The Mississippi Fire Dogs were a professional indoor American football team based in Biloxi, Mississippi . They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum . They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League . They played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the National Indoor Football League in 2001. Their final season was in 2002.
8-592: During their first two years, the Fire Dogs went 9-7 and third in the league, yet it was their second season that proved to be a glorious year by winning the IPFL championship title. When the IPFL folded, the Fire Dogs joined the new National Indoor Football League as a charter member and won the inaugural Indoor Bowl against the Wyoming Cavalry . However, they couldn't repeat the same success in 2002. Afterwards,
16-566: 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,
24-1221: The Fire Dogs. Week 1 - Mobile Seagulls 33, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 57 Week 2 – Portland Prowlers 42, Mississippi Fire Dogs 41 Week 3 - Idaho Stallions 35, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 22 Week 4 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 23, at Mobile Seagulls 30 Week 5 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 37, at Louisiana Rangers 50 Week 6 - bye Week 7 - Shreveport-Bossier 17 at Mississippi Fire Dogs 57 Week 8 - bye Week 9 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 51, at Idaho Stallions 28 Week 10 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 56, at Louisiana Rangers 44 Week 11 - Mobile Seagulls 40, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 30 Week 12 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 30, at Mobile Seagulls 16 Week 13 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 49, Omaha Beef 46 Week 14 - Louisiana Rangers 34, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 53 Week 15 – Mississippi Fire Dogs 39, Portland Prowlers 36 Week 16 - bye Week 17 - Shreveport-Bossier 34 at Mississippi Fire Dogs 49 Week 18- Mississippi Fire Dogs 37 at Shreveport-Bossier 41 Week 19 - Omaha Beef 44, Mississippi Fire Dogs 38 Semifinals - Mississippi Fire Dogs 43, Omaha Beef 40 IPFL Championship – Mississippi Fire Dogs 53, Portland Prowlers 48 National Indoor Football League The National Indoor Football League ( NIFL )
32-562: 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
40-547: The franchise folded. During the 1999 & 2000 IPFL seasons, the most notable member for the Fire Dogs was head coach/general manager/player(QB) John Fourcade , formerly of the National Football League 's New Orleans Saints . Fourcade was followed as head coach in 2001 & 2002 by Irvin Favre, the late father of legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre . Irvin Favre was also a minority owner for
48-416: 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
56-732: 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
64-522: 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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