Beaumont Drillers
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Arena | Ford Arena |
| Based in | Beaumont, Texas Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the... |
| Colors | Battle Black, Southern Gold, Hard Hat Silver |
| League | American Professional Football League American Professional Football League The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of... |
| Head Coach | Bryan Blake |
The Beaumont Drillers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena
Ford Arena (Beaumont)
The Ford Arena is a 9,737-seat multi-purpose arena in Beaumont, Texas, USA. It is part of a larger suburban municipal complex called Ford Park. Ford Arena is formerly home to the Beaumont Drillers, an indoor football team and an ice hockey team, the Texas Wildcatters...
in Beaumont, TX. They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League
Indoor Professional Football League
The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...
(IPFL) in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast
Louisiana Bayou Beast
The Louisiana Bayou Beast was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League in 1999, and reincarated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League . The Bayou Beast franchise was owned by James and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and...
. As the Rangers, they played their home games at the Rapides Parish Coliseum
Rapides Parish Coliseum
The Rapides Parish Coliseum can seat about 6,500 people in the building. Additional space is in the smaller Exhibition Hall, also on the property...
in Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....
. After the league collapsed, the Rangers moved in to the NIFL. After two seasons, the franchise moved to Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
, and became the Drillers. The team left the NIFL in 2008 and played in the American Professional Football League
American Professional Football League
The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...
in 2008 with new ownership. The team played most of their schedule, cancelling two home games. The team played in the league championship, due to Conroe Storm withdrawing, but lost.
2000 Louisiana Rangers IPFL Schedule
Week 1 - Louisiana Rangers 36, at Portland ProwlersPortland Prowlers
The Portland Prowlers were a professional indoor football team based in Portland, Oregon. Playing as a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000-2001 seasons, they played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum for both years of their existence. This was the second indoor...
52
Week 2 - Mobile Seagulls
Mobile Seagulls
The Mobile Seagulls were a professional indoor football team. They were initially a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000 season before joining the National Indoor Football League for the 2001 season, their final. They played their home games at Mobile Civic Center Arena...
29, at Louisiana Rangers 43
Week 3 - Louisiana Rangers 42, at Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA/Bossier City, LA, were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport...
29
Week 4 - bye
Week 5 - Mississippi Fire Dogs
Mississippi Fire Dogs
The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...
37, at Louisiana Rangers 50
Week 6 - Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA/Bossier City, LA, were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport...
19, at Louisiana Rangers 39
Week 7 - Louisiana Rangers 40, at Omaha Beef
Omaha Beef
The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...
33
Week 8 - Louisiana Rangers 32, at Mobile Seagulls
Mobile Seagulls
The Mobile Seagulls were a professional indoor football team. They were initially a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000 season before joining the National Indoor Football League for the 2001 season, their final. They played their home games at Mobile Civic Center Arena...
3
Week 9 - Portland Prowlers
Portland Prowlers
The Portland Prowlers were a professional indoor football team based in Portland, Oregon. Playing as a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000-2001 seasons, they played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum for both years of their existence. This was the second indoor...
61, at Louisiana Rangers 55
Week 10 - Mississippi Fire Dogs
Mississippi Fire Dogs
The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...
56, at Louisiana Rangers 44
Week 11 - Louisiana Rangers 48, at Idaho Stallions 52
Week 12 - Idaho Stallions 17, at Louisiana Rangers 54
Week 13 - bye
Week 14 - Louisiana Rangers 34, at Mississippi Fire Dogs
Mississippi Fire Dogs
The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...
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Week 15 - Louisiana Rangers 13, at Mobile Seagulls
Mobile Seagulls
The Mobile Seagulls were a professional indoor football team. They were initially a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000 season before joining the National Indoor Football League for the 2001 season, their final. They played their home games at Mobile Civic Center Arena...
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Week 16 - Louisiana Rangers 29, at Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA/Bossier City, LA, were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport...
35
Week 17 - Omaha Beef
Omaha Beef
The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...
27, at Louisiana Rangers 35
Week 18 - bye
Week 19 - Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
Shreveport-Bossier Bombers
The Shreveport-Bossier Bombers were an indoor football team of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000. The Bombers, based out of Shreveport, LA/Bossier City, LA, were one of four IPFL expansion teams for that season. They played their games in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport...
35, at Louisiana Rangers 60
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Louisiana Rangers (IPFL)
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|2000 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 5th League || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Louisiana Rangers (NIFL)
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|2001 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 5th Atlantic Southern || --
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|2002 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 1st Atlantic Eastern || Lost Round 1 (Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Greyhounds
The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds...
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Beaumont Drillers (NIFL)
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|2003 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 4th Atlantic Southern || --
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|2004 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd Atlantic Southern || --
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|2005 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 3rd Pacific Southern || Lost Round 1 (Odessa
Odessa Roughnecks
The West Texas Roughnecks is a professional indoor football team based in Odessa, Texas that plays in the Lone Star Football League. The team's nickname is a tribute to the oil industry, which has been the source of Odessa's wealth over the past century....
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|2006 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2nd Pacific Southern || Lost Round 1 (Katy
Texas Copperheads
The Texas Copperheads were a professional arena football that played in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2006 as member of the National Indoor Football League . They played their home games at the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress,...
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|2007 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1st Pacific Southern || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Beaumont Drillers (APFL)
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|2008 || 6 || 5 || 0 || 2nd Southern || Lost in championship game
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!Totals || 61 || 58 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)