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OUTLAWS
TRIVIA |
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| "Oklahoma
Outlaws" was the name of a 1943 western
film starring Robert Shayne, Juanita Stark and
Warner Anderson. |
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| Today,
"Arizona Outlaws" is the name of an
amateur rowing club. |
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| The
Oklahoma Outlaws ended Week 3 of the 1984 USFL
season at 2-1-0, despite scoring only 35 points
total. |
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defense to that point had allowed only 27 - 3
against Pittsburgh, 17 against the Denver Gold,
and 7 against the San Antonio Gunslingers. |
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William
Tatham, Jr. was just 29 years old when he began
overseeing the day to day operations of the
Oklahoma Outlaws.
When it was decided that the team would call
Oklahoma home, the Tathams tried to split home
games between Tulsa's Skelly Stadium and Memorial
Stadium in Norman. The University of
Oklahoma wouldn't come to terms with the Outlaws
on leasing the stadium for games, however, and the
team played its 1984 schedule entirely at Skelly.
Skelly Stadium was, and remains, the home of the
University of Tulsa's Golden Hurricanes.
The Outlaws were Oklahoma's first franchise in a
'major' pro sports league.
The Oklahoma Outlaws were one of 4 USFL franchises
(28% of the entire league) to relocate after the
1984 season. In addition to the Outlaws
relocation to Phoenix, the New Orleans Breakers
moved to Portland, the Philadelphia Stars moved to
Baltimore, and the Washington Federals moved to
Orlando and became the Renegades.
Wearing black uniform jerseys with black helmets,
the Oklahoma Outlaws were often confused at first
glance with the Houston Gamblers, who wore a
nearly identical color scheme.
The Oklahoma Outlaws played fewer than half of
their games on Sundays in 1984. 8 of the
team's games were scheduled for Saturdays, 2 for
Friday evenings, and one (a June 18 game against
the defending USFL champion Michigan Panthers) was
slated for ESPN's Monday night telecast. |
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