Blitz Will Travel to Arkansas to Face the Twisters in the First Round of the 2003 af2 Playoffs

Published on July 29, 2003 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Bakersfield Blitz News Release


Bakersfield, CA - The Bakersfield Blitz will travel to Little Rock, Arkansas to take on the fourth seeded Arkansas Twisters on Saturday, August 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. The Blitz finished the regular season with an 8-7-1 record and are seeded fifth in the National Conference, while the Twisters finished the regular season with a 9-7 record. The Twisters and the Blitz are each coming off impressive wins in Week 18. Bakersfield defeated the Hawaiian Islanders by a score of 75-61 and the Twisters knocked off the Birmingham Steeldogs by a score of 41-32.

This is the second consecutive appearance in the post-season for the Blitz and Twisters. Arkansas and Bakersfield squared off in Week 8 of the 2003 regular season at the Centennial Garden, with Arkansas coming out on top 44-37.

If the Blitz win the game versus Arkansas, they would travel to face the top seeded Quad City Steamwheelers (14-2) or the second seeded Tulsa Talons on the weekend of August 8th-10th, depending on the outcome of the Wichita/Hawaii game.

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