The Lafayette Wildcatters were a professional indoor football team based in

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and a charter member of the

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(SIFL). They played their home games at the

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, the Wildcatters are Lafayette's second attempt at an indoor/arena football team following the

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's Lafayette Roughnecks, the Roughnecks folded after their single season of 2001. In their inaugural season, the Wildcatters were known as the Acadiana Mudbugs. They were the only team to start out 3–0 and locked up the No. 3 seed for the SIFL's first ever

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. On July 18, 2009, the Mudbugs lost 56–49 to the

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in the playoff semi-finals in the SIFL's first

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game. The Wildcatters began their 2010 season with a 44–28 loss to the Greenville Force. Four days later, head coach John Fourcade was let go and the team signed former

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coach

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to lead the team. The Wildcatters canceled their 2011 season due to the lack of having sufficient Workers Compensation Insurance. By the time their announced return of 2012 had come, the SIFL had broken up.

Season-by-season

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2009 Schedule/results

2010 Schedule/results

Head coaches

Roster

* 2009 All-league performer ( * ) * 2010 All-league performer ( # )

References

External links

Official website

2009 Team stats

2010 Team stats
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