2011 Omaha Beef season

2011 Omaha Beef season
Head coach	Bruce Cowdrey
General manager	Josh Roehr
Owner	Jeff Sprowls
Home field	Omaha Civic Auditorium 1804 Capitol Avenue Omaha, NE 68102
Results
Record	9-5
Division place	2nd Great Plains
Playoff finish	Won United Conference Wild Card 39-34 (Extreme) Lost United Conference Semi-Finals 39-52 (Storm)

The 2012 Omaha Beef season was the twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Omaha, Nebraska-based Omaha Beef were members of the Great Lakes Division of the United Conference.

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
	February 20 (Sun)	2:00pm	Saint Charles Cyclones	W 66-0	---

Regular Season

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
1	February 26 (Sat)	7:05pm	at Chicago Slaughter	W 39-36[1]	1-0
2	Bye
3	March 12 (Sat)	7:05pm	La Crosse Spartans	W 40-20[2]	2-0
4	Bye
5	March 25 (Fri)	7:05pm	Tri-Cities Fever	L 37-51[3]	2-1
6	April 3 (Sun)	2:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 38-48	2-2
7	April 9 (Sat)	7:05pm	Wichita Wild	W 36-24	3-2
8	April 16 (Sat)	7:11pm	at West Texas Roughnecks	L 16-39	3-3
9	April 23 (Sat)	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 46-37	4-3
10	April 30 (Sat)	7:05pm	Wyoming Cavalry	W 68-24	5-3
11	May 6 (Fri)	7:05pm	at Seattle Timberwolves	L 50-52	5-4
12	May 14 (Sat)	7:05pm (9:05 Central)	at Wichita Wild	W 48-44	6-4
13	May 21 (Sat)	7:05pm	Chicago Slaughter	W 48-29	7-4
14	May 28 (Sat)	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	W 75-41	8-4
15	June 3 (Fri)	7:05pm (8:05 Central)	at Wyoming Cavalry	L 33-41	8-5
16	June 11 (Sat)	7:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	W 41-37	9-5

Regular Season

Round	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results
				Final Score	Team Record
Wild Card	June 18 (Sat)	7:00pm	Bloomington Extreme	W 39-34	1-0
UC Semi-Finals	June 25 (Sat)	7:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 39-52	1-1

Roster

2011 Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks  3 James McNear 15 Chad Schmigel Running Backs 20 R. J. Rollins Wide Receivers  1 Maurice Avery  6 Allen Burrell  4 Mike Jones  5 O. J. Simpson		Offensive Linemen 65 George Batiste 54 Ya'Tarrie Brown 72 Cournelius Lewis 68 Dan Potmesil Defensive Linemen 93 Michael Cross 92 Jervonte Jackson 99 Devonte Peterson		Linebackers 22 Eric Bingham 19 Matt Hewitt 18 Kelly Rouse Defensive Backs 13 Cornelius Brown 24 Diezeas Calbert  2 Cortney Grixby  7 Travonti Johnson 10 Michael Phillips Kickers 84 Brandon Stewart		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Roster updated June 25, 2011 23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Standings

2011 Great Plains Division
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
z Sioux Falls Storm	13	1	0	0.929	1022	457	5-1	---	L1
x Omaha Beef	9	5	0	0.643	615	523	5-1	4.0	W1
Wichita Wild	6	8	0	0.429	571	618	1-5	7.0	W2
Nebraska Danger	3	11	0	0.214	617	788	1-5	10.0	L8

References

1. "Beef's Defense Dominates in First Victory". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 1, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
2. "Omaha Beef ride early surge to 40-20 win over La Crosse Spartans". www.lacrosstribune.com. La Cross Tribune. March 13, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
3. "Fever picks up big road victory". www.tri-cityherald.com. Tri-City Herald. March 26, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.