List of Louisiana sports teams

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This is an incomplete list of Louisiana's sports teams.

Contents 1 Professional sports teams 1.1 American football 1.2 Baseball 1.3 Basketball 1.4 Hockey 1.5 Roller Derby 2 College teams 2.1 NCAA 2.2 NAIA 3 Transferred professional teams 4 Defunct professional teams 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Professional sports teams

[edit] American football National Football League New Orleans Saints Arena Football League New Orleans VooDoo NAFL Baton Rouge Eagles NWFL New Orleans Spice Shreveport Shockhers NIFL Twin City Gators (Monroe) - NIFL Hammond Heroes (starting in 2007) - NIFL AF2 Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings - AF2 IFL Louisiana Swashbucklers (Lake Charles) - IFL IWFL Baton Rouge Women's Football www.brfuel.com Southern American Football League Baton Rouge Riverboat Bandits - SAFL Central Louisiana Red River Raiders - SAFL Lake Charles RiverKats - SAFL Minden RoughRiders - SAFL Lafayette Bayou Bulls - SAFL Greater New Orleans Gladiators - SAFL Hammond Headhunters - SAFL Slidell Steelsharks - SAFL Louisiana (New Orleans) Storm Chasers

[edit] Baseball Minor League Baseball New Orleans Zephyrs Shreveport Sports Alexandria Aces [edit] Basketball National Basketball Association New Orleans Hornets [edit] Hockey Minor League Ice Hockey Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs - Central Hockey League Cajun Catahoulas (WSHL) Jr. B Hockey Lake Charles Ice Pirates - Western Professional Hockey League Southern Women's Hockey League - Roller-ice hockey New Orleans Brass-East Coast Hockey League Louisiana IceGators-East Coast Hockey League [edit] Roller Derby WFTDA Big Easy Rollergirls (2005–present)

[edit] College teams

[edit] NCAA

• Bengals - Louisiana State University at Eunice
• Bulldogs - Louisiana Tech
• Colonels - Nicholls State University
• Cowboys - McNeese State University
• Demons - Northwestern State University
• Gentleman - Centenary College of Louisiana
• Green Wave - Tulane University
• Jaguars - Southern University
• Lions - Southeastern Louisiana University
• Pilots - Louisiana State University in Shreveport
• Privateers - University of New Orleans
• Ragin' Cajuns - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Tigers - Grambling State University
• Tigers - Louisiana State University
• Warhawks - University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Wildcats - Louisiana College
• Wolfpack - Loyola University New Orleans

[edit] NAIA

• Gold Rush/Gold Nuggets - Xavier University of Louisiana
• Knights - Southern University at New Orleans
• Pilots - Louisiana State University in Shreveport
• Wolfpack - Loyola University New Orleans
• Blue Devils - Dillard University

[edit] Transferred professional teams

• New Orleans Jazz (1974) basketball team moved to Salt Lake City and became the Utah Jazz in 1979.

[edit] Defunct professional teams

Defunct football teams

• New Orleans Breakers (1984) - USFL
• Shreveport Pirates (1994-95) - CFL
• Louisiana Bayou Beast (1998-99, 2001) - PIFL / IPFL / NIFL
• New Orleans Thunder (1999) - RFL
• Shreveport-Bossier Southern Knights (1999) - RFL
• Rapides Rangers (2000) - IPFL
• Shreveport-Bossier Bombers (2000) - IPFL
• Baton Rouge Blaze (2001) - af2
• Lafayette Roughnecks (2001) - af2
• Louisiana Rangers (2001-2002) - NIFL
• Lake Charles LandSharks (2002-2004) - NIFL
• Houma Bayou Bucks (2002-2005) - NIFL
• SW Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005) - NIFL

Other defunct professional teams

• Houma Hawks
• Baton Rouge River Bats
• Baton Rouge Kingfish (1996-2003) - ECHL
• Louisiana IceGators (1995-2005) - ECHL
• Monroe Moccasins (1997-2001) - WPHL
• New Orleans Brass (1997-2002) - ECHL
• New Orleans Creoles (dates?) - Negro league baseball
• New Orleans Pelicans (1887-1959) - Minor league baseball

Other defunct sports leagues

• Eastern Indoor Soccer League (1997–1998)

[edit] See also

• Sports in New Orleans

[edit] External links

• List of Louisiana sports teams