Tulsa Oilers (IFL)
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at the BOK Center
| Tulsa Oilers | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2022 | ||
| Headquartered | Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center | ||
| Colors | Oil black and gold | ||
| Website | tulsaoilersfootball | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | NL Sports, LLC (Andy Scurto) | ||
| Head coach | Marvin Jones | ||
| Team history | |||
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Indoor Football League (2023–present)
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The Tulsa Oilers (branded as Tulsa Oilers Football) are a professional indoor football team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Oilers began play in 2023. The team plays its home games at BOK Center. The Oilers are owned by Andy Scurto, owner of the ECHL hockey franchise of the same name.
The Oilers are the third arena/indoor football team to play in Tulsa, following the Tulsa Talons of the af2 and Arena Football League (2000–2011) and the Oklahoma Defenders of the APFL and CPIFL (2012–2014).
On July 26, 2022, Andy Scurto, owner of the Tulsa Oilers ECHL hockey team, announced that he had purchased an expansion franchise in the Indoor Football League set to begin play for the 2023 season.[1] Although several fans had hoped for a return of the Tulsa Talons brand, Scurto stated that his preference was for the team to have an oil-related nickname.[2]
On August 16, the five name-the-team contest finalists were announced, Bison, Crude, Oilers, Tornado, and Wildcatters.[3] The Oilers name, logo and color scheme was announced on September 10.[4] On September 14, 2022, the Oilers announced that Marvin Jones would serve as the team's first head coach.[5]
The Oilers would make their first postseason appearance in 2025, after signing Sam Castronova, the longtime quarterback for the arena football team in Albany, midseason after Castronova had led Albany to a win in the Arena Football One championship. Castronova led the Oilers to three consecutive wins following his arrival from Albany to get the Oilers into the playoffs.[6]
Season results
| League champions | Conference champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||
| 2023 | IFL | Eastern | 7th | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2024 | IFL | Eastern | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2025 | IFL | Eastern | 3rd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost in Round 1 (Green Bay) |
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2022 Indoor Football League season.
| Head coach | Season | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||
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| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
| Marvin Jones | 2023 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .133 | 0 | 0 | |
