2012 Virginia Destroyers season

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The 2012 Virginia Destroyers season was the second and final season for the United Football League franchise and the fourth in the combined history of the Destroyers and its predecessor, the Florida Tuskers.

Personnel

Staff

2012 Virginia Destroyers staff

Front office

  • Owner – Bill Mayer
  • President – John Wuehrmann
  • Director of player personnel – Bret Munsey

Head coaches

  • Head coach/general manager – Kurt Schottenheimer

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Terry Shea
  • Running backs – Gerald Carr
  • Wide receivers – Bob Saunders
  • Offensive line – Bill Laveroni
  • Offensive quality control – Lance Zeno
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – James Willis
  • Defensive line – Tim Krumrie
  • Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia
  • Defensive backs – David Gibbs
  • Defensive quality control – Mickey Mays

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Mike Stock

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength/tight ends – Chet Fuhrman

PA announcer - Henry W. Ayer III

Roster

2012 Virginia Destroyers final roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Derek Devine
  • 14 Chris Greisen
  •  8 Mike McMahon

Running backs

  • 29 Adrian N. Peterson
  • 33 Dominic Rhodes
  • 25 Wynel Seldon
  • 22 Clifton Smith

Wide receivers

  • -- Darvin Adams
  • 19 David Clowney
  • 84 Jonathan Holland
  • -- David Kircus
  • 88 Calvin Russell
  • 81 Ernest Smith
  • 82 John Standeford
  • 15 Huey Whittaker

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 64 George Bussey G
  • 63 Ryan Cave G
  • 61 Stanley Daniels G
  • 66 Anthony Davis G
  • 58 Paul Fenaroli C
  • 77 Chris Patrick T
  • 65 Jose Valdez T
  • 76 Thomas Welch T

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 54 Lee Campbell MLB
  • 52 Savion Frazier OLB
  • 53 Neal Howey MLB
  • 55 Terrence Melton OLB
  • 56 Kerry Neal OLB
  • 50 Tony Taylor OLB
  • -- Jake Trantin OLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

  •  4 Brett Bowden P
  • 57 Clint Mower LS
  •  1 Kenny Spencer K
 Reserve lists
  • -- Anthony Hill TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 93 Mark Robinson DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 96 Kiante Tripp DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 28 Torri Williams SS (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 39 DeAngelo Willingham CB/FS (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Rookies in italics
Roster updated October 19, 2012
50 Active, 5 Inactive

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Wednesday, September 26 9:00 p.m. at Las Vegas Locomotives L 6–19 0–1 Sam Boyd Stadium 2,500
2 Friday, October 5 7:00 p.m. Sacramento Mountain Lions W 37–29 1–1 Virginia Beach Sportsplex 5,316
3 Friday, October 12 7:00 p.m. at Omaha Nighthawks L 10–38 1–2 TD Ameritrade Park
4 Friday, October 19 9:00 p.m. Sacramento Mountain Lions L 17–20 1–3 Virginia Beach Sportsplex
5 Friday, October 26 6:00 p.m. Las Vegas Locomotives Canceled Virginia Beach Sportsplex
6 Friday, November 2 9:00 p.m. at Sacramento Mountain Lions Canceled Raley Field
7 Friday, November 9 9:30 p.m. Omaha Nighthawks Canceled Virginia Beach Sportsplex
8 Wednesday, November 14 7:00 p.m. vs. Omaha Nighthawks Canceled TD Ameritrade Park All times are Eastern Time.

Standings

United Football League
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 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Las Vegas Locomotives 4 0 0 1.000 118 47 W4
Omaha Nighthawks 2 2 0 .500 94 109 L1
Virginia Destroyers 1 3 0 .250 70 106 L2
Sacramento Mountain Lions 1 3 0 .250 78 98 W1


References

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2012 UFL season
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Virginia Destroyers
  • Formerly the Florida Tuskers
  • Founded in 2009
  • Folded in 2012
  • Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Franchise
Stadiums
Head coaches
Key personnel
UFL championships (1)
UFL championship
game appearances (3)
Seasons (4)
League affiliation
  • United Football League