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The Bismarck Bucks are an
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team based in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Bucks joined
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(CIF) as an expansion team in 2016, and began play for the 2017 season. The team moved to the
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(IFL) beginning with the 2019 season. The team plays its home games at the
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in Bismarck. The Bucks are the third indoor football team to play in Bismarck, following the
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who played in the original
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for its second and final season of 2000, as well as the Bismarck Roughriders who played in the
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from 2002 until 2003.


History

On September 28, 2016, it was announced that Bismarck had been granted a team in the CIF to begin play for the 2017 season and owned by the Sallberg family under the corporate name Dakota Pro Football LLC. Richard Davis was announced as the team's first head coach and general manager, with former
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wide receiver Elby Pope signed as the team's first player. Following a name-the-team contest, the Bismarck Bucks name, logo and colors were announced on the November 1 episode of
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news/talk program ''Good Day Dakota.'' During the Bucks' second season, head coach and general manager Richard Davis was relieved of duties after several workplace grievances had been filed against him and his wife Judy Davis, another Bucks' employee. He was replaced by former
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and Bucks' offensive coordinator Paco Martinez on an interim basis. On October 5, 2018, the Bucks announced that they had joined the
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for the 2019 season, following the
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from the CIF. At the beginning of the 2019 season, the majority ownership of Dakota Pro Football LLC was sold to BEK Communications by the Sallberg family.


Current roster


Season-by-season results


References


External links


Official site
{{Dakota Sports 2016 establishments in North Dakota