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Oklahoma Freedom Announce Inaugural Season for Groundbreaking PBR Team Series

By: Kacie Albert

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – 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 on 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:

DATE/LOCATION HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM GAME # BROADCAST DAY
July 25

Cheyenne, WY

Oklahoma Freedom Kansas City Outlaws 3 CBSSN

LIVE Monday, July 25 @ 10pm

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

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

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

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.

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