The Houma Bayou Bucks was a team in the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The Bayou Bucks were officially announced as a team on December 19, 2001. The team's first GM was Travis Carrell and their first head coach was Jack Phillips Jr.
10-798: The Bayou Bucks competed in the NIFL from 2002 through the 2004 seasons, playing their home games at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center in Houma, Louisiana . The team colors were: Gold, Green, and White. After the 2004 NIFL season, Sudo Properties, Inc., parent company of the Bayou Bucks football team, had filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (TPCG). The suit accuses TPCG of illegal acts spanning
20-515: A mostly complete schedule, with few cancellations. Before the 2005 season, nine teams left the league to form United Indoor Football . That same year, the Intense Football League ceased operations and four teams from there joined the league. Those teams however, left the league before the 2006 season started. For the 2005 season, the NIFL had an agreement with NFL to handle referee assignment and training. The 2006 season,
30-2798: A three-year period. Following the lawsuit, the franchise folded. March 23 Austin Knights at Houma Bayou Bucks 40–39 March 30 Houma Bayou Bucks at Oklahoma Crude 29–31 April 5 Houma Bayou Bucks at Louisiana Rangers 64–81 April 12 bye April 20 Tupelo FireAnts at Houma Bayou Bucks 24–44 April 27 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 16–37 May 5 Mississippi Fire Dogs at Houma Bayou Bucks 7–26 May 11 Winston-Salem Energy at Houma Bayou Bucks – cancelled in 3rd Qtr. due to fight May 18 Houma Bayou Bucks at Winston-Salem Energy 31–61 May 25 Louisiana Rangers at Houma Bayou Bucks 50–43 June 1 Houma Bayou Bucks at Mississippi Fire Dogs 31–22 June 8 Houma Bayou Bucks at Austin Knights 53–42 June 15 bye June 22 Oklahoma Crude at Houma Bayou Bucks 15–58 June 29 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 42–31 July 6 Houma Bayou Bucks at Austin Knights 32–40 March 15 bye March 22 Myrtle Beach Stingrays at Houma Bayou Bucks 14–29 March 29 Oklahoma Crude at Houma Bayou Bucks 18–29 April 5 Houma Bayou Bucks at Utah Warriors 61–36 April 12 Houma Bayou Bucks at Beaumont Drillers 54–44 April 19 Houma Bayou Bucks at Austin Rockers 44–33 April 26 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 35–48 May 4 Tupelo FireAnts at Houma Bayou Bucks 26–47 May 10 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 21–28 May 17 Houma Bayou Bucks at Tupelo FireAnts 49–43 May 24 Beaumont Drillers at Houma Bayou Bucks 40–6 May 31 Houma Bayou Bucks at Myrtle Beach Stingrays 36–30 June 7 Houma Bayou Bucks at Oklahoma Crude 36–39 June 14 Austin Rockers at Houma Bayou Bucks 39–42 June 21 bye June 28 Evansville BlueCats at Houma Bayou Bucks 6–55 July 5 bye NIFL playoffs July 12 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 19–44 March 12 Houma Bayou Bucks at Tupelo FireAnts 50–58 March 20 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 13–43 April 3 Beaumont Drillers at Houma Bayou Bucks 43–52 April 10 Wichita Falls Thunder at Houma Bayou Bucks 51–66 April 17 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 39–33 April 24 bye May 1 Tupelo FireAnts at Houma Bayou Bucks 55–84 May 8 Houma Bayou Bucks at Beaumont Drillers 51–40 May 15 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 31–27 May 22 Evansville BlueCats at Houma Bayou Bucks 51–49 May 28 Houma Bayou Bucks at Tupelo FireAnts 60–58 June 6 bye June 12 Beaumont Drillers at Houma Bayou Bucks 66–74 Houma Terrebonne Civic Center The Barry P. Bonvillain Civic Center, formerly known as
40-490: Is also home to the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet in Terrebonne Parish. It opened on January 6, 1999. The 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m ) Civic Center is a multi-purpose building with a 5,000-seat arena, a theatrical / banquet area with a 2,500 person capacity, and a 10,000-square-foot (930 m ) meeting room area. The facility was built at a cost of $ 18.1 million. There are 3,200 retractable seats at
50-499: The Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Houma, Louisiana , USA , that hosts corporate functions, such as meetings, training seminars, conferences, as well as formal banquets, wedding receptions, group conventions, consumer shows, professional wrestling, family theater and other performing arts, concerts, graduations, religious services, indoor and outdoor festivals. It
60-562: The NIFL. The league folded in 2008. The NIFL, based in Lafayette, Louisiana , was founded by Carolyn Shiver. The league started operations in 2001, with many teams coming from Indoor Football League being bought the previous year and folding operations. In 2002, the league added in the teams from the Indoor Professional Football League . 2003 was the most successful year for the league as 24 teams played
70-847: The arena. It was home to the Houma Bayou Bucks of the National Indoor Football League from 2002 to 2004, and the Houma Conquerors of the Southern Indoor Football League in 2009. 29°34′49″N 90°43′30″W / 29.580143°N 90.725094°W / 29.580143; -90.725094 This article about a sports venue in Louisiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tupelo FireAnts The National Indoor Football League ( NIFL )
80-416: The returning teams. However, the teams were all poorly funded and had problems fielding competitive squads. The San Diego Shockwave were declared the official league champion. The league then officially folded prior to the 2008 season. In 2016, a new website announced that the league operations were relaunched by Carolyn Shiver with announced goal of bringing 34 teams into the former AFL markets starting in
90-732: Was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, AF2 , however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL markets such as Atlanta , Denver , and Los Angeles, and AF2 markets such as Fort Myers and Houston . Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur , Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson , New Orleans Saints quarterback John Fourcade and Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl running back Bam Morris , all played in
100-522: Was the most chaotic for the league to that point. Ten expansion teams were added to the league, but nine of them had problems that reflected badly on the league. The most notable situation was the owner of the Montgomery Maulers firing the entire team. None of the ten expansion teams returned to the league for the next season. The 2007 season started with the addition of several league-owned expansion teams, primarily to supplement games with
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