2020 Los Angeles Wildcats season

2020 Los Angeles Wildcats season
Owner	Alpha Entertainment, LLC
General manager	Winston Moss
Head coach	Winston Moss
Home stadium	Dignity Health Sports Park
Results
Record	2–3
League place	Tie 2nd XFL West
Los Angeles Wildcats

The 2020 Los Angeles Wildcats season was the only season for the Los Angeles Wildcats as a professional American football franchise. They played as charter members of the XFL, one of eight teams to compete in the league for the 2020 season. The Wildcats played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park and were led by head coach Winston Moss.

Their inaugural season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the XFL officially suspended operations for the remainder of the season on March 20, 2020. ^[1]

Offseason

XFL draft

Tier 1 Quarterback Allocations

Player	Pos.	College
Luis Perez	QB	Texas A&M–Commerce

Phase 1: Skill Players

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	8	Elijah Hood	RB	North Carolina
2	9	Rashad Ross	WR	Arizona State
3	24	Nelson Spruce	WR	Colorado
4	25	Brandon Barnes	TE	Alabama State
5	40	Larry Rose III	RB	New Mexico State
6	41	KD Cannon	WR	Baylor
7	56	Martez Carter	RB	Grambling State
8	57	Keyarris Garrett	WR	Tulsa
9	72	Scott Orndoff	TE	Pittsburgh
10	73	Donteea Dye	WR	Heidelberg

Phase 2: Offensive line

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	Storm Norton	OT	Toledo
2	16	Fred Lauina	G	Oregon State
3	17	Ryan Pope	OT	San Diego State
4	32	Jaelin Robinson	OT	Temple
5	33	Damien Mama	G	USC
6	48	Nico Siragusa	G	San Diego State
7	49	Ryan Cummings	OT	Wyoming
8	64	Lene Maiava	OT	Arizona
9	65	Tyler Roemer	OT	San Diego State
10	80	Anthony Morris	OT	Tennessee State

Phase 3: Defensive Front Seven

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	4	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU
2	13	Eric Pinkins	LB	San Diego State
3	20	Latarius Brady	DT	Memphis
4	29	Willie Mays	DE	Tiffin
5	36	Tre' Williams	LB	Auburn
6	45	Leon Orr	DT	Florida
7	52	Reggie Howard	DT	Toledo
8	61	Corey Vereen	DE	Tennessee
9	68	Adrian Hubbard	DE	Alabama
10	77	Owen Roberts	DT	San Jose State

Phase 4: Defensive backs

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	5	Jack Tocho	CB	North Carolina State
2	12	Jaylen Dunlap	CB	Illinois
3	21	C.J. Moore	CB	North Carolina Central
4	28	Roman Tatum	CB	Southern Illinois
5	37	Jordan Powell	S	Widener
6	44	Ahmad Dixon	S	Baylor
7	53	Harlan Miller	CB	Southeastern Louisiana
8	60	Jerome Couplin	S	William & Mary
9	69	Mike Stevens	CB	North Carolina State
10	76	Bryce Cheek	CB	Akron

Phase 5: Open Draft

Player	Pos.	College
Adonis Jennings	WR	Temple
Shawn Oakman	DE	Baylor
Andrew Williams	DT	Auburn
Taiwan Jones	LB	Michigan State

Standings

2020 XFL standings v t e
East Division [2]
Team	W	L	PCT	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
DC Defenders	3	2	.600	-3	9	12	2–1	82	89	-7	W1
St. Louis Battlehawks	3	2	.600	3	11	8	1–1	97	77	20	L1
New York Guardians	3	2	.600	-1	8	9	1–2	79	85	-6	W2
Tampa Bay Vipers	1	4	.200	-4	11	15	1–1	98	115	-17	L1
West Division [2]
Team	W	L	PCT	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
Houston Roughnecks	5	0	1.000	7	21	14	3–0	158	111	47	W5
Dallas Renegades	2	3	.400	-3	9	12	2–1	90	102	-12	L2
Los Angeles Wildcats	2	3	.400	4	18	14	0–2	129	122	7	W1
Seattle Dragons	1	4	.200	-3	12	15	0–2	87	119	-32	L3
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched conference; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Schedule

All times Pacific

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	TV	Opponent	Results		Location
						Score	Record
1	Saturday	February 8	2:00 p.m.	Fox	at Houston Roughnecks	L 17–37	0–1	TDECU Stadium
2	Sunday	February 16	12:00 p.m.	ABC	Dallas Renegades	L 18–25	0–2	Dignity Health Sports Park
3	Sunday	February 23	3:00 p.m.	FS1	DC Defenders	W 39–9	1–2	Dignity Health Sports Park
4	Saturday	February 29	11:00 a.m.	ABC	at New York Guardians	L 14–17	1–3	MetLife Stadium
5	Sunday	March 8	6:00 p.m.	ESPN	Tampa Bay Vipers	W 41–34	2–3	Dignity Health Sports Park
6	Sunday	March 15	4:00 p.m.	ESPN	at Seattle Dragons	Not played		CenturyLink Field
7	Saturday	March 21	2:00 p.m.	Fox	at St. Louis BattleHawks			The Dome at America's Center
8	Sunday	March 29	12:00 p.m.	ABC	Houston Roughnecks			Dignity Health Sports Park
9	Sunday	April 5	3:00 p.m.	FS1	Seattle Dragons			Dignity Health Sports Park
10	Thursday	April 9	5:00 p.m.	Fox	at Dallas Renegades			Globe Life Park in Arlington

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Final roster

2020 Los Angeles Wildcats final roster

	Quarterbacks  8 Josh Johnson  3 Chad Kanoff  2 Jalan McClendon Running backs -- Terrell Alex 28 Martez Carter 38 Winston Dimel FB 41 DuJuan Harris 34 Elijah Hood 24 Larry Rose Wide receivers -- Sergio Bailey 80 Saeed Blacknall 17 Jalen Greene 18 Adonis Jennings 15 Tre McBride 84 Jordan Smallwood 11 Nelson Spruce Tight ends 88 De'Quan Hampton -- Ryan O'Malley		Offensive linemen -- Sean Brown T 59 Fred Lauina G 75 Lene Maiava T 72 Storm Norton T 73 Jaelin Robinson T 74 Tyler Roemer T 56 Nico Siragusa G 66 Patrick Vahe C 62 Dwayne Wallace G Defensive linemen 99 Latarius Brady DE 90 Roderick Henderson NT 97 Reggie Howard NT 95 Alex Jenkins DE 77 Shawn Oakman DE 91 Boogie Roberts DE 96 Andrew Stelter NT 98 Devin Taylor DE		Linebackers -- Alex Funches 50 Quentin Gause ILB 54 Taiwan Jones ILB 59 Victor Ochi OLB 94 Cedric Reed OLB 57 Will Smith ILB 52 Tre' Williams ILB Defensive backs -- Bryce Cheek CB 22 Jerome Couplin S 21 Mar'Sean Diggs S 36 Ahmad Dixon S 20 Jaylen Dunlap CB 27 Harlan Miller CB 33 Arrion Springs CB 23 Mike Stevens CB 30 Bradley Sylve CB 47 Roman Tatum CB 29 Jack Tocho S 32 LaDarius Wiley S Special teams 45 Ryan Navarro LS  4 Giorgio Tavecchio K  7 Shane Tripucka P		Reserve lists 82 Brandon Barnes TE (IR) -- Ryan Cummings G (IR) -- Toa Lobendahn G (IR) 44 Willie Mays OLB (IR) 70 Kahlil McKenzie G/C (IR) -- Anthony Morris OT (IR)  9 Nick Novak K (IR) -- Damian Prince OT (IR) 93 Trevon Sanders DE (IR)  6 Colton Schmidt P (IR) 57 active, 10 inactive

Staff

2020 Los Angeles Wildcats staff

Front office Director of player personnel – Joey Clinkscales Director of football operations – Charles Bailey Manager of football operations – Ty Knott Head coaches Head coach/general manager – Winston Moss Assistant head coach/tight ends – Ty Knott Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Norm Chow Running backs – Dave Atkins Receivers – Mike Wilson Offensive line – Jerry Fontenot Offensive quality control – Kade Rannings

Defensive coaches Defensive line – Vince Amey Defensive backs – Otis Smith Defensive quality control – Al Brown Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator/safeties – Martin Bayless

Game summaries

Week 1: at Houston Roughnecks

Week 1 — Los Angeles at Houston

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	8	9	0	0	17
Roughnecks	6	12	8	11	37

at TDECU Stadium, Houston, Texas

• Date: Saturday, February 8
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. PST
• Game weather: Partly cloudy • Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind: ESE 10 mph
• Game attendance: 17,815
• Referee: Brandon Cruse ^[4]
• TV announcers (Fox): Curt Menefee (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), Brock Huard (sideline)

Game information

First quarter HOU – Cam Phillips 50-yard pass from Phillip Walker (1-pt. failed), 13:44. Roughnecks 6–0. Drive: 3 plays, 61 yards, 1:23. LA – Chad Kanoff 5-yard run (2-pt. good), 7:49. Wildcats 8–6. Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards, 5:58. Second quarter LA – Jordan Smallwood 11-yard pass from Chad Kanoff (2-pt. failed), 9:26. Wildcats 14–6. Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:18. HOU – James Butler 16-yard pass from Phillip Walker (2-pt. failed), 7:22. Wildcats 14–12. Drive: 5 plays, 73 yards, 2:06. LA – Nick Novak 35-yard field goal, 1:30. Wildcats 17–12. Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards, 5:49. HOU – Sam Mobley 39-yard pass from Phillip Walker (2-pt. failed), 1:10. Roughnecks 18–17. Drive: 2 plays, 39 yards, 0:23. Third quarter HOU – Kahlil Lewis 4-yard pass from Phillip Walker (2-pt. good), 9:04. Roughnecks 26–17. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards, 3:46. Fourth quarter HOU – Sergio Castillo 44-yard field goal, 14:26. Roughnecks 29–17. Drive: 9 plays, 38 yards, 4:05. HOU – James Butler 4-yard run (2-pt. good), 10:01. Roughnecks 37–17. Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards, 2:44. Top passers LA – Chad Kanoff – 21/40, 214 yards, TD, INT HOU – Phillip Walker – 23/39, 272 yards, 4 TD, INT Top rushers LA – Elijah Hood – 12 rushes, 43 yards HOU – James Butler – 9 carries, 30 yards, TD Top receivers LA – Nelson Spruce – 11 receptions, 103 yards HOU – Cam Phillips – 4 receptions, 67 yards, TD

Week 2: vs. Dallas Renegades

Week 2 — Dallas at Los Angeles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Renegades	0	3	3	19	25
Wildcats	0	3	0	15	18

at Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles, California

• Date: Sunday, February 16
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. PST
• Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind: SW 3 mph
• Game attendance: 14,979
• Referee: Reggie Smith ^[5]
• TV announcers (ABC): Tom Hart (play-by-play), Joey Galloway (analyst), Pat McAfee (sideline)

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter LA – Nick Novak 47-yard field goal, 3:11. Wildcats 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 38 yards, 4:39. DAL – Austin MacGinnis 41-yard field goal, 0:11. Tied 3–3. Drive: 12 plays, 50 yards, 2:49. Third quarter DAL – Austin MacGinnis 45-yard field goal, 1:06. Renegades 6–3. Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards, 6:04. Fourth quarter LA – Nelson Spruce 6-yard pass from Josh Johnson (1-pt. failed), 11:57. Wildcats 9–6. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:05. DAL – Cameron Artis-Payne 21-yard rush (1-pt. good), 9:00. Renegades 13–9. Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, 2:58. DAL – Donald Parham 3-yard pass from Landry Jones (1-pt. failed), 5:02. Renegades 19–9. Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, 2:14. LA – Nelson Spruce 44-yard pass from Josh Johnson (3-pt. good), 4:45. Renegades 19–18. Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards, 0:18. DAL – Cameron Artis-Payne 17-yard rush (1-pt. failed), 1:14. Renegades 25–18. Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 3:31. Top passers DAL – Landry Jones – 28/40, 305 yards, TD, 2 INT LA – Josh Johnson – 18/34, 196 yards, 2 TD Top rushers DAL – Cameron Artis-Payne – 14 carries, 99 yards, 2 TD LA – Elijah Hood – 10 carries, 31 yards Top receivers DAL – Donald Parham – 5 receptions, 76 yards, TD LA – Nelson Spruce – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD

Week 3: vs. DC Defenders

Week 3 – DC at Los Angeles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Defenders	0	3	0	6	9
Wildcats	6	21	6	6	39

at Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles, CA

• Date: Sunday, February 23
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. PST
• Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Wind: N 3 mph
• Game attendance: 12,211
• Referee: Tra Blake ^[6]
• TV announcers (FS1): Curt Menefee (play-by-play), Greg Olsen (analyst), Jenny Taft (sideline)

Game information

First quarter LA – Tre McBride 40-yard pass from Josh Johnson (2-pt. failed), 12:27. Wildcats 6–0. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 2:50. Second quarter LA – Larry Rose 1-yard rush (2-pt. good), 14:24. Wildcats 14–0. Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, 2:20. LA – Tre McBride 28-yard pass from Josh Johnson (1-pt. failed), 8:47. Wildcats 20–0. Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 3:19. LA – Martez Carter 1-yard rush (1-pt. good), 4:48. Wildcats 27–0. Drive: 2 plays, 4 yards, 0:32. DC – Tyler Rausa 32-yard field goal, 0:30. Wildcats 27–3. Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 0:56. Third quarter LA – Martez Carter 18-yard pass from Josh Johnson (1-pt. failed), 6:45. Wildcats 33–3. Drive: 7 plays, 96 yards, 2:47. Fourth quarter LA – Martez Carter 20-yard rush (1-pt. failed), 11:39. Wildcats 39–3. Drive: 7 plays, 94 yards, 3:45. DC – Nick Brosette 38-yard rush (3-pt. failed), 7:33. Wildcats 39–9. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 4:08. Top passers DC – Cardale Jones – 13/26, 103 yards, 4 INT LA – Josh Johnson – 18/25, 278 yards, 3 TD Top rushers DC – Nick Brosette – 8 carries, 75 yards, TD LA – Martez Carter – 11 carries, 34 yards, 2 TD Top receivers DC – Khari Lee – 3 receptions, 38 yards LA – Tre McBride – 5 receptions, 109 yards, 2 TD

Week 4: at New York Guardians

Week 4 — Los Angeles at New York

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	6	0	8	0	14
Guardians	3	11	0	3	17

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

• Date: Saturday, February 29
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 41 °F (5 °C) • Wind: SE 13 mph
• Referee: James Carter ^[7]
• TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Tom Luginbill and Dianna Russini (sideline)

Game information

First quarter NY – Matt McCrane 51-yard field goal, 5:51. Guardians 3–0. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards, 5:15. LA – Tre McBride 4-yard pass from Josh Johnson (2-pt. failed), 0:07. 'Wildcats 6–3. Drive: 10 plays, 68 yards, 5:43. Second quarter NY – Matt McCrane 23-yard field goal, 8:15. Tied 6–6. Drive: 12 plays, 60 yards, 6:51. NY – Mekale McKay 3-yard pass from Luis Perez (2-pt. good), 1:31. Guardians 14–6. Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards, 4:32. Third quarter LA – Saeed Blacknall 42-yard pass from Josh Johnson (2-pt. good), 4:45. Tied 14–14. Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 1:47. Fourth quarter NY – Matt McCrane 47-yard field goal, 10:57. Guardians 17–14. Drive: 9 plays, 26 yards, 4:18. Top passers LA – Josh Johnson – 25/40, 330 yards, 2 TD, INT NY – Luis Perez – 18/26, 150 yards, TD Top rushers LA – DuJuan Harris – 5 carries, 25 yards NY – Darius Victor – 18 carries, 82 yards Top receivers LA – Tre McBride – 8 receptions, 127 yards, 1 TD NY – Colby Pearson – 5 receptions, 34 yards

Week 5: Tampa Bay Vipers

Week 5 — Tampa Bay at Los Angeles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Vipers	10	14	0	10	34
Wildcats	0	20	7	14	41

at Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles, California

• Date: Sunday, March 8
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. PST
• Referee: Reggie Smith ^[8]
• TV announcers (ESPN): Tom Hart (play-by-play), Joey Galloway (analyst), Pat McAfee (sideline)

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Top passers TB – LA – Top rushers TB – LA – Top receivers TB – LA –

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