The Shreveport Rouxgaroux are a professional indoor football team of the National Arena League scheduled to begin play for its 2025 season. Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, the Rouxgaroux will play their home games at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum .
11-502: On July 31, 2024, the Rouxgaroux announced their intentions to begin play in 2025 at Hirsch Coliseum, with further details coming at a press conference in two weeks. On August 15, the NAL officially announced the Rouxgaroux as their newest team, with veteran indoor football coach Pat Pimmel serving as the team's inaugural head coach. The Rouxgaroux will be the first indoor football team to play in
22-677: A lawsuit in Caddo district court on August 31, 2000 regarding the final two years of the Bombers' three-year contract to play in Hirsch Memorial Coliseum. By all indications from Bombers' ownership, the State Fair of Louisiana doesn't expect the Bombers to be back for their second season. ‡ With the construction of a new arena, CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, LA , and its subsequent lease with
33-819: A professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, Texas . They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast . As the Rangers, they played their home games at the Rapides Parish Coliseum in Alexandria, Louisiana . After the league collapsed,
44-681: The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA / Bossier City, LA , were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport. The Bombers owner was Don Rafferty and Matt Ingram was the general manager of the team. On August 21, 1999, the IPFL announced two new expansion teams in Omaha and Shreveport. November 9, 1999, Shreveport introduces
55-1571: The af2 Bossier City Battle Wings , the Bombers left the field for good after that season. Week 1 - bye Saturday, April 15 - Omaha Beef 39 at Shreveport-Bossier 44 Saturday, April 22 - Louisiana Rangers 42 at Shreveport-Bossier 29 Saturday, April 29 - Shreveport-Bossier 10 at Portland Prowlers 31 Sunday, May 7 - Idaho Stallions 44 at Shreveport-Bossier 38 Saturday, May 13 - Shreveport-Bossier 19 at Louisiana Rangers 39 Sunday, May 21 - Shreveport-Bossier 17 at Mississippi Fire Dogs 57 Friday, May 26 - Shreveport-Bossier 6 at Omaha Beef 28 Saturday, June 3 - Mobile Seagulls 31 at Shreveport-Bossier 34 Saturday, June 10 - Shreveport-Bossier 27 at Mobile Seagulls 15 Week 11 - bye Saturday, June 24 - Portland Prowlers 28 at Shreveport-Bossier 22 Saturday, July 1 - Shreveport-Bossier 8 at Idaho Stallions 14 Saturday, July 8 - Mobile Seagulls 55 at Shreveport-Bossier 51 Week 15 - bye Saturday, July 22 - Louisiana Rangers 29 at Shreveport-Bossier 35 Saturday, July 29 - Shreveport-Bossier 34 at Mississippi Fire Dogs 49 Saturday, August 5 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 37 at Shreveport-Bossier 41 Saturday, August 12 - Shreveport-Bossier 35 at Louisiana Rangers 60 saturday, December 3 - Shreveport-bombers 47 at Port City Rams 54 † The Shreveport Times - "Bombers coach takes over at QB" - August 5, 2000 ‡ The Shreveport Times - "Bombers sued by State Fair" - September 14, 2000 Louisiana Rangers National Indoor Football League (2001–2007) The Beaumont Drillers were
66-924: The Rangers moved into the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). After two seasons, the franchise moved to Beaumont, Texas , and became the Drillers. The team left the NIFL in 2008 and played in the American Professional Football League in 2008 with new ownership. The team played most of their schedule, cancelling two home games. The team played in APFL Bowl VI, because of the Conroe Storm withdrawing, but lost. Former Drillers Shockmain Davis , Pat Palmer and Chad Luttrell all spent time playing in
77-647: The Rouxgaroux will be the first indoor/arena team to play in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area since the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings played from 2001 to 2010 as a member of the af2 and the Arena Football League . The Rouxgaroux are named after the mythical beast of Cajun folklore similar to a werewolf. Team owner Keith Carter told of the legends of parents and grandparents warning their children to get in bed lest
88-531: The city of Shreveport since the Shreveport-Bossier Bombers played their only season as a member of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000; coincidentally, the Bombers' fellow 2000 IPFL expansion team the Omaha Beef still exists to this very day (as the longest continuously running indoor football team in history), and are the Rouxgaroux's NAL leaguemates and defending champions. In addition,
99-596: The last home game of the season, was forced into the QB role after Chris Milwee's finger injury. † The Bombers experienced the least success of the four expansion teams. The team averaged only 28 points per game and was frequently held to less than 15 points. The team enjoyed only one road victory, a 27-15 win over the Mobile Seagulls . An early six-game losing streak took them out of the playoff race, and their league-worst offense kept them out. The State Fair of Louisiana filed
110-487: The rouxgaroux "get them," as well as farmers who believe the rouxgaroux was responsible for their cattle's death, pointing out his team will continue that legacy particularly against the Omaha Beef. Running backs Wide receivers Defensive linemen Linebackers Defensive backs Special teams Shreveport-Bossier Bombers The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of
121-703: The team name (Bombers) and the logo. And on February 10, 2000, the Bombers named 24-year-old Edward Jenkins as their head coach for their only season in the IPFL. Jenkins resigned as an assistant coach at Colby College, a Division III school in Waterville, Maine, to take over the helm of the Bombers. Later on, Dave Lockwoodand was named as the Bombers defensive coordinator. Some notable Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were QB's Chris Milwee and Steve Fill, DB's Chris Samson and Anthony Montgomery, linemen Roman Blake, Willie McCray, and Alex "Monster" Mash, WR Carson Thomas and PK's Shane Thomas and Sam Corrigan. Even Head Coach Ed Jenkins, for
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