Shreveport has been home to several professional football teams. The Houston franchise of the professional World Football League relocated to Shreveport rebranded as the Shreveport Steamer midway through the 1974 season, but the franchise along with the WFL folded midway through the 1975 season. Another franchise named the Shreveport Steamers played as a member of the American Football Association from 1979 until folding in 1981. Shreveport's Independence Stadium was also home to the Shreveport Pirates, an unsuccessful professional Canadian Football League franchise that opened play in 1994 but folded after the 1995 season.
Shreveport has been home to several professional football teams The Houston franchise of the professional World Football League relocated to Shreveport rebranded as the Shreveport Steamer midway through the 1974 season but the franchise along with the WFL folded midway through the 1975 season Another franchise named the Shreveport Steamers played as a member of the American Football Association from 1979 until folding in 1981 Shreveport's Independence Stadium was also home to the Shreveport Pirates an unsuccessful professional Canadian Football League franchise that opened play in 1994 but folded after the 1995 season