into 1st downs ) , Clement executed a play - action fake and found another wide - open receiver , tight end George Wrighster , from 30 yards out for a 14 - 10 Locos lead . Things got a little heated on the ensuing Tusker drive , with Florida hampered by a 15 - yard personal foul to receiver John Standeford before punting to the Locos . Las Vegas then executed a drive that saw them move down to the Florida 13 ; the drive stalled , however , with a false start penalty ( 5 yards and a 10 - second run - off of the clock ) leading to a pass attempt by Clement winding up out of the end zone as time expired in the 1st half ( after which Locos coach Jim Fassel was heard insisting to the referee that : 01 was left , enough time for the Locos to run one more offensive play before heading to the locker rooms ) . Second half . The pace of the game would pick up again in the 3rd quarter . After a 3 - and - out Locos ' drive began the 2nd half , the Tuskers took the ball down the field for another scoring drive , ending with a 2 - yard scramble for a touchdown by Greisen , his 2nd scoring run of the day , to give Florida a 17 - 14 lead . The Locos would retake the lead on the next drive , a 5 - play , 61 - yard march ending with 2 plays by running back Hakim Hill , a 13 - yard reception immediately followed by a 37 - yard run down the right sidelines that gave the Locos a 21 - 17 lead with 5 : 53 left in the 3rd quarter . ( Hill and Marcel Shipp handled the running load in place of DeDe Dorsey , who did not play due to knee and thigh injuries . ) The following 2 drives ended with passing errors ; a Tusker drive ended when Adrian Awasom broke up a Griesen pass on 4th - and - 2 at the Vegas 35 , but the next Locos drive ended with Florida defensive back Keiwan Ratliff intercepting a pass intended for Brian Hernandez with 1 : 55 elapsed in the 4th quarter . Ratliff ' s interception , the only turnover of the game , turned into a Tuskers offensive drive that led them to the Las Vegas 4 yard line ( thanks to a 36 - yard reception by Maurice Hicks and resulted in a 21 - yard field goal by Nick Novak that drew Florida to within 21 - 20 of Las Vegas with 7 : 48 left in regulation . A 3 - and - out by the Locos gave the Tuskers the ball back , but on 1st - and - 10 at their own 14 , a low shotgun snap got past Greisen , who recovered in his end zone only to be sacked by Josh Cooper for a Las Vegas safety and a 23 - 20 score . The ensuing Locos drive ended in a punt , after which Greisen and the Tuskers , starting on their own 10 with 1 : 47 left , marched down to the Vegas 22 ( the end point of a 23 - yard throw to Cortez Hankton ) . After 2 incomplete passes ( a spike by Greisen and an attempt in the end zone to Calvin Russell , who was tightly covered — and may have been interfered with — by Coye Francies ) , Nick Novak came on to attempt a 40 - yard game - tying field goal with : 06 remaining ; a delay of game penalty pushed Novak and the Tuskers back 5 yards to the Vegas 27 , where Novak ' s kick from 45 yards out on the final play of the game was blocked by Alfred Malone and recovered by the Locos , giving Las Vegas a 23 - 20 victory and their 2nd consecutive UFL title . Most Valuable Player . Locomotives quarterback Chase Clement was awarded the UFL Championship Game ' s Most Valuable Player award after the game . Clement went 16 - for - 25 for 237 yards , two touchdowns and one interception , and added 30 yards on five carries . Broadcasting . On television , the game was carried on Versus , with Craig Minervini on play - by - play , Doug Flutie handling color commentary , and Ryan Nece and Damon Hack reporting on the sidelines . The game also was simulcast in HD on YouTube , where viewers could watch 4 alternative camera angles as well as submit questions and comments via Facebook and Twitter , which were read off during Versus ' commercial breaks by HDNet ' s UFL sideline reporter , Ron Kruck . Radio coverage of the game was provided the Tuskers ' and Locomotives ' radio flagships ( respectively , WTKS - FM in Orlando and KWWN in Las Vegas ) as well as KOZN in Omaha , the flagship station of the Omaha Nighthawks .