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
Owner	Charlie Bosselman Laurie Bosselman Brandi Bosselman
Head coach	Hurtis Chinn
Home field	Eihusen Arena
Results
Record	9-7
Conference place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost Intense Conference Championship 36–62 (Rattlers)
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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 Associate head coach / offensive linemen - Kyle Moore-Brown Quarterbacks coach – Jameel Sewell 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
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	CON	GB	STK
y - Arizona Rattlers	12	4	0	.750	782	610	8–1	—	W8
x - Nebraska Danger	9	7	0	.563	717	660	5–2	3.0	W1
Spokane Empire	8	8	0	.500	654	677	7–5	4.0	L3
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles	5	11	0	.313	675	762	4–8	7.0	W1
Colorado Crush	3	13	0	.188	629	821	2–10	8.0	L4

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 → More rosters

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.

External links

• Nebraska Danger official statistics