Established 1998 Folded 2001 Played in Monroe, Louisiana at the Monroe Civic Center
League/conference affiliations
Professional Indoor Football League (1998) Indoor Professional Football League (1999) National Indoor Football League (2001)
Current uniform
Team colors
Black, Red, White, & Yellow
Mascot
Blitz
Personnel
Owner(s)
James & Carolyn Shiver Sr.
Head coach
John Fourcade
Team history
Louisiana Bayou Beast (2001)
Louisiana Rangers (2000)
Championships
League championships (1) PIFL: 1998
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1998)
Riverside Centroplex (1999)
Monroe Civic Center (2001)
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 franchise was owned by James (Sr.) and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and operate the NIFL which is based in Lafayette, Louisiana. competed in the PIFL in 1998, playing their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.[1] The team colors were red, black, and white. In 1999, the PIFL changed its name to the IPFL, and the Beast changed arenas, moving to the Riverside Centroplex in downtown Baton Rouge for that season.
After two seasons, the Bayou Beast moved to Alexandria. and were renamed the Louisiana Rangers for the IPFL 2000 season.
The team was reincarnated in 2001 for the National Indoor Football League, and based in Monroe, Louisiana. Following that season, the franchise folded.
^Gremillion, Scott (July 15, 1998). "Beast may have to find new home". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. p. 1D. The inaugural Professional Indoor Football League championship game could be the last contest for the Louisiana Bayou Beast in LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
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