Louisiana Swashbucklers
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| League | NIFL (2005) Intense (2006–2008) SIFL (2009–2011) PIFL (2012–2013) |
| Team history | Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005) Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005–2013) |
| Based in | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Arena | Sudduth Coliseum |
| Colors | Black, Purple, Silver |
| Head coach | Darnell Lee |
| Championships | 3 (Intense 2007, 2008; SIFL 2009) |
| Division titles | 2 (NIFL Pacific South 2005, SIFL Western Gulf 2011) |
| Dancers | FirstMates |
| Website | www.labucs.com |
The Louisiana Swashbucklers were a professional indoor football team formed in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) as the Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers. In 2006, they moved to the Intense Football League (IFL) and shortened their name to Louisiana Swashbucklers. They were originally set to play in the Indoor Football League due to the IFL's merger with United Indoor Football, but later had to bow out over financial concerns. For their next three seasons, they were a member of the new Southern Indoor Football League. Later a member of the Professional Indoor Football League, they played their home games at Sudduth Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On May 24, 2013, the team announced that they would be ceasing operations due to low ticket sales and cancelled the team's final home game.
Notable players
Final roster
| Louisiana Swashbucklers roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers |
Injured reserve
Exempt list
Practice squad
Rookies in italics | |||
All-league players
- FB Kendrick Perry (2)
- WR Jordan Rideaux (2)
- OL Roman Pritt
- DL John Paul Jones
- DB Damian Huren (2)
Season-by-season results
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | League Leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | NIFL | Pacific | Southern | 1st | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Round 1 (Corpus Christi) 29-31 | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | Intense | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Lost Semifinals (Odessa) 50-53 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | Intense | 1st | 13 | 1 | 0 | Won Semifinals (Odessa) 43-40 Won Intense Bowl III (Corpus Christi) 46-27 | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Intense | 1st | 14 | 0 | 0 | Won Semifinals (Odessa) 59-57 Won Intense Bowl IV (Corpus Christi) 66-35 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | SIFL | 1st | 10 | 1 | 0 | Won Semifinal (Houma) 51-40 Won President's Cup I (Austin) 59-38 | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | SIFL | 4th | 5 | 6 | 0 | Won Semifinal (Albany) 41-35 Lost President's Cup II (Columbus) 13-68 | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | SIFL | Western | Gulf | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Won Round 1 (Corpus Christi) 59-20 Won Western Conference Championship (Houston) 56-41 Lost Presidents Cup III (Albany) 48-69 | ||
| 2012 | 2012 | PIFL | 4th | 6 | 6 | Lost Semifinals (Richmond) 50-56 | |||||
| 2013 | 2013 | PIFL | 5th | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 79 | 34 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2006–2013) | |||||||
| 9 | 5 | - | All-time postseason record (2006–2013) | ||||||||
| 88 | 39 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2006–2013) | ||||||||
External links
- Former Professional Indoor Football League (2012) teams
- Former Indoor Football League teams
- Intense Football League teams
- American football teams in Louisiana
- Sports teams in Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Sports clubs established in 2005
- Sports clubs disestablished in 2013
- Defunct indoor American football teams
- Louisiana Swashbucklers