The CenTex Barracudas (also known as the Central Texas Barracudas) was a professional indoor football team based out of

Belton, Texas Belton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Belton is the county seat of Bell County, Texas, Bell County and is the fifth largest city in the Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan area, Killeen-Temple metropolitan area. In 2020, the popu ...

. They competed in the

Intense Football League The Intense Football League (IFL) was a professional indoor football minor league that began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas, but it was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska. History ...

. They played their home games at

Bell County Expo Center The Cadence Bank Center is a 6,559-seat multi-purpose arena, in Belton, Texas. It was formerly the home of the Texas Bullets ( PIFL), the CenTex Barracudas ( IFL), the Central Texas Stampede ( WPHL) and the Central Texas Blackhawks (and later ...

. They began their history in 2006 as an expansion team in the

. They went 8–6 in their first season, but lost in the semifinals to Corpus Christi. In 2007, the team finished 2–12, just avoiding last place. Their 2008 campaign started off shaky, but then the team added former Texas Longhorn quarterback James Brown, who helped lead the Cudas to their second playoff appearance and first playoff win, against Alaska. CenTex then faced Corpus Christi in the semifinal once again, and lost. After the 2008 season, owner/president Frederick Barnett sought financial partners to keep the team afloat. Finding none locally based, the team eventually folded.

Season-by-season

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Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

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Lost Semifinal ( Corpus Christi) , - !Totals , , 19 , , 26 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

External links

Main Site of the CenTex Barracudas
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