Team: | Nebraska Danger |
Year: | 2018 |
Record: | 4–10 |
League Place: | 4th |
Coach: | Mark Stoute (fired May 20) Adam Shackleford/Pig Brown (interim co-coaches) |
Owner: | Charlie Bosselman Laurie Bosselman Brandi Bosselman |
Stadium: | Eihusen Arena |
Playoffs: | Lost IFL Semifinal 17–48 (Barnstormers) |
The 2018 Nebraska Danger season was the eighth season for the Nebraska Danger as a professional indoor football franchise and their eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). They were one of six teams that competed in the IFL for the 2018 season. The Danger played in the Eihusen Arena at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.
The Danger were led by head coach Mark Stoute in his first season with the Danger but was released on May 20 after losing six straight games. He was replaced for the rest of the season by coordinators Adam Shackleford and Pig Brown as co-coaches.[1]
Despite losing their final nine games, the Dangers still made the four-team playoff and lost to the Iowa Barnstormers 48–17 in the league semifinal. After the season was complete, interim co-coach Pig Brown was promoted to the full-time head coach.[2]
Key:
All start times are local time[3]
Week | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Location | Attendance | ||
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Score | Record | ||||||||
1 | Friday | February 23 | 2:30pm | Cedar Rapids Titans | W 44–31[4] | 1–0 | Eihusen Arena | ||
2 | BYE | ||||||||
3 | Sunday | March 11 | 3:00pm | Green Bay Blizzard | W 59–23 | 2–0 | Eihusen Arena | ||
4 | Monday | March 19 | 7:05pm | at Cedar Rapids Titans | W 50–41 | 3–0 | U.S. Cellular Center | ||
5 | Saturday | March 24 | 8:05pm | at Arizona Rattlers | L 49–62 | 3–1 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | 9,763[5] | |
6 | Friday | March 30 | 7:00pm | Iowa Barnstormers | W 43–32 | 4–1 | Eihusen Arena | ||
7 | Saturday | April 7 | 7:00pm | Sioux Falls Storm | L 37–45 | 4–2 | Eihusen Arena | ||
8 | Saturday | April 14 | 7:05pm | at Iowa Barnstormers | L 25–41 | 4–3 | Wells Fargo Arena | ||
9 | BYE | ||||||||
10 | Friday | April 27 | 7:00pm | Sioux Falls Storm | L 48–62 | 4–4 | Eihusen Arena | ||
11 | Saturday | May 5 | 7:05pm | at Green Bay Blizzard | L 25–47 | 4–5 | Resch Center | ||
12 | Saturday | May 12 | 7:05pm | at Sioux Falls Storm | L 36–40 | 4–6 | Denny Sanford Premier Center | ||
13 | Friday | May 18 | 7:00pm | Green Bay Blizzard | L 20–31 | 4–7 | Eihusen Arena | ||
14 | Sunday | May 27 | 5:05pm | at Arizona Rattlers | L 40–45 | 4–8 | Talking Stick Resort Arena | ||
15 | Saturday | June 2 | 7:05pm | at Cedar Rapids Titans | L 26–33 | 4–9 | U.S. Cellular Center | ||
16 | BYE | ||||||||
17 | Saturday | June 16 | 7:00pm | Arizona Rattlers | L 23–59 | 4–10 | Eihusen Arena |