The Lubbock Gunslingers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games in Lubbock, Texas , at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum .
7-826: The Gunslingers played in 2004 as a charter member of the Intense Football League when they were known as the Lubbock Lone Stars , receiving some criticism locally as it was felt that the phrase Lone Star should not be pluralized. Besides that, they ended their inaugural year at 9-7 and won over the Odessa Roughnecks in the Semifinals, yet lost to the Amarillo Dusters in Intense Bowl I. Following their sole year in
14-664: The Laredo Lobos , Texas Copperheads , and the Corpus Christi Sharks . An af2 expansion team, the Lubbock Renegades , began play in 2007. This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Intense Football League The Intense Football League ( IFL )
21-750: The National Indoor Football League and the league suspended operations. In 2006, the Intense Football League restarted. Three of the original teams (Odessa, San Angelo and Corpus Christi) returned to the IFL, joined by new teams from Belton , Lake Charles , and Laredo . Following the 2006 season, the Laredo Lobos left for AF2, but the league expanded with three new teams for 2007 in the Frisco Thunder , Katy Ruff Riders , and Alaska Wild (notable for being
28-640: The IFL, the team joined the NIFL for the 2005 season, where they finished with a lackluster 4-10 record, but still finished second in the Pacific North Division. New ownership was unable to begin play in 2006. Most of the team's regional travel partners bolted for the reorganized Intense Football League , while the Gunslingers had chosen to remain in the NIFL and wait another season to restart
35-648: The first ever professional football team in the state of Alaska ). For 2008 another Alaskan team was added with the Fairbanks Grizzlies . The league planned to add a team in El Paso for 2009. On July 22, 2008, it was announced that the IFL would be merging with United Indoor Football for the upcoming 2009 season, following the National Indoor Bowl Championship between both leagues' champions on August 2. On August 1 it
42-516: The team. Some of the original members of the Lone Stars include QB George Godsey and WR Anton Paige. The original voice of the team's radio play-by-play and the head of its public relations was Greg Rankin. Later in 2006, in a move that essentially spelled the end for the Gunslingers, the rights to play indoor football in the Coliseum were sold to Texas af2 Holdings, LLC , who also manages
49-635: Was a professional indoor football minor league that began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas , but it was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska . During its first season, the El Paso Rumble folded and the league oversaw operations of the team until the end of the season. In 2005, the Amarillo Dusters left for the AF2 , while the other teams joined
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