The Houma Bayou Bucks was a team in the

National Indoor Football League The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, A ...

(NIFL). The Bayou Bucks were officially announced as a team on December 19, 2001. The team's first GM was Travis Carrell and their first head coach was Jack Phillips Jr. The Bayou Bucks competed in the NIFL from 2002 through the 2004 seasons, playing their home games at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center in

Houma, Louisiana Houma ( ) is the largest city in, and the parish seat of, Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma– Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The city's government ...

. The team colors were: Gold, Green, and White. After the 2004 NIFL season, Sudo Properties, Inc., parent company of the Bayou Bucks football team, had filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (TPCG). The suit accuses TPCG of illegal acts spanning a three-year period. Following the lawsuit, the franchise folded.

Season-by-season overall records

, - , 2002 , , 5 , , 9 , , 0 , , 3rd AC Southern , , – , - , 2003 , , 10 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd AC Southern , , Lost Round 1 ( Lake Charles) , - , 2004 , , 11 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1st AC Southern , , Lost Round 1 ( Lexington) , - !Totals , , 26 , , 17 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

2002 Houma Bayou Bucks schedule

March 23

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at Houma Bayou Bucks 40–39 March 30 Houma Bayou Bucks at Oklahoma Crude 29–31 April 5 Houma Bayou Bucks at

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64–81 April 12 bye April 20

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at Houma Bayou Bucks 24–44 April 27 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 16–37 May 5

Mississippi Fire Dogs The Mississippi Fire Dogs were a professional indoor American football team based in Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They p ...

at Houma Bayou Bucks 7–26 May 11 Winston-Salem Energy at Houma Bayou Bucks – cancelled in 3rd Qtr. due to fight May 18 Houma Bayou Bucks at Winston-Salem Energy 31–61 May 25

at Houma Bayou Bucks 50–43 June 1 Houma Bayou Bucks at

31–22 June 8 Houma Bayou Bucks at

53–42 June 15 bye June 22 Oklahoma Crude at Houma Bayou Bucks 15–58 June 29 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 42–31 July 6 Houma Bayou Bucks at

32–40

2003 Houma Bayou Bucks schedule

March 15 bye March 22

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at Houma Bayou Bucks 14–29 March 29 Oklahoma Crude at Houma Bayou Bucks 18–29 April 5 Houma Bayou Bucks at

Utah Warriors The Utah Warriors are a professional rugby union team that competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018. The team is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ...

61–36 April 12 Houma Bayou Bucks at

Beaumont Drillers The Beaumont Drillers were 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 ...

54–44 April 19 Houma Bayou Bucks at

Austin Rockers Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

44–33 April 26 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 35–48 May 4

at Houma Bayou Bucks 26–47 May 10 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 21–28 May 17 Houma Bayou Bucks at

49–43 May 24

at Houma Bayou Bucks 40–6 May 31 Houma Bayou Bucks at

36–30 June 7 Houma Bayou Bucks at Oklahoma Crude 36–39 June 14

at Houma Bayou Bucks 39–42 June 21 bye June 28

Evansville BlueCats The Evansville BlueCats were a professional indoor football team based in Evansville, Indiana. They were a member of the United Indoor Football Association (UIF). They debuted in 2003 as a member of the National Indoor Football League. Locat ...

at Houma Bayou Bucks 6–55angelfire.com
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2004 Houma Bayou Bucks schedule

March 12 Houma Bayou Bucks at

50–58 March 20 Lake Charles Land Sharks at Houma Bayou Bucks 13–43 April 3

at Houma Bayou Bucks 43–52 April 10

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at Houma Bayou Bucks 51–66 April 17 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 39–33 April 24 bye May 1

at Houma Bayou Bucks 55–84 May 8 Houma Bayou Bucks at Beaumont Drillers 51–40 May 15 Houma Bayou Bucks at Lake Charles Land Sharks 31–27 May 22

at Houma Bayou Bucks 51–49 May 28 Houma Bayou Bucks at

60–58 June 6 bye June 12

at Houma Bayou Bucks 66–74 June 19 Waco Marshals at Houma Bayou Bucks 0–74 (Largest margin of defeat in a game with the other team not scoring a point in 2004, in the National Indoor Football League.) June 26 Oklahoma Crude at Houma Bayou Bucks 33–84 July 2 Houma Bayou Bucks at

50–54 NIFL Conference Semi-finals July 16 Houma Bayou Bucks at

Lexington Horsemen Lexington may refer to: Places England * Laxton, Nottinghamshire, formerly Lexington Canada * Lexington, a district in Waterloo, Ontario United States * Lexington, Kentucky, the largest city with this name * Lexington, Massachusetts, the oldes ...

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References

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External links

Houma Bayou Bucks online fan club

Houma Bayou Bucks fan website
American football teams in Louisiana National Indoor Football League teams Bayou Bucks American football teams established in 2001 American football teams disestablished in 2004 2001 establishments in Louisiana 2004 disestablishments in Louisiana