Texas Copperheads
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| Conference | National |
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| Division | Southwest |
| Year founded | 2006 |
| Home arena | Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center |
| City, State | Cypress, Texas |
| Indoor football championships | none |
The Texas Copperheads is a professional arena football team based out of Cypress, Texas. They are a member of the af2. The team started as the Katy Copperheads of the National Indoor Football League in 2005. They started playing in 2006 at the Leonard E. Merrell Center. In 2006, they gained national attention on Cold Pizza, a show on ESPN 2, in a segment called A Day In A Life Of An NIFL Team. The same year, they got into the NIFL Playoffs but were eliminated by the Rapid City Flying Aces, 60-38.
After the season, the team announced they were changing their name to the Texas Copperheads, moving to the af2, and moving to the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress, Texas.
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[edit] Records
On June 25, 2006, the Copperheads scored 132 points in a game against the West Palm Beach Phantoms - final score 132-3. This record stands as the highest point total for an indoor football game at any level.
The team also has the dubious distinction of being only the second af2 team (after the Peoria Pirates' opening-day loss to the Quad City Steamwheelers in 2001) ever to be victim to a shutout loss (a 52-0 road defeat to the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings on April 14, 2007) [1]
In March of 2006, the Copperheads became the first indoor football team to produce a podcast. In 2006 and 2007 the show was hosted by one of podcasting's first generation, Chris Doelle.
[edit] Rosters
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[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| Katy Copperheads (NIFL) | |||||
| 2006 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1st Pacific South | Won PC Quarterfinals (Beaumont) Lost PC Semifinals (Rapid City) |
| Texas Copperheads (af2) | |||||
| 2007 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4th NC Southwest | -- |
| *2008 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th NC Southwest | -- |
| Totals | 15 | 25 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] 2008 season
Texas will open their 2008 season vs Rio Grande Valley on march 30 2008
[edit] Criticism
The Copperheads were accused by Katy Independent School District of not paying their rent for the season when they were at the Merrell Center as the Katy Copperheads (Katy I.S.D. owns the Merrell Center). At the end of the season they owed Katy I.S.D. $38,892.43. The owner, Bryan Blake would later pay that money in February 2007.To do this he had to sell some of the Texas Copperheads ownership to the owner of the Austin Wranglers, Doug McGregor. Afterwards, Katy I.S.D gave Blake back $38,000 worth of supplies. The Copperheads moved out of Katy to Cypress to play in the Berry Center as a result.
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| American Conference | Eastern Division | Albany Conquest · Mahoning Valley Thunder · Manchester Wolves · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers |
| Midwestern Division | Green Bay Blizzard · Iowa Barnstormers · Lexington Horsemen · Louisville Fire · Quad City Steamwheelers · Peoria Pirates | |
| Southern Division | Daytona Beach ThunderBirds · Florida Firecats · South Georgia Wildcats · Tennessee Valley Vipers | |
| National Conference | Central Division | Amarillo Dusters · Arkansas Twisters · Lubbock Renegades · Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz · Tulsa Talons |
| Southwestern Division | Austin Wranglers · Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings · Corpus Christi Sharks · Rio Grande Valley Dorados · Texas Copperheads | |
| Western Division | Boise Burn · Central Valley Coyotes · Spokane Shock · Stockton Lightning · Tri-Cities Fever | |
| Related articles: Arena Football League · af2 · Arena football · Indoor football | ||
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| Baseball | MLB: Houston Astros, CBL: Bay Area Toros |
| Basketball | NBA: Houston Rockets, WNBA: Houston Comets, ABA: Houston Takers |
| Football | NFL: Houston Texans, IFL: Katy Ruff Riders, af2: Texas Copperheads, APFL: Conroe Storm, NAFL: Houston Sharks, Montgomery County Bulls, Bay Area Gamblers, IIFA: Harris County Militia, Galveston Tidalwave, WPFL: Houston Energy |
| Australian Rules Football | USAFL: Houston Lonestars |
| Soccer | MLS: Houston Dynamo, PDL: Houston Leones |
| Hockey | AHL: Houston Aeros |
| Tennis | WTT: Houston Wranglers |
| College athletics (NCAA Division I) |
Houston Cougars • Houston Baptist Huskies • Prairie View A&M Panthers • Rice Owls • Texas Southern Tigers |
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