The Oklahoma City Lightning is a full-contact women's American football team in the

Women's Spring Football League The United States Women's Football League (USWFL) is a full-contact women's American football minor league that opened with exhibition play in 2010 and subsequently played its first regular season in 2011.https://www.uswfl.net/copy-of-schedule-n ...

based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Home games are played at Taft Stadium. Formerly a member of the Independent Women's Football League in their inaugural season of 2002, and then the

National Women's Football Association The National Women's Football Association (NWFA) was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades ...

from 2003 until 2008, they have made the playoffs in six of seven seasons played so far, losing four times in the Conference Championship Game (two to the

Pensacola Power The Gulf Coast Riptide was a women's American football full contact football team in the Women's Spring Football League founded in 2001 as the Pensacola Power of the National Women's Football Association. The WFA plays under NFL rules with minor m ...

in 2003 and 2005 and once to the Austin Outlaws in 2002 and the Columbus Comets in 2007) and losing twice in the NWFA Championship Game (to the Detroit Demolition in 2004 and to the

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in 2006). After sitting out the 2009 season, the Lightning were blown out 62-0 by the Lone Star Mustangs in their first game of 2010. The following week, the Lightning left the WFA and almost folded, however, they have since joined the

, where they will play the remainder of 2010 and beyond.

Season-By-Season

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Won Southern Conference Semifinal (

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Lost Southern Conference Championship ( Pensacola) , - , 2004 , , 8 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st South Southwest , , First-Round Bye in Southern Conference Quarterfinal
Won Southern Conference Semifinal (

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Won Southern Conference Championship ( Pensacola)
Lost NWFA Championship ( Detroit) , - , 2005 , , 7 , , 1 , , 0 , , 3rd South , , Won Southern Division Quarterfinal ( New Orleans)
Won Southern Conference Semifinal (

)
Lost Southern Conference Championship ( Pensacola) , - , 2006 , , 8 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st South West , , First-Round Bye in NWFA First Round
Won NWFA Quarterfinal ( Cleveland)
Won NWFA Semifinal (

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Lost NWFA Championship ( D.C.) , - , 2007 , , 7 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st South West , , Won Southern Conference Quarterfinal ( New Orleans)
Won Southern Conference Semifinal ( St. Louis)
Lost Southern Conference Championship (

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2010 Season Schedule

** = Forfeited

References

External links

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