2017 Nebraska Danger season

The 2017 Nebraska Danger season was the seventh season for the Nebraska Danger as a professional indoor football franchise and their seventh in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Nebraska Danger were members of the Intense Conference. For the first time ever, the team played their home games under head coach Hurtis Chinn who took over for Mike Davis.[1] The Danger played in the Eihusen Arena at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.

2017 Nebraska Danger season
OwnerCharlie Bosselman
Laurie Bosselman
Brandi Bosselman
Head coachHurtis Chinn
Home fieldEihusen Arena
Results
Record9-7
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishLost Intense Conference Championship 36–62 (Rattlers)

Staff
2017 Nebraska Danger staff
Front office
  • Owner / president - Charlie Bosselman
  • Owner – Laurie Bosselman
  • Owner – Brandi Bosselman
  • COO - Brian Fausch
  • Director of marketing - Stephanie King
  • Sales - Gus Patsios
  

Head coach

  • Head coach – Hurtis Chinn

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Pig Brown
  • Defensive linemen - Adrian Davis

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Adrian Davis

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Thursday February 16 7:00pm at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles W 78–47[2] 1-0 Maverik Center 8,191
2 Saturday February 25 7:05pm Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 48-65[3] 1-1 Eihusen Arena
3 Sunday March 5 4:00pm at Colorado Crush W 54-36[4] 2-1 Budweiser Events Center
4 Saturday March 11 7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 28-42[5] 2-2 Eihusen Arena
5 BYE
6 Saturday March 25 7:05pm Colorado Crush W 55–23[6] 3–2 Eihusen Arena
7 Saturday April 1 9:00pm at Spokane Empire W 42–36[7] 4–2 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
8 Friday April 7 7:05pm Arizona Rattlers L 36–39 4–3 Eihusen Arena
9 Saturday April 15 7:05pm at Iowa Barnstormers L 14–48 4–4 Wells Fargo Arena 5,683
10 Saturday April 22 7:05pm Salt Lake Screaming Eagles W 49–30 5–4 Eihusen Arena
11 Friday April 28 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 50–38 6–4 Eihusen Arena
12 Friday May 5 7:05pm at Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 40–57 6–5 Kay Yeager Coliseum
13 BYE
14 Saturday May 20 7:0pm Green Bay Blizzard W 41–25 7–5 Eihusen Arena
15 Sunday May 28 7:00pm at Arizona Rattlers L 33–43 7–6 Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,384
16 Saturday June 3 7:05pm at Cedar Rapids Titans W 52–46 (OT) 8–6 U.S. Cellular Center 2,192
17 Saturday June 10 7:05pm at Sioux Falls Storm L 38–41 8–7 Denny Sanford Premier Center
18 Saturday June 17 7:05pm Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 59–44 9–7 Eihusen Arena

Standings
2017 Intense Conference
W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK
y - Arizona Rattlers 1240.7507826108–1—W8
x - Nebraska Danger 970.5637176605–23.0W1
Spokane Empire 880.5006546777–54.0L3
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles 5110.3136757624–87.0W1
Colorado Crush 3130.1886298212–108.0L4

Postseason
Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
Intense Conference Championship Saturday July 24 7:05pm at Arizona Rattlers L 36-62 0-1 Talking Stick Resort Arena

Roster
2017 Nebraska Danger roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Patrick McCain
  • 17 Drew Powell

Running backs

  •  2 Rob Brown

Wide receivers

  • 15 Jarred Haggins
  •  1 Carl Sims
  •  6 Dimitri Stimphil
  •  4 Eric Thomas
 Offensive linemen
  • 65 Lawrence Martin IV
  • 72 Darius Savage
  • 71 Mike Trice
  • 78 Trevin Wallace

Defensive linemen

  • 93 Maurice Chavis
  • 43 Herbert Gonzalez
  • 11 Xzavie Jackson
  • 99 Colton Miles-Nash
  •  8 Eze Obiora
 Linebackers
  • 45 Kendrick Causey
  • 44 Nikolas Sierra

Defensive backs

  •  7 Robert Brown
  • 17 Omar Cook
  •  5 Courtney Hall
  •  9 Jamar Love
  •  5 Demetruce McNeal
  • 13 Trey Wafford

Special teams

  • 25 Josh Gable
 Reserve lists
  •  2 Lyle McCombs RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 20 James Ward RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Roster updated June 20, 2017
25 Active, 4 Inactive

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References
  1. "Chinn set for new challenge with Danger". www.1011now.com. Gray Digital Media. February 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. "Danger pulls away from Screaming Eagles". www.theindependent.com. BH Media Group, Inc. February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  3. Bob Hamar (February 25, 2017). "Nighthawks pull away from Danger". www.theindependent.com. BH Media Group, Inc. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. "Danger downs Crush 54-36 on the road". BH Media Group, Inc. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  5. Bob Hamar (March 11, 2017). "Storm rallies past Danger". BH Media Group, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  6. Bob Hamar (March 25, 2017). "Fast start helps Danger pick up first home win". BH Media Group, Inc. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  7. "Danger holds off Empire". BH Media Group, Inc. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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