Gold Helmet with Black mask.

California Redwoods (2009)[edit]

The team began play as the California Redwoods in October 2009. (Early trademark filings had suggested the UFL would name the team the "San Francisco Rockfish," a name that was dumped before any public announcement.)^[1] In the league's 2009 season, the Redwoods played were originally slated to play all of its home games at AT&T Park in San Francisco, including the first-ever UFL game. Due to a conflict with the San Francisco Giants, the UFL's first game was instead played in Las Vegas. Poor attendance in San Francisco led to the league relocating one of the Redwoods' home games to Spartan Stadium in San Jose.

Former NFL head coach Dennis Green was hired as the Redwoods' head coach prior to the season. He led the team to a 2–4 record in its first season, finishing in third place.

Schedule[edit]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
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
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

 

Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–2012)[edit]

2010 season[edit]

League commissioner Michael Huyghue announced shortly after the end of the 2009 regular season that the team would "likely" move permanently to San Jose for the 2010 season.^[2] On March 3, 2010, the league declared that the team would permanently relocate instead to Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California for 2010, as part of a deal with Sacramento State University that saw the UFL provide a new artificial turf for the facility.

Despite the "California Redwoods" name still being valid (as the team remained the only UFL team in the state), league officials also announced that the California Redwoods branding would be abandoned. A new name was decided through a fan vote, though the name "Redwoods" remained a possible choice.^[3] On April 6, 2010, the league announced that the franchise would be known as the Sacramento Mountain Lions.^[4]

Additionally, head coach Dennis Green added the title of general manager following the season; he replaced league-wide general manager Rick Mueller, who handled the duties in 2009.

On September 25, the team won their first game in Sacramento, 24-20, becoming the first team to defeat the Florida Tuskers in the regular season, in front of a reported crowd of over 20,000.

Schedule[edit]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 18	11:30 a.m. PT	at Hartford Colonials	L 10–27	0–1	Rentschler Field	14,384	NESN
2	Saturday, September 25	8:00 p.m. PT	Florida Tuskers	W 24–20	1–1	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
3	Saturday, October 2	5:30 p.m. PT	at Omaha Nighthawks	L 17–20	1–2	Rosenblatt Stadium	23,416	HDNet
4	Bye
5	Friday, October 15	8:00 p.m. PT	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 3–26	1–3	Hornet Stadium	19,000	HDNet
6	Thursday, October 21	4:00 p.m. PT	at Florida Tuskers	W 21–17	2–3	Citrus Bowl	10,066	HDNet
7	Saturday, October 30	8:00 p.m. PT	Hartford Colonials	L 26–27	2–4	Hornet Stadium	13,500	Versus
8	Saturday, November 6	8:00 p.m. PT	at Las Vegas Locomotives	W 27–24	3–4	Sam Boyd Stadium	13,622	Versus
9	Saturday, November 13	8:00 p.m. PT	Omaha Nighthawks	W 41–3	4–4	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
10	Bye

2011 season[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Week	Date	Kickoff *	Opponent	Results		Game site
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 17	7:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–23	0–1	Hornet Stadium
2	Bye
3	Saturday, October 1	4:00 p.m.	Omaha Nighthawks	L 30–33	0–2	Hornet Stadium
4	Friday, October 7	4:00 p.m.	at Virginia Destroyers	L 6–28	0–3	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
5	Saturday, October 15	4:00 p.m.	Virginia Destroyers	W 27–20 (OT)	1–3	Hornet Stadium
6	Friday, October 21 †	6:00 p.m.	at Omaha Nighthawks	W 25–19	2–3	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
* All times are Pacific Time. † Postseason Consolation Game.

2012 season[edit]

Head coach Dennis Green left the team after the 2011 season amid dispute and legal action; he was replaced by Turk Schonert. The team also left Hornet Stadium, its home stadium of 2010 and 2011, without attempting to negotiate a lease renewal. Instead, the team signed a deal with Raley Field, a predominantly baseball-oriented park built for the Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League, for the team's four 2012 home games.

The UFL's financial woes, a new venue, less prominent coach, and continued on-field shortcomings hurt the Mountain Lions' attendance figures in 2012, although not nearly to the same extent as the other three UFL markets. Reports of players and staff not getting paid, as well as the 2011 season getting cut short, tested the devotion of fans, as many considered the UFL a dead product. The UFL abruptly halted the season again after four games and pledged to continue its season in 2013, a promise that never came to fruition because of lawsuits against the league.

Season-by-season records[edit]

Team	Season	W	L	T	Avg.	Finish	Post Season	Awards	Avg. Attendance
California Redwoods	2009	2	4	0	.333	3rd			5,830
Sacramento Mountain Lions	2010	4	4	0	.500	3rd			18,125
Sacramento Mountain Lions	2011	1	3	0	.250	4th			18,775
Sacramento Mountain Lions	2012	1	3	0	.250	TBD
Totals		8	14	0	.350	-	-	-	14,171

Records vs. teams[edit]

This includes postseason games.

Team	Record	Percent
Hartford Colonials	2-2	.500
Las Vegas Locomotives	1-4	.200
Florida Tuskers/Virginia Destroyers	3-4	.429
Omaha Nighthawks	1-3	.250

Home, away, and neutral records[edit]

Location	Record	Percent
Home	3-7	.300
Away	4-6	.400
Neutral	0-0	.000