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Years
of Operation: 1998 - 2011
Overall
Record: 64-59
First
Game: May 9, 1998 vs Rogue Warriors
First
Win: May 16, 1998 vs Douglas Outlaws
Final
Game: July 9, 2011 vs High Desert Lightning
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League
Affiliation:
Oregon Football League (1998 -2010)
Pacific Football League (2011)
Team
Headquarters:
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Team Colors:
Green and Black with White Trim |
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Owner:
Don Nelson and Dave McNiven (1999 - 2011)
General
Manager:
Coaches:
Don Nelson (HC), Jason Allen (OC), Kent Taylor (DC), Jim Hardin, Gary
Young
Home
Field(s): Lowell HS, Mazama HS |
Titles
Won:
2000 Oregon Football League Champions |
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Honors
All-League
All-America
Two Klamath Falls football players that played for
the distant Southern Oregon Timber Wolves founded the Klamath Crusaders
Organization in 1996. Travel requirements and differences with the
Timber Wolves management gave cause and motivation for these two players
to found and organize a local team. Successful recruiting coupled with
tremendous support from the community allowed the new team to get off to
a great start. The Oregon Football League was formed a short time later
and the Klamath Crusaders became one of the original charter members.
The Klamath Crusader Organization was initially fully owned and
controlled by the players. Don Nelson and Dave McNiven came on the scene
in 1999 and purchased both the Klamath Crusaders and the Merrill
Stallions. Prior to the start of the 2000 season the new owners merged
the Crusaders and the Stallions into one team keeping the Klamath
Crusaders name. Don Nelson eventually, through a buyout, became the
primary principle of the organization. The merging of the two teams and
coaching staffs must have been the right thing to do because soon
thereafter the Oregon Football League championship trophy became the
property of the Crusaders. Season winning records became commonplace.
The team has earned the opportunity to compete at the League National
Tournament Level and has been nationally ranked in their league numerous
times.
The Crusaders battled on through the roll-up
of the Oregon League into the newly formed Pacific League combining the
best teams of Washington and Oregon in 2011.
Increased pressures from new teams in the
area, as well as extended travel brought an end to the franchise
following the 2011 season. Along with Rogue, the two remaining
"OFL Originals" were no longer with players flying under a new banner in
Southern Oregon.
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1998 Schedule/Results (1-6): |
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May 9 Rogue Warriors |
13-21 |
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May 16 Douglas Outlaws |
7-0 |
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May 23 Rogue Valley Blaze |
14-20 |
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June 6 Douglas Outlaws |
8-29 |
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June 13 Rogue Warriors |
6-47 |
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June 20 Rogue Valley Blaze |
3-30 |
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June 27 Rogue Valley Blaze* |
3-30 |
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1999 Schedule/Results (3-9): |
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Mar 13 Merrill Stallions |
6-9 |
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Apr 17 Grants Pass Marauders |
20-53 |
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Apr 24 Rogue Valley Blaze |
19-63 |
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May 1 Grants Pass Marauders |
17-16 |
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May 8 Douglas Outlaws |
12-13 |
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May 15 Rogue Warriors |
12-43 |
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June 5 Douglas Outlaws |
36-30 |
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June 12 Rogue Warriors |
12-56 |
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June 19 Grants Pass Marauders |
14-28 |
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June 26 Rogue Valley Blaze |
20-21 |
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July 4 Merrill Stallions |
35-18 |
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July 17 Rogue Valley Blaze* |
18-21 |
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2000 Schedule/Results (6-2): |
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Apr 15 Douglas Outlaws |
14-0 |
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Apr 22 Grants Pass Marauders |
14-7 |
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Apr 29 Rogue Warriors |
9-48 |
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May 6 Douglas Outlaws |
7-12 |
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May 13 Grants Pass Marauders |
W FFT |
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May 20 Douglas Outlaws |
13-6 |
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May 27 Rogue Warriors |
W FFT |
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June 3 Grants Pass Marauders |
14-7 |
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June 10 Rogue Warriors |
19-0 |
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June 17 Rogue Warriors ** |
21-20 |
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2001 Schedule/Results (5-4): |
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Mar 17 Central Oregon Stampede |
20-12 |
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Apr 21 Rogue Warriors |
18-0 |
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Apr 28 Central Oregon Stampede |
20-14 |
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May 5 Douglas Outlaws |
0-3 |
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May 12 Rogue Warriors |
6-13 |
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May 19 Central Oregon Stampede |
14-0 |
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June 2 Douglas Outlaws |
25-6 |
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June 16 Douglas Outlaws ** |
2-3 |
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July 28 Willamette Valley Raiders |
0-34 |
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2002 Schedule/Results (5-4): |
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Mar 30 Yamhill County Enforcers |
12-6 |
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Apr 13 Willamette Valley Raiders |
7-32 |
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Apr 20 Rogue Warriors |
13-28 |
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Apr 27 Douglas Outlaws |
28-0 |
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May 5 Central Oregon Stampede |
28-6 |
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May 11 Rogue Warriors |
7-37 |
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May 18 Douglas Outlaws |
17-8 |
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June 1 Central Oregon Stampede |
8-31 |
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June 15 Douglas Outlaws |
18-0 |
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2003 Schedule/Results (8-3): |
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Mar 15 Umpqua Valley Knights |
44-0 |
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Apr 12 Northwest Timberwolves |
35-20 |
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Apr 19 Southwestern Oregon Raiders |
34-14 |
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Apr 26 Rogue Warriors |
17-14 |
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May 5 Eugene Red Dragons |
40-0 |
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May 10 Central Oregon Stampede |
25-0 |
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May 17 Umpqua Valley Knights |
19-6 |
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May 31 Columbia River Coyotes |
14-47 |
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June 7 Rogue Warriors |
6-43 |
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June 21 Rogue Warriors * |
8-14 |
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June 28 Northwest Timberwolves |
20-12 |
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2004 Schedule/Results (6-3): |
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Apr 3 Siskiyou Savages |
52-0 |
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Apr 10 Rogue Warriors |
W FFT |
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Apr 17 Columbia River Coyotes |
51-6 |
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Apr 24 Central Oregon Stampede |
12-21 |
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May 8 Oakridge Timberwolves |
47-0 |
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May 15 Southwestern Oregon Raiders |
34-7 |
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May 22 Umpqua Valley Knights |
44-6 |
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June 5 Eugene Dragons |
9-12 OT |
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June 12 Umpqua Valley Knights * |
6-0 |
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June 19 Eugene Dragons * |
6-47 |
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2005 Schedule/Results (6-4): |
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Mar 26 Eugene Dragons |
26-19 |
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Apr 2 Central Oregon Stampede |
9-10 |
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Apr 16 Rogue Warriors |
20-30 |
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Apr 23 Columbia River Coyotes |
43-0 |
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Apr 30 Southwestern Oregon Raiders |
62-12 |
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May 7 Siskiyou Savages |
48-0 |
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May 14 Umpqua Valley Knights |
14-0 |
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May 21 Central Oregon Stampede |
28-35 |
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June 4 Central Oregon Stampede * |
26-13 |
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June 18 Rogue Warriors ** |
6-17 |
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2006 Schedule/Results (4-4): |
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Mar 25 Rogue Warriors |
18-12 OT |
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Apr 1 Oregon Outlaws |
14-24 |
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Apr 8 Salem Monarchs |
6-11 |
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Apr 15 Southwestern Oregon Raiders |
17-16 |
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Apr 22 Umpqua Valley Knights |
44-7 |
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Apr 29 Columbia River Coyotes |
46-6 |
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May 6 Central Oregon Stampede |
14-30 |
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May 20 Siskiyou Savages |
8-26 |
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2007 Schedule/Results (5-3): |
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Mar 17 Columbia River Coyotes |
51-6 |
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Mar 24 Oregon Monarchs |
27-10 |
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Mar 31 Siskiyou Savages |
20-14 OT |
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Apr 7 Southwestern Oregon Raiders |
54-8 |
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Apr 14 Oregon Outlaws |
6-24 |
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May 5 Umpqua Valley Knights |
20-17 |
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May 12 High Desert Lightning |
0-29 |
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May 19 Rogue Warriors |
7-49 |
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2008 Schedule/Results (3-5): |
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Mar 29 High Desert Lightning |
8-34 |
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Apr 12 Springfield Buzzards |
16-32 |
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Apr 19 Rogue Warriors |
20-26 OT |
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Apr 26 Umpqua Valley Knights |
14-46 |
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May 3 South Coast Storm |
34-19 |
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May 10 Oregon Outlaws |
20-41 |
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May 17 Columbia River Coyotes |
W FFT |
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May 31 Vancouver Vipers |
35-34 |
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2009 Schedule/Results (4-4): |
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Mar 14 @ High Desert Lightning |
39-7 |
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Mar 21 @ Springfield Buzzards |
18-24 |
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Mar 28 - Vancouver Vipers |
26-12 |
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Apr 4 - Umpqua Valley Knights |
41-20 |
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Apr 18 @ Rogue Warriors |
0-34 |
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Apr 25 @ Portland Monarchs |
10-72 |
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May 2 - Oregon Outlaws |
14-18 |
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May 9 - High Desert Lightning |
40-0 |
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2010 Schedule/Results (4-4): |
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Mar 20 - High Desert Lightning |
55-22 |
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Mar 27 - Springfield Buzzards |
42-6 |
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Apr 10 -Vancouver Vipers |
13-15 |
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Apr 17 - Umpqua Valley Knights |
14-22 |
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Apr 24 - Rogue Warriors |
47-7 |
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May 1 - Portland Monarchs |
12-40 |
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May 8 - Oregon Outlaws |
24-33 |
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May 15 - High Desert Lightning |
59-0 |
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2011 Schedule/Results (4-6): |
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Apr 23 - Portland Monarchs |
0-62 |
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Apr 30 - Rogue Warriors |
29-30 |
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May 7 - Southern Oregon Renegades |
7-10 |
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May 14 - Springfield Buzzards |
14-20 |
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May 21 - Portland Raiders |
14-13 |
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June 4 - Clark County Vipers |
13-40 |
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June 11 - Yakima Mavericks |
0-28 |
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June 18 - High Desert Lightning |
22-14 |
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June 25 - Oregon Outlaws |
36-6 |
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July 9 - High Desert Lightning |
26-12 |
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*OFL
Playoffs |
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**OFL
Championship |
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