| Team: | Hartford Colonials |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Record: | 3–5 |
| Division Place: | 4th |
| Coach: | Chris Palmer |
| General Manager: | Chris Palmer |
| Owner: | Bill Mayer |
| Stadium: | Rentschler Field |
| Playoffs: | did not qualify |
| Uniform: | File:UFL-Uniform-HAR.png |
| Previous: | 2009 |
| No Nextseason: | true |
The 2010 Hartford Colonials season was the second season for the Hartford Colonials and the first since relocating to Hartford from New York City. The team finished with a 3–5 record and fourth in the league.
See main article: 2010 UFL Draft.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Andre Dixon | RB | Connecticut | |
| 2 | 7 | Anthony Montgomery | DL | Minnesota | |
| 3 | 12 | Shawn Bayes | WR | Kent State | |
| 4 | 17 | Andre Barbour | OL | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 5 | 22 | Simoni Lawrence | LB | Minnesota | |
| 6 | 27 | Tim Mattran | OL | Stanford | |
| 7 | 31 | Robert Ortiz | WR | San Diego State | |
| 8 | 40 | Asaph Schwapp | FB | Notre Dame | |
| 9 | 44 | Brandon Drumgoole | DL | Greensboro College | |
| 10 | 48 | Ben Benshoof | OL | Wingate | |
| 11 | 52 | Clint McPeek | LB | New Mexico | |
| 12 | 56 | Kendall Briscoe | DT | New Mexico | |
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| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | ||||||||
| 1 | Saturday, September 18 | 2:30 p.m. ET | Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 27–10 | 1–0 | Rentschler Field | 14,384 | NESN | |
| 2 | Friday, September 24 | 8:00 p.m. ET | at Omaha Nighthawks | L 26–27 | 1–1 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,067 | HDNet | |
| 3 | Bye | ||||||||
| 4 | Saturday, October 9 | 3:00 p.m. ET | Florida Tuskers | L 20–33 | 1–2 | Rentschler Field | 14,468 | Versus | |
| 5 | Saturday, October 16 | 3:00 p.m. ET | Omaha Nighthawks | L 14–19 | 1–3 | Rentschler Field | 14,056 | NESN | |
| 6 | Saturday, October 23 | 3:30 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 21–24 (OT) | 1–4 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 8,451 | Versus | |
| 7 | Saturday, October 30 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 27–26 | 2–4 | Hornet Stadium | 13,500 | Versus | |
| 8 | Bye | ||||||||
| 9 | Thursday, November 11 | 7:00 p.m. ET | at Florida Tuskers | L 7–41 | 2–5 | Citrus Bowl | 9,637 | HDNet | |
| 10 | Saturday, November 20 | 3:30 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | W 27–14 | 3–5 | Rentschler Field | 14,554 | Versus | |
The first game in the second season of the UFL was a battle of the two teams that relocated during the offseason, the Sacramento Mountain Lions, formerly the California Redwoods, and the Hartford Colonials, formerly the New York Sentinels. Hartford took scored the first 27 points of the game en route to the franchise's first victory in its two-year history, 27–10. Hartford's QB Josh McCown completed 11 of 21 passes for 265 passes and three touchdowns. Daunte Culpepper of the Mountain Lions threw forty passes, completing twenty-one, threw for 174 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Sacramento lost on opening day for the second consecutive season.[2] A record-crowd of 14,384 attended the first professional football game in Hartford since 1973.[3]