The Nebraska Danger was a professional indoor football team based in

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, and a member of the

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(IFL). The team was founded in 2011 by Charlie Bosselman as an expansion member of the IFL. The Danger played their home games at

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. 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

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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

(IFL) for the season. At the press conference, team owner Charlie Bosselman announced that Sean Ponder would be the team's inaugural head coach, however after just two months on the job, Ponder left the Danger for personal reasons, and Mike Davis was named head coach. On March 7, 2011, the Danger defeated the Wichita Wild 70–59, in the team's first game. On June 28, 2014, the Danger traveled to

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, for a second-straight year looking to defeat the

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for the United Bowl. The Danger came up short again, falling 46–63. On September 7, 2016, Hurtis Chinn was promoted to head coach after Mike Davis announced he was taking a role with the

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. After the 2019 season, the Bosselman family announced they were looking to sell the team. No owner was found before the deadline for participating in the 2020 season.

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Head coach records

Players

Final roster

All-League selections

* QB

(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:

Staff

References

External links

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