Tulsa Talons

Tulsa Talons / San Antonio Talons
City:	Tulsa , Oklahoma
Founded:	2000
Resolved:	2014
Team colors:	Black, blue, white;
League ():	af2 (2000-2009) AFL (2010-2014)
Greatest successes
af2: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 AFL: 2010, 2012	Playoff participations
af2: 2003, 2007	League champions
Stadion
Surname:	Tulsa Convention Center (2000-2008); BOK Center (2009-2011); Alamodome (2012-2014);
Data status
	July 12, 2017

The Tulsa Talons were an arena football team from Tulsa ( Oklahoma ), which in the Arena Football League (AFL) and af2 played. The Talons were founded in 2000 as Tulsa Talons and started in the Development League of the Arena Football League (AFL), in af2. They played for ten years in af2 before they also took part in the AFL and finally moved to San Antonio in 2012 and played there as San Antonio Talons . After two years as San Antonio Talons, the franchise dissolved.

history

Tulsa Talons

The Talons were founded in 2000 as Tulsa Talons and started in the Development League of the Arena Football League (AFL), the af2, where they played for ten years.

The Talons could move into the playoffs in each of their af2 seasons. In the first two years, but always ended in the first round.

The highlight so far came in 2003 when the Talons won the ArenaCup . On August 23, 2003, they beat the Macon Knights with 58:40 and won the title.

Up to and including 2006 the playoffs were reached again, a further final participation could not be realized.

In 2007 the Talons were crowned ArenaCup champions again. The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Pioneers could be defeated in the final on August 25, 2007 with 73:66. It was the second league title in their history.

After further playoffs in 2008 and 2009, af2 was dissolved. The Talons continued to play in the Arena Football League (AFL).

While the first play-off round was reached in the first AFL season in 2010, this was missed in 2011 for the first time in history. The worst season in the club's history ended with 8 wins and 10 losses.

San Antonio Talons

For the 2012 season, the franchise moved to San Antonio. According to a report, the reason for this was poor ticket sales.

The three seasons of the San Antonio Talons were semi-optimal. While they reached the playoffs in 2012, they could not build on in the next two seasons. After the 2014 season, the talons broke up.

Audience development

year	Audience average
2000	6,627
2001	5,787
2002	5,078
2003	5,234
2004	5,161
2005	5,590
2006	5,150
2007	5,028
2008	5,485
2009	6,504
2010	6,581
2011	5,423
2012	7,321
2013	7,715
2014	6,347

Stages

Tulsa Convention Center (2000-2008)

Up until the 2008 season, the Talons played their home games in the 8,900-seat Tulsa Convention Center .

BOK Center (2009-2011)

From the 2009 season until they moved to San Antonio, the BOK Center was the home of the Talons. The arena, which was built in 2005, can accommodate 16,582 spectators.