2010 Amarillo Venom season

The 2010 Amarillo Venom season was the team's seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-five teams competing in the IFL for the 2010 season, the Amarillo, Texas-based West Texas Roughnecks were members of the Lonestar West Division of the Intense Conference.

2010 Amarillo Venom season
Owner	Jay Morris Dale Morris
Head coach	Rodney Blackshear
Home field	Amarillo Civic Center 401 South Buchanan St. Amarillo, TX 79101
Results
Record	11-3
Division place	1st Lonestar West
Playoff finish	Won quarterfinals 56-36 (Roughnecks) Lost semifinals 31-46 (Diamonds)

With the af2 breaking up and its larger market teams moving to Arena Football 1, the Dusters were forced to find a new league. Owner Randy Sanders applied for his team's spot in the Indoor Football League (IFL),[1] and they were accepted as an expansion franchise.[2]

The Venom lost to the Arkansas Diamonds 34-46 in the Intense Conference Semifinals.

Schedule

  Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Final Score	Team Record
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	Saturday	March 13	7:11pm	at West Texas Roughnecks	W 53-27	1-0	Ector County Coliseum
4	Bye
5	Saturday	March 27	7:05pm	West Texas Roughnecks	W 55-33	2-0	Amarillo Civic Center
6	Friday	April 2	7:05pm	at Austin Turfcats	W 71-20	3-0	Luedecke Arena
7	Saturday	April 10	7:05pm	Corpus Christi Hammerheads	W 51-40	4-0	Amarillo Civic Center
8	Sunday	April 18	3:00pm	at Colorado Ice	W 56-37	5-0	Budweiser Events Center
9	Saturday	April 24	7:05pm	Colorado Ice	W 47-41	6-0	Amarillo Civic Center
10	Saturday	May 1	7:05pm	Abilene Ruff Riders	W 58-50	7-0	Amarillo Civic Center
11	Saturday	May 8	7:05pm	at Corpus Christi Hammerheads	L 24-34	7-1	American Bank Center
12	Sunday	May 15	7:05pm	San Angelo Stampede Express	W 66-41	8-1	Amarillo Civic Center
13	Saturday	May 22	7:05pm	Arkansas Diamonds	W 35-20	9-1	Amarillo Civic Center
14	Saturday	May 29	7:05pm	at Abilene Ruff Ridiers	W 56-22	10-1	Taylor County Expo Center
15	Friday	June 4	7:35pm	at Arkansas Diamonds	L 41-68	10-2	Verizon Arena
16	Saturday	June 12	7:05pm	Austin Turfcats	W 39-16	11-2	Amarillo Civic Center
17	Saturday	June 19	7:05pm	at San Angelo Stampede Express	L 50-60	11-3	San Angelo Coliseum

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Final Score	Team Record
Wild Card	Monday	June 28	7:05pm	West Texas Roughnecks	W 56-36[3]	---	Amarillo Civic Center
IC Semifinals	Saturday	July 3	7:05pm	Arkansas Diamonds	W 31-46	---	Amarillo Civic Center

Standings

2010 Lonestar West Division
	W	L	T	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
y-Amarillo Venom	11	3	0	0.786	---	4-0	702	509	L1
x-West Texas Roughnecks	7	7	0	0.500	4.0	3-2	594	655	W4
Abilene Ruff Riders	2	12	0	0.143	9.0	0-5	544	644	L4

Roster

2010 Amarillo Venom roster
Quarterbacks 13 Julian Reese  7 Sean Setzer Running Backs 22 DonTrell Moore Wide Receivers  1 Anthony Clark  8 Ricardo Lenhart  3 Alex Watson 21 Corey White		Offensive Linemen 50 Willie Barton 55 Carlos Downey 66 Jon Ioane 77 Sione Ohuafi 99 Marcus Rowe Defensive Linemen 33 Barrett Allen 85 Ray Gates 95 Brandon Jenkins 88 Mario Reese		Linebackers 37 Tim Turner 32 Kyle Wilson Defensive Backs 12 Darrius Battles  9 DonTa Bright 15 Kevin Patterson 23 Cashmin Thomas Kickers 10 Darren McCaleb		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated June 26, 2010 23 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

References

1. Lee Baker (October 8, 2009). "Dusters' decision". www.connectamarillo.com. Sinclair Communications, LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
2. Ryan Minch (November 10, 2009). "Indoor Football League announces teams for 2010". www.billingsgazette.com. The Billings Gazette. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
3. "Indoor Football League: Roughnecks' season ends with playoff loss to Amarillo". www.oaoa.com. The Odessa American. June 28, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

External links

• Amarillo Venom official statistics