Oklahoma City Lightning

{{Short description|Full-contact women's American football team}}

{{Not to be confused with|Oklahoma City Thunder}}{{USFootball team

| logo = OklahomaCityLightning.PNG

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| founded = 2002

| league = Women's Football Alliance

| history = IWFL 2002
NWFA 2002-2008
WFA 2010
Women's Spring Football League 2010-2011

| stadium = Taft Stadium

| city = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

| colors = Green, Gold

| president = Jan Demery

| coach = Previous coaches= Leonard "Coco" Bullock,{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Kenton |url= https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/archives/she-s-more-than-a-chiropractor/article_992b5a52-65a5-511b-a075-82fd28d7fceb.html |title=She's more than a chiropractor |work=Muskogee Phoenix |date=June 27, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2021}} "Big" Mike Harris (2002-2007) Present= Kentrell Smith

| championships = 0

| titles = 4 (NWFA: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)

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The Oklahoma City Lightning is a full-contact women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite news |last=Goodson |first=Mike |url= https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20040724/News/603206379/GT |title=Women's football alive in Alabama |work=Gadsden Times |date=July 24, 2004 |access-date=January 31, 2021}} Home games are played at Taft Stadium.{{cite news |url= https://oklahoman.com/article/2939054/oklahoma-city-lightning |title=Oklahoma City Lightning |work=The Oklahoman |date=April 10, 2006 |access-date=January 31, 2021}}

Formerly a member of the Independent Women's Football League in their inaugural season of 2002, and then the National Women's Football Association from 2003 until 2008, they have made the playoffs in six of seven seasons played so far, losing four times in the Conference Championship Game (two to the Pensacola Power in 2003 and 2005 and once to the Austin Outlaws in 2002 and the Columbus Comets in 2007) and losing twice in the NWFA Championship Game (to the Detroit Demolition in 2004 and to the D.C. Divas in 2006).{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Charles |url= https://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/okc-lightning-womens-football-team-racking-up-impressive-record/Content?oid=2955006 |title=OKC Lightning women's football team racking up impressive record |work=Oklahoma Gazette |date=April 12, 2007 |access-date=January 31, 2021}}

After sitting out the 2009 season, the Lightning were blown out 62-0 by the Lone Star Mustangs in their first game of 2010. The following week, the Lightning left the WFA and almost folded, however, they have since joined the Women's Spring Football League, where they will play the remainder of 2010 and beyond.