After a winless 1996 season, the team relocated to Portland, Oregon, where they played for three seasons as the Portland Forest Dragons. In years of 1997, 1998, and 1999, the Forest Dragons compiled records of 2–12, 4–10, and 7–7, never making the playoffs while in Portland. During the 1998 season the team featured receiver Oronde Gadsden, who won the league's Rookie of the Year award, and went on to sign with the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Portland would see a return of the AFL in 2014 with the Portland Thunder, renamed the Portland Steel in 2016.
Oklahoma Wranglers (2000–2001)edit
After three seasons in Portland, the franchise relocated again, this time to Oklahoma City. The franchise moved after its owner attempted and failed to sell the team to an owner committed to keeping the team in Portland.[2] After relocating, the team changed their name to the Oklahoma Wranglers. The team played in Oklahoma City for two seasons before being disbanded by the league after the 2001 season.[3]
AFL return to Oklahoma Cityedit
The AFL's developmental league af2 welcomed the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz to play from 2004 to 2009. In 2010, nearly a decade after the Wranglers last played, the Yard Dawgz joined the newly reorganized AFL and played only one season before folding.
oklahoma, wranglers, were, professional, arena, football, team, based, oklahoma, city, oklahoma, they, were, members, central, 1996, 1997, western, 1998, 2001, division, american, conference, arena, football, league, they, previously, played, memphis, pharaohs. The Oklahoma Wranglers were a professional arena football team based in Oklahoma City Oklahoma They were members of the Central 1996 1997 and Western 1998 2001 Division of the American Conference of the Arena Football League AFL They previously played as the Memphis Pharaohs and Portland Forest Dragons The team played at the Myriad now known as the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City 1 Oklahoma WranglersEstablished 1995Folded 2001Played in Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma CityLeague conference affiliationsArena Football League 1995 2001 American Conference 1995 2001 Central 1995 1997 Western 1998 2001 Current uniformTeam colorsMaroon black silver white PersonnelOwner s Ed GatlinGeneral managerDavid VanceHead coachBob CorteseTeam historyMemphis Pharaohs 1995 1996 Portland Forest Dragons 1997 1999 Oklahoma Wranglers 2000 2001 ChampionshipsLeague championships 0 Conference championships 0 Division championships 0 Playoff appearances 1 2000Home arena s Myriad Convention Center 2000 2001 Rose Garden Arena Portland Oregon 1997 1999 The Pyramid Memphis Tennessee 1995 1996 Contents 1 History 1 1 Memphis Pharaohs 1995 1996 1 2 Portland Forest Dragons 1997 1999 1 3 Oklahoma Wranglers 2000 2001 2 AFL return to Oklahoma City 3 Season by season 4 Notable players 4 1 Arena Football Hall of Famers 4 2 Individual awards 4 3 All Arena players 4 4 All Ironman players 4 5 All Rookie players 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External linksHistory editMemphis Pharaohs 1995 1996 edit The Memphis Pharaohs played at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee in 1995 and 1996 The team was named the Pharaohs because the capital of ancient Egypt was Memphis Egypt and because they literally played their home games in a pyramid Memphis saw a return of the sport with the Memphis Xplorers of af2 Portland Forest Dragons 1997 1999 edit After a winless 1996 season the team relocated to Portland Oregon where they played for three seasons as the Portland Forest Dragons In years of 1997 1998 and 1999 the Forest Dragons compiled records of 2 12 4 10 and 7 7 never making the playoffs while in Portland During the 1998 season the team featured receiver Oronde Gadsden who won the league s Rookie of the Year award and went on to sign with the NFL s Miami Dolphins Portland would see a return of the AFL in 2014 with the Portland Thunder renamed the Portland Steel in 2016 Oklahoma Wranglers 2000 2001 edit After three seasons in Portland the franchise relocated again this time to Oklahoma City The franchise moved after its owner attempted and failed to sell the team to an owner committed to keeping the team in Portland 2 After relocating the team changed their name to the Oklahoma Wranglers The team played in Oklahoma City for two seasons before being disbanded by the league after the 2001 season 3 AFL return to Oklahoma City editThe AFL s developmental league af2 welcomed the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz to play from 2004 to 2009 In 2010 nearly a decade after the Wranglers last played the Yard Dawgz joined the newly reorganized AFL and played only one season before folding Season by season editMain article List of Oklahoma Wranglers seasonsNotable players editArena Football Hall of Famers edit Oklahoma Wranglers Hall of FamersNo Name Year Inducted Position s Years w Wranglers25 Michael Madison 2001 LB 2000Individual awards edit Rookie of the YearSeason Player Position s 1998 Oronde Gadsden OS Most Inspirational Player of the YearSeason Player Position s 1999 James Guidry QB Don t Blink Player of the YearSeason Player Position s 2001 Lamart Cooper OS All Arena players edit The following Wranglers players were named to All Arena Teams WR DB Darren Hughes 1 Brian Greene 1 OL DL Tom Briggs 1 DS Mark Ricks 1 K Daron Alcorn 2 All Ironman players edit The following Wranglers players were named to All Ironman Teams OL DL Tom Briggs 1 All Rookie players edit The following Wranglers players were named to All Rookie Teams WR LB Bobby McGowens OS Oronde GadsdenIn popular culture editThe character Colt Bennett portrayed by Ashton Kutcher in the Netflix series The Ranch says he was cut by the Portland Forest Dragons References edit Money Jack March 13 2000 Council to Decide if Wranglers Play in Myriad The Oklahoman Retrieved April 8 2023 Arena Football Team to Oklahoma Associated Press November 18 1999 Retrieved April 8 2023 Oklahoma Wranglers Team History Arena Fan Retrieved April 8 2023 External links editAFL Official website nbsp This article about a sports team in Oklahoma is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oklahoma Wranglers amp oldid 1166010380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
