Omaha Beef
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| Omaha Beef | |
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Arena | Omaha Civic Auditorium |
| Based in | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Colors | Black, Orange, Silver |
| League | United Indoor Football |
| Head coach | Steve Warren |
| Team President | Dakota Crow |
| Official Dance Team | Omaha Prime |
| Mascot | Sir Loin |
The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the United Indoor Football. They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights.
Omaha originally played in the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 and 2001 as an expansion team before moving to the National Indoor Football League in 2002. The Beef then joined the newly formed United Indoor Football in 2005 as a charter member.
This is the Omaha Beef's eighth season of indoor football. The Beef will again be playing in the United Indoor Football. The UIF allows the Omaha Beef to play against some of the best indoor competition in the country today.
The Omaha Beef are in the east division with the Bloomington Extreme,the River City Rage,and the Wichita Wild. Omaha has had some very heated battles in their times together with Sioux City and Sioux Falls since the NIFL. The three cities have shown they value the I-29 rivalries that exist in that they have followed one another through multiple leagues to stay in competition.
So far, in their existence, the Beef have made the playoffs every season, but they have yet to win a league championship.
Also what makes the Beef organization different is they have the only male dance team, the Rumproasters, along with a female dance team, the Prime dancers. The Rumproasters, men of all different sizes, have been with the team since its inception. The Rumproasters perform routines from Grease all the way to Hip Hop, making them the Max Patkin of the organization. The Rumproasters are also considered the ambassadors of the organization due to such commitment and chartible events they participate in.
The Prime dancers have won several awards including the best dance team twice. They are ambassadors for the Beef organization as well and perform in conjunction with the Rumproasters including a routine for the last regular season home game which is ballroom dancing. The mascot for the Beef is an angus bull named Sir Loin. He has won mascot of the year twice in UIF and is a fan favorite.
The Omaha Beef continue to work in glowing partnership with Omaha's ESPN Radio, 1620 AM, along with their sister station KKAR 1290. For the ladder part of the past two years, the majority of Play-by-play commentary has been conducted by Nick Handley, with color mixed in from Unsportsmanlike Conduct's Mike'l Severe. Late in the 2007 season, aspiring broadcaster Matt SantaMaria helped shoulder the load admirably over a six week run that including Omaha's thrilling 43-40 win at Colorado and their eventual playoff loss at Billings, 62-27.
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[edit] 2000 Omaha Beef IPFL Schedule
Week 1 - Omaha Beef 26, Idaho Stallions 12
Week 2 - Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 44, Omaha Beef 39
Week 3 - Portland Prowlers 43, Omaha Beef 23
Week 4 - Omaha Beef 38, Idaho Stallions 33
Week 5 - bye
Week 6 - Omaha Beef 39, Mobile Seagulls 36
Week 7 - Louisiana Rangers 40, Omaha Beef 33
Week 8 - Omaha Beef 28, Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 6
Week 9 - bye
Week 10 - Portland Prowlers 34, Omaha Beef 30
Week 11 - Portland Prowlers 67, Omaha Beef 54
Week 12 - bye
Week 13 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 49, Omaha Beef 46
Week 14 - Omaha Beef 54, Idaho Stallions 47
Week 15 - Omaha Beef 59, Idaho Stallions 39
Week 16 - Omaha Beef 57, Mobile Seagulls 44
Week 17 - Louisiana Rangers 35, Omaha Beef 27
Week 18 - Portland Prowlers 40, Omaha Beef 26
Week 19 - Omaha Beef 44, Mississippi Fire Dogs 38
Semifinals - Mississippi Fire Dogs 43, Omaha Beef 40
[edit] 2001 Omaha Beef IPFL Schedule
Week 1 - St. Louis Renegades 44, at Omaha Beef 61
Week 2 - bye
Week 3 - Omaha Beef 51, at Trenton Lightning 41
Week 4 - Boise Stallions 27, at Omaha Beef 56
Week 5 - Omaha Beef 55, at St. Louis Renegades 47
Week 6 - bye
Week 7 - Omaha Beef 57, at Boise Stallions 34
Week 8 - Tennessee ThunderCats 50, at Omaha Beef 72
Week 9 - Omaha Beef 49, at Boise Stallions 45
Week 10 - Tennessee ThunderCats 29, at Omaha Beef 56
Week 11 - Omaha Beef 54, at Tennessee ThunderCats 32
Week 12 - St. Louis Renegades 42, at Omaha Beef 53
Week 13 - Omaha Beef 34, at Tennessee ThunderCats 61
Week 14 - Omaha Beef 35, at Boise Stallions 9
Week 15 - Boise Stallions 19, at Omaha Beef 58
Week 16 - Omaha Beef 76, at St. Louis Renegades 37
Week 17 - bye
Week 18 - Omaha Beef 50, at St. Louis Renegades 33
Week 19 - Boise Stallions 18, at Omaha Beef 79
IPFL Championship - Tennessee ThunderCats 47, Omaha Beef 38
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| Omaha Beef (IPFL) | |||||
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3rd League | Lost Semifinal (Mississippi) |
| 2001 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1st League | Lost IPFL Championship (Tennessee ThunderCats) |
| Omaha Beef (NIFL) | |||||
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2nd Pacific Northern | Lost Round 1 (Bismarck) |
| 2003 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1st Pacific Northern | Won Round 1 (Bismarck) Lost Semifinal (Utah) |
| 2004 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2nd Pacific North | Won PC Round 1 (Sioux City) Lost PC Semifinal (Billings) |
| Omaha Beef (UIF) | |||||
| 2005 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2nd North | Lost Round 1 (Sioux Falls) |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2nd West | Lost Round 1 (Evansville) |
| 2007 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3rd West | Lost Round 1 (Billings) |
| *2008 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2nd West | -- |
| Totals | 88 | 51 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] External links
- Omaha Beef official site
- UIFans - United Indoor Fans
- Beef's 2002 Stats
- Beef's 2003 Stats
- Beef's 2004 Stats
- Beef's 2005 Stats
- Beef's 2006 Stats
- Beef's 2007 Stats
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