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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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Professional teams

Current Teams

Amateur/Semi-Pro sports teams

American football

Women's Football Alliance The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is a professional full-contact Women's American football tackle minor league that began play in 2009. It is the largest 11-on-11 football league for women in the world, and the longest running active women's ...

*Louisiana Bayou Storm Surge *New Orleans Hurricanes North Louisiana Football Alliance *Bossier City Bombers *Bossier City Roughnecks *Homer Lumberjacks *Minden Cyclones *Ruston Rattlers

Australian football

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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 ...

Baton Rouge Tigers The Baton Rouge Tigers are a United States Australian Football League team, based in Baton Rouge, United States. It was founded in 2004. They play in the USAFL. See also References External links * Australian rules football clubs in ...

Baseball

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Texas Collegiate League The Texas Collegiate League (TCL) is a collegiate summer baseball league made up of teams from the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The league's headquarters are in Coppell, Texas. Uri Geva, owner of the Brazos Valley Bombers, is the le ...

* Acadiana Cane Cutters

Basketball

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American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

* Alexandria Armor * Louisiana Kingdom Riders * Twin City Jazz

Hockey

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North American Hockey League The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 48th season of operation in 2022–23. It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternati ...

Shreveport Mudbugs The Shreveport Mudbugs are a Tier II junior ice hockey team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, as a member of the North American Hockey League. The new Mudbugs replaced a former professional team that played in the area from 1997 to 2011 known as th ...

Roller Derby

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Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

* Acadiana Rollergirls (Lafayette) *

Big Easy Rollergirls Big Easy Roller Derby (est. 2005) is a women's, flat-track roller derby league in New Orleans, Louisiana. Big Easy is a founding member league of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History Big Easy Roller Derby was founded as Big ...

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Cajun Rollergirls Cajun Rollergirls or CRG, is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Houma, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It i ...

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Men's Roller Derby Association The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011), and currently has 59 ...

New Orleans Brass Roller Derby New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

(New Orleans) ;Independent *Cenla Derby Dames (Alexandria) *Lethal Ladies/NSRD (Mandeville/Madisonville) *Pearl River Roller Derby (Slidell) *Twin City Knockers (Shreveport/Bossier)

Rugby

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Deep South Rugby Football Union The Deep South Rugby Football Union (DSRFU) is a Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams in the Southeastern United States. The DSRFU is part of the True South Geographical Union, one of the Geographical Unions (GUs) that comprise USA Rugby. ...

* Baton Rouge Rugby Football Club * New Orleans Rugby Football Club ; Texas Geographical Union *

Shreveport Rugby Football Club Shreveport–Bossier is and has been home to a wide variety of sporting events. American football * Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings – (2001–2009) – AF2, (2010) – AFL * Shreveport Aftershock – (2007–2009) – IWFL *Shreveport-Bossi ...

Soccer

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National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially ...

New Orleans Jesters The New Orleans Jesters are an American soccer team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Nicknamed 'The Jesters', they are co ...

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Gulf Coast Premier League The Gulf Coast Premier League (GCPL) is a United States Adult Soccer Association affiliated Amateur Elite League that includes teams from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The regular season of the GCPL runs May through July. On ...

* Alexandria PBFC (Alexandria) *

Baton Rouge Capitals BRSC Capitals are an American soccer team based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 2007, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of ...

* CABOSA Shreveport United S.C. * Cajun Rush (Lafayette) *Crescent City FC (New Orleans) * Louisiana Krewe (Lafayette) *Northshore United FC (Covington)

College teams

NCAA

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Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activ ...

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Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...

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Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

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American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...

* Ragin' Cajuns –

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

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Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...

* Tigers and Lady Tigers –

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

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Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...

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University of Louisiana at Monroe The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System. History ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Cen ...

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Colonels Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

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Nicholls State University Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nicholl ...

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Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...

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McNeese State University McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. ...

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Northwestern State University Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the Univer ...

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Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

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Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...

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Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it becam ...

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University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

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Tigers The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...

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Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage ...

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Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a private liberal arts college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi Rive ...

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Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), founded in 1962, is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas. Difficulties related to travel distanc ...

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Louisiana Christian University Louisiana Christian University (LCU) is a private Baptist university in Pineville, Louisiana. It enrolls 1,100 to 1,200 students. It is affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). Louisiana Christia ...

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American Southwest Conference The American Southwest Conference (ASC) is a college athletic conference, founded in 1996, whose member schools compete in the NCAA's Division III. The schools are located in Texas and Arkansas. The conference competes in baseball, men's and wome ...

NAIA

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Dillard University Dillard University is a private, historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 and incorporating earlier institutions founded as early as 1869 after the American Civil War, it is affiliated with the United Church of Ch ...

Generals A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ...

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Louisiana State University of Alexandria Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSU of Alexandria or LSUA, formerly Louisiana State University at Alexandria) is a public college in Alexandria, Louisiana. It offers undergraduate degrees in numerous disciplines. The university is a unit ...

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Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana (also known as XULA) is a Private university, private, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black, Roman Catholic, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU ...

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Southern University at New Orleans Southern University at New Orleans (also known as SUNO) is a public historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the Southern University System and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Southern University ...

Pilots An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

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Louisiana State University Shreveport Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a public university in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System. Initially, a two-year college, LSUS has expanded into a university with 21 ...

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Loyola University New Orleans Loyola University New Orleans is a Private university, private Jesuit university in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name o ...

NJCAA

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Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge Community College is a public community college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Established on June 28, 1995, the college settled into a permanent location in 1998. The campus consists of six main buildings: Governors Building, Louisia ...

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Louisiana State University at Eunice Louisiana State University Eunice (LSU Eunice or LSUE) is a public junior college in Eunice, Louisiana. It is the only junior college associated with the Louisiana State University System. It enrolls over 4,000 full and part-time students and h ...

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Bossier Parish Community College Bossier may refer to: * Bossier City, Louisiana * Bossier Parish, Louisiana * Pierre Bossier Pierre Evariste Jean-Baptiste Bossier (pronounced Boh Zhay) (March 22, 1797 – April 24, 1844) was a Planter (American South), planter, soldier and pol ...

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Delgado Community College Delgado Community College (DCC) is a public community college in Louisiana with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its current campuses are in New Orleans (Orleans Parish) and in Jefferson Parish. The original main campus—Ci ...

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Southern University at Shreveport Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) is a junior college in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the historically black Southern University System. SUSLA, pushed to fruition by the administration of Governor John J. McKeithen, opened for in ...

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Nunez Community College Nunez Community College (NCC) is a public community college in Chalmette, Louisiana. Its full name is Elaine P. Nunez Community College; it was named for the deceased wife of former Louisiana State Senate President Samuel B. Nunez. Its service ...

Defunct professional and amateur/semi-pro teams

Defunct American football teams

Acadiana Zydeco The Zydeco Spice is a team in the Women's Football Alliance. The team began play in the 2010 season as the Acadiana Zydeco and returned for the 2021 season under a new name. Based in the Acadiana region (and more specifically the Lafayette met ...

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Baton Rouge Blaze The Baton Rouge Blaze was an expansion team that joined the af2 in 2001. '' The Advocate'' held a "Name the Team" contest which was won by a local teacher, Sean Fluharty. The head coach was former LSU quarterback Alan Risher. The cheer/dance team ...

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af2 The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football ru ...

Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings The Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings were an Arena Football League team based in Bossier City, Louisiana. They played at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City and took their name from the metropolitan area that consists of Bossier City and ne ...

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AFL AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...

* Cenla Twin City/Louisiana Patriots - (2008-2010) - TLSWFA * Hammond Heroes (2006) – NIFL *

Houma Bayou Bucks The Houma Bayou Bucks was a team in the National Indoor Football League (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 ...

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Houma Conquerors The Houma Conquerors were a professional indoor football team and a charter member of the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). Based in Houma, Louisiana, the Conquerors played their home games at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center. This was ...

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Lafayette Roughnecks The Lafayette Roughnecks was arena football team based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Roughnecks were members of the South Central Division of the National Conference of af2. They played their home games at the Cajundome (also the basketball home ...

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Lafayette Wildcatters The Lafayette Wildcatters were a professional indoor football team based in Lafayette, Louisiana and a charter member of the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). They played their home games at the Cajundome, the Wildcatters are Lafayette's s ...

(2009–2010) – SIFL * Lake Charles Land Sharks (2002–2004) – NIFL *

Louisiana Bayou Beast The Louisiana Bayou Beast were a team in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 1999, and reincarnated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The Bayou Beast fran ...

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IPFL The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams (the Madison Mad Dogs and the Green Bay Bombers) left the league and their owner, ...

, (2001) – NIFL * Louisiana Fuel – (2008–2010) – IWFL * Louisiana Jazz – (2002–2003) – NWFA, (2004–2014) – WFA *

Louisiana Rangers Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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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 Louis ...

– (2005) – NIFL, (2006–2008) – Intense Football League, Intense, (2009–2011) – SIFL, (2012–2013) – Professional Indoor Football League (2012), PIFL *New Orleans Breakers (1984), New Orleans Breakers (1984) – USFL *New Orleans Jazz football club, New Orleans Jazz F.C. (2011) – Stars Football League, Stars *New Orleans Krewe (2016) - U.S. Women's Football League *New Orleans Night (1991–1992) –

*New Orleans Thunder (1999) – Regional Football League, Regional *New Orleans VooDoo (2004–2008), (2010–2015) –

*Shreveport Aftershock – (2007–2009) – IWFL *Shreveport-Bossier Bombers (2000) –

*Shreveport Knights (1999) – Regional Football League, RFL *Shreveport Pirates (1994–95) – Canadian Football League, CFL *Shreveport Shockhers (2006) – NWFA *Shreveport Steamer (1974–1975) – World Football League, WFL *American Football Association (1978–1983), Shreveport Steamers (1979–1981) – American Football Association (1978–83), AFA *Twin City Gators (2006) – NIFL

Defunct baseball teams

*Abbeville A's (1935–1939) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Abbeville Athletics (1946–1952) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Abbeville Sluggers (1920) – Louisiana State League * Acadiana Cane Cutters (Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette) (2011–Current) –

*Alexandria Aces (1934–1942, 1946–1957) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League (1972–1975) – Texas League (1994–2001) – Texas–Louisiana League, (2001–2003) – Central Baseball League, Central League, (2006–2008) – United League Baseball, United League, (2009) – Continental Baseball League, Continental League, (2010–2012) –

, (2013) – United League Baseball, United League *Alexandria Black Aces – Negro league baseball *Alexandria Hoo Hoos (1909) – Arkansas State League *Alexandria Lincoln Giants – Negro league baseball *Alexandria Reds (1925–1930) – Cotton States League *Alexandria Tigers (1920) – Louisiana State League *Alexandria White Sox (1907–1908) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Arlington/Blue Stockings Base Ball Club (Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreveport) (1872) *Baton Rouge Black Sox – Negro league baseball *Baton Rouge Blue Marlins (2001) – All-American Association *Baton Rouge Cajuns (1902, 1905–1906) – Cotton States League *Baton Rouge Cougars (1976) – Gulf States League *Baton Rouge Essos (1929) – Cotton States League *Baton Rouge Hardwood Sports – Negro league baseball *Baton Rouge Highlanders (1930) – Cotton States League *Baton Rouge Rebels (1956–57) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Baton Rouge Red Sticks (1903–1904) – Cotton States League (1934) East Dixie League (1946–55) – Evangeline League *Baton Rouge Riverbats (2002–2003) – Southeastern League *Baton Rouge Senators (1932) – Cotton States League *Baton Rouge Solons (1933) – Dixie League (1933 baseball), Dixie League *Baton Rouge Standards (1931) – Cotton States League *Baton Rouge Stars – Negro league baseball *Bayou Bullfrogs (Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette) (1998–1999) – Texas–Louisiana League *Beauregard Base Ball Club (Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Ponchatoula) (1870) *Capitol/Red Stick Base Ball Club (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge) (1867) *Comet Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1860) *Crowley Millers (1950) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League (1951–1957) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Crowley Rice Birds (1908) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Delta Base Ball Club (Delta, Louisiana, Delta) (1877) *DeQuincy Railroaders (1932) – Cotton States League *Detroit–New Orleans Stars#Detroit Stars (IV), Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1960–1961) – Negro league baseball *Donaldsonville Grays – Semi-pro baseball *Favorite Base Ball Club (Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette) (1893) *Ferriday Stars – Negro league baseball *Gretna Lookouts – Negro league baseball *Hammond Berries (1946–51) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Hammond Cubs – Negro league baseball *Hammond Hard Hitters – Negro league baseball *Hancock Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1869) *Hop Bitters Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1880) *Hope Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1868) *Houma Buccaneers/Natchez Pilgrims (1940) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Houma Delta Cubs – Negro league baseball *Houma Hawks (2003) – Southeastern League *Houma Indians (1946–1952) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Invincibles Base Ball Club (Youngsville, Louisiana, Royville) (1893) *Jeanerette Blues (1934–1939) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lafayette Browns (1908) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Lafayette Bullfrogs (2000) – Texas–Louisiana League *Lafayette Bulls (1948–53) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lafayette Drillers (1975–1976) – Texas League *Lafayette Hubs (1920) – Louisiana State League *Lafayette Oilers (1954–57) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lafayette White Sox (1934–42) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lake Charles Creoles (1906) – South Texas League (1907–1908) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Lake Charles Explorers (1934) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lake Charles Giants (1956–57) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lake Charles Lakers (1950) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League (1951–55) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Lake Charles Lincoln Giants – Negro league baseball *Lake Charles Newporters (1929–1930) – Cotton States League *Lake Charles Skippers (1935–1942) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Leesville Angels (1950) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Lone Star Base Ball Club (Pineville) (1871) *Lone Star Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1859, 1869) *Louisiana Travellers *Mandeville Base Ball Club (Mandeville, Louisiana, Mandeville) (1869) *Melpomene White Sox – Negro league baseball *Meraux Tigers – Negro league baseball *Metairie Pelicans – Negro league baseball *Monroe Drillers (1924–1930) – Cotton States League *Monroe Hill Citys (1903–1904) – Cotton States League *Monroe Monarchs (1931–1932) – Negro Southern League (1920–36), Negro Southern League *Monroe Municipals (1907) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League (1908) – Cotton States League *Monroe Pearl Diggers (1909) – Arkansas State League *Monroe Southern Giants (1923) – Texas Colored League *Monroe Sports (1950–1955) – Cotton States League (1956) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Monroe Twins (1931–1932, 1937) – Cotton States League *Monroe White Sox (1938–1941) – Cotton States League *Morgan City Bears – Negro league baseball *Morgan City Black Sox – Negro league baseball *Morgan City Oyster Shuckers (1908) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League *Morehouse Bluffers Base Ball Club (Bastrop, Louisiana, Bastrop) (1879) *Natchitoches Base Ball Club (Natchitoches, Louisiana, Natchitoches) (1874) *New Iberia Cardinals (1934–1942, 1946–1947, 1949, 1953) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *New Iberia Indians (1956) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *New Iberia Pelicans (1948, 1951–1952, 1954–1955) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *New Iberia Rebels (1950) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *New Iberia Sugar Boys (1920) – Louisiana State League *New Orleans Acid Iron Earth (f. 1886) – Gulf baseball League, Gulf League *New Orleans Ads (1920–21, 1935–36) – Negro Southern League (1920–36), Negro Southern League *New Orleans Algiers Giants (1926) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues *New Orleans Baseball Club (f. 1886) – Gulf baseball League, Gulf League *New Orleans Black Eagles *New Orleans Black Pelicans (1907–08, 1938) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro league, (1920, 1926, 1945) – Negro Southern League (1920–36), Negro Southern League, (1931) – Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league) (1951, 1954) – Negro American League *New Orleans Black Rappers (f. 1907) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues *New Orleans Blue Rappers (f. 1907) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues *New Orleans Cohens – Negro league baseball *New Orleans Creoles (1947–48, 1950–51) – Negro Southern League (1945–51), Negro Southern League, (1949) – Negro Texas League, *New Orleans Crescents – Negro league baseball *New Orleans Crescents/Unions (f. 1886) – Southern League of Colored Base Ballists *New Orleans Crescent Stars (1921, 1932–33, 1935–37) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues (1922, 1934) – Negro Southern League (1920–36), Negro Southern League (1923) – Texas Colored League *New Orleans Dumonts – Negro league baseball *New Orleans Eagles (1915–16) – Negro league baseball *New Orleans Eclipse (f. 1907) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues *New Orleans Expos (f. 1886) – Independent *New Orleans Little Pels (1912) – Cotton States League *New Orleans Pelicans (baseball), New Orleans Pelicans (1887, 1889, 1898–1899) – Southern League (1885–99), Southern League (1888) – Texas-Southern League (1890, 1892–1896, 1901–1959) – Southern Association (1977) – American Association (20th century), American Association *New Orleans Pinchbacks – Negro league baseball *New Orleans Stars (1924) – Negro league baseball, Independent Negro leagues *New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1940–1941) – Negro American League *New Orleans Baby Cakes, New Orleans Zephyrs/Baby Cakes (1993–1997) – American Association (20th century), American Association (1998–2019) – Pacific Coast League *Oakdale Lumberjacks (1920) – Louisiana State League *Opelousas Indians (1907) – Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League, Gulf Coast League (1934–41) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Opelousas Orphans (1932) – Cotton States League *Ouachita Base Ball Club (Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe) (1873) *Pelican Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1865–1867), (1868–1874) – Louisiana Base Ball Association (1875–1879), (1880–1884) – Crescent City League *Plaquemine Tigers – Negro league baseball *Rapides Base Ball Club (Alexandria, Louisiana, Alexandria) (1871) *Rayne Red Sox (1934) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Rayne Rice Birds (1920) – Louisiana State League (1935–1941) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Reveille/Jackson Base Ball Club (Audubon, New Orleans, Greenville) (1867) *Robert E. Lee Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (f. 1864, 1869, 1886) – Gulf baseball League, Gulf League *St. Francisville Base Ball Club (St. Francisville, Louisiana, St. Francisville) (1878) *Scotlandville White Sox – Negro league baseball *Secret 9 Base Ball Team – Negro league baseball *Shreveport Acme Giants (1923) – Texas Colored League *Shreveport Black Sports (1926) – Texas Colored League (1927–28), (1929–30) – Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League, (1931) – Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league) (1946) – East Texas Negro League *Shreveport Braves (1968–1970) – Texas League *Shreveport Captains (1971) – Dixie Association (1972–2000) – Texas League *Shreveport Gassers (1915–1924) – Texas League *Shreveport Giants (1901–1903) – Southern Association *Shreveport Grays (1895) – Texas-Southern League *Shreveport Pirates (baseball), Shreveport Pirates (1904–1910) – Southern Association (1908–1910) – Texas League *Shreveport Sports (1925–32, 1938–42, 1946–57) – Texas League (1933) – Dixie League (1933 baseball), Dixie League (1934) – East Dixie League (1935) – West Dixie League (1959–1961) – Southern Association, (2003–2005) – Central Baseball League, Central League, (2006–2008) – American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, American Association *Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–2002) – Texas League *Shreveport Tigers (1899) – Southern League (1885–99), Southern League, (1949) – Negro Texas League *Shreveport Travelers (1951) – Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League *Shreveport-Bossier Captains (2009–2011) – American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, American Association *Shrewsbury Globetrotters – Negro league baseball *Slidell Creoles – Negro league baseball *South Louisiana Pipeliners (Morgan City, Louisiana, Morgan City) (2009) – Continental Baseball League, Continental League *Southern Base Ball Club (New Orleans) 1869 *Stonewall Base Ball Club (Algiers) (1867) *Stonewall Base Ball Club (Pilette) (1893) *Thibodaux Giants (1946–1953) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Thibodaux Pilots (1954) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Thibodaux Senators (1956–57) – Evangeline Baseball League, Evangeline League *Waterloo Base Ball Club (Point Coupee, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee) (1878) *West Baton Rouge Cubs – Negro league baseball *Winnfield Devils – Negro league baseball

Defunct basketball teams

*Lake Charles Corsairs (2012–2013) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA (Did Not Play) *Lake Charles Hurricanes – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA (Did Not Play) *Louisiana Cajun All Stars/New Orleans Cajun All Stars (2015–2016 DNP, 2017–2018) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA, (2016–2017) – North American Basketball League, NABL *Louisiana Cajun Pelicans (Baton Rouge) (2004–2005) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *Louisiana Gators (Lake Charles), Louisiana Gators (Lake Charles) (2012–2013) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *Louisiana Soul (Lafayette) (2013) – Premier Basketball League, PBL, (2014) – Independent Basketball Association, IBA/American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA, (2014–2015) – Universal Basketball Association, UBA *Louisiana United (Lafayette) (2010–2011) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *Miss-Lou Warriors (Ferriday) (2016–2018) - North American Basketball League, NABL *Monroe Magicians (2013–2014) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *New Orleans Blues (basketball), New Orleans Blues/Louisiana Blues (2006–2007) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA (Did Not Play) *New Orleans Buccaneers (1967–1970) – American Basketball Association *New Orleans Cougars (2013–2014) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *New Orleans Hurricanes (1947–1948) – Professional Basketball League of America *New Orleans Jazz (NBA team), New Orleans Jazz (1974–1979) – National Basketball Association, NBA *New Orleans Pride (basketball), New Orleans Pride (1979–1981) – Women's Professional Basketball League *New Orleans Sports (1948–1949) – Southern Basketball League *Shreveport Crawdads (1994) – Continental Basketball Association *Shreveport Stallions – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *Shreveport Storm (1995) – Continental Basketball Association *Shreveport-Bossier Flight (2016) – North American Basketball League, NABL/American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA *Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks (2013–2015) – American Basketball Association (2000–present), ABA

Defunct hockey teams

*Alexandria Warthogs (1998–2000) – Western Professional Hockey League, WPHL *Baton Rouge Kingfish (1996–2003) – ECHL *Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (1997–2001) – Western Professional Hockey League, WPHL, (2001–2011) Central Hockey League, CHL *Cajun Catahoulas (2005–2006) – Western States Hockey League, WSHL *Lake Charles Ice Pirates (1997–2001) – Western Professional Hockey League, WPHL *Louisiana IceGators (ECHL), Louisiana IceGators (1995–2005) – ECHL *Louisiana IceGators (SPHL), Louisiana IceGators (2009–2016) – Southern Professional Hockey League, SPHL *Monroe Moccasins (1997–2001) – Western Professional Hockey League, WPHL *New Orleans Brass (1997–2002) – ECHL

Defunct soccer teams

*Baton Rouge Bombers (1997–1998) – EISL *

(2007–2011) – Premier Development League, PDL *FC New Orleans (2012) – National Premier Soccer League, NPSL *Lafayette SwampCats (1997–1998) – EISL *Lafayette Swamp Cats (USL), Lafayette Swamp Cats (2000–2004) – Premier Development League, PDL *Lake City Gamblers (2014–2017) – Gulf Coast Premier League, GCPL *Louisiana Fire (2016–2017) – Gulf Coast Premier League, GCPL *New Orleans Storm, New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (1993–1998) / New Orleans Storm (1999) – Premier Development League, PDL *Nicholls State University Club (2014–2015) – Gulf Coast Premier League, GCPL *Shreveport Lady Rafters (2017) – Women's Premier Soccer League, WPSL *Shreveport Rafters FC (2016–2018) – National Premier Soccer League, NPSL *Shreveport Rafters FC B (2016–2017) – Gulf Coast Premier League, GCPL *Shreveport/Bossier Lions (1998) – USL Second Division, USISL D-3 Pro League

References

{{Sports in the United States Lists of sports teams in the United States by state, Louisiana Sports teams in Louisiana, * Louisiana sports-related lists, Teams