Northern Kentucky Nightmare

The Northern Kentucky Nightmare was a professional indoor football team based in Highland Heights, Kentucky and were members of American Indoor Football that began play in the 2016 season. The Nightmare, who were nominally a replacement for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters (a team that had played in various indoor leagues during the early 2010s), played all their games on the road during the 2016 season.[1][2] Following the 2016 season, the AIF ceased operations, and the Nightmare were left without a league. In September 2016, owner W. Leland Bennett III was listed as the owner of another proposed Northern Kentucky indoor football team in negotiations with joining the new Arena Developmental League, but were later removed from the league in November.

Northern Kentucky Nightmare
Established 2016
Folded 2016
Played in Highland Heights, Kentucky
League/conference affiliations
American Indoor Football (2016)
Current uniform
Team colorsLight blue, black, white
     
Personnel
Owner(s)W. Leland Bennett III
Kyle Hogan
Head coachMike Goodpaster
Team history
  • Northern Kentucky Nightmare (2016)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)

Final roster

Northern Kentucky Nightmare roster
Quarterbacks
  • 17 Antonio Davis
  •  6 Brandon Hanna

Running backs

  • 13 Jimmy Connor
  • -- Maurice Grinter


Wide receivers

  •  9 Mike Brown
  • 22 Mercier Doucette
  • 85 Dyshaun Edwards
  • -- Jason Johnson
  •  8 Nez Mincy
  •  1 Robert Redd
  • 18 Derrick Shearer
  • 10 Chris Spalding
  • 36 Lamar Taborn
Offensive linemen
  • -- Bob Beeler
  • -- Deon Brooks II
  • 95 Juleon Harrison
  • 74 Matt Money
  • -- Marwan Odeh
  • 78 Rick Schmeig

Defensive linemen

  • 95 Demetrius Blasingame
  • 56 T. J. Gholston
  • -- Vincent Harris
  • -- Rico Middlebrooks
  •  6 Jameel Peeples
  • 99 Luke Scarborough
  • 50 Howard Watkins
Linebackers
  • 32 David Hampton
  • 35 Luke Kling
  • 48 Tommie McBride
  • 59 Keilan Woods

Defensive backs

  • -- Akiel Belfon
  •  3 Sergio Freeman
  •  4 T. J. Harris
  • 22 Antwan Hill
  • 12 Kyle James
  • 21 DeMario Pleasant
  •  2 Justin Williams
  •  5 Ontario Williams

Kickers

  • 16 Mitchell Jett
Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Transfer list

  • currently vacant

Refuse to report

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated May 10, 2016
39 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff
Northern Kentucky Nightmare staff
Front office
  • Co-owner – W. Leland Bennett III
  • Co-owner - Kyle Hogan
  
Head Coach
  • Head coach – Mike Goodpaster
Assistant coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Kyle Hogan

Statistics and records

Season record
Season League Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2016 AIFNorthern 10th050

Head coaches' records
Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
WLTWin%WL
Mike Goodpaster2016050.000——

2016 season
Key

  Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times were local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday February 27 7:05pm at River City Raiders L 6–47[3] 0–1 Family Arena
2 BYE
3 Sunday March 13 7:00pm at Chicago Blitz L 22–33 0–2 Odeum Expo Center
4 Sunday March 20 7:05pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 37–65 0–3 L. C. Walker Arena
5 BYE
6 BYE
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm at Chicago Blitz L 24–36 0–4 Odeum Expo Center
8 BYE
9 BYE
10 Saturday April 30 7:00pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 27–55[4] 0–5 L. C. Walker Arena
11 Sunday May 8 3:05pm at River City Raiders Cancelled Family Arena
12 BYE
13 BYE
14 BYE

Standings
2016 AIF Northern standings
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
West Michigan Ironmen610.85747122467.332.0W6
River City Raiders610.85739823556.933.6W3
Lehigh Valley Steelhawks620.75043023753.829.6L1
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets430.57126616938.024.0L2
Central Penn Capitals440.50037333846.642.3W3
Chicago Blitz330.50023717039.528.3L1
Triangle Torch340.42929235941.751.3L2
Winston Wildcats350.37513930017.437.5W3
Maryland Eagles020.000191169.558.0L2
Northern Kentucky Nightmare050.00011623623.247.2L5

References
  1. "American Indoor Football Expansion Team Named". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. February 23, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Andy Foltz (March 9, 2016). "Northern Kentucky Nightmare hope to make an impact in first year of arena football; aim for playoffs". www.nkytribune.com. Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. Andy Foltz (March 9, 2016). "Northern Kentucky Nightmare hope to make an impact in first year of arena football; aim for playoffs". www.nkytribune.com. Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. Mark Opfermann (May 1, 2016). "West Michigan Ironmen pick up arena football win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
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