The Nashville Kangaroos is a

United States Australian Football League The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States. It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. It is based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. As of 2011, there were over 1,00 ...

, USAFL, team, based in

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

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. It was founded in 1997 and is a Founding Club of the USAFL. The club's mascot is a

red kangaroo The red kangaroo (''Osphranter rufus'') is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as sou ...

, a happy coincidence as the Nashville Zoo features red kangaroos in Kangaroo Kickabout, an interactive exhibit with 4,500 square feet of naturalistic Australian landscape. In 2021, the Men's team won their first

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in Division IV going 4-0 for the clean sweep as National Champions.

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* Australian rules football clubs in the United States Sports in Nashville, Tennessee Australian rules football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Tennessee {{AFL-team-stub