The Lubbock Gunslingers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games in Lubbock, Texas at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

City Bank Coliseum is a 6,893-seat multi-purpose arena in Lubbock, Texas. It is the home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders club ice hockey team and former home of the now-defunct Lubbock Renegades af2 arena football team...

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The Gunslingers played in 2004 as a charter member of the Intense Football League

Intense Football League

The Intense Football League was a professional indoor football league that initially began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas, but was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska.-History:...

 when they were known as the Lubbock Lone Stars, receiving some criticism locally as it was felt that the phrase Lone Star should not be pluralized. Besides that, they ended their inaugural year at 9-7 and won over the Odessa Roughnecks

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....

 in the Semifinals, yet lost to the Amarillo Dusters

Amarillo Dusters

The Amarillo Venom are an professional indoor football team in the Lone Star Football League. The Venom began play in 2004 as the Amarillo Dusters, a charter member of the Intense Football League, a small indoor football league based in Texas. They won the championship in their first and only...

 in Intense Bowl I.

Following their sole year in the IFL, the team joined the NIFL

National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...

 for the 2005 season, where they finished with a lackluster 4-10 record, but still finished second in the Pacific North Division.

New ownership was unable to begin play in 2006. Most of the team's regional travel partners bolted for the reorganized Intense Football League

Intense Football League

The Intense Football League was a professional indoor football league that initially began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas, but was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska.-History:...

, while the Gunslingers had chosen to remain in the NIFL and wait another season to restart the team.

af2

Later in 2006, in a move that essentially spelled the end for the Gunslingers, the rights to play indoor football in the Coliseum were sold to Texas af2 Holdings, LLC, who also manages the Laredo Lobos

Laredo Lobos

The Laredo Lobos were a professional arena football team based out of Laredo, Texas. They were a member of the af2 league. They played their home games at the Laredo Entertainment Center...

, Texas Copperheads

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,...

, and the Corpus Christi Sharks

Corpus Christi Sharks

The Corpus Christi Sharks were a 2007 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at the American Bank Center. Michael Trigg was the team's head coach. Trigg previously was a head coach in the Arena Football League with the Milwaukee Mustangs, Grand Rapids Rampage and Philadelphia...

. An af2

Af2

AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...

 expansion team, the Lubbock Renegades

Lubbock Renegades

The Lubbock Renegades were an expansion member of the af2. The team played its home games at the City Bank Coliseum, which was the former home of the IFL/NIFL team, the Lubbock Lone Stars/Gunslingers. The team was owned by Doug McGregor, Rick Dykes, and Bart Reagor. It was coached by former Texas...

, began play in 2007.

Season-By-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Lubbock Lone Stars (IFL)
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|2004 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd League || Won Semifinal (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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Lost Intense Bowl I (Amarillo

Amarillo Dusters

The Amarillo Venom are an professional indoor football team in the Lone Star Football League. The Venom began play in 2004 as the Amarillo Dusters, a charter member of the Intense Football League, a small indoor football league based in Texas. They won the championship in their first and only...

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Lubbock Gunslingers (NIFL)
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|2005 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 2nd Pacific North || --
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|2006 || colspan="6" align="center" | Did Not Play
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!Totals || 14 || 18 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)