2010 Dallas Vigilantes season The 2010 Dallas Vigilantes season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the Arena Football League . With many players of the old Desperados team that put up a 15 – 1 record in recent years returning , Dallas fans had high hopes for the Vigilantes carrying on with the Desperados ' success . However , after a 1 – 5 start and an altercation with one of his players , head coach Rich Ingold was fired , and replaced by James Fuller for the remainder of the season . Eventually Clint Dolezel was named as head coach for the 2011 season after the Vigilantes went 2 – 8 in their final ten games to finish the 2010 season 3 – 13 , despite winning their last game of the season on the road , 62 – 56 against the Bossier - Shreveport Battle Wings . Two of Dallas ' s three wins that season came on the road . In the long run , the Vigilantes finished second - to - last in points per game with 50 , only more than the Utah Blaze , who averaged 46 . 4 points a game . Dallas also shot themselves in the foot with 150 penalties , fifth most in the league behind the Milwaukee Iron , ( 193 ) Tampa Bay Storm , ( 186 ) Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz , ( 168 ) and Orlando Predators . ( 164 ) The defense gave up the third most in the league at 57 . 5 points a game , better than only Bossier - Shreveport and Utah . The team was coached by Rich Ingold for the first six games before being fired on May 24 . Defensive coordinator James Fuller was promoted to interim head coach . The Vigilantes will play their home games at American Airlines Center . The Vigilantes missed the playoffs after finishing with a 3 – 13 record and placing 7th in the American Conference . Regular season schedule . The first game in franchise history for the Vigilantes was be on April 10 during Week 2 , on the road against the Talons . Their first home game will not be until Week 5 against the Yard Dawgz . The last game of the regular season saw the team visit the Battle Wings on July 31 . Regular season . Week 2 : at Tulsa Talons . After a 20 - yard touchdown reception by Derek Lee , the Vigilantes had an 11 - point lead with 6 : 33 left in the 4th quarter . However the Talons fought back with a pair of short touchdown runs by their quarterback , Justin Allgood , the second of which set up by a fumble recovery by Tulsa ' s Jamar Ransom at the Dallas 2 - yard line . The Vigilantes ' final drive fell short of a touchdown , resulting in a loss . Quarterback Shane Stafford threw for 347 yards and 5 touchdowns , while Josh White ran for 33 yards and 3 touchdowns in the losing effort . Week 3 : at Tampa Bay Storm . Dallas got off to a quick start by returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown . Having lost starting quarterback Shane Stafford to injury , Collin Drafts was called on to take his place . Drafts completed 21 of 30 passes for 212 yards , and had 5 total touchdowns on the day , but a key play with under a minute left in the 1st half shifted the momentum in the game to Tampa Bay . It was 4th and goal on the 1 - yard line for the Vigilantes , but they were unable to take the ball in for a score , turning the ball over on downs . Now with possession , the Storm took the ball the length of the field for a touchdown . Instead of increasing their lead before the half , the Vigilantes now trailed . Drafts had a 15 - yard rushing touchdown midway through the 3rd quarter to regain the lead , but the Dallas defense allowed Tampa Bay to take it right back , and Dallas never led the rest of the night . The loss dropped the Vigilantes to 0 – 2 . Week 5 : vs . Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz . The Vigilantes won their first game in franchise history by defeating the Yard Dawgz 55 – 34 . Dallas had a 20 – 0 lead after the 1st quarter . Oklahoma City scored the first three touchdowns on the 2nd quarter to take a 21 – 20 lead , but Dallas came up with three touchdowns of their own in the final minute of the half on a pair of passing touchdowns and an interception that was returned for a touchdown . The rest of the game did not see much scoring by either team , allowing Dallas to cruise to a victory . Collin Drafts threw for 239 yards and 4 touchdowns , and also had a rushing touchdown . Larry Brackins was the leading receiver with 111 yards on 7 catches and 2 touchdowns . Week 6 : vs . Orlando Predators . After taking a 63 – 44 lead lead after 3 quarters , the Orlando Predators took advantage of turnovers on Dallas , which cost Dallas the game . Collin Drafts threw 6 touchdowns but had 3 interceptions , all in the 4th quarter . Drafts also fumbled a snap late in the game , which was picked up by Orlando at the Dallas 8 yard line and taken in for a touchdown . Week 7 : at Jacksonville Sharks . The Vigilantes fell behind 36 – 7 late in the 1st half . Scoring the game ' s next 3 touchdowns , they made it an 8 - point game , and by the end of the 3rd quarter trailed 43 – 35 . After the teams traded the first two touchdowns of the 4th quarter , Jacksonville took a 14 - point lead on a fumble by Collin Drafts a yard out of his own end zone that was picked up by the Sharks and taken in for the score . Dallas ran out of time for a comeback , falling 70 – 49 . Drafts threw for 308 yards and 7 touchdowns with an interception . In all , Dallas had 4 turnovers in the game . Larry Brackins caught 12 passes , 5 for touchdowns , with 119 total receiving yards . Week 8 : vs . Chicago Rush . Following another loss , head coach Rich Ingold was fired . Defensive coordinator James Fuller was promoted to interim head coach .