Dallas Renegades Game Notes at LA
February 12, 2020 - XFL (XFL)
Dallas Renegades News Release
LOSING STREAKS NOT WELCOME HERE
The Renegades fell to the St. Louis BattleHawks in their season opener - only the fourth time in head coach Bob Stoops' career that he has lost the first game of a season.
- In previous seasons where Coach Stoops' teams lost their first game, his squads combined to produce a 27-8 (.771) record in the remaining contests.
- Stoops is 40-6 (.870) in his career in games following a loss.
- Teams coaches by Stoops have lost back-to-back games only three times in his career, with two of the two-game losing streaks posted in the season-finale and subsequent bowl game (2014: Oklahoma State, Clemson; 2003: Kansas State, LSU).
- Only one time - in 1999 - has a Stoops-led squad lost consecutive regular-season games. That year, the Oklahoma Sooners fell at Notre Dame and versus Texas.
- Prior to last Sunday, a team coached by Stoops had never scored exactly nine points in a game.
WELCOME, XFL, TO THE FOOTBALL CAPITAL OF AMERICA!
The Dallas Renegades are the newest professional sports team in North Texas. Here's a few facts that will remind you that football is king in the Lone Star State:
- Texas has two teams in the XFL - the only state with more than one.
- Texas has 18 Division I (FBS, FCS) college football teams - more than any other state.
- There are 1,541 college and high school football teams in Texas.
- The Renegades are the fifth professional football team to bear the Dallas name (Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Texans, Dallas Renegades, Dallas Desperados, Dallas Vigilantes)
THESE GUYS LOOK FAMILIAR
Football fans in North Texas may notice that a few of the guys look familiar, as several have ties in the region. Nine players claim a hometown in the state of Texas, while five - Lance Dunbar (North Texas), Drew Galitz (Baylor), Jerrod Heard (Texas), Dashaun Phillips (Tarleton State) and Austin Walter (Rice) - attended universities in the state. In addition, Frank Alexander, Landry Jones and Jeff Badet played college football at Oklahoma - where Bob Stoops won nearly 200 career games.
SERIES NOTES: This is the first meeting between the Renegades and Wildcats. The contest will be the first of two 2020 meetings between the squads, with LA traveling to Texas on Thursday, April 9. In 2004, Bob Stoops was the head coach at OU when Norm Chow's offense at USC posted a 55-19 victory in the BCS National Championship.
NATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCAST
Every game played in the XFL will be broadcast nationally on an ESPN or FOX outlet. This week's announce team: Tom Hart (Play-by-Play), Joey Galloway (Analyst), Cole Cublic (Sideline), Molly McGrath (Sideline)
STAT-SHEET STUFFERS
Several Renegades players put up some solid numbers in week one, ranking highly among XFL players:
- Philip Nelson completed 33-of-42 passes for a .786 completion percentage. All three numbers were first among XFL players.
- Austin MacGinnis converted three field goals - more than any XFL player on opening weekend.
- Flynn Nagel and Lance Dunbar finished with six receptions each, tied for second-most by any player in the opening weekend.
- Drew Galitz finished with a 45.3-yard punting average, the second- best mark in the XFL.
- Austin Walter posted 6.5 yards per carry - the second-best total in the XFL among players with multiple car
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
The Renegades boast a diverse roster, with players coming from all over the United States. Members of the 2020 roster played college football at 44 different institutions. The only schools with multiple alumni on our roster are Oklahoma (3), Western Michigan (3), Auburn (2), Fresno State (2), Northwestern State (2) and USF (2).
WELCOME TO REIMAGINED GLOBE LIFE PARK
To be ready for the Dallas Renegades season, Globe Life Park underwent a $10 million renovation - completed by Manhattan Construction in just 115 days. The impressive renovation included the following:
- A seating structure was added in what was formerly left field to accomodate 4,000 more fans and a more intimate atmosphere.
- 18 rows of seats and the dugout along what used to be the third base line were demolished.
- A new network television broadcast booth, plus coaches' booths for the home and visiting teams were added at the 50-yard line.
- Seating in the corners of each end zone were reconfigured to accomodate marching bands.
- Over 200 sports light fixtures were relocated/re-aimed to be accomodate football and soccer play and broadcast quality.
- Two new locker rooms in what were previously batting cages were added to accomodate multiple events on the same day.
- More than 90,000 square feet of grass and dirt were removed.
- An unmarked, syntheic grass by Shaw Sports Turf was added.
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