Texas Copperheads

Texas Copperheads

Texas Copperheads
Founded	2005
Folded	2008
League	af2
Conference	National
Division	Southwest
Based in	Cypress, Texas
Arena	Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center
Division titles	2006 (NIFL)
Playoff berths	2006 (NIFL)

The Texas Copperheads were a professional arena football that played in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2006 as member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). They played their home games at the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress, Texas. They were coached by Ollie Guidry.

The team started as the Katy Copperheads of the National Indoor Football League in 2005. They moved to the Leonard E. Merrell Center in 2006.

In 2006, they gained national attention on Cold Pizza, a show on ESPN2, in a segment called "A Day In A Life Of An NIFL Team". The same year, they got into the NIFL playoffs but were eliminated by the Rapid City Flying Aces, 60-38.

After the 2006 season, the team announced they were changing their name to the Texas Copperheads, moving to the af2, and moving to the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress, Texas.

On June 25, 2006, the Copperheads scored 132 points in a game against the West Palm Beach Phantoms - final score 132-3. This record stands as the highest point total for an indoor football game at any level.

The team also has the dubious distinction of being only the second af2 team (after the Peoria Pirates' opening-day loss to the Quad City Steamwheelers in 2001) ever to suffer a shutout loss (a 52-0 road defeat to the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings on April 14, 2007).

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