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| Founded | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1999 |
| League | Regional Football League |
| Based in | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Stadium | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
| Owner | Wayne Van[1] |
| Head coach | Johnny Plummer |
The Mississippi Pride were a professional American football team that played during the 1999 season as part of the Regional Football League. They played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.[2]
The team was announced as one of the league's charter members on November 12, 1998.[3] For their lone season, former Mississippi State Bulldogs assistant coach Johnny Plummer served as head coach.[4]
Although the team was scheduled to play a 12-game regular season,[5] poor attendance and sagging revenues would prove too much for the new league. In the shortened regular season, the Pride had a 4–4 record. In the postseason, the Pride were seeded third in the four-team playoff bracket, and lost to the second seed, the Houston Outlaws. Pride starter Stewart Patridge was named the all-RFL quarterback.[6] After the season, the team and league ceased operation.
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- ^ "Beginning of the Knights' Reign". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. April 17, 1999. p. 28. Retrieved January 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "League". Remember the RFL. Retrieved January 25, 2019 – via Google Sites.
- ^ "Patridge gets his shot at pro football". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Greenwood, Mississippi. February 25, 1999. p. 7. Retrieved January 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mississippi Pride 1999 Schedule". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. March 29, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved January 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eight Pride players make All-RFL team". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. June 25, 1999. p. 31. Retrieved January 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.