2010 Iowa Barnstormers season The 2010 Iowa Barnstormers season was the 10th season for the franchise , and the sixth in the Arena Football League , after three total seasons from 2001 – 2009 in the AF2 , which dissolved following the 2009 season . The team was coached by John Gregory and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena . The Barnstormers failed to make the playoffs when they finished the regular season 6th in the National Conference with a 7 – 9 record . Regular season schedule . The Barnstormers began the season at home against the Rush on April 2 . Their final regular season game was on the road against the Rattlers on July 31 . Regular season . Week 1 : vs . Chicago Rush . Chicago ' s DeJuan Alfonzo returned an interception from Brian Villanueva for a touchdown on Iowa ' s first play from scrimmage , sparking the visiting Rush to a 17 – 0 first - quarter lead . The Barnstormers turned the ball over six times in their first Arena Football League contest since 2000 . After Iowa inserted Ryan Vena at quarterback for the second quarter trailing 17 – 0 , he tossed touchdown passes to Jesse Schmidt and Todd Blythe to close the gap to 34 – 22 by halftime ; however , Chicago would shut Iowa out in the third quarter and score early in the fourth to push the advantage to 47 – 22 . A Vena pass to Blythe and a Vena run pulled Iowa to within 47 – 37 with six minutes remaining , but Chicago ' s Russ Michna hit Kenny Higgins to put the game out of reach , sending a record crowd of 12 , 184 fans home unhappy . Week 3 : at Milwaukee Iron . Two Midwestern foes found themselves head to head this weekend . The Iowa Barnstormers traveled to Milwaukee , Wisconsin to take on the Iron in their first of two meetings this season . Milwaukee won their home opener in front of the crowd of 5 , 032 Iron faithful . QB Chris Greisen continued his dominance at the quarterback position , throwing 25 - of - 36 for 382 yards and seven touchdowns . Greisen has yet to throw an interception this season . While Greisen continues to shine , it is his offensive counterparts that are successful in bringing the ball into the end zone . WRs Nate Forse and Anthony “ Tiger ” Jones have proven to be Greisen ’ s perfect receiving duo . Jones brought in three touchdowns on 12 catches for 171 yards this weekend , while Forse made 10 catches for 146 yards and three scores . Greisen ’ s seventh touchdown was caught by Alvance Robinson . Not to be outdone , Milwaukee ’ s defense also helped to hold off and Barnstormers serge . Marcus Everett intercepted QB Ryan Vena ’ s first possession of the game , eventually leading to an Iron score . Milwaukee managed to pull ahead 13 - 0 before the Barnstormers got into the game . WR Todd Blythe , known for his athletic catches , caught a pass deep in the corner of the end zone to bring the score to 6 - 13 , but Milwaukee would never once trail throughout the game . Iowa ’ s QB Vena was intercepted twice , including a game - highlighting play . Milwaukee ’ s Virgil Gray nabbed an erratic Vena pass in the end zone , not only disrupting a score for the Barnstormers , but also proceeded to run the ball back 58 yards for a score of his own . Despite two players leaving with injuries in the second half , Milwaukee was able to hold off the Barnstormers and come away with the 17 - point win . Week 4 : vs . Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz . Iowa gave up a touchdown on the game ' s opening drive on a 15 - yard touchdown pass . The Barnstormers also scored a touchdown on their first possession , but the extra point was blocked and eventually taken into the end zone by the Yard Dawgz for 2 points . The ensuing kickoff return was fumbled and Iowa recovered the ball and took it in for a touchdown . Down at the half by 4 points , Iowa briefly held the lead in the 3rd quarter , but by the end of the quarter , they were still down by 4 points . Ryan Vena had a 31 - yard passing touchdown , and also took one in himself , giving the Barnstormers a 54 – 44 lead in the 4th quarter . Oklahoma City scored a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the game , and attempted an onside kick down 7 points . Iowa took the onside kick and returned it for a touchdown , effectively sealing the win for their first victory of the season . Vena finished the game with 217 passing yards and 7 total touchdowns . Jesse Schmidt was the top receiver with 141 yards and 3 touchdowns . Week 5 : at Orlando Predators . The Barnstormers won their second straight game with a win in Orlando . In the 4th quarter , up by 7 points and inside the Predators ' 10 - yard line , Ryan Vena was intercepted by Marlon Moye - Moore . The Predators drove all the way to Iowa ' s 9 - yard line , but the Barnstormer defense was able to come up with a stop as the Predators threw four straight incomplete passes . Following the turnover on downs , Vena connected with Jesse Schmidt on a 40 - yard pass for a touchdown . With 1 : 17 remaining , the Predators were unable to make a comeback , giving Iowa the win . Vena finished the game with 236 passing yards and 4 passing touchdowns , though he threw a season - high 3 interceptions . Jesse Schmidt was once again the leading receiver , with 116 yards and 2 touchdowns . Week 6 : vs . Cleveland Gladiators . The Barnstormers jumped out to a lead of 12 points in the 2nd quarter , but the Gladiators cut it down to 36 – 35 at the half . Iowa ' s offense was unable to keep up with Cleveland ' s in the 2nd half , and after giving up the lead by allowing a 4 - yard touchdown pass shortly before the end of the 3rd quarter , the Barnstormers never led the rest of the game , eventually losing by a score of 70 – 56 . Ryan Vena barely completed half of his passes , with only a pair touchdown passes in the game . On the ground however , Vena compiled 30 yards and 4 touchdowns . Todd Blythe was the leading receiver with 6 catches for 131 yards and a touchdown .