Nebraska Danger

{{Short description|Professional indoor football team based in Grand Island, Nebraska}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox indoor American football team | name = Nebraska Danger | current = | logo = NebDanger.png | founded = 2010 | folded = 2019 | city = Eihusen Arena in Grand Island, Nebraska | misc = [http://www.dangerfootball.com DangerFootball.com] | uniform = | colors = Black, gray, white {{color box|#001431}} {{color box|#4a9a31}} {{color box|white}} | coach = | owner = Charlie Bosselman Laurie Bosselman Dustin Lofing Brandi Bosselman-Lofing | chairman = | president = Charlie Bosselman | general manager = | mascot = Bones | nicknames = | league = '''Indoor Football League (2011–{{IFL Year|2019}})''' * United Conference (2011) **Great Plains Division (2011) * Intense Conference (2012–2017) | team_history = *'''Nebraska Danger (2011–2019)''' | no_league_champs = | no_conf_champs = 3 | no_div_champs = | league_champs = | conf_champs = * 2013, 2014, 2015 | div_champs = | no_playoff_appearances = 7 | playoff_appearances = * 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, {{IFL Year|2018}}, {{IFL Year|2019}} | arena_years = *Eihusen Arena (2011–2019) }}

The '''Nebraska Danger''' was a professional indoor football team based in Grand Island, Nebraska, and a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The team was founded in 2011 by Charlie Bosselman as an expansion member of the IFL. The Danger played their home games at Eihusen Arena.<ref name="gri130307">{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Hamar |newspaper=Grand Island Independent |location=Grand Island, NE |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway |title=IFL has seen dramatic change |url=http://www.theindependent.com/sports/ifl-has-seen-dramatic-change/article_56d7cf3a-86f3-11e2-8064-0019bb2963f4.html |date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref>

In 2011 and 2012, the Nebraska Danger was selected as having the IFL's Best Fans. In 2013, the Danger were named IFL Franchise of the Year. Former general manager Mike McCoy was named 2013 IFL Executive of the Year and quarterback Jameel Sewell was named the 2013 IFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year.

==History== On October 4, 2010, Bosselman Entertainment LLC announced the formation of Nebraska Danger as an expansion member of the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the {{IFL Year|2011}} season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4099015/ |title=New IFL Team Nebraska Danger Announced Today |date=October 4, 2010 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> At the press conference, team owner Charlie Bosselman announced that Sean Ponder would be the team's inaugural head coach,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20101004/SPORTS/101009887/-1#grand-island-gets-indoor-football-team |title=Grand Island get indoor football team |date=October 4, 2010 |publisher=The Omaha World Herald |work=www.omaha.com |access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> however after just two months on the job, Ponder left the Danger for personal reasons, and Mike Davis was named head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theindependent.com/sports/other/saturday-s-state-local-briefs/article_898b4e41-e1c8-5d7a-8ecd-c798ca4f92c3.html |title=Ponder steps down as Danger coach |date=December 17, 2010 |publisher=BH Media Group Holdings, Inc |work=www.theindependent.com |access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> On March 7, 2011, the Danger defeated the Wichita Wild 70–59, in the team's first game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theindependent.com/sports/danger/danger-win-opener/article_4b54fde5-b3a1-5690-8e22-d4627ab4b448.html |title=Danger win opener |author=Bob Hamar |date=March 8, 2011 |publisher=BH Media Group Holdings, Inc |work=www.theindependent.com |access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref>

On June 28, 2014, the Danger traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a second-straight year looking to defeat the Storm for the United Bowl. The Danger came up short again, falling 46–63.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theindependent.com/sports/hamar-danger-will-have-different-look-in/article_6a6e4354-ffdc-11e3-b8fe-001a4bcf887a.html |title=HAMAR: Danger will have different look in 2015 |author=Bob Hamar |date=June 29, 2014 |publisher=The Grand Island Independent |work=www.theindependent.com |access-date=June 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/minor-league/storm/2014/06/28/storm-topple-nebraska-eighth-indoor-title/11698671/ |title=Storm win eighth title, closing door on Arena chapter |author=Matt Zimmer |date=June 29, 2014 |publisher=Argus Leader |work=www.argusleader.com |access-date=June 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702101714/http://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/minor-league/storm/2014/06/28/storm-topple-nebraska-eighth-indoor-title/11698671/ |archive-date=July 2, 2014 }}</ref>

On September 7, 2016, Hurtis Chinn was promoted to head coach after Mike Davis announced he was taking a role with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1011now.com/content/sports/Chinn-set-for-new-challenge-with-Danger-413637213.html |title=Chinn set for new challenge with Danger |date=February 13, 2017 |publisher=Gray Digital Media |work=www.1011now.com |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>

After the 2019 season, the Bosselman family announced they were looking to sell the team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nebraska.tv/sports/content/owner-nebraska-dangers-future-uncertain-with-talks-of-sale |title=Nebraska Danger's future uncertain with talk of sale |website=Nebraska.TV |date=July 16, 2019}}</ref> No owner was found before the deadline for participating in the 2020 season. {{clear}}

==Season-by-season results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%;" |- | style="background:#fcc;"|'''League Champions''' | style="background:#dfd;"|'''Conference Champions''' | style="background:#d0e7ff;"|'''Division Champions''' | style="background:#96cdcd;"|'''Playoff berth''' | style="background:#c8a2c8;"|'''League leader''' |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" |- !rowspan="2" | Season !rowspan="2" | Team !rowspan="2" | League !rowspan="2" | Conference !rowspan="2" | Division !colspan="4" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results |- ! Finish !! Wins !! Losses !! Ties |- ! {{IFL Year|2011}} | 2011 || IFL || United || Great Plains | 4th || 3 || 11 || || style="text-align:left" | |- ! {{IFL Year|2012}} | 2012 || IFL || Intense || | 6th || 5 || 9 || || style="text-align:left" | |- ! {{IFL Year|2013}} | 2013 || IFL || bgcolor=#dfd | Intense || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || bgcolor=#c8a2c8 | 10 || 4 || || style="text-align:left" |'''Won''' Intense Conference Championship (Colorado) 55–50 Lost 2013 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 40–43 |- ! {{IFL Year|2014}} | 2014 || IFL || bgcolor=#dfd | Intense || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 10 || 4 || || style="text-align:left" |'''Won''' Intense Conference Championship (Colorado) 45–15 Lost 2014 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 46–63 |- ! {{IFL Year|2015}} | 2015 || IFL || bgcolor=#dfd | Intense || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 1st || 10 || 4 || || style="text-align:left" |'''Won''' Intense Conference Championship (Fever) 86–43 Lost 2015 United Bowl (Storm) 27–62 |- ! {{IFL Year|2016}} | 2016 || IFL || Intense || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 3rd || 6 || 10 || || style="text-align:left" |'''Won''' Intense Conference Wild Card (Billings) 64–52 Lost Intense Conference Championship (Spokane) 44–55 |- ! {{IFL Year|2017}} | 2017 || IFL || Intense || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 2nd || 9 || 7 || || style="text-align:left" |Lost Intense Conference Championship (Arizona) 36–62 |- ! {{IFL Year|2018}} | 2018 || IFL || || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 4th || 4 || 10 || || style="text-align:left" |Lost Semifinal (Iowa) 17–48 |- ! {{IFL Year|2019}} | 2019 || IFL || || | bgcolor=#96cdcd | 5th || 7 || 7 || || style="text-align:left" |'''Won''' First Round (Green Bay) 45–40 Lost Semifinal (Arizona) 45–62 |- ! rowspan="3" colspan="6" | Totals ! 64 !! 66 !! 0 !! All-time regular season record (2011–2019) |- | '''5''' || '''7''' ||—|| '''All-time postseason record (2011–2019)''' |- ! 69 !! 73 !! 0 !! All-time regular season and postseason record (2011–2019) |} {{notelist}}

==Notable coaches== ===Head coaches=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name ! rowspan="2" | Term ! colspan="4" | Regular Season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards |- ! W !! L !! T !! Win% !! W !! L |- | style="text-align:left" | Mike Davis || {{IFL Year|2011}}–{{IFL Year|2016}} || 44 || 42 || 0 || {{winperc|44|42}} || 4 || 4 || style="text-align:left" | |- | style="text-align:left"| Hurtis Chinn || {{IFL Year|2017}} || 9 || 7 || 0 || {{winperc|9|7}} || 0 || 1 || style="text-align:left" | |- | style="text-align:left"| Mark Stoute || {{IFL Year|2018}} || 4 || 7 || 0 || {{winperc|4|7}} || — || — || style="text-align:left" | |- | style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|Adam Shackleford / Pig Brown}} (interim co-coaches)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nebraska.tv/sports/content/nebraska-danger-fires-head-coach |title=Nebraska Danger fires head coach Mark Stoute |work=KHGI-TV |date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> || {{IFL Year|2018}} || 0 || 3 || 0 || {{winperc|0|3}} || 0 || 1 || style="text-align:left" | |- | style="text-align:left"| Pig Brown<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nebraska.tv/news/local/danger-names-new-head-coach |title=Danger names new head coach |work=KHGI-TV |date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> || {{IFL Year|2019}} || 7 || 7 ||0 || {{winpct|7|7}} || 1 || 1 || style="text-align:left" | |} * Xzavie Jackson – Defensive line coach * Jameel Sewell – Offensive coordinator QB/RB/WR coach

==Players== {{seealso|Category:Nebraska Danger players}}

===All-League selections=== * '''QB''' Jameel Sewell (2) * '''RB''' Waymon James (1) * '''WR''' Kayne Farquharson (3), O. J. Simpson (1) * '''OL''' Darius Savage (4), Trevis Turner (1) * '''DL''' Claude Wroten (1), Justin Edison (1), Eze Obiora, (1) * '''LB''' Maurice Simpkins (1), Cornelius Brown (1) * '''DB''' Jamar Love (1), Jabari Gorman (1), Trey Wafford (1) * '''K''' Joe Houston (1)

===Individual awards=== The following is a list of all Danger players who have won league awards: {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| '''Most Improved Player''' |- ! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Season ! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Player ! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Position |- |{{IFL Year|2017}}||Rocky Hinds||QB |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| '''Most Valuable Player''' |- ! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Season ! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Player ! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Position |- |{{IFL Year|2013}}||Jameel Sewell||QB |- |{{IFL Year|2015}}||Jameel Sewell||QB |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| '''Offensive Player of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Season ! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Player ! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Position |- |{{IFL Year|2013}}||Jameel Sewell||QB |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="3" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| '''Offensive Rookie of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Season ! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Player ! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Position |- |{{IFL Year|2015}}||Waymon James||RB |- |{{IFL Year|2019}}||Tommy Armstrong Jr.||QB |} {{col-3}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| '''Defensive Rookie of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Season ! style="width:150px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Player ! style="width:100px; {{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Nebraska Danger}};"| Position |- |{{IFL Year|2016}}||Jabari Gorman||DB |- |{{IFL Year|2017}}||Trey Wafford||DB |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == *[http://www.dangerfootball.com/ Nebraska Danger official website] *[http://www.theindependent.com/sports/danger/ Nebraska Danger] at ''The Grand Island Independent''

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