2000 Oklahoma Wranglers season

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2000 Oklahoma Wranglers season
OwnerEd Gatlin [1]
General manager David Vance
Head coach Bob Cortese
Home stadium Myriad Convention Center
Results
Record7–7
Division place3rd
PlayoffsWon Wild Card (at Sea Wolves) 52–38
Lost Quarterfinal (at SaberCats) 40–63

The 2000 Oklahoma Wranglers season is the sixth season for the franchise, and the first in Oklahoma City. The team played in the Arena Football League, and played the previous season in Portland, Oregon as the Portland Forest Dragons. [2] The team was coached by Bob Cortese and played their home games at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Wranglers finished third in the American Conference West Division with a 7–7 record earned the 10 seed for the AFL playoffs. [3] They lost in the quarterfinals to the San Jose SaberCats.

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Schedule

Regular season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueGame
recap
1April 15 Buffalo Destroyers W 62–51 [4] 1–0 Myriad Convention Center Recap
2April 21 San Jose SaberCats W 68–642–0Myriad Convention Center Recap
3May 1at Los Angeles Avengers W 59–333–0Staples Center Recap
4May 5 Los Angeles Avengers W 65–444–0Myriad Convention Center Recap
5May 12at San Jose SaberCats L 30–374–1 San Jose Arena Recap
6May 19at New England Sea Wolves L 42–494–2 Hartford Civic Center Recap
7May 26 Orlando Predators L 28–354–3Myriad Convention Center Recap
8June 10at New Jersey Red Dogs L 40–564–4 Continental Airlines Arena Recap
9June 15at Arizona Rattlers L 28–424–5 America West Arena Recap
10June 24 Iowa Barnstormers W 58–505–5Myriad Convention Center Recap
11July 3 Arizona Rattlers L 29–565–6Myriad Convention Center Recap
12July 7at Florida Bobcats W 47–226–6 National Car Rental Center Recap
13July 15at Milwaukee Mustangs L 39–496–7 Bradley Center Recap
14July 20 Grand Rapids Rampage W 59–177–7Myriad Convention Center Recap

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultVenueGame
recap
Wild CardJuly 28 New England Sea Wolves (7)W 52–38 Hartford Civic Center Recap
QuarterfinalsAugust 4vs. San Jose SaberCats (1)L 20–31 San Jose Arena Recap

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kramer, Bill (April 15, 2000). "Wranglers owner brings new football to old football state". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Kramer, Bill (January 7, 2000). "Wranglers new name for AFL team" . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2000 Oklahoma Wranglers". Arenafan.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Destroyers fall in opener". The Buffalo News . Buffalo, New York. April 16, 2000. p. 15. Retrieved January 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


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