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The Colorado Wildcats was a team in the . The Wildcats played three preseason PIFL games in '98. They went 1-2 in those games, with the lone victory at home:
The Wildcats compiled a 9-5 record in their only year of play. They struggled financially, even folding for two weeks before a new owner, Tom Shafer , bailed the team out and allowed them to finish the season. The team made the playoffs, but even with the new owner in place, the Wildcats were still financally strapped and were about to forfeit their playoff appearance, rather than pay travel costs to Baton Rouge, LA. The Shivers, the Louisiana Bayou Beast owners, offered to pay travel expenses for the Wildcats to compete against the Beast. This would also be the Beasts' chance to avenge the only loss of the Bayou Beast season (13-1) by defeating the Wildcats in the playoffs. The Bayou Beast did just that by winning 67-61, slamming Colorado wide receiver Matt Cinquanta to the turf after he made a miraculous catch just one yard shy of the endzone on the game's last play. As a result, the Louisiana Bayou Beast advanced to the PIFL Championship game. When Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs owner Keary Ecklund announced his intentions to start a new league in 1999, Indoor Football League (IFL), Shafer stood by him and proclaimed the Wildcats would be a part of the IFL. Unfortunately, that was the last anyone heard of the team, which returned back to the semi-pro ranks for good. COLORADO WILDCATS 1998 SCHEDULE April 11 - Honolulu Hurricanes 37, at Colorado Wildcats 48 April 26 - Utah Catzz 27, at Colorado Wildcats 29 May 9 - Louisiana Bayou Beast 41, at Colorado Wildcats 49, May 16 - Colorado Wildcats at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits May 23 - Colorado Wildcats 43, at Utah Catzz 26 May 30 - Colorado Wildcats 42, at Honolulu Hurricanes 34 June 7 - Texas Bullets 28, at Colorado Wildcats 51 June 20 - Green Bay Bombers 45, at Colorado Wildcats 38 June 27 - Minnesota Monsters at Colorado Wildcats - Minnesota forfeits July 4 - Madison Mad Dogs at Colorado Wildcats - Colorado forfeits July 11 - Colorado Wildcats 22, at Louisiana Bayou Beast 31 July 18 - Colorado Wildcats 18, at Madison Mad Dogs 54 July 25 - Colorado Wildcats 0, at Green Bay Bombers 45 August 1 - Colorado Wildcats at Texas Bullets - Texas forfeits Playoffs August 9 - Colorado Wildcats 61, at Louisiana Bayou Beast 67
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