Tupelo FireAnts
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The Tupelo FireAnts were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the BancorpSouth Center in Tupelo
, Mississippi
. They started off as a charter member of the National Indoor Football League
(NIFL). Despite two seemingly good records in 2001 and 2004, they failed to make the playoffs. After 2004, they moved to the United Indoor Football
(UIF) and became a charter member. However, after their horrendous 2005 season, the FireAnts disbanded. Tupelo, Mississippi would be without an arena football team until the 2007 arrival of the AIFA Mississippi Mudcats
.
| colspan="6" align="center" | Tupelo FireAnts (NIFL)
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|2001 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Southern || --
|-
|2002 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 2nd AC Eastern || --
|-
|2003 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 6th AC Southern || --
|-
|2004 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AC Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Tupelo FireAnts (UIF)
|-
|2005 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 4th Southern || --
|-
!Totals || 24 || 48 || 0
|colspan="2"|
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
. They started off as a charter member of the National Indoor Football League
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...
(NIFL). Despite two seemingly good records in 2001 and 2004, they failed to make the playoffs. After 2004, they moved to the United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
(UIF) and became a charter member. However, after their horrendous 2005 season, the FireAnts disbanded. Tupelo, Mississippi would be without an arena football team until the 2007 arrival of the AIFA Mississippi Mudcats
Mississippi Mudcats
The Mississippi MudCats are a team of the American Indoor Football Association. They play their home games at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi.-History:...
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Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Tupelo FireAnts (NIFL)
|-
|2001 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Southern || --
|-
|2002 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 2nd AC Eastern || --
|-
|2003 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 6th AC Southern || --
|-
|2004 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AC Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Tupelo FireAnts (UIF)
|-
|2005 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 4th Southern || --
|-
!Totals || 24 || 48 || 0
|colspan="2"|