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 Louisiana Swashbucklers. They replaced another NIFL franchise, the Lake Charles Land Sharks. In 2006, they moved to the Intense Football League (IFL) and shortened their name to Louisiana Swashbucklers. They were originally set to play in the Indoor Football League due to the IFL's merger with United Indoor Football, but later had to bow out over financial concerns. For their next three seasons, they were a member of the new Southern Indoor Football League. Later a member of the Professional Indoor Football League, they played their home games at Sudduth Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On May 24, 2013, the team announced that they would be ceasing operations due to low turnout and cancelled the team's final home game.

Louisiana Swashbucklers
Established 2005 Folded 2013 Played in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the Sudduth Coliseum
League/conference affiliations
National Indoor Football League (2005) Pacific Conference (2005) Southern Division (2005) Intense Football League (2006–2008) Southern Indoor Football League (2009–2011) Western Conference (2011) Gulf Division (2011) Professional Indoor Football League (2012–2013)
Current uniform
Team colors	Black, Purple, Silver
Cheerleaders	FirstMates
Personnel
Owner(s)	Kyle Thorne
General manager	Chris Meaux
Head coach	Darnell Lee
Team history
Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005) Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005–2013)
Championships
League championships (3) Intense 2007, 2008 SIFL 2009
Conference championships (1) SIFL 2011
Division championships (2) NIFL 2005, SIFL 2011
Playoff appearances (8)
NIFL 2005 Intense 2006, 2007, 2008 SIFL 2009, 2010, 2011 PIFL 2012
Home arena(s)
Sudduth Coliseum (2005–2013)

Final roster

Final roster

The last reported roster was on July 16, 2013.

Louisiana Swashbucklers roster
Quarterbacks 14 Chris Mitchell Running backs 23 Kendrick Perry Wide receivers 18 Donald Davis 17 Sammy Knight  6 Jordan Rideaux		Offensive linemen 34 Fred Abraham 58 Marcus Lindsey 56 Brandon McElroy Defensive linemen 99 Clinton Barley 45 Eemario Dixon 92 Tenise Eulese 90 Melvin Matthews		Linebackers 32 Josh Newkirk 42 Robert Russell Defensive backs  5 Greg Harvey  1 Damian Huren 10 Kenny Kitchen  3 Justin Howard Kickers 19 Ernesto Lacayo		Injured reserve Currently vacant Exempt list Currently vacant Practice squad 3 Justin Howard Rookies in italics Roster updated June 2, 2013 18 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS 1

All-league players

• FB Kendrick Perry (2)
• WR Jordan Rideaux (2)
• OL Roman Pritt
• DL John Paul Jones
• DB Damian Huren (2)

Season-by-season results

League Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Wild Card Berth

League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
					Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
2005	2005	NIFL	Pacific	Southern	1st	10	4	0	Lost Round 1 (Corpus Christi) 29-31
2006	2006	Intense			3rd	8	6	0	Lost Semifinals (Odessa) 50-53
2007	2007	Intense			1st	13	1	0	Won Semifinals (Odessa) 43-40 Won Intense Bowl III (Corpus Christi) 46-27
2008	2008	Intense			1st	14	0	0	Won Semifinals (Odessa) 59-57 Won Intense Bowl IV (Corpus Christi) 66-35
2009	2009	SIFL			1st	10	1	0	Won Semifinal (Houma) 51-40 Won President's Cup I (Austin) 59-38
2010	2010	SIFL			4th	5	6	0	Won Semifinal (Albany) 41-35 Lost President's Cup II (Columbus) 13-68
2011	2011	SIFL	Western	Gulf	1st	8	4	0	Won Round 1 (Corpus Christi) 59-20 Won Western Conference Championship (Houston) 56-41 Lost Presidents Cup III (Albany) 48-69
2012	2012	PIFL			4th	6	6		Lost Semifinals (Richmond) 50-56
2013	2013	PIFL			5th	5	6
Totals						79	34	0	All-time regular season record (2006–2013)
						9	5	-	All-time postseason record (2006–2013)
						88	39	0	All-time regular season and postseason record (2006–2013)

External links

• Official website
• Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2005 stats
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2006 stats^{[permanent dead link]}
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2007 stats^{[permanent dead link]}
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2008 stats^{[permanent dead link]}
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2009 stats^{[permanent dead link]}
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2010 stats^{[permanent dead link]}
• Louisiana Swashbucklers' 2011 stats^{[permanent dead link]}