FORT WORTH, Texas – Ahead of the 2022 season for the groundbreaking PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team Series, Dallas-Fort Worth’s first-ever professional bull riding team, the Ariat Texas Rattlers, have announced their inaugural game schedule. The Ariat Texas Rattlers’ 28-game 2022 PBR Team Series regular-season schedule is headlined by three appearances on the CBS Game of the Week, as well as showdowns with the Nashville Stampede, Carolina Cowboys and Austin Gamblers at the team’s first-ever home event, Rattler Days, Oct. 7-9 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

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, Oklahoma Freedom, and the Lone Star State’s own Ariat Texas Rattlers.  

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 Rattlers will compete against the Missouri Thunder and Kansas City Outlaws.

During the preseason, the Rattlers posted a 2-2 record, including a win against the Arizona Ridge Riders in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Kansas City Outlaws 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, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Ridgedale, Missouri before the Rattlers host their inaugural Oct. 7-9 in Fort Worth, Texas, at Dickies Arena, the ninth event of the 2022 PBR Team Series season.

During their first-ever home event, the Rattlers will play the Nashville Stampede on Oct. 7, Carolina Cowboys on Oct. 8, and Austin Gamblers on Oct. 9.

The Ariat Texas Rattlers’ complete regular-season schedule is as follows:

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 Ariat Texas Rattlers will be featured in the Game of the Week on Aug. 14 when they play the Arizona Ridge Riders in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 28 when they play the Austin Gamblers in Austin, Texas, and on Oct. 9 when squaring off against the Carolina Cowboys in Fort Worth, Texas.

For the complete game schedule for all teams, click here. The full broadcast schedule can be found here.

The bull riding action for Rattlers Days at Dickies Arena begins at 7:45 p.m. CDT on Friday, October 7, 6:45 p.m. CDT on Saturday, October 8, and 1:45 p.m. CDT on Sunday, October 9, 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 Dickies Arena 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 Ariat Texas Rattlers, visit https://pbr.com/teams/rattlers/, Texas Rattlers on Facebook, or @TexasRattlers_ on Instagram and Twitter.