11-6-2010 Mountain Lions @ Las Vegas Locos Game Notes
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Contact: Russ Edmondson 530-219-5289 Sacramento Mountain Lions PR [email protected] GAME 7: MOUNTAIN LIONS TRAVEL TO LAS VEGAS TO BATTLE FIRST-PLACE LOCOS Game: 7 Sacramento at Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday, Nov. 6 2010 Kickoff: 8 p.m. (Pacific) TV: VERSUS Radio: KHTK (1140 AM) Sacramento Mountain Lions 2010 Mountain Lions Schedule Public Relations Date Opponent Russ Edmondson, Director Time/Score 530-219-5289 All Times Pacific [email protected] 9/18 at Hartford L, 27-10 Nick Cronenwett, PR Assistant 9/25 FLORIDA W, 24-20 916-833-1417 10/2 at Omaha L, [email protected] 20-17 10/15 LAS VEGAS L, 26-3 10/21 at Florida W 21-17 THE GAME 10/30 HARTFORD L, 27-26 Las Vegas leads the all-time series 3-0 over the Mountain Lions, who 11/6 at Las Vegas 8 p.m. played as the California Redwoods in last year’s inaugural season. Las 11/19 OMAHA 8 Vegas (5-1) won the UFL championship last year and has already clinched p.m. a spot in this year’s title game. A Sacramento (2-4) victory would keep the 2010 UFL Standings Mountain Lions in the race to play in the championship game in Omaha on Team W-L Pct. Nov. 27. A loss would eliminate Sacramento from contention. The game Las Vegas 5-1 .750 will be broadcast on VERSUS and be carried on the radio at KHTK 1140. Omaha 3-2 .750 Florida 2-3 .250 LAST TIME THEY MET Sacramento 2-4 .333 Las Vegas beat the Mountain Lions 26-3 at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento Hartford 2-4 on Oct. 15. The Locos led 9-3 after the third quarter, then pulled away with .333 17 straight points in the fourth quarter. Las Vegas had just 277 offensive yards but it forced Sacramento into six turnovers (including four This Week’s Games (Times interceptions). Las Vegas kicker Steven Hauschka had four field goals. Pacific) 11/5 Omaha at Florida, 5 p.m. Running back Cory Ross led the way for Sacramento, catching 10 passes 11/6 Sacramento at Las Vegas, 8 for 82 yards and running 15 times for 71 yards. Daunte Culpepper was 23- p.m. 41 passing for 210 yards and he threw four interceptions. Last Week’s Results KEY MATCHUP NO. 1 Hartford 27, Sacramento 26 Sacramento running back Cory Ross vs. Las Vegas outside linebacker Las Vegas 24, Omaha 10 Teddy Lehman. In three career games against the Locos, Ross has 229 yards and two touchdowns on the ground (4.6 yards per carry) and 13 catches for 115 yards. Lehman has combined to make 20 total tackles in three games against the California Redwoods/ Sacramento Mountain Lions. KEY MATCHUP NO. 2 Las Vegas running back DeDe Dorsey vs. Sacramento outside linebacker Dontarrious Thomas. Thomas has made 28 total tackles in three all-time games against Las Vegas. Dorsey has scored two total touchdowns and combined for 152 yards in three all-time games against the Redwoods/ Mountain Lions. MOUNTAIN LIONS PLAYERS, COACH GREEN STRESS IMPORTANCE OF THIS GAME Sacramento running back Cory Ross, the UFL’s leading rusher a year ago, has played against Las Vegas three times and come up empty three times. “We are excited,” Ross said. “I’ve been playing in this league for two years and never beat Vegas. We have to do it. We have to beat them.” Teammate Mike Mabry, Sacramento’s starting center, is excited for tonight’s game. “This is really important,” he said. “They are our natural rival and we need to bring everything together to play a good game against Las Vegas to beat them.” Mountain Lions head coach Dennis Green expects his team to play much better than it did in an Oct. 15th loss (26-3) to Las Vegas. “It should be an exciting game,” Green said. “We will eliminate the mistakes. Last time we played after a tough loss (to Las Vegas), earlier this year, we came back and played a great game against Florida (a 21-17 victory). We expect to do the same this week.” SACRAMENTO RECEIVER JOE WEST COMING OFF HIS BEST GAME OF SEASON Sacramento receiver Joe West caught four passes for 96 yards in Saturday night’s 27-26 loss to visiting Hartford. He was quarterback Daunte Culpepper’s leading receiver for the first time this season. West combined to catch 10 passes for 151 yards in the first five games. He played for Dennis Green and the California Redwoods in 2009, catching 16 passes for 193 yards. He has totaled 14 catches for 247 yards so far this season. SACRAMENTO’S WOODS HAS FIRST SPECIAL TEAMS RETURN FOR A SCORE IN UFL HISTORY Sacramento return specialist Aaron Woods had the first special teams return for a touchdown in UFL history during Sacramento’s 27-26 loss to visiting Hartford on Saturday night. Woods returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter, putting the Mountain Lions up 14-0. The former Portland State star is averaging 21.9 yards per kick return and 12.3 yards per punt return this season. Woods was the UFL’s Special Teams Player of the Week. Mountain Lions Roster Features Wealth of NFL Experience Here are some eye-opening facts concerning the Mountain Lions current 52-man roster: 43 of 52 Mountain Lions have been through at least one NFL training camp Only Mountain Lions to not have been through one NFL training camp: Liam O’Hagan, Fabrizio Scaccia, Rod Windsor, Kai Brown, Aaron King, Tyler Clutts, Maurice Crum, Aaron Woods, Tim Clark) 36 Mountain Lions have played in at least one NFL game (including preseason) 18 Mountain Lions have played in a NFL, regular season game (Daunte Culpepper, Marcus Maxwell, Taye Biddle, Otis Amey, Cory Ross, Ronnie Prude, David Irons, Lendy Holmes, Marcus McCauley, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno, Martin Bibla, Darrell Strong, Nate Lawrie, AJ Schable, Antown Burton, Biren Ealy, Josh Savage) 12 Mountain Lions have played in 10 or more NFL, regular season games (Daunte Culpepper, Otis Amey, Cory Ross, Ronnie Prude, David Irons, Marcus McCauley, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno, Martin Bibla, Nate Lawrie, AJ Schable, Josh Savage) 8 Mountain Lions have played in 20 or more NFL, regular season games (Daunte Culpepper, Ronnie Prude, David Irons, Marcus McCauley, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno, Martin Bibla, Nate Lawrie) 5 Mountain Lions have played in 30 or more NFL, regular season games (Daunte Culpepper, Ronnie Prude, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno, Martin Bibla) 3 Mountain Lions have played in 60 or more NFL, regular season games (Daunte Culpepper, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno) 6 Mountain Lions have started in a NFL, regular season game (Daunte Culpepper, Marcus McCauley, Dontarrious Thomas, Zeke Moreno, Martin Bibla, Nate Lawrie) The current Mountain Lions have played in 445 NFL, regular season games. The current Mountain Lions have made 142 NFL, regular season starts. 2010 SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN LIONS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Number Name Guide 8 DAUNTE Culpepper DON-TAY 9 FABRIZIO SCACCIA FAH-BREE-ZEE-O / SKA-CHIA 12 LIAM O’hagan LEE-UM 17 TAYE Biddle TAY 24 Kelly MALVEAUX MAL-VO 34 Andrew SENDEJO SEN-DAY-HO 41 KAI Brown KY 51 Mike TAUILIILI TAO-E-LEE-E-LEE 52 Prince KWATENG QUWA-TANG 77 Tyler LUELLEN LOU ELLEN 91 Aj SCHABLE SHAY BULL 93 John FALETOESE PHAL-LA-TOE-ESSAY 94 Eric MONCUR MAHN-KURR Sacramento Mountain Lions Roster No. First Name Surname Pos Ht Wt DoB College Acquired 1 TOM MALONE P 6’0 205 3/29/84 USC FA-10 7 LIAM O’HAGAN QB 6’2 206 8/5/85 HARVARD FA-10 8 DAUNTE CULPEPPER QB 6’4 260 1/28/77 CENTRAL FLORIDA FA-10 9 FABRIZIO SCACCIA K 6’1 210 8/21/84 NO COLLEGE FA-10 11 ROD WINDSOR WR 6’2 210 4/24/85 WEST. NEW MEXICO ST FA-10 12 RICHARD BARTEL QB 6’3 233 2/3/83 TARLETON FA-10 13 MARCUS MAXWELL WR 6’3 210 7/8/83 OREGON 17 TAYE BIDDLE WR 6’1 185 2/27/83 OLE MISS FA-10 18 OTIS AMEY WR 5’10 192 12/4/81 SACRAMENTO STATE FA-10 19 JOE WEST WR 6’1 215 2/1/84 TEXAS-EL PASO PR-10 20 CORY ROSS RB 5’6 201 9/22/82 NEBRASKA PR-10 21 RONNIE PRUDE DB 5’11 180 6/4/82 LSU PR-10 22 DENNIS KEYES S 6’2 199 3/26/85 UCLA DR-10 24 KELLY MALVEAUX DB 5’9 185 11/5/76 ARIZONA FA-10 25 TERRELLE MAZE CB 5’10 172 3/14/84 SAN DIEGO STATE FA-10 26 STEVE BAYLARK RB 6’0 206 7/28/83 MASSACHUSETTS FA-10 27 DAVID IRONS DB 5’11 188 10/9/82 AUBURN 28 JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON RB 5’9 208 4/28/84 MOREHOUSE FA-10 30 TIM CLARK DB 6’0 170 8/16/86 OREGON STATE 31 LENDY HOLMES DB 6’0 206 10/26/85 OKLAHOMA 32 MARCUS MCCAULEY DB 6’1 203 9/3/83 FRESNO STATE 34 ANDREW SENDEJO FS 6’1 225 9/9/87 RICE FA-10 41 KAI BROWN LB 6’3 240 2/12/86 BROWN PR-10 42 AARON KING LS 6’1 245 1/30/85 TEXAS-EL PASO FA-10 44 TYLER CLUTTS FB 6’2 245 11/9/84 FRESNO STATE FA-10 50 WORRELL WILLIAMS LB 5’10 240 3/6/86 CALIFORNIA FA-10 51 MICHAEL TAUILIILI LB 5’11 235 10/29/86 DUKE FA-10 52 PRINCE KWATENG LB 6’2 230 11/19/86 NORTHWESTERN FA-10 54 RONNIE PALMER LB 6’3 245 3/29/86 ARIZONA FA-10 55 MAURICE CRUM LB 6’0 230 5/28/86 NOTRE DAME PR-10 56 DONTARRIOUS THOMAS LB 6’2 240 9/2/82 AUBURN FA-10 57 ZEKE MORENO LB 6’2 246 10/8/78 USC FA-10 60 MATT SPANOS OL 6’5 305 12/31/84 USC FA-10 62 ERIK ROBERTSON OG 6’2 310 10/4/84 CALIFORNIA FA-10 63 MIKE TEPPER OL 6’7 319 12/11/85 CALIFORNIA FA-10 65 MIKE MABRY C 6’1 302 4/26/80 CENTRAL FLORIDA PR-10 66 MARTIN BIBLA OG 6’3 306 10/4/79 MIAMI W-10OMA 67 MATT LENTZ OL 6’6 320 11/19/82 MICHIGAN PR-10 75 SAM LIGHTBODY OL 6’9 325 8/22/81 WASHINGTON STATE FA-10 77 TYLER LUELLEN OT 6’6 300 6/25/84 MISSOURI PR-10 82 DARRELL STRONG TE 6’5 265 5/21/86 PITTSBURGH FA-10 83 AARON WOODS WR 5’6 180 8/5/86 PORTLAND STATE FA-10 84 NATE LAWRIE TE 6’6 255 10/7/81 YALE FA-10 86 BIREN EALY WR 6’3 207 7/7/84 HOUSTON 90 JASON PARKER DE 6’3 265 1/23/85 ARIZONA PR-10 91 A J SCHABLE DE 6’3 282 4/15/86 SOUTH DAKOTA PR-10 93 JOHN FALETOESE DT 6’2 286 7/5/86 UC-DAVIS FA-10 94 ERIC MONCUR DL 6’2 250 11/28/84 MIAMI 95 JOSH LEONARD DL 6’3 292 7/22/87 HAWAII FA-10 97 JOSH SAVAGE