The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz were an arena football team. The team began play as a 2004 expansion team of the Arena Football League's minor league af2 before becoming a member of the AFL in 2010. Formerly a tenant of the Ford Center from 2004 until 2008, the Yard Dawgz were forced out when the National Basketball Association's Oklahoma City Thunder moved into town; starting in 2009, the Yard Dawgz played across the street at the Cox Convention Center. On October 25, 2010 Yard Dawgz owner Phil Miller announced that he decided not to play in the Arena Football League for the 2011 season. On June 28, 2008, against the Lubbock Renegades, Wide Receiver Al Hunt became only the third player in af2 history to record 1,000 points.
2009 season
After starting the season with a 4–0 record, a team–record four straight opening wins, the Yard Dawgz then dropped five games in a row, the longest losing streak in team history, to drop to 4–5. The Dawgz bounced back to win three in a row to push their record to 7–5, and kept their playoff hopes alive.
On June 20, the Yard Dawgz faced off against the Corpus Christi Sharks. The Yard Dawgz beat the Sharks 93–41 and set an af2 record for points scored in a first half (59) and beat their own franchise record for points scored in a game, which had previously been set against the Tulsa Talons.
Despite a loss against the Spokane Shock on June 26, the Yard Dawgz clinched a playoff berth when Boise beat Central Valley the next night. The playoff appearance marked the fifth time in six years that the Dawgz were in post-season play.
The Yard Dawgz season ended on August 1 at the hands of the Tulsa Talons in the first round of ArenaCup playoffs. With the loss, the Dawgz had dropped five straight postseason games and were winless in the team's history in the playoffs.
2011 season
On October 25, 2010, Yard Dawgz owner Phil Miller announced that he decided not to play in the Arena Football League for the 2011 season. However, the Indoor Football League announced the same day that a new team would play in Oklahoma City in 2011.
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Notable players
See :Category:Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz players
Head coaches
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! rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name
! rowspan="2" | Term
! colspan="4" | Regular Season
! colspan="2" | Playoffs
! rowspan="2" | Awards
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! W
! L
! T
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! W
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| style="text-align:center;"|Gary Reasons
| style="text-align:center;"|,
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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| style="text-align:center;"|Jeff Jarnigan
| style="text-align:center;"|–
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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| style="text-align:center;"|John Fitzgerald
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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| style="text-align:center;"|Sparky McEwen
| style="text-align:center;"|–
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|0
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| style="text-align:center;"|0
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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References
External links
- Official Site
- Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz on ArenaFan