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This is a list of sports teams in
Louisiana .
New Orleans Saints
quarterback
Drew Brees
New Orleans Pelicans players
Zion Williamson and
Brandon Ingram
Former
LSU quarterback
Joe Burrow
Professional teams
Current Teams
Amateur/Semi-Pro sports teams
College teams
NCAA
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Division III
NAIA
NJCAA
Defunct professional and amateur/semi-pro teams
Defunct baseball teams
Morgan City Bears –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Morgan City Black Sox –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Morgan City Oyster Shuckers (1908) –
Gulf Coast League
[21]
Morehouse Bluffers Base Ball Club (
Bastrop ) (1879)
[5]
Natchitoches Base Ball Club (
Natchitoches ) (1874)
[5]
New Iberia Cardinals (1934–1942, 1946–1947, 1949, 1953) –
Evangeline League
New Iberia Indians (1956) –
Evangeline League
New Iberia Pelicans (1948, 1951–1952, 1954–1955) –
Evangeline League
New Iberia Rebels (1950) –
Evangeline League
New Iberia Sugar Boys (1920) –
Louisiana State League
[22]
New Orleans Acid Iron Earth (f. 1886) –
Gulf League
[23]
New Orleans Ads (1920–21, 1935–36) –
Negro Southern League
[24]
[25]
New Orleans Algiers Giants (1926) –
Independent Negro leagues
[3]
[6]
[25]
New Orleans Baseball Club (f. 1886) –
Gulf League
[23]
[25]
New Orleans Black Eagles
New Orleans Black Pelicans (1907–08, 1938) –
Independent Negro league ,
[23]
[25] (1920, 1926, 1945) –
Negro Southern League ,
[25] (1931) –
Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league)
[24]
[26] (1951, 1954) –
Negro American League
[3]
[6]
[23]
New Orleans Black Rappers (f. 1907) –
Independent Negro leagues
[23]
New Orleans Blue Rappers (f. 1907) –
Independent Negro leagues
[23]
New Orleans Cohens –
Negro league baseball
[3]
New Orleans Creoles (1947–48, 1950–51) –
Negro Southern League ,
[24] (1949) –
Negro Texas League ,
[23]
[27]
New Orleans Crescents –
Negro league baseball
[3]
New Orleans Crescents /Unions (f. 1886) –
Southern League of Colored Base Ballists
[23]
[25]
New Orleans Crescent Stars (1921, 1932–33, 1935–37) –
Independent Negro leagues (1922, 1934) –
Negro Southern League (1923) –
Texas Colored League
[3]
[6]
[23]
[24]
[25]
New Orleans Dumonts –
Negro league baseball
[3]
New Orleans Eagles (1915–16) –
Negro league baseball
[23]
New Orleans Eclipse (f. 1907) –
Independent Negro leagues
[23]
New Orleans Expos (f. 1886) – Independent
[23]
New Orleans Little Pels (1912) –
Cotton States League
[23]
[25]
New Orleans Pelicans (1887, 1889, 1898–1899) –
Southern League (1888) –
Texas-Southern League (1890, 1892–1896, 1901–1959) –
Southern Association (1977) –
American Association
[23]
[25]
New Orleans Pinchbacks –
Negro league baseball
[3]
New Orleans Stars (1924) –
Independent Negro leagues
[25]
New Orleans Zephyrs/Baby Cakes (1993–1997) –
American Association (1998–2019) –
Pacific Coast League
Oakdale Lumberjacks (1920) –
Louisiana State League
[28]
Opelousas Indians (1907) –
Gulf Coast League (1934–41) –
Evangeline League
[29]
Opelousas Orphans (1932) –
Cotton States League
[29]
Ouachita Base Ball Club (
Monroe ) (1873)
[5]
Pelican Base Ball Club (
New Orleans ) (1865–1867), (1868–1874) –
Louisiana Base Ball Association (1875–1879), (1880–1884) –
Crescent City League
[9]
[10]
Plaquemine Tigers –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Rapides Base Ball Club (
Alexandria ) (1871)
[5]
Rayne Red Sox (1934) –
Evangeline League
Rayne Rice Birds (1920) –
Louisiana State League (1935–1941) –
Evangeline League
Reveille/Jackson Base Ball Club (
Greenville ) (1867)
[5]
Robert E. Lee Base Ball Club (
New Orleans ) (f. 1864, 1869, 1886) –
Gulf League
[9]
[10]
[23]
[25]
St. Francisville Base Ball Club (
St. Francisville ) (1878)
[5]
St. Louis–New Orleans Stars (1940–1941) –
Negro American League
[23]
[25]
Scotlandville White Sox –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Secret 9 Base Ball Team –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Shreveport Acme Giants (1923) –
Texas Colored League
[3]
[6]
Shreveport Black Sports (1926) –
Texas Colored League (1927–28), (1929–30) –
Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League ,
[3]
[30]
[31] (1931) –
Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league)
[26] (1946) –
East Texas Negro League
[32]
Shreveport Braves (1968–1970) –
Texas League
Shreveport Captains (1971) –
Dixie Association (1972–2000) –
Texas League
Shreveport Gassers (1915–1924) –
Texas League
Shreveport Giants (1901–1903) –
Southern Association
Shreveport Grays (1895) –
Texas-Southern League
Shreveport Pirates (1904–1910) –
Southern Association (1908–1910) –
Texas League
Shreveport Sports (1925–32, 1938–42, 1946–57) –
Texas League (1933) –
Dixie League (1934) –
East Dixie League (1935) –
West Dixie League (1959–1961) –
Southern Association , (2003–2005) –
Central League , (2006–2008) –
American Association
Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–2002) –
Texas League
Shreveport Tigers (1899) –
Southern League ,
[30] (1949) –
Negro Texas League
Shreveport Travelers (1951) –
Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League
[33]
Shreveport-Bossier Captains (2009–2011) –
American Association
Shrewsbury Globetrotters –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Slidell Creoles –
Negro league baseball
South Louisiana Pipeliners (
Morgan City ) (2009) –
Continental League
Southern Base Ball Club (
New Orleans ) 1869
[9]
Stonewall Base Ball Club (Algiers) (1867)
[5]
Stonewall Base Ball Club (Pilette) (1893)
[5]
Thibodaux Giants (1946–1953) –
Evangeline League
Thibodaux Pilots (1954) –
Evangeline League
Thibodaux Senators (1956–57) –
Evangeline League
Waterloo Base Ball Club (
Pointe Coupee ) (1878)
[5]
West Baton Rouge Cubs –
Negro league baseball
[3]
[6]
Winnfield Devils –
Negro league baseball
[3]
Defunct basketball teams
Defunct hockey teams
Defunct soccer teams
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