Louisiana Swashbucklers
The Louisiana Swashbucklers were a professional indoor football team based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They were formed in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) and were originally known as the Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers. They replaced another NIFL franchise, the Lake Charles Land Sharks. 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 turnout and cancelled the team's final home game.
| Louisiana Swashbucklers | ||
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| Established 2005 Folded 2013 Played in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the Sudduth Coliseum | ||
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| League/conference affiliations | ||
National Indoor Football League (2005)
Intense Football League (2006–2008)
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| Team colors | Black, Purple, Silver | |
| Cheerleaders | FirstMates | |
| Personnel | ||
| Head coach | Darnell Lee | |
| Team history | ||
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| Championships | ||
| League championships (3) Intense 2007, 2008 SIFL 2009 | ||
| Conference championships (1) SIFL 2011 | ||
| Division championships (2) NIFL 2005, SIFL 2011 | ||
| Playoff appearances (8) | ||
| NIFL 2005 Intense 2006, 2007, 2008 SIFL 2009, 2010, 2011 PIFL 2012 | ||
| Home arena(s) | ||
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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) | ||||||||