The Lafayette Wildcatters were a professional indoor football team based in Lafayette, Louisiana and a charter member of the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). They played their home games at the Cajundome, the Wildcatters are Lafayette's second attempt at an indoor/arena football team following the af2'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 playoffs. On July 18, 2009, the Mudbugs lost 56–49 to the Austin Turfcats in the playoff semi-finals in the SIFL's first overtime 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 AFL coach Skip Foster 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
| colspan="6" align="center" | Acadiana Mudbugs (SIFL) |- |2009 || 6 || 5 || 0 || 3rd League || Lost semi-finals (Austin) |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Lafayette Wildcatters (SIFL) |- |2010 || 6 || 5 || 0 || 3rd League || Lost semi-finals (Columbus) |- |2011 || rowspan="1" colspan="5" align="center" valign="middle" |Did not play |- |2012 || – || – || – || – || – |- !Totals || 12 || 12 || 0 |colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
2009 schedule/results
WeekDateOpponentPlaceScoreResultRecord14/18Austin TurfcatsAway37–29W1–024/25Houston PiratesHome38–12W2–035/9Houma ConquerorsHome31–23W3–045/16Louisiana SwashbucklersAway56–35L3–156/1Louisiana SwashbucklersAway56–35L3–266/6Louisiana SwashbucklersHome27–21L3–376/13Houma ConquerorsHome35–33W4–386/20North Texas CrunchHome45–6W5–396/29Austin TurfcatsHome50–40L5–4107/5Texas HurricanesAway36–12W6–4117/11Houma ConquerorsAway40–28L6–5127/18Austin TurfcatsAway56–49L6–6
2010 Schedule/results
WeekDateOpponentPlaceScoreResultRecord13/21Greenville ForceAway28–44L0–124/5BYE34/17Albany PanthersAway64–70L0–244/24Columbus LionsAway26–54L0–355/1Louisiana SwashbucklersHome59–52W1–365/8Albany PanthersAway26–42L1–475/16North Texas CrunchHome81–17W2–485/24Greenville ForceHome90–19W3–495/31BYE106/5Louisiana SwashbucklersHome63–47W4–4116/12Albany PanthersHome48–46W5–4126/19Columbus LionsHome55–58L5–5136/26Louisiana SwashbucklersAway31–30W6–5Play17/1Columbus LionsAway22–54L6–6
Head coaches CoachCoaching timelineRecordPlayoff recordJohn FourcadeDecember 2008 – March 20106–70–1Skip FosterMarch 2010 – September 20106–60–1Rich IngoldNovember 2010–present0–00–0
Roster 2009 All-league performer ( * ) 2010 All-league performer ( # ) #PlayerPos.HeightWeightHometownCollegeYrs. Pro17*Omar HaugabookQB/WR6'2"220Belle Glade, FloridaTroy318#Sean ComiskeyK5'9"170LaPlace, LouisianaUL-Lafayette25Bo BartikQB6'0"190Birmingham, AlabamaWest Georgia67Juan JosephQB/WR6'2"195Jefferson, LouisianaMillsaps23Clarence CottenWR/DB5'10"190D'lberville, MississippiMississippi Valley StateR9Antoine BurksWR6'5"220Gulfport, MississippiMississippi StateR4#Clyde EdwardsWR5'10"180Houston, TexasGrambling State212#Steven KorteFB6'1"230Mandeville, LouisianaLSU2John HenryOL6'7350Memphis, TennesseeMiddle Tennessee StateR78Damien JonesOL6'5"305Tylertown, MississippiUL-Lafayette277*Adam DurhamOL6'5"292Montgomery, AlabamaJacksonville State315Ryan ScottWR6'4"215Jackson, TennesseeMemphis2Jamaal YoungOL6'2"315Los Angeles, CaliforniaAlcorn StateR
#PlayerPos.HeightWeightHometownCollegeYrs. Pro1*Rudy JohnsonDE/LB6'2"250Kentwood, LouisianaSE Louisiana421Jasper O'QuinnDB/WR5'10"175MississippiMississippi State211Terrell SuttonDB6'0"190Jackson, MississippiEast Texas State102#Clarence PendletonDB5'10"175Wesson, MississippiTennessee-MartinR22Nate BanksDB5'11"190MississippiOle MissR42*#Mitch CraftLB/DE6'2"256Cape Girardeau, MissouriSouthern Miss223Chris McNairDE/LB6'4"245Gulfport, MississippiTuskegeeR44Byron SantiagoLB6'1"245New Orleans, LALouisiana Tech433Steven BarrettLB/S6'2"220Carencro, LAMcNeese State392#Eric PhillipsDL6'7"290Birmingham, AlabamaSouthern MissR94Lanier ColemanDL6'4"295New Orleans, LouisianaUL-Lafayette2
TitleNameExperienceHead CoachSkip FosterAFL, AF2Line CoachRon EstayCFL, USFLAsst. CoachC.J. MaidenIPFL, IFL
References
External links Official website 2009 Team stats 2010 Team stats