Mississippi Headhunters
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The Mississippi Headhunters are a professional indoor football member of the af2
. They're currently an inactive member. The franchise began as the Columbus Wardogs and played their home games in the Columbus Civic Center
in Columbus, Georgia
from 2001-2004. The Wardogs became famous in 2001 and received a mention on ESPN
as the first professional football team to finish a 16 game season winless. The inactive club was sold during the summer of 2005 and renamed the Mississippi Headhunters after relocating to Biloxi, Mississippi
. The team was not able to begin play in Biloxi due to damage to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
by Hurricane Katrina
. The owner of the team, Greg Disotell, had planned on building a new 12,000-seat arena, called Jackson Sports Arena, for his team in Pearl, Mississippi
(a suburb of Jackson
) but he was not able to secure funding. It is unknown where, if anywhere, the team will play.
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...
. They're currently an inactive member. The franchise began as the Columbus Wardogs and played their home games in the Columbus Civic Center
Columbus Civic Center
Columbus Civic Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Columbus, Georgia, built in 1996.-History:The arena was built in 1996, along with a Softball Complex, to fully complete South Commons...
in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
from 2001-2004. The Wardogs became famous in 2001 and received a mention on ESPN
ESPN
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as the first professional football team to finish a 16 game season winless. The inactive club was sold during the summer of 2005 and renamed the Mississippi Headhunters after relocating to Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
. The team was not able to begin play in Biloxi due to damage to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Mississippi Coast Coliseum
The Mississippi Coast Coliseum is a 11,500 reserved seating, 15,000 festival seating, multi-purpose arena in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was built in 1977. It hosted WCW Beach Blast 1993 and the Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball tournament in 1992 and 1993...
by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. The owner of the team, Greg Disotell, had planned on building a new 12,000-seat arena, called Jackson Sports Arena, for his team in Pearl, Mississippi
Pearl, Mississippi
Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 21,961 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area....
(a suburb of Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
) but he was not able to secure funding. It is unknown where, if anywhere, the team will play.
Season-By-Season
| ArenaCup Champions ArenaCup The ArenaCup is the af2's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, the 2005 ArenaCup was the first to be played at a neutral site in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San... |
ArenaCup Appearances | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Columbus Wardogs | ||||||||
| 2001 | AF2 | American | Southeastern | 7th | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2002 | AF2 | American | Eastern | 4th | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2003 | AF2 | American | Southern | 5th | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2004 | AF2 | American | Southern | 3rd | 6 | 10 | ||
| Mississippi Headhunters | ||||||||
| 2005 | Currently Inactive | |||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | ||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
| Total | 14 | 50 | ||||||