Northern Kentucky Nightmare

The Northern Kentucky Nightmare was a professional indoor football team based in Highland Heights, Kentucky and were members of American Indoor Football that began play in the 2016 season. The Nightmare, who were nominally a replacement for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters (a team that had played in various indoor leagues during the early 2010s), played all their games on the road during the 2016 season.^[1][2] Following the 2016 season, the AIF ceased operations, and the Nightmare were left without a league. In September 2016, owner W. Leland Bennett III was listed as the owner of another proposed Northern Kentucky indoor football team in negotiations with joining the new Arena Developmental League, but were later removed from the league in November.

Northern Kentucky Nightmare
Established 2016 Folded 2016 Played in Highland Heights, Kentucky
League/conference affiliations
American Indoor Football (2016)
Current uniform
Team colors	Light blue, black, white
Personnel
Owner(s)	W. Leland Bennett III Kyle Hogan
Head coach	Mike Goodpaster
Team history
Northern Kentucky Nightmare (2016)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)

Final roster

Northern Kentucky Nightmare roster
Quarterbacks 17 Antonio Davis  6 Brandon Hanna Running backs 13 Jimmy Connor -- Maurice Grinter Wide receivers  9 Mike Brown 22 Mercier Doucette 85 Dyshaun Edwards -- Jason Johnson  8 Nez Mincy  1 Robert Redd 18 Derrick Shearer 10 Chris Spalding 36 Lamar Taborn		Offensive linemen -- Bob Beeler -- Deon Brooks II 95 Juleon Harrison 74 Matt Money -- Marwan Odeh 78 Rick Schmeig Defensive linemen 95 Demetrius Blasingame 56 T. J. Gholston -- Vincent Harris -- Rico Middlebrooks  6 Jameel Peeples 99 Luke Scarborough 50 Howard Watkins		Linebackers 32 David Hampton 35 Luke Kling 48 Tommie McBride 59 Keilan Woods Defensive backs -- Akiel Belfon  3 Sergio Freeman  4 T. J. Harris 22 Antwan Hill 12 Kyle James 21 DeMario Pleasant  2 Justin Williams  5 Ontario Williams Kickers 16 Mitchell Jett		Injured reserve currently vacant Transfer list currently vacant Refuse to report currently vacant rookies in italics Roster updated May 10, 2016 39 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff

Northern Kentucky Nightmare staff
	Front office Co-owner – W. Leland Bennett III Co-owner - Kyle Hogan			Head Coach Head coach – Mike Goodpaster Assistant coaches Offensive coordinator – Kyle Hogan

Statistics and records

Season record

Season	League	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
			Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
2016	AIF	Northern	10th	0	5	0

Head coaches' records

Name	Term	Regular season				Playoffs		Awards
		W	L	T	Win%	W	L
Mike Goodpaster	2016	0	5	0	.000	—	—

2016 season

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times were local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	February 27	7:05pm	at River City Raiders	L 6–47[3]	0–1	Family Arena
2	BYE
3	Sunday	March 13	7:00pm	at Chicago Blitz	L 22–33	0–2	Odeum Expo Center
4	Sunday	March 20	7:05pm	at West Michigan Ironmen	L 37–65	0–3	L. C. Walker Arena
5	BYE
6	BYE
7	Saturday	April 9	7:05pm	at Chicago Blitz	L 24–36	0–4	Odeum Expo Center
8	BYE
9	BYE
10	Saturday	April 30	7:00pm	at West Michigan Ironmen	L 27–55[4]	0–5	L. C. Walker Arena
11	Sunday	May 8	3:05pm	at River City Raiders	Cancelled		Family Arena
12	BYE
13	BYE
14	BYE

Standings

2016 AIF Northern standings view talk edit
Team	W	L	PCT
y – West Michigan Ironmen	6	1	.857
x – River City Raiders	6	1	.857
x – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	2	.750
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets	4	3	.571
Central Penn Capitals	4	4	.500
Chicago Blitz	3	3	.500
Triangle Torch	3	4	.429
Winston Wildcats	3	5	.375
Maryland Eagles	0	2	.000
Northern Kentucky Nightmare	0	5	.000