Katy Ruff Riders
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| Year founded | 2006 |
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| Home arena | Leonard E. Merrell Center |
| City, State | Katy, Texas |
| Intense Bowl Championships | 0 |
The Katy Ruff Riders is a professional indoor football team in the Intense Football League to begin play in 2007. The team will play their home games at the Leonard E. Merrell Center, former home of the Katy Copperheads (NIFL).
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[edit] Staff
- Donald Hollas, Head Coach & Director of Football Operations
- Stephen Wiggins, Defensive Coordinator
- Steve Martin, General Manager
- Molly Reed, Marketing Director
- Brandon Smith, President/CEO
- David Iglinsky, General Partner
- Marc Greenfield, General Partner
[edit] Team History
After Katy's NIFL team, the Katy Copperheads (now Texas Copperheads of the af2) left Katy, Brandon Smith announced that he would try to bring an Intense Football League team to Katy. In November 2006, they introduced the name and face of the new team. The team's name was chosen in a contest. The winner was Anthony Borjas, a 16-year old who attended Seven Lakes High School with his name ruff riders.
[edit] 2007 Season Schedule
(as of November 23,2006) (Home games at Leonard E. Merrell Center)
- Saturday, April 14th - Corpus Christi
- Saturday, April 28th - at CenTex
- Sunday, May 6th - Alaska
- Saturday, May 12th - San Angelo
- Saturday, May 19th - Odessa
- Saturday, May 26th - at Alaska
- Saturday, June 2nd - at San Angelo
- Saturday, June 9th - at Odessa
- Saturday, June 16th - Louisiana
- Saturday, June 23rd - Odessa
- Saturday, June 30th - at Louisiana
- Saturday, July 7th - at Frisco
- Saturday, July 14th - at Corpus Christi
- Saturday, July 28th - Frisco
[edit] External Links
| Intense Football League |
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| Alaska Wild | CenTex Barracudas | Corpus Christi Hammerheads | Frisco | Katy Ruff Riders | Louisiana Swashbucklers | Odessa Roughnecks | San Angelo Stampede Express |
