The New Orleans Thunder was a professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team that played during the 1999 season as part of the Regional Football League

Regional Football League

The Regional Football League was an American football league formed to be the self-styled "major league of spring football." The RFL season was designed for spring-summer play with the weekend prior to the Fourth of July designated as the annual date for its championship game.The inaugural season...

. They played their home games at Tad Gormley Stadium

Tad Gormley Stadium

Tad Gormley Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana, named for Frank "Tad" Gormley. It has been used for football, track & field, and soccer. It played host to the US Olympic Track & Field Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 in New Orleans' City Park. The team was announced as one of the league's charter members on February 25, 1999. For their lone season, Rex Stevenson would serve as head coach for the preseason and first two games before being replaced with former Saints'

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

 player Buford Jordan

Buford Jordan

Paul Buford Jordan is a former professional American football running back in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints....

 who completed the season as the Thunder's head coach.

Although the team was scheduled to play a 14 game season, poor attendance and sagging revenues would prove too much for the new league. As a result, the team would finish with a record of 2-6 for its lone season. After the season was completed, the team looked at relocating to Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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, however the move never came to fruition and the team was disbanded.

1999 Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Home Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans... /Away Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...	Result
April 17	Mobile Admirals	Home	Lost 42-14
April 24	Ohio Cannon	Away	Lost 34-0
May 1	Mississippi Pride	Home	Lost 30-14
May 8	Mobile Admirals	Away	Lost 23-6
May 16	Shreveport-Bossier Southern Knights	Home	Lost 31-14
May 22	Houston Outlaws	Away	Lost 31-12
June 5	Mississippi Pride	Away	Won 12-7
June 5	Shreveport-Bossier Southern Knights	Away	Won by forfeit