2017 Omaha Beef season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2017 Omaha Beef season
OwnerRich Tokheim
Jim Tokheim
Head coachCory Ross
Home fieldRalston Arena
7300 Q Street
Ralston, Nebraska 68127
Results
Record9–6
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishWon North Semifinal 43��30 (Edge)
Won North Championship 55–45 (Bandits)
Lost Champions Bowl III 49–56 (Revolution)

The 2017 Omaha Beef season was the team's eighteenth and third as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 14 teams in the CIF for the 2017 season, they played in the 7-team North Conference.

The Beef played their home games at the Ralston Arena in Ralston, Nebraska, under the direction of head coach Cory Ross.

Schedule[]

Key:   Win   Loss   Bye

Regular season[]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Saturday February 25 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits L 44–63 0–1 Tyson Events Center 3,381
2 BYE
3 Friday March 10 7:05pm W 76-44 1–1 Ralston Arena 3,626
4 Saturday March 17 7:05pm at W 55–50 2–1 The Coliseum 1,000
5 BYE
6 Friday March 31 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 53–56 2–2 Ralston Arena 3,810
7 BYE
8 Saturday April 165 6:35pm W 30–28 3–2 Ralston Arena
9 Friday April 21 7:05pm at L 41-59 3–3 Bismarck Event Center
10 Saturday April 29 7:05pm at Salina Liberty W 26–23 4–3 Tony’s Pizza Events Center
11 Saturday May 6 7:05pm W 37–29 5–3 Ralston Arena
12 Saturday May 13 7:05pm at West Michigan Ironmen W 44–41 6–3 L. C. Walker Arena
13 Saturday May 20 7:05pm West Michigan Ironmen W 42–39 7–3 Ralston Arena 3,296
14 Saturday May 27 7:05pm Sioux City Bandits L 55–61 7–4 Ralston Arena 3,277
15 Saturday June 3 7:05pm at L 55–62 7–5 Mesquite Arena 2,500

Standings[]

North Conference
  • view
  • talk
 W L PCT PF PA
x–Sioux City Bandits 9 3 .750 704 599
y–Omaha Beef 7 5 .583 561 562
y–Bloomington Edge 7 5 .583 598 560
y–Bismarck Bucks 5 7 .417 540 569
Kansas City Phantoms 4 8 .333 499 594
West Michigan Ironmen 4 8 .333 569 570
Salina Liberty 1 11 .083 403 546
South Conference
W L PCT PF PA
z–Amarillo Venom 9 3 .750 758 639
y-Texas Revolution 8 4 .667 716 584
y-Dodge City Law[a] 7 5 .583 631 575
y-Duke City Gladiators 7 5 .583 663 513
Wichita Force 7 5 .583 567 481
Dallas Marshals 7 5 .583 500 512
CenTex Cavalry 0 12 .000 412 811
z - clinched top overall seed
x - clinched division title
y - clinched playoff berth
  1. ^ On June 2, the CIF penalized Dodge City by removing two of their wins when the team was 9–2, reducing their record to 7–4.[1]


Postseason[]

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
North Semifinal Saturday June 10 7:00pm Bloomington Edge W 43–30 1–0 Ralston Arena 2,856
North Championship Saturday June 17 7:05pm at Sioux City Bandits W 55–45 2–0 Tyson Events Center 2,407
Champions Bowl III Friday June 23 7:05pm at L 49-56 2–1 Allen Event Center 5,251

Roster[]

2017 Omaha Beef roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Anthony Iannotti
  •  7 Chuck Wright

Running backs

  • 20 Travis Ribbing

Wide receivers

  • 11 Andrew King
  •  1 Jonathan Ray
  •  0 Julius Record
  • 12 Skyler Scott


 Offensive linemen
  • 50 Olu'kayode Akinmoladun
  • 90 Ryan Bubulka
  • -- Amadou Konte
  • 71 Aneus Ruiz

Defensive linemen

  •  9 Antonio Ficklin
  • 99 Cody Kottich
  • 55 J. T. Nabity
  • 15 Tarek Odom
 Linebackers
  • 21 DeShawn Dinwiddle
  • 17 Deonate Gary

Defensive backs

  •  5 Antonio Bell
  •  6 D. J. Cameron
  • 23 Paul Dodson
  • 27 Brandon Green
  •  3 Chris Perry
  •  8 Paul Robinson

Special teams

  • 19 Benny Hanaphy
 Reserve lists
  • -- Clark Coe DB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Joshua Caver OL (Did not report)
  •  2 Calvin Phillips RB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Pereese Jones RB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Rufus Quinn OL (Did not report)
  • -- Theron Norman DB (Did not report)
  • 15 Reshard Simmons DL (Suspended)
  •  3 Chris Perry DB (Exempt)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 2, 2017
24 Active, 8 Inactive

→ More rosters

References[]

  1. ^ "Champions Indoor Football Issues Penalties to Member Team". CIF. June 2, 2017.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""