Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings | |||||
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Established 2001 Folded 2010 Played in CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana |
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af2 (2001–2009)
Arena Football League (2010–2010)
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Team colors |
Black, Silver, Teal, White |
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Personnel | |||||
Owner(s) | Dan Newman | ||||
President | Dan Newman | ||||
Head coach | Jon Morris | ||||
Team history | |||||
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Championships | |||||
League championships (0) |
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Conference championships (0) |
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Division championships (2) |
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Playoff appearances (2) | |||||
2008, 2009 | |||||
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af2 (2001–2009)
Arena Football League (2010–2010)
Black, Silver, Teal, White
Division championships (2)
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 neighboring city Shreveport in the Ark-La-Tex corridor. Playing in the defunct af2 from their inception in 2001 until the league's folding in 2009 (and called the Bossier City Battle Wings from 2001–2003), the team had its best seasons in 2002, 2007, 2008, and 2009 having clinched division titles in the latter two years. They were also the only seasons in which the team had more wins than losses. In 2007, the Battle Wings clinched their first-ever playoff berth, beating the Arkansas Twisters and Rio Grande Valley Dorados before being beaten by the eventual Arena Cup champion Tulsa Talons. Despite having little success in their earlier days, the Battle Wings turned out some players that have gone on to appear in both the Canadian Football League and for other teams the Arena Football League, in which the team itself played for a single season after the AFL emerged from bankruptcy and resumed operations. Following the 2010 season, the team moved to New Orleans, Louisiana for the 2011 AFL season and became a successor to the New Orleans VooDoo.