2009 California Redwoods season
# 2009 California Redwoods season

The 2009 California Redwoods season was the first and only season for the California Redwoods. In the United Football League's Premiere Season, the team finished with a 2–4 record and in third place. This team is now known as the Sacramento Mountain Lions.

## Draft

The draft took place on June 19, 2009. Those selected were among participants in earlier workouts held in Orlando as well as Las Vegas. Once a player was picked by a team, his rights were held by that team should he elect to play in the UFL.

* = Indicates player signed with team

| Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - |
| Odie Armstrong | FB | NW Oklahoma State |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | FB | San Diego State |
| Shane Boyd | QB | Kentucky |
| Larry Brackins | WR | Pearl River CC |
| Kai Brown | LS | Brown |
| Brett Dietz | QB | Hanover |
| Marcus Fitzgerald | WR | Marshall |
| Marquies Gunn | DE | Auburn |
| Derrell Hutsona | RB | Washington State |
| Prince Kwateng | LB | Northwestern |
| Branden Ledbetter | TE | Western Michigan |
| Cory Lekkerkerker | T | California-Davis |
| Joe Martin | LB | San Diego State |
| Liam O'Hagan | QB | Harvard |
| Brian Rimpf | T | East Carolina |
| B. J. Sams | WR | McNeese State |
| Brian Stamper | T | Vanderbilt |
| Jason Stewart | NT | Fresno State |
| Damon Suggs | DE | Georgia Southern |
| Ahmad Treaudo | DB | Southern |
| Marviel Underwood | DB | San Diego State |
| Jeremy Unertl | DB | Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| John David Washington | RB | Morehouse |
| Joe West | WR | Texas-El Paso |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| 1 | Thursday, October 8 | 9:00 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 17–30 | 0–1 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 18,187 | Versus |
| 2 | Saturday, October 17 | 9:00 p.m. ET | New York Sentinels | W 24–7 | 1–1 | AT&T Park | 6,341 | HDNet |
| 3 | Thursday, October 22 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at Florida Tuskers | L 7–34 | 1–2 | Citrus Bowl | 12,021 | Versus |
| 4 | Thursday, October 29 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at New York Sentinels | W 20–13 | 2–2 | Giants Stadium | 10,818 | Versus |
| 5 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 6 | Saturday, November 14 | 9:00 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–16 | 2–3 | Spartan Stadium | 4,312 | HDNet |
| 7 | Thursday, November 19 | 9:00 p.m. ET | Florida Tuskers | L 27–34 | 2–4 | AT&T Park | 6,837 | Versus |

## Standings

United Football League :

| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Florida Tuskers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 183 | 92 | W6 |
| y-Las Vegas Locomotives | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 167 | 100 | W3 |
| California Redwoods | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 105 | 134 | L2 |
| New York Sentinels | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 56 | 185 | L6 |

y-denotes team advanced to 2009 UFL Championship Game

## Game summaries

### Week 1: at Las Vegas Locomotives

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Redwoods | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Locomotives | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

* Date: October 8, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 18,187
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie

Game information :

1st quarter

LV – Graham Gano 33-yard field goal, 3:20

2nd quarter

CA – Shane Boyd 4-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 11:03

CA – Cory Ross 4-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 8:45

LV – DeDe Dorsey 1-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 0:13

3rd quarter

LV – Adam Bergen 11-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 11:07

LV – Graham Gano 39-yard field goal, 8:05

CA – Parker Douglass 26-yard field goal, 0:52

4th quarter

LV – Graham Gano 53-yard field goal, 10:20

LV – DeDe Dorsey 9-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 2:18

Passing

CA – Shane Boyd – 9/22, 92 yards

LV – J. P. Losman – 21/31, 226 yards, 2 TD

Rushing

CA – Cory Ross  – 16 att, 47 yards, 1 TD

LV – Marcel Shipp – 17 att, 69 yards

Receiving

CA – Joe West – 3 rec, 37 yards

LV – Andrae Thurman – 6 rec, 76 yards :

### Week 2: vs. New York Sentinels

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sentinels | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Redwoods | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |

at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California

* Date: October 17, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 6,341
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice & Paul Maguire

Game information :

1st quarter

CA – Kai Brown 2-yard pass from Mike McMahon (Parker Douglass kick), 9:39

2nd quarter

NY – Chris Barclay 2-yard pass from Quinn Gray (Piotr Czech kick), 9:04

3rd quarter

CA – Cory Ross 1-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 5:11

4th quarter

CA – Parker Douglass 42-yard field goal, 11:45

CA – John David Washington 1-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 3:19

Passing

NY – Quinn Gray – 12/25, 115 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

CA – Mike McMahon – 16/29, 145 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

NY – Chris Barclay – 13 att, 13 yards

CA – Cory Ross  – 22 att, 121 yards, 1 TD

Receiving

NY – Craphonso Thorpe – 4 rec, 31 yards

CA – Doug Gabriel – 5 rec, 66 yards :

### Week 3: at Florida Tuskers

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Redwoods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tuskers | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 |

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

* Date: October 22, 2009
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 12,021
* Referee: Randy Christal
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie

### Week 4: at New York Sentinels

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Redwoods | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Sentinels | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

* Date: October 29, 2009
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 10,818
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie

Game information :

1st quarter

CA – Cory Ross 25-yard pass from Shane Boyd (Parker Douglass kick), 10:19

2nd quarter

NY – Piotr Czech 36-yard field goal, 12:36

CA – Parker Douglass 27-yard field goal, 8:09

CA – Shane Boyd 5-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 0:26

NY – Piotr Czech 45-yard field goal, 0:00

3rd quarter

NY – Christian Hopkins 5-yard pass from Quinn Gray (Piotr Czech kick), 2:17

4th quarter

CA – Parker Douglass 44-yard field goal, 2:37

Passing

CA – Shane Boyd – 18/23, 197 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

NY – Quinn Gray – 22/32, 213 yards, 1 TD

Rushing

CA – Cory Ross  – 23 att, 77 yards

NY – LaBrandon Toefield – 12 att, 51 yards

Receiving

CA – Cory Ross – 7 rec, 68 yards, 1 TD

NY – Craphonso Thorpe – 9 rec, 73 yards :

### Week 6: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Locomotives | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| Redwoods | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

at Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

* Date: November 14, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 4,312
* Referee: Jon Bible
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice & Paul Maguire

Game information :

1st quarter

CA – Cory Ross 3-yard run (Parker Douglass kick), 2:10

2nd quarter

LV – Graham Gano 35-yard field goal, 1:04

3rd quarter

LV – Graham Gano 39-yard field goal, 8:02

CA – Parker Douglass 28-yard field goal, 2:27

4th quarter

LV – Andrae Thurman 8-yard pass from J. P. Losman (Graham Gano kick), 11:53

LV – Graham Gano 33-yard field goal, 2:01

Passing

LV – J. P. Losman – 16/29, 199 yards, 1 TD

CA – Shane Boyd – 21/31, 194 yards, 1 INT

Rushing

LV – Marcel Shipp – 19 att, 66 yards

CA – Cory Ross  – 19 att, 111 yards, 1 TD

Receiving

LV – David Kircus – 4 rec, 104 yards

CA – Joe West – 5 rec, 44 yards :

### Week 7: vs. Florida Tuskers

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuskers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| Redwoods | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |

at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California

* Date: November 19, 2009
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. ET
* Game attendance: 6,837
* Referee: Dave Cutaia
* TV announcers (Versus): Dave Sims & Doug Flutie
