2010 Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz season The 2010 Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz season is the 7th season for the franchise , and the first in the Arena Football League , coming from the AF2 , which dissolved following the 2009 season . The team was coached by Sparky McEwen and played their home games at the Cox Convention Center . The Yard Dawgz did not qualify for the postseason after finishing with a 6 – 10 record and placing 6th in the American Conference . Regular season schedule . The Yard Dawgz began the season at home against the Sharks on April 3 . They hosted the Talons in their final regular season game . Regular season . Week 1 : vs . Jacksonville Sharks . The game did not feature many scores by either team in the first two quarters , but when the Sharks began to build a lead following halftime , and the Yard Dawgz were down 34 – 17 at the start of the 4th quarter . Their attempt at a comeback fell short after an onside kick was returned for a touchdown by Jacksonville late in the final period . Quarterback Tommy Grady threw for 219 yards , however the total offense for the Yard Dawgz was only 202 yards . Week 3 : vs . Cleveland Gladiators . Cleveland scored the first and only touchdown of the 1st quarter , but in the 2nd quarter the teams combined for 52 points . The Gladiators opened the 2nd quarter scoring with a 5 - yard touchdown pass , but the Yard Dawgz took the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown . With under a minute left in the 2nd quarter , the Gladiators scored on an 11 - yard touchdown pass to take a 28 – 21 lead . The Yard Dawgz followed with a quick touchdown drive of their own that was capped off by a 10 - yard passing touchdown to tie the game . With little time remaining in the half , the Matt Denny kicked a 28 - yard field goal to give the Gladiators a 31 – 28 lead at halftime . The Yard Dawgz took control of the game in the 3rd quarter with a pair of touchdowns and never looked back , earning their first win of the season with a 63 – 50 win . Tommy Grady threw for 276 yards and 4 touchdowns . Al Hunt had 3 rushing touchdowns on 5 carries , but actually finished the game with a total of - 1 yard . Week 4 : at Iowa Barnstormers . Oklahoma was the first to score , a 15 - yard touchdown reception by Anthony Hines . Iowa also scored a touchdown on their first possession , but the extra point was blocked by Quartez Vickerson . Vickerson lateraled the ball to Fred Shaw , who took it to the end zone for 2 points . On the ensuing kickoff , Oklahoma City ' s Craig Fulton Jr . fumbled during the return , and Larry Kendrick picked it up for the Barnstormers and scored a touchdown . By halftime , the Yard Dawgz led 31 – 27 . They led by the same margin following the 3rd quarter . In the 4th quarter , the Yard Dawgz fell behind after giving up two touchdowns to the Barnstormers before scoring their first points of the quarter on an A . J . Haglund field goal . With less than a minute left , Iowa quarterback Ryan Vena ran in his second touchdown of the final period to put the Barnstormers up by 14 . The Yard Dawgz engineered a 5 - play , 35 - yard drive resulting in a touchdown to cut the deficit to just 7 - points with 23 seconds remaining . However the onside kick attempt was returned for a touchdown by Iowa . Oklahoma City would score another touchdown , but with no time left on the clock , the game was over . Tommy Grady threw for 383 yards and 6 touchdowns . Xavier Lee led all receivers with 117 yards , but just 1 touchdown . Week 5 : at Dallas Vigilantes . Oklahoma City fell behind 20 – 0 in the 1st quarter , but managed to take a 21 – 20 lead with less than 3 minutes left in the 2nd quarter . However the Vigilantes scored 3 touchdowns in the final minute of the half , including intercepting one of Tommy Grady ' s passes and returning it for a touchdown . At halftime , the Yard Dawgz were losing 41 – 20 . The 2nd half did not feature much scoring by either team , and the Yard Dawgz lost by a final score of 55 – 34 . Oklahoma City was outgained in total offense 244 – 179 . Grady threw only 4 touchdowns and had 205 passing yards in the game . Timon Marshall was one of six Yard Dawgz to receive a pass , leading all of them with 88 yards and 3 touchdowns .