Sacramento Mountain Lions

Sacramento Mountain Lions
Year founded: 2009
Helmet Logo
City	Sacramento, California
Head coach	Dennis Green
Owner(s)	Paul Pelosi (majority)
General manager	Dennis Green
Affiliations
United Football League (2009–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Dark Metallic Gold, Sac Black, Sac Tan, Sac Dark Gold
Team history
California Redwoods (2009) Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Home fields
AT&T Park (2009) Spartan Stadium (2009) Hornet Stadium (2010–present)

The Sacramento Mountain Lions are a professional American football team based in Sacramento, California that plays in the United Football League. The franchise originated as the California Redwoods, and played its home games in San Francisco and San Jose. The team plays its home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, home of the Sacramento State Hornets. The team also practices weekly at a local Sacramento high school, Foothill High School. Former Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green is the team's head coach and general manager.

Franchise history

California Redwoods (2009)

Main article: 2009 California Redwoods season

See also: 2009 UFL season

The team began play as the California Redwoods in October 2009. In the league's 2009 season, the Redwoods played were originally slated to play all of its home games at AT&T Park in San Francisco, including the first ever UFL game. Due to a conflict with the San Francisco Giants, the UFL's first game was instead played in Las Vegas. Poor attendance in San Francisco led to the league relocating one of the Redwoods' home games to Spartan Stadium in San Jose.

Former NFL head coach Dennis Green was hired as the Redwoods' head coach prior to the season. He led the team to a 2–4 record in its first season, finishing in third place.

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Thursday, October 8	9:00 p.m. ET	at Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–30	0–1	Sam Boyd Stadium	18,187	Versus
2	Saturday, October 17	9:00 p.m. ET	New York Sentinels	W 24–7	1–1	AT&T Park	6,341	HDNet
3	Thursday, October 22	7:00 p.m. ET	at Florida Tuskers	L 7–34	1–2	Citrus Bowl	12,021	Versus
4	Thursday, October 29	7:00 p.m. ET	at New York Sentinels	W 20–13	2–2	Giants Stadium	10,818	Versus
5	Bye
6	Saturday, November 14	9:00 p.m. ET	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 10–16	2–3	Spartan Stadium	4,312	HDNet
7	Thursday, November 19	9:00 p.m. ET	Florida Tuskers	L 27–34	2–4	AT&T Park	6,837	Versus

Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–present)

2010 season

Main article: 2010 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

See also: 2010 UFL season

League commissioner Michael Huyghue announced shortly after the end of the 2009 regular season that the team would "likely" move permanently to San Jose for the 2010 season. On March 3, 2010, the league declared that the team would permanently relocate instead to Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California for 2010, as part of a deal with Sacramento State University that will see the UFL provide a new artificial turf for the facility.

Despite the "California Redwoods" name still being valid (as the team remained the only UFL team in the state), league officials also announced that the California Redwoods branding would be abandoned. A new name was decided through a fan vote, though the name "Redwoods" remained a possible choice. On April 6, 2010, the league announced that the franchise would be known as the Sacramento Mountain Lions.

Additionally, head coach Dennis Green added the title of general manager following the season; he replaced league-wide general manager Rick Mueller, who handled the duties in 2009.

On September 25, the team won their first game in Sacramento, 24-20, becoming the first team to defeat the Florida Tuskers in the regular season, in front of a reported crowd of over 20,000.

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 18	11:30 a.m. PT	at Hartford Colonials	L 10–27	0–1	Rentschler Field	14,384	NESN
2	Saturday, September 25	8:00 p.m. PT	Florida Tuskers	W 24–20	1–1	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
3	Saturday, October 2	5:30 p.m. PT	at Omaha Nighthawks	L 17–20	1–2	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,416	HDNet
4	Bye
5	Friday, October 15	8:00 p.m. PT	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 3–26	1–3	Hornet Stadium	19,000	HDNet
6	Thursday, October 21	4:00 p.m. PT	at Florida Tuskers	W 21–17	2–3	Citrus Bowl	10,066	HDNet
7	Saturday, October 30	8:00 p.m. PT	Hartford Colonials	L 26–27	2–4	Hornet Stadium	13,500	Versus
8	Saturday, November 6	8:00 p.m. PT	at Las Vegas Locomotives	W 27–24	3–4	Sam Boyd Stadium	13,622	Versus
9	Saturday, November 13	8:00 p.m. PT	Omaha Nighthawks	W 41–3	4–4	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
10	Bye

2011 season

Main article: 2011 Sacramento Mountain Lions season

See also: 2011 UFL season

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff *	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 17	7:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–23	0–1	Hornet Stadium
2	Bye
3	Saturday, October 1	4:00 p.m.	Omaha Nighthawks	L 30–33	0–2	Hornet Stadium
4	Friday, October 7	4:00 p.m.	at Virginia Destroyers	L 6–28	0–3	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
5	Saturday, October 15	4:00 p.m.	Virginia Destroyers	W 27–20 (OT)	1–3	Hornet Stadium
6	Friday, October 21 †	6:00 p.m.	at Omaha Nighthawks	W 25–19	2–3	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
* All times are Pacific Time. † Postseason Consolation Game.

Season-by-season records

California Redwoods logo

Team	Season	W	L	T	Avg.	Finish	Post Season	Awards	Avg. Attendance
California Redwoods	2009	2	4	0	.333	3rd			5,830
Sacramento Mountain Lions	2010	4	4	0	.500	3rd			18,125
Sacramento Mountain Lions	2011	2	3	0	.000	4th			18,775
Totals		6	11	0	.353	-	-	-	12,774

Records vs. teams

This includes postseason games.

Team	Record	Percent
Hartford Colonials	2-2	.500
Las Vegas Locomotives	1-4	.200
Florida Tuskers/Virginia Destroyers	2-3	.400
Omaha Nighthawks	1-2	.333

Home, away, and neutral records

Location	Record	Percent
Home	3-6	.333
Away	3-5	.375
Neutral	0-0	.000

Current personnel

Current staff

Sacramento Mountain Lions staff
	Front Office Majority Owner – Paul Pelosi Minority Owner – Angelo Tsakopoulos Minority Owner – George Zimmer Minority Owner – Dave Lucchetti Minority Owner – George Marcus Director of Football Operations – Sid Pillai Player Personnel – Robert Griffith Head Coaches Head Coach/General Manager – Dennis Green Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Mike Kruczek Running Backs/Quality Control – James MacPherson Wide Receivers – Charles Collins Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Bill Khayat Offensive Line – Robert McFarland Offensive Assistant – Kurt Beathard			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator – Martin Bayless Defensive Line – Carl Hairston Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia Secondary – Robert Griffith Assistant Secondary – Randy Hanson Defensive Assistant – Jeff Burris Special Teams Coaches Defensive/Special Teams Assistant – Steven Hoppe Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Chris Clausen → Coaching Staff → Management → More UFL staffs

Current roster

Sacramento Mountain Lions roster
	Quarterbacks  2 McLeod Bethel-Thompson 15 Ryan Colburn  7 Trevor Harris Running Backs 26 Steve Baylark 20 Cory Ross 44 Galen Stone FB/TE 28 John David Washington Wide Receivers 10 Otis Amey 89 Jayson Boyd 80 Jayson Foster 81 Kenneth Moore 19 Joe West 83 Aaron Woods Tight Ends 41 Kai Brown 85 Dominique Jones 84 Nate Lawrie		Offensive Linemen 74 Patrick Afif T 72 Nick Howell T 77 Tyler Luellen T 67 Kurt Quarterman G 62 Erik Robertson G/C 60 Matt Spanos C 73 Torrin Tucker G 64 Kenny Wiggins T Defensive Linemen 96 Brian Coulter DE 93 John Faletoese DE 92 Jeremy Navarre DT 90 Jason Parker DE 91 A. J. Schable DE 69 Jonas Seawright DT 99 Jason Stewart DT 98 Ekom Udofia DT		Linebackers 50 Victor Aiyewa OLB 59 Shawn Crable OLB 52 Prince Kwateng MLB 54 Ronnie Palmer MLB 51 Michael Tauiliili OLB 56 Dontarrious Thomas OLB Defensive Backs 39 Victor Anderson FS 31 Robert Bourne CB 40 John Busing SS 30 Manny Collins CB 25 Terrell Maze CB 32 Jermaine Phillips FS 23 Will Poole CB 21 Ronnie Prude CB 29 Zach Schrader SS Special Teams 57 Ryan Coulson LS  1 Tom Malone P  3 Jose Martinez K		Reserve Lists 45 Charles Ali FB (IR) -- Taye Biddle WR (IR) 55 Maurice Crum OLB (IR) 33 Andre Dixon RB (IR) 42 Aaron King LS (IR) 75 Sam Lightbody OT (IR) 13 Marcus Maxwell WR (IR) 94 Eric Moncur DE (IR) 53 Clinton Snyder OLB (IR) 91 Willie Williams DT (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated October 19, 2011 Depth Chart 51 Active, 10 Inactive → More rosters

External links

• Official webpage
• Official uniform style guide
• Official website of the Mountain Lions fan club