Puppy Bowl XVII: Team Ruff lineup

This year more than ever we need the distractions of two of America’s favorite pastimes that take place on the first Sunday in February. Of course, we’re talking about the Super Bowl and the Puppy Bowl. The Puppy Bowl features Team Ruff taking on Team Fluff, while the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play later.

Super Bowl LV will take place on Sunday evening in Tampa Bay, Florida. For the first time in NFL history, the home team of the hosting city is one of the teams competing for the championship. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the defending 2020 Super Bowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Puppy Bowl finds Team Ruff taking on Team Fluff in this year’s highly anticipated canine classic on Animal Planet and Discovery+. For the last 16 years, the Puppy Bowl has a 100 percent adoption rate of all puppies and kittens featured; if the past is the prediction of the future, all of the puppies will be winners, no matter which team wins.

The Team Ruff full lineup is revealed…

The canine players come from 22 shelters and rescues from nine northeastern states. Team Ruff consists of 33 players with a diverse background of breeds.

Nearly all of the pups are mixed breed pups, and the American Staffordshire Terrier is the most represented breed, with 13 pups being an either full-blooded or mixed breed. The Beagle and Coonhound breed are the next most represented with eight dogs participating. Without further adieu, let’s meet Team Ruff.

Apollo-Treeing Walker Coonhound/Beagle

Apollo, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Rumor-American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Cattle Dog

Hunter-American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Shephard

Archer-American Staffordshire Terrier

Archer, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Cream–American Staffordshire Terrier

Lionel-American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Comet–American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Comet, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Dwight–American Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador Retriever

Hope-American Fox Hound

Hope, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Lee–German Shepard/Labrador Retriever

Duke–Great Pyrenees/Standard Poodle

Tank-Rottweiler/Boxer

Tank, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Gizmo-Beagle/Shih Tzu

Cosmo-Australian Cattle Dog

Hashbrown-Mix Breed

Paulie-American Staffordshire Terrier/Dutch Shepard Dog

Paulie, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Peaches-American Fox Hound

Muffin-Terrier Mix

Xena-American Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador Retriever

Stitch-American Staffordshire Terrier/Treeing Walker Coonhound

Stitch, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Coltrane–American Staffordshire Terrier/Chihuahua

Fletcher-American Staffordshire Terrier/Beagle

Lucy-Bluetick Coonhound

Lucy, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Athena–American Staffordshire Terrier/Chow Chow

Eclipse-Siberian Husky/Shar-Pei

Vinnie–American Staffordshire Terrier/Dachsund

Vinnie, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Todd Furley–American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Argos–American Staffordshire Terrier/Belgian Malinois

Gus-Beagle/Cocker Spaniel

Gus, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Spaulding–Hairless Terrier

Tina-American Staffordshire Terrier/Chihuahua

Patrick–American Staffordshire Terrier

Patrick, Team Ruff. Photo credit: discovery+/Animal Planet / Elias Weiss Friedman /

Next. Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner on job, fostering, sports fandom and more. dark

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Puppy Bowl XVII: Team Ruff Lineup

By Celeste Sabin | Feb 7, 2021

The Team Ruff full lineup is revealed…