Oklahoma’s first-ever professional bull riding team to play Austin Gamblers, Texas Rattlers and Carolina Cowboys at first-ever home event Sept. 16-18 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, Okla. (June 30, 2022) – Ahead of the 2022 season for the groundbreaking PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team Series, Oklahoma’s first-ever professional bull riding team, the Oklahoma Freedom, have announced their inaugural game schedule. The Oklahoma Freedom’s 28-game 2022 PBR Team Series regular season schedule is headlined by two appearances on the CBS Game of the Week, as well as showdowns with the Austin Gamblers, Texas Rattlers and Carolina Cowboys at the team’s first-ever home event, Freedom Fest, Sept. 16-18 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The PBR Team Series revolutionizes the sport of bull riding, transforming an individual sport into one in which riders join teams to compete in five-on-five bull riding games for a national championship. In the inaugural 2022 season, eight founding teams will compete: the Arizona Ridge Riders, Austin Gamblers, Carolina Cowboys, Kansas City Outlaws, Missouri Thunder, Nashville Stampede, Texas Rattlers, and Oklahoma’s own Oklahoma Freedom.
Throughout the regular season, each team will compete in 28 head-to-head, five-on-five bull riding games¸ held across 10 events. The team with the highest aggregate score will be the game winner, and ties will be allowed.
Each team will host a three-day homestand, welcoming the seven other teams, while also competing in two neutral site events, beginning with the season-launch event on July 25-26 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The season will conclude in Las Vegas Nov. 4-6 when the teams will go head-to-head in the PBR Team Series Championship, vying to be crowned the Team Series Champions.
When the 2022 season gets underway July 25-26 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Oklahoma Freedom will compete against the Kansas City Outlaws and Austin Gamblers.
During the preseason, the Freedom posted a 2-2 record, including a win against the Austin Gamblers in Bismarck, ND, and Carolina Cowboys in Tryon, North Carolina.
Following the event in Cheyenne, the PBR Team Series will hold events in Kansas City, Missouri, Anaheim, California, Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before the Freedom host their inaugural homestand Sept. 16-18 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at Paycom Center, the seventh event of the 2022 PBR Team Series season.
During their first-ever home event, the Freedom will play the Austin Gamblers on Sept. 16, Texas Rattlers on Sept. 17, and Carolina Cowboys on Sept. 18.
The Oklahoma Freedom’s complete regular season schedule is as follows:
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DATE/LOCATION |
HOME TEAM |
AWAY TEAM |
GAME # |
BROADCAST DAY |
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July 25 Cheyenne, WY |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Kansas City Outlaws |
3 |
CBSSN LIVE Monday, July 25 @ 10pm |
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July 26 Cheyenne, WY |
Austin Gamblers |
Oklahoma Freedom |
4 |
CBSSN LIVE Tueday, July 26 @ 10pm |
|
August 5 Kansas City, MO |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Missouri Thunder |
3 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, August 5 @ 9pm |
|
August 6 Kansas City, MO |
Arizona Ridge Riders |
Oklahoma Freedom |
3 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, August 6 @ 8pm |
|
August 7 Kansas City, MO |
Carolina Cowboys |
Oklahoma Freedom |
1 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, August 7 @ 1pm |
|
August 12 Anaheim, CA |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Texas Rattlers |
1 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, August 12 @ 11pm |
|
August 13 Anaheim, CA |
Nashville Stampede |
Oklahoma Freedom |
4 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, August 13 @ 11pm |
|
August 19 Nashville, TN |
Kansas City Outlaws |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, August 19 @ 9pm |
|
August 20 Nashville, TN |
Missouri Thunder |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, August 20 @ 8pm |
|
August 21 Nashville, TN |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Arizona Ridge Riders |
4 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, August 21 @ 3:30pm |
|
August 26 Austin, TX |
Texas Rattlers |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, August 26 @ 9pm |
|
August 27 Austin, TX |
Carolina Cowboys |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, August 27 @ 8pm |
|
August 28 Austin, TX |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Missouri Thunder |
3 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, August 28 @ 1:30pm |
|
September 9 Winston-Salem, NC |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Nashville Stampede |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, September 9 @ 8pm |
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September 10 Winston-Salem, NC |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Austin Gamblers |
1 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, September 10 @ 7pm |
|
September 11 Winston-Salem, NC |
Kansas City Outlaws |
Oklahoma Freedom |
3 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, September 11 @ 2pm |
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September 16 Oklahoma City, OK |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Austin Gamblers |
4 |
CBS TAPED Saturday, September 17 @ 1pm |
|
September 17 Oklahoma City, OK |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Texas Rattlers |
4 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, September 17 @ 8pm |
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September 18 Oklahoma City, OK |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Carolina Cowboys |
4 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, September 18 @ 3pm |
|
September 23 Ridgedale, MO |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Nashville Stampede |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, September 23 @ 9pm |
|
September 24 Ridgedale, MO |
Austin Gamblers |
Oklahoma Freedom |
1 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, September 24 @ 8pm |
|
September 25 Ridegdale, MO |
Texas Rattlers |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
CBSSN SAME DAY DELAY Sunday, September 25 @ 6pm |
|
October 7 Fort Worth, TX |
Missouri Thunder |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Friday, October 7 @ 9pm |
|
October 8 Fort Worth, TX |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Arizona Ridge Riders |
3 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, October 8 @ 8pm |
|
October 9 Fort Worth, TX |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Carolina Cowboys |
2 |
CBSSN SAME DAY DELAY, Sunday October 9 @ 6pm |
|
October 14 Glendale, AZ |
Arizona Ridge Riders |
Oklahoma Freedom |
4 |
CBS TAPED Saturday, October 15 @ 1pm |
|
October 15 Glendale, AZ |
Nashville Stampede |
Oklahoma Freedom |
2 |
Pluto LIVE Saturday, October 15 @ 10pm |
|
October 16 Glendale, AZ |
Oklahoma Freedom |
Kansas City Outlaws |
1 |
CBSSN LIVE Sunday, October 16 @ 5pm |
The CBS Television Network, Paramount+, CBS Sports Network or Pluto TV will carry all games played in the 2022 Teams regular season, as well as the three-day playoff and championship event November 4-6 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer re-airs and on-demand replays of all the action. PBR RidePass is available on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices via www.pluto.tv. Tune to channel 720 for the latest programming schedule.
Highlighting the schedule each weekend is the Game of the Week, which will either be carried by the CBS Television Network and streamed on Paramount+ or televised on CBS Sports Network. The Oklahoma Freedom will be featured in the Game of the Week on Sept. 17 when they play the Austin Gamblers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and on Oct. 15 when squaring off against the Arizona Ridge Riders in Glendale, Arizona.
For the complete game schedule for all teams, click here. The full broadcast schedule can be found here.
The bull riding action for the 2022 PBR Team Series’ Oklahoma Freedom Days at Paycom Center begins at 7:45 p.m. CDT on Friday, September 16, 6:45 p.m. CDT on Saturday, September 17, and 1:45 p.m. CDT on Sunday, September 18, times subject to change.
Tickets for the three-day event are on-sale now, and start at $20, taxes and fees not included. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and PBR.com, at the Paycom Center Box Office, or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.
Three-day ticket packages will also be available, offering fans up to a 25% discount on select price levels.
For more information about Oklahoma Freedom, visit https://pbr.com/teams/freedom/, Oklahoma Freedom on Facebook, @OK_Freedom_ on Instagram, or @OKfreedom_ on Twitter.
About the Oklahoma Freedom:
The Oklahoma Freedom are based at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, joining team tenants including the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, and their G League affiliate Oklahoma City Blue, where the team will hold its inaugural Oklahoma Freedom Fest homestand September 16-18, 2022, the 8th regular season event of the 10-event PBR Team Series 2022 regular season. The Freedom are coached by Oklahoma native Cord McCoy, a former bull rider and four-time qualifier for PBR World Finals. Under the leadership of General Manager Brandon Bates, the team is operated by Prodigal, a full-service sports and entertainment agency based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The senior staff at Prodigal has more than 100 years of experience managing sport and entertainment events and teams. PBR and Prodigal have a longstanding relationship dating to 2007, partnering annually on Unleash The Beast events in the Sooner State.
About the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team Series:
The PBR Team Series is an elite new league that will feature the world’s top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five bull riding games during an 11-event season beginning in July and culminating in a team championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas November 4-6. During the 2022 season, each of the eight teams representing teams in Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Glendale, AZ; Kansas City, MO; Nashville, TN; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridgedale, MO; and Winston-Salem, NC will host a three-day homestand. There will also be neutral site games in Cheyenne, WY and Anaheim, CA. To determine team rosters, the league held a rider draft on May 23 prior to start of the 2022 season among any bull riders who have declared for the draft during a league eligibility window. The PBR Team Series builds on the existing structure of professional bull riding with the same basic rules for judging and scoring qualified 8-second bull rides. Events will be staged in a tournament-style format with all teams competing in head-to-head matchups against a different opponent each day. Each game will feature five riders per team squaring off against another team. Full team rosters will be comprised of seven riders on the core roster and three practice squad members. The team with the highest aggregate score of qualified rides among its riders will be declared the winner of each game. The event winner will be the team with the most game wins across an event, with a special bonus round designed as a tie-breaker to determine final event standings. All PBR Team Series events will be carried on either the CBS Television Network, streaming live on Paramount+, CBS Sports Network, or RidePass on Pluto TV.