SIFL 2009
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| *Louisiana Swashbucklers | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | ||
| *Austin Turfcats | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | ||
| Acadiana Mudbugs | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | ||
| Houma Conquerors | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | ||
| Texas Hurricanes | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | ||
| Lafayette Bayou Bulls | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| PASM Florida Kings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| North Texas Crunch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| President’s Cup | ||||
| 2009 | Louisiana Swashbucklers | 59 | Austin Turfcats | 38 |
SIFL 2010
Results / Standings Unknown
SIFL 2011
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Abilene Ruff Riders | |||||||
| Alabama Hammers | |||||||
| Albany Panthers | |||||||
| Carolina Speed | |||||||
| Columbus Lions | |||||||
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads | |||||||
| Erie Explosion | |||||||
| Fayetteville Force | |||||||
| Harrisburg Stampede | |||||||
| Houston Stallions | |||||||
| Lafayette Wildcatters | |||||||
| Louisiana Swashbucklers | |||||||
| Mobile Bay Tarpons | |||||||
| Richmond Raiders | |||||||
| Rio Grande Valley Magic | |||||||
| Trenton Steel |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| SIFL Championship | ||||
| 2011 | Albany Panthers | 69 | Louisiana Swashbucklers | 48 |
Report
Louisiana Swashbucklers played in the SIFL Championship Game in 2009 (winning 59-38 against Austin Turfcats) and 2011 (losing 69-48 to Albany Panthers).
About SIFL
The Southern Indoor Football League was a AA (3rd Level) Indoor American Football League, playing mainly in Texas & Louisiana, but also other Southern States and as far North as Pennsylvania (Erie & Harrisburg) and New York (Albany).
It merged with the Eastern teams from the American Indoor Football Association to form American Indoor Football after the 2011 season.
About Indoor Football
Indoor Football, also known as Arena Football was developed in 1986 as an 8v8 form of Indoor American Football. After an initial few seasons where the game was developed with a 4 team league, a full seasons League with eventually over a dozen teams was developed in the 1990 which was considered by the Wall Street Journal to be a fifth major.
The Arena Football League over-expanded in the 2000s with a Minor League, and its importance (and number of teams) waned since it first experienced financial diffulties in 2009, and it ceased operations after the 2019 season due to the legacy debt incurred.
There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)
Indoor Football is played on a 50-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, and teams have 5 downs (attempts) to reach the endzone or the ball is turned over. 3 of those downs must be passing plays, making Indoor Football highly explosive and high scoring.
References
Internet Archive
[1] Southern Indoor Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090822074112/http://www.southernifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[2] Southern Indoor Football League | Wayback Machine (2011) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110226220353/http://southernifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
[3] Southern Indoor Football League | Wayback Machine (2011) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20111007084433/http://www.southernifl.com/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]
Images
[4] Wikipedia (2020) Southern Indoor Football League Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/SIFL.jpg/300px-SIFL.jpg [Accessed 18 February 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Bart Barden & Sam Thompson
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 18 February 2020
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