2012 Omaha Beef season

The 2012 Omaha Beef season was the thirteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and their fourth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of 16 teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Omaha Beef were members of the United Conference.

2012 Omaha Beef season
Owner	Jeff Sprowls
Head coach	Andy Yost & James Kerwin (interim) Bruce Cowdrey (fired on May 3; 3–5 record)
General manager	Josh Roehr
Home field	Omaha Civic Auditorium 1804 Capitol Avenue Omaha, NE 68102
Results
Record	6-8
Conference place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The team played their home games under head coach Bruce Cowdrey for the first eight games of the season, before he was replaced by Andy Yost and James Kerwin as co-head coaches,[1] at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. The Beef earned a 6-8 record, placing 5th in the United Conference, failing to qualify for the postseason.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	BYE
2	BYE
3	Friday	March 2	7:05pm	Wichita Wild	W 38-35	1-0	Omaha Civic Auditorium
4	Monday	March 12	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	L 34-48	1-1	Eihusen Arena
5	Saturday	March 17	7:05pm	Wyoming Cavalry	W54-52	2-1	Omaha Civic Auditorium
6	Saturday	March 24	7:05pm	Green Bay Blizzard	L 37-42	2-2	Omaha Civic Auditorium
7	BYE
8	Friday	April 6	7:05pm	Wichita Wild	L 47-50	2-3	Omaha Civic Auditorium
9	Friday	April 13	7:05pm	at Wyoming Cavalry	L 60-71	2-4	Casper Events Center
10	Saturday	April 21	7:05pm	at Cedar Rapids Titans	W 50-32	3-4	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
11	Saturday	April 28	7:05pm	Sioux Falls Storm	L 37-49	3-5	Omaha Civic Auditorium
12	Saturday	May 5	7:05pm	at Wichita Wild	L 41-77	3-6	Hartman Arena
13	Saturday	May 12	7:05pm	Nebraska Danger	W 68-54	4-6	Omaha Civic Auditorium
14	Saturday	May 19	7:05pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 64-44	5-6	Stabler Arena
15	BYE
16	Friday	June 1	7:05pm	Cedar Rapids Titans	W 51-33	6-6	Omaha Civic Auditorium
17	Saturday	June 9	7:05pm	at Nebraska Danger	L 34-50	6-7	Eihusen Arena
18	Saturday	June 16	7:05pm	at Sioux Falls Storm	L 20-59	6-8	Sioux Falls Arena

Roster

2012 Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks  3 James McNear 14 Martevious Young Running Backs  5 Tory Harrison 32 R. J. Rollins Wide Receivers  1 Allen Burrell 20 Judd Harrold 11 Mike Jones 17 Duval Kamara		Offensive Linemen 65 Everett Corley 54 Terry Freeman 72 Frank Knights 68 Dan Potmesil 76 Matt Rahn Defensive Linemen 99 Terrance Banks 91 Emeka Nwankwo  9 Bryan Tarkington 92 Marques Walton		Linebackers 10 Leroy Banks  4 Peter Buck Defensive Backs 24 Diezeas Calbert 15 Aldwin Foster-Rettig  2 Cortney Grixby 21 Ricardo Kemp 22 Kwaheem Smith Kickers 13 Gary Cismesia		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Practice Squad Currently vacant Roster updated June 16, 2012 25 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

Division Standings

2012 United Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	GB	STK
y Sioux Falls Storm	14	0	0	1.000	941	563	7-0	---	W14
x Green Bay Blizzard	11	3	0	0.786	787	586	10-3	3.0	W3
x Bloomington Edge	10	4	0	0.714	673	604	10-3	4.0	W1
x Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	8	0	0.429	605	615	6-8	8.0	W1
Omaha Beef	6	8	0	0.429	635	696	3-3	4.0	L2
Chicago Slaughter	6	8	0	0.429	657	714	6-8	4.0	L1
Cedar Rapids Titans	4	10	0	0.286	509	631	4-0	10.0	W1
Reading Express	2	12	0	0.143	534	773	7-1	12.0	L5

References

1. "Omaha Beef, Head Coach Bruce Cowdrey Part Ways". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 3, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2015.