Los Angeles Wildcats (XFL)

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Los Angeles Wildcats
Team logo
Established2018
Folded2020 (2022 Officially)
Based in
XFL
DivisionWest (2020)[1]
ColorsBlack, red, light orange[2]
     
Current sports event 2020 Los Angeles Wildcats season

The Los Angeles Wildcats (LA Wildcats) were a professional

XFL. The Wildcats played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park. On March 8, 2020, the Wildcats played their final game against the Tampa Bay Vipers, which was the final XFL game before the league suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic
.

History

On December 5, 2018, Los Angeles was announced as one of eight cities that would join the newly reformed XFL, as well as

Dallas.[3] On May 7, 2019, Winston Moss was announced as the team's head coach.[4] On August 21, 2019, the team revealed its name, logos, and identity as the Los Angeles Wildcats, alongside the rest of the XFL teams.[5]
A secondary logo was released August 24.

On October 15, 2019, the Wildcats announced their first player in team history, being assigned former Birmingham Iron Quarterback Luis Perez, who was later traded to the New York Guardians.[6]

On February 8, 2020, the team played its first game losing to the Houston Roughnecks 37–17 in Houston.[7] Chad Kanoff scored the first touchdown in franchise history with a scramble left for a five-yard score.[8] On February 23, 2020, the Wildcats earned their first win in franchise history, defeating the DC Defenders 39–9.[9] On March 8, 2020, the Wildcats came from behind to win against the Tampa Bay Vipers 41–34 in what was the final game of the 2020 iteration of the XFL. On March 12, 2020, The XFL announced that the remainder of the 2020 XFL season had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team finished with a 2–3 record. On April 10, 2020, the XFL suspended operations, with all of the league's employees, players, and staff terminated.[10]

On July 24, 2022, the XFL announced its reactivation for the 2023 season, and confirmed that the Wildcats would not return for that season. On October 31, 2022, the league announced that the Wildcats' place in the league was taken by the San Antonio Brahmas.

Final Roster

2020 Los Angeles Wildcats final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

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

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


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
Offensive coaches
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches

Player History

Current NFL Players

XFL Season Pos Name NFL Team
2020 OT Storm Norton Atlanta Falcons
2020 QB Josh Johnson Baltimore Ravens

Notable Players

XFL Season Pos Name Notes
2020 RB DuJuan Harris Former Green Bay Packers Running Back
2020 P Colton Schmidt Former Buffalo Bills Punter
2020 K Nick Novak Former San Diego Chargers Kicker

Coach History

Head Coach history

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
GC W L Win % GC W L
Los Angeles Wildcats
1 Winston Moss 2020 5 2 3 .400 - - -

Offensive Coordinator history

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
GC W L Win % GC W L
Los Angeles Wildcats
1 Norm Chow 2020 5 2 3 .400 - - -

Defensive Coordinator history

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
GC W L Win % GC W L
Los Angeles Wildcats
1 Pepper Johnson 2020 1 0 1 .000 - - -
2 Winston Moss 2020 4 2 2 .500 - - -

Rivalries

Overall Regular Season Record vs. Opponents

Team Record Win %
Vegas Vipers 1-0 1.000
DC Defenders 1-0 1.000
Houston Roughnecks 0-1 .000
Orlando Guardians 0-1 .000
Arlington Renegades 0-1 .000
Seattle Sea Dragons 0-0 N/A
St. Louis Battlehawks 0-0 N/A

Records

All-time WIldcats leaders
Leader Player Record Years with Wildcats
Passing Yards Josh Johnson 1,092 passing yards 2020
Passing Touchdowns Josh Johnson 11 passing touchdowns 2020
Rushing Yards Elijah Hood 78 rushing yards 2020
Rushing Touchdowns Martez Carter 2 rushing touchdowns 2020
Receiving Yards Nelson Spruce 267 receiving yards 2020
Receiving Touchdowns Tre McBride 4 receicivng touchdowns 2020
Receptions Nelson Spruce 20 receptions 2020
Tackles Ahmad Dixon 45 tackles 2020
Sacks Cedric Reed 3.0 sacks 2020
Interceptions Mike Stevens

Jack Tocho

2 Interceptions

2 Interceptions

2020

2020

Coaching wins Winston Moss 2 wins 2020

Market overview

Los Angeles is one of two cities to have also hosted a team in the original XFL, the other being New York/New Jersey; the Los Angeles Xtreme was the champion of the earlier XFL in the league's only season. (A third broader megalopolis, Central Florida, has also hosted teams in both the 2001 and 2020 incarnations of the league.)

As television networks have traditionally required alternative leagues to field teams in New York and Los Angeles to secure television coverage without

LA KISS, Anaheim Piranhas and Los Angeles Cobras in the Arena Football League; the Los Angeles Express in the USFL; the Southern California Sun in the World Football League; the Orange County Ramblers and short-lived Long Beach Admirals in the Continental Football League; and numerous teams in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League
in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Wildcats were in one of the most heavily crowded sports markets in the United States, competing for sports dollars against two

MLB

References

  1. ^ "FOX Sports announces 2020 XFL schedule". KMPH. January 7, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles Wildcats' uniforms, helmet". XFL.com (Press release). December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  3. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/12/05/xfl-picks-houston-as-an-inaugural-city-announces.html. Retrieved 2023-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Markazi, Arash (May 7, 2019). "Winston Moss, who played for L.A. Raiders, to be named coach and GM of L.A.'s XFL team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  5. ^ The XFL team name and logo reveal, retrieved 2019-08-21
  6. ^ Florio, Mike (2019-10-15). "XFL announces its eight allocated quarterbacks". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  7. ^ "Los Angeles Wildcats fall to Houston Roughnecks in XFL opener". Los Angeles Times. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  8. ^ "XFL Live Stats". stats.xfl.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  9. ^ "Wildcats roll to first win in upset over Defenders, 39-9". NFL.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  10. ^ Seifert/Yates, Kevin/Field (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, lays off employees and has no plans for 2021 season". www.ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  11. ^ These failings aside, Byrne's observations on the league's extraordinary capacity for self-destruction are right on target. He painstakingly details the myriad problems: the overly restrictive TV contract with ABC in which the USFL was left powerless(...)
  12. ^ Taube was the first USFL owner to notice the rather stringent clauses in the league's television contract with ABC, and fought hard over the league's three years to get them renegotiated.
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