The Texas Bullets were a team in the

Professional Indoor Football League The Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) was a professional indoor football league that played four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Like the Lone Star Football League, the PIFL was mainly composed of teams formerly part of Southern Indoor Foot ...

(

PIFL The Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) was a professional indoor football league that played four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Like the Lone Star Football League, the PIFL was mainly composed of teams formerly part of Southern Indoor Fo ...

) in 1998. The Bullets franchise was owned by Wayne Stigler, who also was the team's head coach. The Bullets played their home games at the

Bell County Expo Center The Bell County Expo 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 C ...

Belton, TX Belton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas on the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and Waco. Belton is the county seat of Bell County and is the fifth largest city in the Killeen-Temple metropolitan area. In 2020, the population of Belto ...

., with the team offices located in Temple, TX. The team's color's were: Black, Turquoise, & Silver. The Bullets suffered disappointing attendance and the costs of taking the team on a road trip to Hawaii to take on the

Honolulu Hurricanes The Honolulu Hurricanes was a Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) team based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that competed in the 1998 season. According to the team's media guide, the ownership partners – registered as Pro Sports Limited Liab ...

, proved too much. The team folded after ten regular season games. Of the eight clubs that were in the first batch of

franchises in '98, six still existed. The Bullets franchise was moved to

Austin, TX Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city i ...

. in 1999 and renamed the Texas Terminators in the renamed

Indoor Professional Football League The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams (the Madison Mad Dogs and the Green Bay Bombers) left the league and their owner, ...

. The Bullets played three preseason

games in 1997-1998. All were losses on the road: *December 20, 1997 - Texas Bullets 22 at Utah Catzz 47 F *March 28, 1998 - Texas Bullets 39 at

Louisiana Bayou Beast The Louisiana Bayou Beast were a team in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 1999, and reincarnated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The Bayou Beast fra ...

62 F *April 6, 1998 - Texas Bullets 9 at

Colorado Wildcats The Colorado Wildcats was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998. The Wildcats franchise was owned by Gary Kozacek, who also was head coach/owner of the same Wildcats team for the previous 9 years, as they competed in sem ...

49 F

Texas Bullets 1998 Schedule

*April 11 - Texas Bullets 19, at

Green Bay Bombers The Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 1999 and 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office w ...

47 *April 18 - Texas Bullets 24, at Utah Catzz 57 *April 25 -

46, at Texas Bullets 40 *May 2 - Texas Bullets 28, at

Madison Mad Dogs The Madison Mad Dogs were an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League ( PIFL) in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 1999 & 2000. The Mad Dogs franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office ...

35 *May 9 - Minnesota Monsters 32, at Texas Bullets 34 (OT) *May 16 - Texas Bullets 49, at

71 *May 23 - Texas Bullets 51, at

56 *May 31 -

44, at Texas Bullets 46 *June 7 - Texas Bullets 28, at

51 *June 13 -

40, at Texas Bullets 37 *July 4 - Texas Bullets at

- Texas forfeits *July 18 - Utah Catzz at Texas Bullets - Texas forfeits *July 25 - Texas Bullets at Minnesota Monsters - both teams forfeit *August 1 -

at Texas Bullets - Texas forfeits

Texas Bullets 1998 Roster

*Anthony Allen (East Texas State) DB/WR *John Henry (Baylor) RB *Lamont Moore (Baylor) WR/DB *Brent Alford (Baylor) WR/QB *Greg Bower (Texas) DL/LB *Butch Hadnot (Texas) RB *Lee McCormick (Murray State) WR *Jackie Warren (Waco Midway HS) WR *Kevin Ward (Texas Tech) OL *Marc Saldana (Texas Tech) QB *Trey Burke (East Texas State) OL *Ken Otte (Texas) DL *Bryan Blake (Tarleton State) LB *Scott Carey (Tarleton State) OL *Adrian Coe DB *Joey Tate (Eisenhower HS) DB *Rolf Schaeffer K *Billy Watkins (East Texas State) K *Tim Cook (none) OL/DL *Matthew House (UOP/SRJC) LB *Kevin Carter (U S Navy) LB / Coach *Bobby Craig DB

References

{{Reflist Professional Indoor Football League teams Defunct American football teams in Texas American football teams established in 1998 American football teams disestablished in 1998