Rio Grande Valley Dorados game notes
June 2, 2006 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
Rio Grande Valley Dorados (4-4) vs. OKC YardDawgz (6-2)
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. CST
Site: Ford Center
Coin Toss: Head Official
Dorados Radio: ESPN Radio 1240 (KSOX); free online audio at doradosfootball.com
TV: none
Series Record: 3-2 OKC
Streaks: RGV lost 2
RGV Head Coach: Marty Hammond (1st Season)
DORADOS MEDIA CONTACT:
Dorados: Rich Bocchini (O: 956-843-7825, C: 956-227-4940), media@doradosfootball.com
THE SCENARIO: The Dorados and YardDawgz meet for the first time this season...Rio has dropped two games in a row and their last three on the road...OKC fell for just the second time this season last week in an unlikely 53-50 loss to Bossier...The Dawgz lead the Midwest Division and are fourth in the af2 coaches poll this week.
THE SERIES: This is the sixth all time meeting...The Dorados are 2-3 all time and 0-2 at Oklahoma City...Rio went 0-2 in 2004 and 2-1 in 2005 vs. the Dawgz.
OFF THE NET
- RGV QB Josh Kellett was injured early in the 2nd quarter of Week 7's game at Bakersfield and remains on the injured reserved list.
- JR Davies took over for Kellett in Game 7 and threw five TD passes, including a 37 yard toss to Mel Long and a 25-yard TD to Chris Canty.
- The Dorados have lost four of five road games this season. The only road win was at Birmingham in Week 3, a 44-43 OT decision.
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