Meet the Starting Line Up

Who's ready for PUPPY BOWL XVII? Here's this year's Starting Line Up. You can watch these players take it to the field as Team RUFF take on Team FLUFF on Sunday, February 7 at 2p ET on discovery+ and Animal Planet.

January 06, 2021

By: Puppy Bowl

Apollo, Team Ruff

Treeing Walker Coonhound/Beagle

Eclipse, Team Ruff

Siberian Huskey/Shar-Pei

Cream, Team Ruff

Mix Breed

Comet, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Archer, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier

Patrick, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier

Dwight, Team Ruff

Labrador Retriever/American Staffordshire Terrier

Lionel, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Hope, Team Ruff

Beagle/American Fox Hound

Lee, Team Ruff

Labrador Retriever/German Shepherd

Cosmo, Team Ruff

Australian Cattle Dog

Rumor, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Cattle Dog

Hunter, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Shepherd

Duke, Team Ruff

Great Pyrenees/Standard Poodle

Coltrane, Team Ruff

Chihuahua/American Staffordshire Terrier

Athena, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Chow Chow

Vinnie, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Dachshund

Todd Furly, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Argos, Team Ruff

Belgian Malinois/American Staffordshire Terrier

Peaches, Team Ruff

American Fox Hound

Xena, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador Retriever

Tina, Team Ruff

Chihuahua/American Staffordshire Terrier

Gizmo, Team Ruff

Beagle/Shih Tzu

Spaulding, Team Ruff

Hairless Terrier

Hashbrown, Team Ruff

Mix Breed

Tank, Team Ruff

Rottweiler/Boxer

Muffin, Team Ruff

Terrier Mix

Stitch, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Treeing Walker Coonhound

Fletcher, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Beagle

Lucy, Team Ruff

Beagle/Bluetick Coonhound

Bluey, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Siberian Huskey

Gus, Team Ruff

Beagle/Cocker Spaniel

Paulie, Team Ruff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Dutch Shepherd Dog

Foxy Cleopatra, Team Fluff

Russell Terrier/Bichon Frise

Theodore, Team Fluff

Great Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd

Jiffy, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier

Chip, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/German Shepherd

Tony, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Shepherd

Mary Anne, Team Fluff

Boxer/American Staffordshire Terrier

Moo, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Akita

Milky Way, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Michael, Team Fluff

Beagle/Labrador Retriever

Hank, Team Fluff

Dalmatian

Hanson, Team Fluff

Mix Breed

Marigold, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Border Collie

Ray, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Chow Chow

Jay, Team Fluff

Border Collie/Labrador Retriever

Ginkgo, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Bananaberry, Team Fluff

Australian Cattle Dog/Golden Retriever

Yogi, Team Fluff

German Shepherd/Siberian Huskey

James, Team Fluff

Labrador Retriever/German Shepherd

Aubrey, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Terrier

Sasha, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Boxer

Glimmer, Team Fluff

Beagle/Bloodhound

Sonic, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/American Bulldog

Ariel, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Gordon Terrier

Oliver, Team Fluff

Alaskan Malamute/American Staffordshire Terrier

Pippa, Team Fluff

Chihuahua/Tree Walker Coonhound

Pacific, Team Fluff

Chihuahua/Miniature Pinscher

Minnie, Team Fluff

Boston Terrier/Beagle

Tucker, Team Fluff

Pug Mix

Bingo, Team Fluff

American Staffordshire Terrier/Siberian Huskey

Fozzie, Team Fluff

Norwegian Elkhound Mix

Jett, Team Fluff

Erica, Team Fluff

Border Collie Mix

Chunky Monkey, Team Fluff

Chow Chow/Irish Red and White Setter

Aaron Pawgers, Team Fluff

Treeing Walker Coonhound/American Staffordshire Terrier

Beliveau, Team Fluff

Golden Retriever

Marshall, Team Fluff

Boston Terrier

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Apollo, Team Ruff

Eclipse, Team Ruff

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Comet, Team Ruff

Archer, Team Ruff

Patrick, Team Ruff

Dwight, Team Ruff

Lionel, Team Ruff

Hope, Team Ruff