Louisiana Bayou Beast
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| Founded | 1998 |
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| League |
Professional Indoor Football League (1998) Indoor Professional Football League (1999) National Indoor Football League (2001) |
| Team history | Louisiana Bayou Beast (1998–1999, 2001) |
| Based in |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1998–1999) Monroe, Louisiana (2001) |
| Arena |
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1998) Riverside Centroplex (1999) Monroe Civic Center (2001) |
| Colors |
Black, Red, White, & Yellow |
| Owner(s) | James & Carolyn Shiver Sr. |
| Head coach | John Fourcade last head coach |
| Championships | 1 -(1998 PIFL) |
| Division titles | 1 -(1998 PIFL Regular Season) |
| Dancers | Bayou Belles |
| Mascot | Blitz |
Black, Red, White, & Yellow
The Louisiana Bayou Beast was 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 franchise was owned by James (Sr.) and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and operate the NIFL which is based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Bayou Beast competed in the PIFL in 1998, playing their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The team colors were red, black, and white. In 1999, the PIFL changed its name to the IPFL, and the Beast changed arenas, moving to the Riverside Centroplex in downtown Baton Rouge for that season.
After two seasons, the Bayou Beast moved to Alexandria. and were renamed the Louisiana Rangers for the IPFL 2000 season.
The team was reincarnated in 2001 for the National Indoor Football League, and based in Monroe, Louisiana. Following that season, the franchise folded.
The Bayou Beast played its inaugural game on the road against the Madison Mad Dogs on April 10, 1998. They won the game 36-28 in front of a crowd of 4,283. The team logo, consisting of a raging "Beast" busting through his football uniform, known as "Blitz". Some spectators said that the "Bayou Beast" logo (Blitz) looked like "a raccoon on steroids".
In their first year, they won 13 out of 14 games (losing only to the Colorado Wildcats 41-49 on May 9, 1998) to win the PIFL's first regular season title. With a 10-game win streak to end the season, the Bayou Beast were seeded in the #1 position with the home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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