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Texas Rattlers: perfect at home for three seasons & counting
Desmond Purnell | Sep 29, 2024
Fort Worth, TX — They say perfection is not attainable. Please do not tell that to the Texas Rattlers.
Saturday, Texas took care of business, defeating the Nashville Stampede 175.5 - 0.00.
With the victory, the Rattlers went a perfect 3-for-3 during PBR Teams: Rattler Days. Texas has never lost on its home dirt since the league started in July of 2022. The Rattlers are a perfect 9-0 all-time when riding in Fort Worth, TX. Texas is the only team in the league unbeaten at home.
Also noteworthy, Texas clinched a playoff berth with their victory over Nashville. The top 6 teams will go on to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Oct. 18th - 20th ) to compete for the 2024 Camping World Team Series Championship.
The Rattlers took the game lead in the bottom of the first over the Stampede and never looked back. The pivotal score was an 87.5-point ride from Brady Fielder on Wingman. Fielder, who was 5-for-6 on the weekend, grew his lead in the 2024 PBR Teams MVP race to 109.5 points ahead of No. 2 John Crimber.
The @TexasRattlers_ are UNDEFEATED at home after THREE seasons of PBR Teams. pic.twitter.com/yRbklRsvar
— PBR (@PBR) September 29, 2024
The home crowd fueled the Rattlers throughout their homestead. PBR Rattler Days marked the first-ever PBR Teams event in league history to sell-out all three days of game play. Texas rewarded their fans with one-sided victories each night. Thursday night the Rattlers beat the Oklahoma Wildcatters by 262.25 points. Friday night, they defeated the Austin Gamblers by 170.2 points. And during the final night of the weekend, Texas won over Nashville by 175.5 points.
FORT WORTH TEAM STANDINGS – SEPTEMBER 28:
Here are the Team standings for the final day of competition for the PBR Camping World Team Series event in Fort Worth, Texas:
- Florida Freedom: 265.25, Missouri Thunder: 262.5
- Carolina Cowboys: 86.5, Austin Gamblers: 340.25
- Oklahoma Wildcatters: 175, Kansas City Outlaws: 85.75
- Nashville Stampede: 0.00, Texas Rattlers: 175.5
- Texas Rattlers, 1-0-0-267.25
- Florida Freedom, 1-0-0-355
- Austin Gamblers, 1-0-0-340.25
- Oklahoma Wildcatters, 1-0-0-175
- Missouri Thunder, 0-1-0-262.5
- Carolina Cowboys, 0-1-0-86.5
- Kansas City Outlaws, 0-1-0-85.75
- Nashville Stampede, 0-1-0-0.00
* Note: The Arizona Ridge Riders and New York Mavericks had byes on September 28.
PBR TEAMS SEASON STANDINGS:
Here are the current Team standings for the regular season after the final day of competition for PBR Rattler Days in Fort Worth, Texas:
- Carolina Cowboys, 17-7-1-5,125.25
- Kansas City Outlaws, 17-9-0-5,718.5
- Florida Freedom, 15-10-0-4,967.25
- Texas Rattlers, 15-11-0-5,207.5
- Austin Gamblers, 13-13-0-4,356.75
- Missouri Thunder, 11-15-0-4,006
- Nashville Stampede, 11-15-0-3,529
- Oklahoma Wildcatters, 10-15-1-3.750.5
- New York Mavericks, 10-15-0-2,585.25
- Arizona Ridge Riders, 8-17-0-4,450.5
The PBR Camping World Team Series next travels to Glendale, Arizona, for Ridge Rider Days, the league’s regular-season finale. The event will begin on Friday, October 4, at 6:45 p.m. MST, Saturday, October 5 at 5:45 p.m. MST, and Sunday, October 6, at 11:45 a.m. MST.
The game matchups for the opening night of competition in Glendale on October 4 are:
- Nashville Stampede vs. Missouri Thunder
- Oklahoma Wildcatters vs. Austin Gamblers
- Carolina Cowboys vs. Florida Freedom
- New York Mavericks vs. Arizona Ridge Riders