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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 bord ...

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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 The North Louisiana Football Alliance (NLFA) is an nine-man football american football developmental league based in Bossier City, Louisiana. The league established itself as a single entity, owning all eight of its teams, and playing during s ...

*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 lea ...

* 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 American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, leading to four A ...

* 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 alterna ...

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 (New Orleans) * Cajun Rollergirls (Houma) * Red Stick Roller Derby (Baton Rouge) ;

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 The Baton Rouge Rugby Football Club (also known as BRRFC), founded in 1977, is a men's rugby union team based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The club competes in and is governed by the True South and USA Rugby. History Founded in 197 ...

New Orleans Rugby Football Club The New Orleans Rugby Football Club (also known as NORFC), founded in 1973, is a men's rugby union team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The club competes in and is governed by the True South Geographical Union (GU), and USA Rugby. ...

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Texas Geographical Union The Texas Rugby Union (TRU) is the Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams playing in Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma for USA Rugby. It is a non-profit organization and is the primary overseeing body for the promotio ...

* Shreveport Rugby Football Club

Soccer

; National Premier Soccer League *

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 th ...

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

College teams

NCAA

; Division I Football Bowl Subdivision * Bulldogs and Lady Techsters –

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 act ...

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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 ...

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

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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 particip ...

* 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 n ...

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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 o ...

* Warhawks –

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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; Division I Football Championship Subdivision *

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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. Nicho ...

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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 ...

* Cowboys and Cowgirls –

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. M ...

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* Demons and Lady Demons –

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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* Jaguars and Lady Jaguars –

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 ...

* Lions and Lady Lions –

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 Herita ...

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; Division III * Gentlemen and Ladies –

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 R ...

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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 dista ...

* Wildcats and Lady Wildcats –

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 w ...

NAIA

* Bleu Devils and Lady Bleu Devils – Dillard University *

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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 ...

* Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets –

Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana (also known as XULA) is a private, historically black, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU and, upon the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000, became the first Cathol ...

* Knights and Lady Knights –

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 –

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 ...

* Wolf Pack –

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

NJCAA

*Bears –

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 ...

*Bengals –

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 ha ...

*Cavaliers –

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 ...

*Dolphins – Delgado Community College *Jaguars – Southern University at Shreveport *Pelicans –

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 (2010–2019) – WFA * Baton Rouge Blaze (2001) – af2 *

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 nei ...

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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 (2002–2005) – NIFL *

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 wa ...

(2009) – SIFL *

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 f ...

(2001) – af2 *

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 The Lake Charles Land Sharks were an indoor football team. They were a charter member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). They played their home games at the Sudduth Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Despite having pretty good suc ...

(2002–2004) – NIFL * Louisiana Bayou Beast – (1998) – PIFL (1999) –

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

, (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 U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

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, (2001–2002) – NIFL *

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 Loui ...

– (2005) – NIFL, (2006–2008) – Intense, (2009–2011) – SIFL, (2012–2013) – PIFL * New Orleans Breakers (1984) –

USFL The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...

* New Orleans Jazz F.C. (2011) –

Stars A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...

* New Orleans Krewe (2016) - U.S. Women's Football League *

New Orleans Night The New Orleans Night were an Arena Football League (AFL) team that competed in the 1991 and 1992 AFL seasons and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The team was officially announced at a press conference on March 18, 1991. On April 9, the nam ...

(1991–1992) –

* New Orleans Thunder (1999) –

Regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

New Orleans VooDoo Louisiana Voodoo (french: Vaudou louisianais, es, Vudú de Luisiana), also known as New Orleans Voodoo, is an African diasporic religion which originated in Louisiana, now in the southern United States. It arose through a process of syncretis ...

(2004–2008), (2010–2015) –

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

Shreveport Knights The Shreveport Knights were a professional American football team that played during the 1999 season as part of the Regional Football League. They played their home games at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The team was announced as ...

(1999) – RFL *

Shreveport Pirates The Shreveport Pirates were a Canadian Football League team, playing at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, in 1994 and 1995. Despite a relatively strong fan base, they were one of the least successful of the CFL's A ...

(1994–95) –

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

* Shreveport Shockhers (2006) – NWFA * Shreveport Steamer (1974–1975) – WFL * Shreveport Steamers (1979–1981) –

AFA Afa or AFA may refer to: Mythology and religion *Afa (mythology), in the Polynesian mythology of Samoa * Afá, a West African religion, also known as Ifá in some languages Governmental * Agence française anticorruption, the French Anti-Corrupti ...

* Twin City Gators (2006) – NIFL

Defunct baseball teams

* Abbeville A's (1935–1939) –

Evangeline League The Evangeline League began in 1934 as a six–team Class D level minor league with teams based in Louisiana, United States, later adding Mississippi and Texas based franchises. In 1935, the league was expanded to eight teams and ceased operation ...

* Abbeville Athletics (1946–1952) –

* Abbeville Sluggers (1920) – Louisiana State League * Acadiana Cane Cutters (

Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

) (2011–Current) –

Alexandria Aces The Alexandria Aces were a baseball team based in Alexandria, Louisiana. The last version of the Aces played in the United League Baseball in 2013. The Aces have played their home games at historic Bringhurst Field, which was built in 1933 for the ...

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(1972–1975) –

Texas League The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the ...

(1994–2001) –

Texas–Louisiana League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron P ...

, (2001–2003) –

Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consi ...

, (2006–2008) – United League, (2009) –

Continental League The Continental League of Professional Baseball Clubs (known as the Continental League or CL) was a proposed third major league for baseball in the United States and Canada. The league was announced in 1959 and scheduled to begin play in the 19 ...

, (2010–2012) –

, (2013) – United League * Alexandria Black Aces –

Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

Alexandria Hoo Hoos The Alexandria Hoo Hoos were a minor league baseball team based Alexandria, Louisiana. In 1909, the Hoo Hoos played briefly as members of the Class D level Arkansas State League, before folding during the season. The Hoo Hoos were preceded by the ...

(1909) –

Arkansas State League The Arkansas State League was an American minor league baseball league that played in various seasons between 1894 and 1935, forming three different times. The first version was in operation in 1894, followed by an 1897 league. The Class D level ...

* Alexandria Lincoln Giants –

* Alexandria Reds (1925–1930) –

Cotton States League The Cotton States League''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: The Official Record of Minor League Baseball'' – Lloyd Johnson, Steve McDonald, Miles Wolff (editors). Publisher: Baseball America, 1997. Format: Paperback, 672pp. Language: Englis ...

* Alexandria Tigers (1920) – Louisiana State League *

Alexandria White Sox The Alexandria White Sox were a minor league baseball franchise based in Alexandria, Louisiana. In 1907 and 1908, the White Sox played exclusively as members of the Class D level Gulf Coast League. The Gulf Coast League folded during the 1908 sea ...

(1907–1908) –

Gulf Coast League The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League (GCL). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the l ...

* Arlington/Blue Stockings Base Ball Club (

Shreveport Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is ...

) (1872) * Baton Rouge Black Sox –

* Baton Rouge Blue Marlins (2001) –

All-American Association The All-American Association was an independent minor league that existed in the southern United States in 2001. Total attendance in 2001 was 200,970. The league folded after the end of the season and four of the league's six teams joined other le ...

* Baton Rouge Cajuns (1902, 1905–1906) –

* Baton Rouge Cougars (1976) – Gulf States League * Baton Rouge Essos (1929) –

* Baton Rouge Hardwood Sports –

* Baton Rouge Highlanders (1930) –

* Baton Rouge Rebels (1956–57) –

* Baton Rouge Red Sticks (1903–1904) –

(1934) East Dixie League (1946–55) –

* Baton Rouge Riverbats (2002–2003) –

Southeastern League The Southeastern League was the name of four separate baseball leagues in minor league baseball which operated in the Southeastern and South Central United States in numerous seasons between 1897 and 2003. Two of these leagues were associated wit ...

* Baton Rouge Senators (1932) –

* Baton Rouge Solons (1933) – Dixie League * Baton Rouge Standards (1931) –

* Baton Rouge Stars –

* Bayou Bullfrogs (

) (1998–1999) –

* Beauregard Base Ball Club (

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) (1870) * Capitol/Red Stick Base Ball Club (

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counti ...

) (1867) * Comet Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (1860) * Crowley Millers (1950) –

(1951–1957) –

* Crowley Rice Birds (1908) –

* Delta Base Ball Club ( Delta) (1877) * DeQuincy Railroaders (1932) –

* Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1960–1961) –

* Donaldsonville Grays – Semi-pro baseball * Favorite Base Ball Club (

) (1893) * Ferriday Stars –

* Gretna Lookouts –

* Hammond Berries (1946–51) –

* Hammond Cubs –

* Hammond Hard Hitters –

* Hancock Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (1869) * Hop Bitters Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (1880) * Hope Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (1868) * Houma Buccaneers/Natchez Pilgrims (1940) –

* Houma Delta Cubs –

* Houma Hawks (2003) –

* Houma Indians (1946–1952) –

* Invincibles Base Ball Club ( Royville) (1893) * Jeanerette Blues (1934–1939) –

Lafayette Browns Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

(1908) –

Lafayette Bullfrogs Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757 ...

(2000) –

* Lafayette Bulls (1948–53) –

* Lafayette Drillers (1975–1976) –

* Lafayette Hubs (1920) – Louisiana State League * Lafayette Oilers (1954–57) –

* Lafayette White Sox (1934–42) –

Lake Charles Creoles A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

(1906) –

South Texas League The South Texas League was a Class C level minor league baseball league that played from 1903 to 1906. League teams were based in Louisiana and Texas. Comprising four teams for its first three years, it expanded to six teams in its final seaso ...

(1907–1908) –

* Lake Charles Explorers (1934) –

* Lake Charles Giants (1956–57) –

* Lake Charles Lakers (1950) –

(1951–55) –

* Lake Charles Lincoln Giants –

* Lake Charles Newporters (1929–1930) –

* Lake Charles Skippers (1935–1942) –

* Leesville Angels (1950) –

* Lone Star Base Ball Club (Pineville) (1871) * Lone Star Base Ball Club (New Orleans) (1859, 1869) * Louisiana Travellers * Mandeville Base Ball Club ( Mandeville) (1869) * Melpomene White Sox –

* Meraux Tigers –

* Metairie Pelicans –

* Monroe Drillers (1924–1930) –

* Monroe Hill Citys (1903–1904) –

Monroe Monarchs The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana, which played in the Negro leagues from the late 1920s to about 1935, mostly as a minor league team loosely associated with the Kansas City Monarchs. The team was cre ...

(1931–1932) – Negro Southern League * Monroe Municipals (1907) –

(1908) –

* Monroe Pearl Diggers (1909) –

* Monroe Southern Giants (1923) –

Texas Colored League The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926. The league did not play a schedule in 1922. The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League a ...

* Monroe Sports (1950–1955) –

(1956) –

* Monroe Twins (1931–1932, 1937) –

Monroe White Sox The Monroe White Sox were a Cotton States League baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana, United States that existed from 1938 to 1941. They were affiliated with the Dallas Steers in 1938 and the Dallas Rebels in 1939. They played their home gam ...

(1938–1941) –

* Morgan City Bears –

* Morgan City Black Sox –

* Morgan City Oyster Shuckers (1908) –

* Morehouse Bluffers Base Ball Club ( Bastrop) (1879) * Natchitoches Base Ball Club ( Natchitoches) (1874) * New Iberia Cardinals (1934–1942, 1946–1947, 1949, 1953) –

* New Iberia Indians (1956) –

* New Iberia Pelicans (1948, 1951–1952, 1954–1955) –

* New Iberia Rebels (1950) –

* New Iberia Sugar Boys (1920) – Louisiana State League * New Orleans Acid Iron Earth (f. 1886) – Gulf League * New Orleans Ads (1920–21, 1935–36) – Negro Southern League * New Orleans Algiers Giants (1926) – Independent Negro leagues * New Orleans Baseball Club (f. 1886) – Gulf League * New Orleans Black Eagles *

New Orleans Black Pelicans The New Orleans Black Pelicans were a minor Negro league baseball team that played in the first Negro Southern League and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were formed in 1926 to replace the New Orleans Ads in the league and played a ...

(1907–08, 1938) – Independent Negro league, (1920, 1926, 1945) – Negro Southern League, (1931) –

Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league) The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926. The league did not play a schedule in 1922. The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League a ...

(1951, 1954) –

Negro American League The Negro American League was one of the several Negro league baseball, Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937 in baseball, 1937, and disbanded after its 1962 in basebal ...

* New Orleans Black Rappers (f. 1907) – Independent Negro leagues * New Orleans Blue Rappers (f. 1907) – Independent Negro leagues * New Orleans Cohens –

* New Orleans Creoles (1947–48, 1950–51) – Negro Southern League, (1949) –

Negro Texas League The Texas Negro League was a Negro baseball league organized in 1924 and lasted until 1949. Teams (Teams listed in alphabetical order) 1949 Birmingham Blues Ft. Worth GiantsHot Springs New Orleans Creoles Oklahoma City Braves Shreveport TigersS ...

, * New Orleans Crescents –

* New Orleans Crescents/Unions (f. 1886) –

Southern League of Colored Base Ballists The Southern League of Colored Base Ballists was the first organized Negro baseball league. The league's only year of operation was . Ten teams competed in the league which stretched from Jacksonville, Florida to Memphis, Tennessee with several o ...

* New Orleans Crescent Stars (1921, 1932–33, 1935–37) – Independent Negro leagues (1922, 1934) – Negro Southern League (1923) –

* New Orleans Dumonts –

* New Orleans Eagles (1915–16) –

* New Orleans Eclipse (f. 1907) – Independent Negro leagues * New Orleans Expos (f. 1886) – Independent * New Orleans Little Pels (1912) –

New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...

(1887, 1889, 1898–1899) – Southern League (1888) – Texas-Southern League (1890, 1892–1896, 1901–1959) –

Southern Association The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1901 through 1961. For most of its existence, the Southern Association was two steps below the Major Leagues; it was graded Class A (1902–1935), Cla ...

(1977) –

American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...

* New Orleans Pinchbacks –

* New Orleans Stars (1924) – Independent Negro leagues * New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1940–1941) –

* New Orleans Zephyrs/Baby Cakes (1993–1997) –

(1998–2019) –

Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Ba ...

* Oakdale Lumberjacks (1920) – Louisiana State League * Opelousas Indians (1907) –

(1934–41) –

* Opelousas Orphans (1932) –

* Ouachita Base Ball Club ( Monroe) (1873) * Pelican Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (1865–1867), (1868–1874) – Louisiana Base Ball Association (1875–1879), (1880–1884) – Crescent City League * Plaquemine Tigers –

* Rapides Base Ball Club (

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

) (1871) * Rayne Red Sox (1934) –

* Rayne Rice Birds (1920) – Louisiana State League (1935–1941) –

* Reveille/Jackson Base Ball Club ( Greenville) (1867) * Robert E. Lee Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) (f. 1864, 1869, 1886) – Gulf League * St. Francisville Base Ball Club ( St. Francisville) (1878) * Scotlandville White Sox –

* Secret 9 Base Ball Team –

Shreveport Acme Giants Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population o ...

(1923) –

Shreveport Black Sports This list of Negro league baseball teams is split into two pages, one listing the major league Negro teams and one listing the minor league and traveling Negro teams. Some teams are included in both lists. *List of major Negro league baseball team ...

(1926) –

(1927–28), (1929–30) –

Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926. The league did not play a schedule in 1922. The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League a ...

, (1931) –

(1946) –

East Texas Negro League The East Texas Negro League, also referred to as the Negro East Texas League, was a Negro league The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. T ...

Shreveport Braves The Shreveport Braves were a minor-league baseball team based from Shreveport, Louisiana. The team played from 1968 to 1970 in the Texas League and was affiliated with the Atlanta Braves. References Defunct Texas League teams Baseball tea ...

(1968–1970) –

Shreveport Captains The Shreveport Captains (1971–2000) and Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–02) were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana. They were affiliated with the California Angels (1971–72), Milwaukee Brewers (1973–74 ...

(1971) –

Dixie Association The Dixie Association was an interleague partnership between the Texas League (TL) and the Southern League (SL) Double-A leagues of Minor League Baseball in 1971. The two leagues played an interlocking schedule.(January 20, 1971)Texas, Southe ...

(1972–2000) –

Shreveport Gassers The Shreveport Gassers were a Texas League baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States that played from 1915 to 1924. They were affiliated with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1923 to 1924. Under manager Billy Smith, they won thei ...

(1915–1924) –

Shreveport Giants The Shreveport Giants were a minor league baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana. The team played from 1901 to 1903 in the Southern Association. The team became the Shreveport Pirates in 1904. References Defunct Southern Association ...

(1901–1903) –

* Shreveport Grays (1895) – Texas-Southern League *

(1904–1910) –

(1908–1910) –

Shreveport Sports The Shreveport Sports were a professional Minor League Baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The Sports fielded a team from 1925 to 1935, 1938 to 1942, 1946 to 1957, and 1959 to 1961. They were affiliated with the C ...

(1925–32, 1938–42, 1946–57) –

(1933) – Dixie League (1934) – East Dixie League (1935) –

West Dixie League 'The West Dixie League was an American professional minor league baseball league that operated for two seasons from 1934 to 1935 as a Class C level league. History The West Dixie League was created when the Dixie League divided into the East ...

(1959–1961) –

, (2003–2005) –

, (2006–2008) –

* Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–2002) –

* Shreveport Tigers (1899) – Southern League, (1949) –

* Shreveport Travelers (1951) –

Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League The Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League was a Negro league baseball league that operated for one season in 1951. The league fielded 9 teams in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. List of teams (in alphabetical order) * Atlanta Globetrotters, Atlanta ...

Shreveport-Bossier Captains The Shreveport–Bossier Captains were a professional baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. Following the 2011 season, the team was sold to new ownership and moved to Laredo, Texas, to continue play as the Laredo Lem ...

(2009–2011) –

* Shrewsbury Globetrotters –

* Slidell Creoles –

* South Louisiana Pipeliners ( Morgan City) (2009) –

* Southern Base Ball Club (

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

) 1869 * Stonewall Base Ball Club (Algiers) (1867) * Stonewall Base Ball Club (Pilette) (1893) * Thibodaux Giants (1946–1953) –

* Thibodaux Pilots (1954) –

* Thibodaux Senators (1956–57) –

* Waterloo Base Ball Club (

Pointe Coupee Pointe Coupee Parish ( or ; french: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802; in 2020, its population was 20,758. The parish seat is New Roads. Pointe ...

) (1878) * West Baton Rouge Cubs –

* Winnfield Devils –

Defunct basketball teams

* Lake Charles Corsairs (2012–2013) – ABA (Did Not Play) * Lake Charles Hurricanes – ABA (Did Not Play) * Louisiana Cajun All Stars/New Orleans Cajun All Stars (2015–2016 DNP, 2017–2018) – ABA, (2016–2017) – NABL * Louisiana Cajun Pelicans (Baton Rouge) (2004–2005) – ABA * Louisiana Gators (Lake Charles) (2012–2013) – ABA * Louisiana Soul (Lafayette) (2013) – PBL, (2014) – IBA/ ABA, (2014–2015) – UBA * Louisiana United (Lafayette) (2010–2011) – ABA * Miss-Lou Warriors (Ferriday) (2016–2018) - NABL * Monroe Magicians (2013–2014) – ABA *

New Orleans Blues New Orleans blues is a subgenre of blues that developed in and around the city of New Orleans, influenced by jazz and Caribbean music. It is dominated by piano and saxophone, but also produced guitar bluesmen. Characteristics As a style, New ...

/ Louisiana Blues (2006–2007) – ABA (Did Not Play) *

New Orleans Buccaneers The New Orleans Buccaneers were a charter member of the American Basketball Association. After three seasons in New Orleans, Louisiana the franchise moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where it became the Pros, Tams and Sounds for four years before an ...

(1967–1970) –

* New Orleans Cougars (2013–2014) – ABA * New Orleans Hurricanes (1947–1948) – Professional Basketball League of America * New Orleans Jazz (1974–1979) – NBA * New Orleans Pride (1979–1981) –

Women's Professional Basketball League The Women's Professional Basketball League (abbreviated WBL) was a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981. The league was the first professional w ...

* New Orleans Sports (1948–1949) – Southern Basketball League *

Shreveport Crawdads The Columbus Horizon is a defunct basketball team from Columbus, Ohio that played for five seasons in the Continental Basketball Association from 1989 to 1994. History Plans to bring professional basketball to Columbus were unveiled in September ...

(1994) –

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball mi ...

*Shreveport Stallions – ABA *

Shreveport Storm Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is th ...

(1995) –

* Shreveport-Bossier Flight (2016) – NABL/ ABA *

Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks The Shreveport Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana that plays in The Basketball League (TBL). History Rio Grande Valley/Southeast Texas (2006-2011) Originally known as the Rio Grande Valley Silverados, the ...

(2013–2015) – ABA

Defunct hockey teams

Alexandria Warthogs The Alexandria Warthogs were a professional ice hockey team based in Alexandria, Louisiana. They played from 1998 to 2000 as a member of the Western Professional Hockey League in the Rapides Parish Coliseum. The team folded in 2000, while the leag ...

(1998–2000) – WPHL * Baton Rouge Kingfish (1996–2003) –

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were a professional ice hockey team which played in the Bossier City- Shreveport metropolitan area of Louisiana. From 1997 to 2001, the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs were members of the Western Professional Hockey Le ...

(1997–2001) – WPHL, (2001–2011) CHL *

Cajun Catahoulas The Cajun Catahoulas were a Junior A Tier III ice hockey team, based in Carencro, Louisiana, which is located just outside Lafayette. Initially announced in May 2005 as a Junior B team, the Catahoulas were promoted to Junior A Tier III in August ...

(2005–2006) – WSHL *

Lake Charles Ice Pirates The Lake Charles Ice Pirates were an American ice hockey team in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They played in the Western Professional Hockey League from 1997-2001. Season-by-season record {, class="wikitable" , - style="font-weight:bold; background- ...

(1997–2001) – WPHL * Louisiana IceGators (1995–2005) –

* Louisiana IceGators (2009–2016) – SPHL *

Monroe Moccasins The Monroe Moccasins were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Western Professional Hockey League. Based in Monroe, Louisiana from 1997 until the end of the 2001 season, the team played its home games at the Monroe Civic Center. Hi ...

(1997–2001) – WPHL * New Orleans Brass (1997–2002) –

Defunct soccer teams

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

(2007–2011) –

PDL PDL is an initialism for: Politics * Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat Liberal''), a former political party in Romania *Labour Democratic Party (''Partito Democratico del Lavoro''), a former political party in Italy *Pole of Freedom ...

* FC New Orleans (2012) – NPSL *

Lafayette SwampCats The Lafayette SwampCats were a professional indoor soccer team based in Lafayette, Louisiana that played in the EISL during both of the leagues seasons from 1997 to 1998. They played their home games in the Cajundome. The SwampCats were champion ...

(1997–1998) – EISL *

Lafayette Swamp Cats Lafayette Swamp Cats were an American soccer team, founded in 2000. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the league a ...

(2000–2004) –

* Lake City Gamblers (2014–2017) – GCPL * Louisiana Fire (2016–2017) – GCPL *

New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 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, ...

(1993–1998) /

New Orleans Storm The New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers was an American soccer club that competed in the USISL from 1993 to 1999. Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, the club was renamed the New Orleans Storm in 1998. The team folded after the 1999 season. History On Ma ...

(1999) –

*Nicholls State University Club (2014–2015) – GCPL * Shreveport Lady Rafters (2017) – WPSL * Shreveport Rafters FC (2016–2018) – NPSL *

Shreveport Rafters FC B 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-Bos ...

(2016–2017) – GCPL * Shreveport/Bossier Lions (1998) –

USISL D-3 Pro League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...

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