Los Angeles Xtreme
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox American football team
The Los Angeles Xtreme was a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California. The team was a member of the original version of the XFL, begun by Vince McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment and by NBC, a major television network in the United States. The team played its home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the spring of 2001. They were in the XFL's Western Division with the San Francisco Demons, the Memphis Maniax, and the Las Vegas Outlaws. The team had the league's best passing offense and was nicknamed "L.A.X." as a pun on the IATA code for Los Angeles International Airport. They finished the season in 1st place with a 7–3 record and defeated the Chicago Enforcers in the Playoffs and the San Francisco Demons in the Million Dollar Game with a score of 38–6 to win the league's sole Championship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
History
The LA Xtreme were the sole champions of the original XFL because NBC dropped the XFL concept after the first season due to dismal ratings. Shortly after this, McMahon announced that the league would be dissolved. However, the Xtreme's quarterback, Tommy Maddox, subsequently caught on with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, later leading them into the playoffs in 2002 and winning a Super Bowl ring in 2005. Maddox also won the XFL's Most Valuable Player award. Jeremaine Copeland has achieved success in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes, the Calgary Stampeders, and the Toronto Argonauts winning two Grey Cup championships.
Revival
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In December 2018, a revival of the XFL announced its intention to return to Los Angeles. The new team was named the Los Angeles Wildcats, but would cease operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic; they would not return when the league was reactivated in 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Season-by-season
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|2001 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 1st Western || Won Semifinals (Chicago)
Won Million Dollar Game (San Francisco)
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!Totals || 9 || 3 || 0
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Schedule
Regular season
Post-season
| style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Round | style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Date | style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Opponent | style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Result | style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Record | style="Template:Gridiron primary style;"|Venue |
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| Semi-final | April 15 | Chicago Enforcers | W 33–16 | 1–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Championship | Template:Dow tooltip | San Francisco Demons | W 38–6 | 2–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Standings
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Personnel
Staff
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; Template:Gridiron primary style;"|2001 Los Angeles Xtreme staff | ||||||
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
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Roster
Game summaries
Week 1: at San Francisco Demons
Week 2: vs. Chicago Enforcers
Other notable figures
- Bonnie-Jill Laflin – One of the team's cheerleaders is now a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers and a co-general manager of a minor league affiliate, the Los Angeles D-Fenders.
- Super Dave Osborne – The actor and stuntman was the sideline reporter on the radio broadcasts of the team on KLSX. The booth announcers were Geoff Nathanson and Craig Fertig (Fertig died in 2008).
Statistical leaders
| Legend | |
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| Led the league | |
Passing
| style="text-align:center;Template:Gridiron primary style;"colspan="12"|Passing statisticsTemplate:Efn | ||||||||||
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| NAME | GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg |
| Tommy Maddox | 10 | 10 | 7–3 | 196 | 342 | 57.3 | 2,186 | 18 | 9 | 83.1 |
| Scott Milanovich | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 7–3 | 198 | 352 | 56.3 | 2,231 | 18 | 10 | 80.6 |
Rushing
| style="text-align:center;Template:Gridiron primary style;"colspan="8"| Rushing statistics | |||||
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| NAME | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| Saladin McCullough | 88 | 384 | 4.4 | 22 | 5 |
| Rashaan Shehee | 61 | 242 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ken Oxendine | 34 | 76 | 2.2 | 7 | 1 |
| Tommy Maddox | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 10 | 2 |
| Noel Prefontaine | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Josh Wilcox | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Milanovich | 5 | -15 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 206 | 729 | 3.5 | 28 | 9 |
Receiving
| style="text-align:center;Template:Gridiron primary style;"colspan="9| Receiving statistics | |||||
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| NAME | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| Jeremaine Copeland | 67 | 755 | 11.3 | 34 | 5 |
| Darnell McDonald | 34 | 456 | 14.4 | 39 | 8 |
| Latario Rachal | 24 | 254 | 10.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Damon Gibson | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 58t | 1 |
| Saladin McCullough | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 19t | 1 |
| Larry Ryans | 11 | 115 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Damon Dunn | 10 | 151 | 15.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Frank Leatherwood | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Rashaan Shehee | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Oxendine | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Josh Wilcox | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Totals | 198 | 2,231 | 11.3 | 63 | 18 |