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Omaha Beef
Current season
Established 1999
Play in Liberty First Credit Union Arena
in Omaha, Nebraska
BeefFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsOrange, black, silver
     
MascotSir Loin
CheerleadersPrime Dancers
Personnel
Owner(s)Ricky Bertz
Craig Tirey
Head coachMike Tatum
Team history
  • Omaha Beef (2000–present)
Championships
League championships (3)
  • CIF: 2021, 2023
  • NAL: 2024
Conference championships (1)
  • CIF: 2017
Division championships (2)
  • IPFL: 2001
  • NIFL: 2003
Playoff appearances (19)
  • IPFL: 2000, 2001
  • NIFL: 2002, 2003, 2004
  • UIF: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
  • IFL: 2009, 2010, 2011
  • CPIFL: 2013
  • CIF: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • NAL: 2024
Home arena(s)

The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team based in Omaha, Nebraska. The Beef plays their home games at Liberty First Credit Union Arena in nearby Ralston. The Beef competes in the National Arena League (NAL). The Beef has been a member of several leagues, including being a charter member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF).

History

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Early years (2000–2008)

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Omaha originally played in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 2000 and 2001 as an expansion team. The Beef made the playoffs their first and second seasons, advancing to the 2001 IPFL Championship.[1]

The IPFL folded after the 2001 season and the Beef moved to the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) on October 10, 2001.[2] After three seasons in the NIFL, the Beef joined the United Indoor Football (UIF) in 2005 as a charter member.

Indoor Football League and organizational instability (2008–2012)

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In 2008, the UIF merged with the Intense Football League to create the Indoor Football League (IFL). From 2009 to 2011, the organization went through several general manager and head coaching changes, but still finished near the top of the league. In 2009, James Kerwin was head coach of the Beef and led the team to a 12–2 record and to the second round of the IFL playoffs. The Beef continued their consecutive playoff qualification streak, which ended after 14 years across five leagues when the Beef failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2014.

The organization entered their thirteenth year of existence and fourth year as a member of the IFL in 2012. Despite constant expansion and contraction changes within the league, the Beef were a constant and competitive member. During the 2012 season, ownership of the team was then taken over by the league. The head coach was fired during season and several other changes were made to cut costs. Despite this, Andy Yost and James Kerwin took over as co-head coaches. The Beef finished in a tie for the last conference spot in the playoffs but did not qualify because of a lower point differential, resulting in the end of a 12-year playoff appearance streak.[citation needed]

Cornhusker Beef, Inc. ownership (2012–2018)

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In December 2012, the Omaha Beef were bought by Cornhusker Beef, Inc. On December 6, 2012, the Beef announced the new ownership group composing of Rich Tokhiem, Gerard Daly, and Jim Tokhiem.[3] In December 2012, the Omaha Beef was accepted by the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) to begin play in March 2013.

In their first season in the CPIFL, the Beef hired Andy Yost as head coach, who had finished the previous season as interim co-head coach. Yost led the Beef to a 10–2 record and qualified for the playoffs, as they finished second, in a three-way tie (Sioux City (1), Wichita (3)) in the league. The Beef fell to Wichita 31–25.

After leading the team to the playoffs in 2013, Yost moved from head coach to quarterback coach for the 2014 season. The Beef hired Steve Heimann as head coach and he coached the Beef to a win in their 2014 exhibition game. However, he then resigned before coaching a regular season game. The Beef promoted defensive coordinator Dan Thurin to head coach. The Beef finished with a record of 4–8, which was an all-time franchise worst at that time.

On January 7, 2015, the Beef announced that former Cornhusker and NFL veteran Cory Ross would be the head coach for the 2015 season.[4] Ross previously coached the Lincoln Haymakers of the CPIFL, also owned by Beef owner Rich Tokhiem, which ceased operations after the 2014 season.

In 2015 season, the Beef started playing in Champions Indoor Football (CIF), created by the merger of the CPIFL with the Lone Star Football League (LSFL).

Omaha opened 2015 with their worst start in franchise history at 0–5. On April 1, defensive coordinator Demetrius Ross opined that the Beef's poor start was in part due to preparations beginning in January instead of October and that the coaches did not get to select the players that they wanted.[5] The Beef finished the 2015 season with a record of 1–11, their worst record in franchise history. The Beef also finished in ninth place in the nine-team CIF, marking the first time the Beef ever finished last in a league. In their 11 losses, the Beef lost by an average of 25.0 points per game, were last in the league in points with given up at 672 (56.0/game), points scored at 395 (32.9/game), and a turnover differential of –16.

In 2016, the Omaha Beef took advantage of their schedule to improve their record to 7–5. Omaha played six of their 12 games against first year franchises (Chicago Eagles and Salina Liberty) in which the Beef recorded five of their seven wins. Omaha only had one win over a team with a winning record when they played (Wichita Force 4–1 on April 16) and only played three games all season against teams that came into the contest with a winning record. In the Beef's seven wins, the opponent's combined 2016 records were 29–54. Despite playoff expansion for the CIF in 2016, where half of all teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, the Beef failed to make the playoffs for the third year in a row, the longest playoff drought in franchise history.

The 2017 season saw the team return to the playoffs. The Beef took advantage of an again increased playoff field, where the top four of seven division teams qualified for the playoffs, a schedule with five of 12 games against first-year expansion teams and a division with three, first-year expansion teams, to qualify for the 2017 playoffs. Omaha was outscored by their opponents during the regular season and only played four games against teams with winning records at the time of the game, winning only one (Bloomington on March 18) and dropping three (Sioux City on March 31, Sioux City on May 27, and Dallas on June 3). Omaha's seven regular season wins came against teams with a combined 2017 record of 25–59. The Beef's wins during the 2016 and 2017 seasons came against teams with a combined 54–113 record. Omaha qualified as the North Division representative for the CIF Championship game. The South division saw six of the seven teams post winning regular season records as the Texas Revolution came out of the tougher division for the Champions Bowl III bid. Texas controlled most of the championship game, never trailing. The Revolution played conservatively in the fourth quarter, with a 30-point lead to defeat the Beef 59–49 and claim the league title.

Prior to the 2018 season, and for the second time under this ownership, after qualifying for the playoffs, the head coach left the position before the following season. On August 16, 2017, head coach Cory Ross was announced as the head coach for the CIF expansion Quad City Steamwheelers. Victor Mann was named head coach, who had led the Texas Revolution to the league championship in 2017. Despite being a centerpiece in the Beef's off-season marketing campaign, days before the opening of the 2018 season, the Omaha Beef announced that Mike Bonner would be head coach for the upcoming season[6] with Mann never coaching a game for the Beef. Four games into the 2018 season, though a public announcement was not made by the organization at the time, players confirmed that Mike Bonner was removed from the head coach position and Rod Miller, the assistant head coach and former Beef head coach, was appointed head coach before Omaha's fifth game of the season.[citation needed] Bonner was head coach for only four games, posting a 1–3 record, including losing the last three by a combined five points. Miller became the seventh person to hold the position over the previous six seasons. Midway through the season, Omaha suspended starting quarterback Anthony Iannotti. Iannotti led the Beef to the 2017 Champions Bowl, where he started 14 out of 15 games. Iannotti was later released. Omaha finished the season losing four out of the last five games and posting a 4–8 record, tied for second worst in franchise history with the 2014 season. The Beef failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons, the longest stretch in franchise history.

Ricky Bertz and Craig Tirey ownership (2018–present)

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During the 2018 offseason, the Beef were for sale. On October 24, 2018, the Beef announced the new owners as Ricky Bertz, a founder of the CIF, and Craig Tirey. On November 6, 2018, the Beef announced that James Kerwin would return as head coach for the 2019 season.

In July 2023, after winning two of the three previous CIF championships, the Beef announced they were leaving the CIF for a new league along with the Sioux City Bandits and the Topeka Tropics.[7] On August 9, 2023, the team announced they had joined the National Arena League (NAL) beginning with the 2024 season.[8]

Rivalries

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Sioux City Bandits

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Known as the "I-29 Rivalry," the Beef and the Sioux City Bandits have been rivals since their time in the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) starting in 2002,[9] becoming one of indoor football's oldest rivalries, the only breaks in their rivalry coming in 2011 and 2012 during the Bandit's two years in the American Professional Football League (APFL) and again in 2020 when the CIF season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2023, the Beef hold a series lead of 26–24 and the teams have met fourfold in the postseason. The Beef won the 2004 meeting, 46–40 in a game that was host to controversy related to fan interference,[10] before falling to the Billings Outlaws in a 59–68 shootout in the very next round.[11] Thirteen years and four different leagues came between the two I-29 adversaries until the 2017 postseason, as the Beef prevailed over the Bandits to claim the 2017 North Conference championship with a 55-45 victory,[12] but lost the championship to the Texas Revolution in Champions Bowl III 59–49.[13]

Sioux Falls Storm

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Dating back to the Beef's time in the NIFL, United Indoor Football (UIF), and Indoor Football League (IFL), the rivalry[citation needed] with the Sioux Falls Storm was one-sided with the Storm holding a 17–6 series lead (including three postseason victories). However, during the 2008 season, the Beef defeated the Storm 34–18 and ended the Storm's then-record 40 game winning streak, which had begun with a 51–41 win over the Beef in the 2005 season.[14] The rivalry came to an end after the conclusion of the 2012 season, when the Beef left to form the Champions Professional Indoor Football League.

Billings Outlaws

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The Billings Outlaws held a 12–3 series lead over the Beef before folding after the conclusion of the 2010 season. The rivalry[citation needed] was renewed over a decade later after a new Outlaws franchise joined the CIF for the 2022 season. Since then, the Beef have a 3–1 series lead, including a 42–6 win in the 2023 CIF playoffs to secure their third straight Champions Bowl appearance.[15]

Salina Liberty

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The 2020s has seen a new rivalry emerge for the Beef in the form of the Salina Liberty.[citation needed] From 2021 to 2023, the league's championship games have been played by the Beef and the Liberty. As of 2023, the Beef have a 10–7 series lead over Salina. The two teams have an even a 2–2 record in the postseason, with Omaha, winning Champions Bowl VI and Champions Bowl VIII, and Salina winning Champions Bowl VII .[16]

Season-by-season

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League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Playoff Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses
2000 2000 IPFL 3rd 8 8 Lost Semifinal (Mississippi) 40–43
2001 2001 IPFL 1st 15 1 Lost 2001 IPFL Championship (Tennessee) 38–47
2002 2002 NIFL Pacific Northern 2nd 9 6 Lost Divisional (Bismarck) 40–69
2003 2003 NIFL Pacific Northern 1st 12 4 Won Divisional (Bismarck) 72–46
Lost Pacific Conference Championship (Utah) 51–62
2004 2004 NIFL Pacific Northern 2nd 9 5 Won Wild Card (Sioux City) 46–40
Lost Divisional (Billings) 59–68
2005 2005 UIF Northern 2nd 9 6 Lost Divisional (Sioux Falls) 41–51
2006 2006 UIF Western 2nd 8 7 Lost Wild Card (Evansville) 15–37
2007 2007 UIF Western 3rd 8 7 Lost Divisional (Billings) 27–62
2008 2008 UIF Western 3rd 10 4 Lost Wild Card (Billings) 30–47
2009 2009 IFL United Central 1st 11 3 Lost Divisional (Wichita) 34–37
2010 2010 IFL United Central West 2nd 9 5 Lost Wild Card (Sioux Falls) 23–42
2011 2011 IFL United Great Plains 2nd 9 5 Won Wild Card (Bloomington) 39–34
Lost Divisional (Sioux Falls) 39–52
2012 2012 IFL United 5th 6 8
2013 2013 CPIFL 2nd 10 2 Lost Semifinals (Wichita) 25–31
2014 2014 CPIFL 7th 4 8
2015 2015 CIF 9th 1 11
2016 2016 CIF Northern 4th 7 5
2017 2017 CIF North 2nd 7 5 Won Northern Semifinals (Bloomington) 43–30
Won Northern Championship (Sioux City) 55–45
Lost Champions Bowl III (Texas) 49–59
2018 2018 CIF North 5th 4 8
2019 2019 CIF North 2nd 8 4 Lost Northern Championship (Salina) 42–44
2020 2020 CIF Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 2021 CIF 2nd 6 4 Won Semifinal (Sioux City) 40–39
Won Champions Bowl VI (Salina) 40–39
2022 2022 CIF 2nd 7 3 Won Quarterfinal (Southwest Kansas) 27–21
Won Semifinal (Sioux City) 49–45
Lost Champions Bowl VII (Salina) 34–38
2023 2023 CIF 1st 10 0 Won Semifinal (Billings) 42–6
Won Champions Bowl VIII (Salina) 50–30
2024 2024 NAL 1st 8 0 Won NAL Championship (Sioux City) 47-46 (2OT)
Totals 195 119 All-time regular season record
12 16 All-time postseason record
207 135 All-time regular season and postseason record

Players

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Current roster

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Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks


Running backs

  • 5 Jeff Mack


Wide receivers

  • 18 Jordan Barton
  • -- Aaron Davis
  • -- Dre'Sonte Dorton
  • -- Eric Johnson
  • -- Terrance McIntyre
  • -- Zion Williams


 Offensive linemen
  • 50 Olukayode Akinmoladun
  • 52 E'Darius Anderson
  • 77 Juleon Harrison
  • -- Reggie Patrick
  • -- De'Jour Simpson


Defensive linemen

  • -- Fulani Freeman
  • 1 Rudy Ngougni
  • 55 Darryll Pointer

Linebackers

  • 7 Cameron Hunt
  • 16 Dylan Pettway


Defensive backs

  • 2 Terrence Jackson Jr.
  • -- Anthony Merriman


Special teams

  • -- Ryan Hibbets


 Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated March 1, 2024
  • 39 Active, 0 Inactive

Awards and honors

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The following is a list of all Beef players who have won league Awards

Season Player Position Award
2010 Ben Sankey QB Offensive Player of the Year
2012 Peter Buck LB Defensive Rookie of the Year
2021 Andrew Jackson QB Offensive Player of the Year
2021 Ziah Gibson DE Defensive Rookie of the year
2023 Tommy Armstrong Jr QB League MVP
2024 Tommy Armstrong Jr QB League MVP

Omaha Beef Hall of Fame

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# Player Position Tenure Honored
Jim & Judy Klimshot Owners/Founders 2000–03 2023[17]
Sandy Buda Head Coach 2000–03 2023
Troy Travis DB 2000–02 2023
Dwayne Harris DL 2002–05 2023
3 James McNear QB 2007-13 2023
Dan Potmesil OL 2002–09,11-12 2023
51 Kris "Moose" Orr Rump Roaster 2000–21 2023
Samantha Lucille Prime Dancer 2023

Non-player personnel

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The Beef organization have the only all-male dance team in indoor football, the Rump Roasters, along with a dance team, the Prime dancers.[18] The Prime dancers have won several awards including the best dance team three times in the UIF and 2009 dance team of the year in the IFL. They are ambassadors for the Beef organization as well and perform in conjunction with the Rumproasters. The Prime were named Dance team of the Year once again for 2012.[citation needed]

The mascot for the Beef is an Angus bull named Sir Loin. He won mascot of the year three times in UIF and was named 2009 Mascot of the year in the IFL.[19] He was named Mascot of the Year for 2011 and again in 2012.[citation needed]

Staff

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Omaha Beef staff

Front office

  • Owner – Ricky Bertz
  • Director of football operations – Jeff Sprowls
  • Vice President, Business Development – Nathan Cox
  • Director of Community Relations- Matt Clark

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive line – Cole Gore
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive backs/Strength – Adam Loftis




Head coaches

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Name[20] Tenure Total Regular Season Postseason Titles
W L Win% Home Away W L Win% Home Away W L Win% Home Away DIV CONF CHAMP
Sandy Buda 2000–2003 45 23 .662 — — 44 19 .698 — — 1 4 .200 — — 1 0 0
Colin Sanders 2004 10 6 .625 — — 9 5 .643 — — 1 1 .500 — — 0 0 0
Robert Fuller 2005–2006 17 15 .531 — — 17 13 .567 — — 0 2 .000 — — 0 0 0
Rod Miller 2007, 2018 11 13 .458 — — 11 12 .478 — — 0 1 .000 — — 0 0 0
Steve Warren 2008 10 5 .667 (6–1) (4–4 ) 10 4 .714 (6–1) (4–3) 0 1 .000 — (0–1) 0 0 0
James Kerwin 2009, 2019 19 9 .679 — — 19 7 .731 — — 0 2 .000 — — 1 0 0
Bruce Cowdrey 2010–2012 25 20 .556 — — 24 18 .571 — — 1 2 .333 — — 0 0 0
Andy Yost 2013 10 3 .769 — — 10 2 .833 — — 0 1 .000 — — 0 0 0
Dan Thurin 2014 4 8 .333 — — 4 8 .333 — — 0 0 – — — 0 0 0
Cory Ross 2015–2017 17 22 .436 — — 15 21 .417 — — 2 1 .667 — — 0 1 0
Mike Bonner 2018 1 3 .250 — — 1 3 .250 — — 0 0 – — — 0 0 0
Marvin Jones 2021–2022 17 8 .680 — — 13 7 .650 — — 4 1 .800 — — 0 0 1
Rayshaun Kizer 2023 12 0 1.000 (7–0) (5–0) 10 0 1.000 (5–0) (5–0) 2 0 1.000 (2–0) (0–0) 0 0 1
Mike Tatum 2024–present 9 0 1.000 (6–0) (3–0) 8 0 1.000 (5–0) (3–0) 1 0 1.000 (1–0) (0–0) 0 0 1

Past seasons

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2013

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 Bye
2 March 17 (Sun) 2:00pm at Kansas City Renegades W 38–27 1–0
3 Bye
4 March 29 (Fri) 7:30pm Kansas Koyotes W 54–27 2–0
5 April 7 (Sun) 7:30pm Sioux City Bandits W 32–26 3–0
6 April 13 (Sat) 7:05pm at Lincoln Haymakers W 55–49 4–0
7 April 20 (Sat) 7:05pm at Wichita Wild L 17–29 4–1
8 April 27 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 38–24 5–1
9 May 5 (Sun) 7:30pm Mid-Missouri Outlaws W 68–13 6–1
10 May 11 (Sat) 7:30pm Lincoln Haymakers W 27–23 7–1
11 May 17 (Fri) 7:05pm at Bloomington Edge W 51–33 8–1
12 May 24 (Sat) 4:30pm Oklahoma Defenders W 59–21 9–1
13 June 1 (Sat) 7:05pm at Lincoln Haymakers W 34–24 10–1
14 June 7 (Fri) 7:30pm Kansas City Renegades L 27–42 10–2
Playoffs
June 14 (Fri) 7:00pm Wichita Wild L 25–31 10–3

2014

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 March 2 (Sun) 3:00pm Dodge City Law L 35–61 0–1
2 March 9 (Sun) 3:00pm Kansas Koyotes W 55–27[21] 1–1
3 Bye
4 March 22 (Sat) 7:05pm Lincoln Haymakers L 20–59 1–2
5 March 29 (Sun) 7:05pm at Bloomington Edge W 70–69 2–2
6 April 5 (Sat) 7:05pm at Kansas Koyotes W 52–30[22] 3–2
7 April 11 (Sat) 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 55–61 3–3
8 April 19 (Sat) 7:05pm Wichita Wild L 33–66 3–4
9 Bye
10 May 3 (Sat) 7:05pm at Dodge City Law L 20–60[23] 3–5
11 May 10 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 47–61 3–6
12 May 16 (Fri) 7:05pm at Lincoln Haymakers L 56–67 3–7
13 May 24 (Sat) 7:05pm Bloomington Edge W 80–69 4–7
14 May 31 (Sat) 7:05pm at Salina Bombers L 43–50 4–8
15 Bye

2018

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 March 10 (Sat) 7:05pm Salina Liberty W 42–37 1–0
2 March 16 (Fri) 7:05pm at Kansas City Phantoms L 61–62 1–1
3 March 24 (Sat) 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 30–33 1–2
4 Bye
5 April 7 (Sat) 7:05pm at Bismarck Bucks L 32–33 1–3
6 April 14 (Sat) 7:05pm at Salina Liberty L 43–69 1–4
7 April 21 (Sat) 7:05pm Kansas City Phantoms W 47–41 2–4
8 April 28 (Sat) 7:05pm Quad City Steamwheelers W 47–36 3–4
9 May 5 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 40–51 3–5
10 May 12 (Sat) 7:05pm at Bismarck Bucks W 79–78 4–5
11 May 19 (Sat) 7:05pm at Quad City Steamwheelers L 36–58 4–6
12 May 26 (Sat) 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 31–77 4–7
13 June 2 (Sat) 7:05pm Bismarck Bucks L 38–41 (OT) 4–8

2019

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 March 23 (Sat) 7:05pm Oklahoma Flying Aces W 59–55 1–0
2 Bye
3 April 6 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 32–43 1–1
4 April 13 (Sat) 7:05pm Wichita Force W 44–21 2–1
5 Bye
6 April 27 (Sat) 7:05pm Texas Revolution W 48–34 3–1
7 May 4 (Sat) 7:05pm at Oklahoma Flying Aces W 42–23 4–1
8 May 13 (Mon) 7:05pm at Texas Revolution W 2–0 (forfeit) 5–1
9 May 18 (Sat) 7:05pm at Wichita Force W 70–33 6–1
10 May 25 (Sat) 7:05pm Oklahoma Flying Aces W 71–51 7–1
11 June 1 (Sat) 7:05pm at Salina Liberty L 34–54 7–2
12 June 10 (Mon) 7:05pm at Amarillo Venom L 42–45 7–3
13 June 15 (Sat) 7:05pm Salina Liberty L 33–50 7–4
14 June 22 (Sat) 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits W 60–50 8–4
Playoffs
June 29 (Sat) 6:30pm at Salina Liberty L 42–44

2020

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
PS March 7 (Sat) 6:35pm Metro Militia W 58–1 0–0
1 March 21 (Sat) 7:00pm at Sioux City Bandits Cancelled
2 March 28 (Sat) 6:35pm Wichita Force Cancelled
3 April 4 (Sat) 7:00pm at West Texas Warbirds Cancelled
4 April 11 (Sat) 7:00pm at Oklahoma Flying Aces Cancelled
5 April 19 (Sun) 3:05pm Salina Liberty Cancelled
6 Bye
7 May 2 (Sat) 6:35pm Amarillo Venom Cancelled
8 May 9 (Sat) 6:35pm Wichita Force Cancelled
9 May 16 (Sat) 7:00pm at Amarillo Venom Cancelled
10 May 23 (Sat) 6:35pm Sioux City Cancelled
11 Bye
12 June 6 (Sat) 7:00pm @ Salina Liberty Cancelled
13 June 13 (Sat) 7:00pm @ Wichita Force Cancelled
14 June 20 (Sat) 6:35pm West Texas Cancelled

2021

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 Bye
2 April 10 (Sat) 6:35pm at Salina Liberty L 14–39 0–1
3 April 17 (Sat) 6:30pm Sioux City Bandits L 22–33 0–2
4 Bye
5 May 2 (Sun) 4:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 41–37 1–2
6 May 8 (Sat) 8:00pm at Wyoming Mustangs W 49–21 2–2
7 May 15 (Sat) 6:30pm Wichita Force L 31–41 2–3
8 May 22 (Sat) 6:30pm Wyoming Mustangs W 48–6 3–3
9 Bye
10 June 5 (Sat) 7:05pm at Dodge City Law W 31–19 4–3
11 June 12 (Sat) 6:30pm Salina Liberty W 39–35 5–3
12 June 19 (Sat) 6:30pm Dodge City Law W 52–36 6–3
13 June 26 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 28–35 6–4
Playoffs
July 9 (Fri) 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits W 40–39
July 17 (Sat) 7:05pm at Salina Liberty W 40–39

2022

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 March 12 (Sat) 6:35pm Southwest Kansas Storm W 47–17 1–0
2 Bye
3 March 26 (Sat) 6:35pm at Salina Liberty L 31–36 1–1
4 April 1 (Fri) 7:05pm Wyoming Mustangs W 82–34 2–1
5 April 9 (Sat) 8:05pm at Wyoming Mustangs W 56–40 3–1
6 Bye
7 April 23 (Sat) 6:35pm Billings Outlaws L 41–48 3–2
8 April 30 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 49–60 3–3
9 May 7 (Sat) 7:05pm at Topeka Tropics W 44–33 4–3
10 May 14 (Sat) 6:35pm Salina Liberty W 14–11 5–3
11 Bye
12 May 30 (Mon) 8:35pm at Rapid City Marshals W 44–25 6–3
13 June 4 (Sat) 6:35pm Topeka Tropics W 42–21 7–3
Playoffs
June 11 (Sat) 6:35pm Southwest Kansas Storm W 27–21
June 18 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 49–45
June 25 (Sat) 6:35pm at Salina Liberty L 34–38

2023

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 Bye
2 March 10 (Fri) 7:05pm Billings Outlaws W 47–19 1–0
3 March 18 (Sat) 6:35pm at Southwest Kansas Storm W 68–15 2–0
4 Bye
5 April 1 (Sat) 7:05pm at Topeka Tropics W 60–22 3–0
6 April 8 (Sat) 6:35pm Gillette Mustangs W 51–29 4–0
7 April 15 (Sat) 6:35pm at Salina Liberty W 36–31 5–0
8 April 22 (Sat) 8:35pm at Billings Outlaws W 45–12 6–0
9 April 29 (Sat) 6:35pm Rapid City Marshals W 63–12 7–0
10 May 6 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 48–45 8–0
11 May 13 (Sat) 6:35pm Topeka Tropics W 66–13 9–0
12 Bye
13 May 27 (Sat) 6:35pm Sioux City Bandits W 44–15 10–0
Playoffs
Bye
June 10 (Sat) 6:35pm Billings Outlaws W 42–6
June 17 (Sat) 6:35pm Salina Liberty W 50–30

2024

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Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results
Final score Record
1 Bye
2 March 24 (Sun) 2:05pm at Carolina Cobras W 54–43 1–0
3 March 30 (Sat) 6:35pm Colorado Spartans W 45–32 2–0
4 Bye
5 Bye
6 April 19 (Fri) 7:05pm Idaho Horsemen W 63–14 3–0
5 Bye
8 May 4 (Sat) 6:35pm Oklahoma Flying Aces W 42–36 4–0
9 May 11 (Sat) 6:35pm Sioux City Bandits W 33–6 5–0
10 May 18 (Sat) 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 34–32 6–0
11 Bye
12 June 1 (Sat) 8:05pm at Colorado Spartans W 54–34 7–0
13 June 8 (Sat) 6:35pm Carolina Cobras W 54–31 8–0
Playoffs June 15 (Sat) 6:35pm Sioux City Bandits W 47–46 (2OT) 9–0

References

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