The Rose City Wildcats were a women's professional
American football
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team based in
Portland, Oregon
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. A member of 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 ...
, the Wildcats were planning on playing in the league's second season in 2011.
The Wildcats are named to honor (though not a continuation of) a team which played in the
Women's American Football League
The Women's American Football League (WAFL) was a women's American football league that was formed in 2001. After disbanding, the teams merged with the Women's Affiliated Football Conference (WAFC), the Independent Women's Football League (IWFL), W ...
for the 2001 season, finishing 0-7 before shutting down.
American football teams in Portland, Oregon
Sports clubs and teams in Portland, Oregon
Women's Spring Football League teams
2010 establishments in Oregon
2010 disestablishments in Oregon
Defunct American football teams in Oregon
Women's sports in Oregon
American football teams established in 2010
American football teams disestablished in 2010
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