Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz Wiki Information

The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz are a 2004 expansion team of the Arena Football League's minor league af2. Due to renovations at the Ford Center during the 2009 season, the Yard Dawgz play at the Cox Convention Center, located in downtown Oklahoma City. The team will return to the Ford Center for the 2010 season.

The Yard Dawgz were founded in 2003 by Barry Switzer, Jeff Lund and Horn Chen. Jeff Lund recently sold the franchise to local businessman, Phil Miller. Miller is also the owner of several Oklahoma based businesses including Long Wave Incorporated, DocSoft Inc. and South-20 Inc.

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Team history

Three straight winning seasons

The Yard Dawgz had a successful first year on and off the field by leading the league in attendance and finishing the regular season with 10-6 record to finish second in the Southwest Division of the National Conference.

In 2005, The Yard Dawgz had another successful year, despite changing divisions, by coming in third in attendance and finishing the regular season with 10-6 record to finish second in the Midwest Division of the National Conference. The Dawgz lost in the first round to the Amarillo Dusters.

The Yard Dawgz had their best showing in 2006 with a record of 11-5 and their third playoff appearance. Kicker A.J. Haglund won the af2 Kicker of the Year award and Quarterback Craig Strickland became the only player in af2 history to reach 20,000 passing yards for their career.

First losing season

In 2007, under head coach John Fitzgerald, the Yard Dawgz had the second leading offense in the league - averaging 310.9 yd/game. Despite finishing 7-9, the team made their fourth consecutive playoff appearance. Three members of the 2007 Yard Dawgz earned All-af2 First Team honors - WR/DB Al Hunt, Center Gene Frederic, and OL/DL Barry Giles.

Historical News from 2008

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 out the season with a promising team record 4-0 record, the Yard Dawgz dropped five straight games in a row, the longest in team history, to drop to 4-5. Since then, the Dawgz have won 3 straight to push their record to 7-5 with an eye still on the playoffs.

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 the first half (59) and beat the franchise record of points scored in a game that was originally set against the Tulsa Talons.

Despite a loss to the Spokane Shock on June 26th, the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz clinched a playoff berth after a loss by Central Valley to Boise the next night. The playoff appearance will mark the 5th time in 6 years the Dawgz will be in post-season play.

The Yard Dawgz season ended on August 1st at the hands of the Tulsa Talons in the first round of ArenaCup playoffs. With the loss, the Dawgz have have dropped five straight post season games and are winless in the team's history in the playoffs. The Dawgz are selling season tickets for the 2010 season.

Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2004	10	6	0	2nd NC Southwest	Lost Week 1 (Peoria 45-36)
2005	10	6	0	2nd NC Midwest	Lost Week 1 (Amarillo 59-56)
2006	11	5	0	2nd NC Midwest	Lost Week 1 (Arkansas 47-43)
2007	7	9	0	3rd NC Central	Lost Week 1 (Tulsa 65-27)
2008	6	10	0	5th NC Central	--
2009	7	9	0	2nd NC Central	Lost Week 1 (Tulsa 90-75)
Totals	51	50	0	(including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

2009 schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result
1	March 27	Amarillo Dusters	Away	W 76-29
2	April 4	South Georgia Wildcats	Home	W 66-58
3	April 11	Central Valley Coyotes	Home	W 76-38
4	April 18	BYE
5	April 25	Amarillo Dusters	Home	W 41–27
6	May 1	Rio Grande Valley Dorados	Home	L 73-74
7	May 9	Tulsa Talons	Away	L 56-75
8	May 16	Tennessee Valley Vipers	Away	L 24-49
9	May 25	Corpus Christi Sharks	Away	L 62-65
10	May 30	Tulsa Talons	Home	L 46-73
11	June 5	Arkansas Twisters	Away	W 56-54
12	June 13	Milwaukee Iron	Home	W 63-28
13	June 20	Corpus Christi Sharks	Home	W 93-41
14	June 26	Spokane Shock	Away	L 28-61
15	July 3	Rio Grande Valley Dorados	Away	L 43-46
16	July 11	Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings	Home	L 67-69
17	July 18	BYE
18	July 25	Iowa Barnstormers	Away	L 59-63
Post Season (Round 1)	August 2	Tulsa Talons	Away	L 75–90