Mississippi Fire Dogs
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The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They began play in the Indoor Professional Football League (a reincarnated PIFL) in 1999 as a charter member. During their first two years, the Fire Dogs went 9-7 and third in the league, yet it was their second season that proved to be a glorious year by winning the IPFL championship title. When the IPFL folded, the Fire Dogs joined the new National Indoor Football League as a charter member and won the inaugural Indoor Bowl against the Wyoming Cavalry. However, they couldn't repeat the same success in 2002. Afterwards, the franchise folded.
During the 1999 & 2000 IPFL seasons, the most notable member for the Fire Dogs was head coach/player QB John Fourcade, formerly of the NFL New Orleans Saints.
The Fire Dogs were owned in part by Irvin Favre, the late father of legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. Irvin Favre died of a heart attack while driving in December 2003.
[edit] 1999 Mississippi Fire Dogs IPFL Schedule
Week 1 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 45, at Louisiana Bayou Beast 35
Week 2 - Hawaii Hammerheads 27, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 24
Week 3 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 30, at Idaho Stallions 8
Week 4 - bye
Week 5 - Louisiana Bayou Beast 46, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 45
Week 6 - Texas Terminators 35, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 33
Week 7 - Idaho Stallions 63, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 43
Week 8 - Texas Terminators 34, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 5
Week 9 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 36, at Rocky Mountain Thunder 27
Week 10 - Louisiana Bayou Beast 31, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 29 (OT)
Week 11 - Louisiana Bayou Beast 10, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 59
Week 12 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 32, at Texas Terminators 27
Week 13 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 42, at Idaho Stallions 36
Week 14 - Texas Terminators 44, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 41
Week 15 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 35, at Hawaii Hammerheads 20
Week 16 - bye
Week 17 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 44, at Rocky Mountain Thunder 34
Week 18 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 35, at Rocky Mountain Thunder 28
Semifinal - Hawaii Hammerheads 36, Mississippi Fire Dogs 16
[edit] 2000 Mississippi Fire Dogs IPFL Schedule
Week 1 - Mobile Seagulls 33, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 57
Week 2 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 41, at Portland Prowlers 42
Week 3 - Idaho Stallions 35, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 22
Week 4 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 23, at Mobile Seagulls 30
Week 5 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 37, at Louisiana Rangers 50
Week 6 - bye
Week 7 - Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 17, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 57
Week 8 - bye
Week 9 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 51, at Idaho Stallions 28
Week 10 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 56, at Louisiana Rangers 44
Week 11 - Mobile Seagulls 40, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 30
Week 12 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 30, at Mobile Seagulls 16
Week 13 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 49, at Omaha Beef 46
Week 14 - Louisiana Rangers 34, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 53
Week 15 - Portland Prowlers 36, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 39
Week 16 – bye
Week 17 - Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 34, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 49
Week 18 - Mississippi Fire Dogs 37, at Shreveport-Bossier Bombers 41
Week 19 - Omaha Beef 44, at Mississippi Fire Dogs 38
Semifinal - Mississippi Fire Dogs 43, Omaha Beef 40
IPFL Championship - Mississippi Fire Dogs 53, Portland Prowlers 48
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Fire Dogs (IPFL) | |||||
| 1999 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd League | Lost Semifinal (Hawaii) |
| 2000 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd League | Won Semifinal (Omaha) Won IPFL Championship (Portland) |
| Mississippi Fire Dogs (NIFL) | |||||
| 2001 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1st AC Southern | Won Round 1 (Tennessee ThunderCats) Won Semifinal (Ohio Valley) Won Indoor Bowl I (Wyoming) |
| 2002 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3rd AC Eastern | -- |
| Totals | 39 | 26 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
