River City Rage
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The RiverCity Rage were a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League
. They played home games at the Family Arena
in Saint Charles, Missouri
, part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri
, in past seasons, played in the Scottrade Center
in downtown St. Louis
in the 2006 season, and returned to the Family Arena
for the 2007 UIF season.
, finishing fourth in the league with a 2-11 record. After the IPFL folded, the team moved to the National Indoor Football League
in 2002 and became the River City Renegades. The team finished its first season in the NIFL with a 1-13 record. For 2003-2004, the team was renamed the Show-Me Believers. In the first season under the new name, the team finished with a 4-10 record that showed improvement, despite being a losing record. In 2004, the team's skill increased vastly, and completed the season with a winning record for the first time at 9-5. In 2005, the team was renamed and is currently the RiverCity Rage. The Rage won the 2005 East Atlantic Conference Division with a record of 10-4. With this record, the team was locked in a three-way tie for the best regular-season record; however, the team lost its Conference Quarter Finals game 67 to 64 to the Cincinnati Marshals.
The next season, the team finished in a four-way tie for the regular season record at 13-1, and advanced to the Atlantic Conference championship game, losing to the Fayetteville Guard
.
After the 2006 season, the Rage announced they were joining United Indoor Football
for 2007. The Rage continue their membership in the United Indoor Football
for 2008.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3380263
In 2008, the RiverCity Rage struggled through a seven game losing streak before winning three of their last four games to make the playoffs. They won by a last-minute touchdown in a home playoff game against the Sioux City Bandits
, but lost the Conference Finals on the road to the Bloomington Extreme
, 33-7.
Starting in 2009, the Rage played in the Indoor Football League
, a new league created out of the merger between the UIF and the Intense Football League. On August 15, 2009, the Rage lost the Indoor Football League
championship to the Billings Outlaws
by the score of 71-62.
Jeff Sprowls, who also owns IFL team the Omaha Beef
, announced about a month after the Rage's loss in the IFL Championship game that the River City Rage would be ceasing operations and will not play in the 2010 season, due to financial issues in Omaha http://billingsgazette.com/sports/football/professional/arena/article_321968be-baf2-11de-abac-001cc4c03286.html. According to the Indoor Football League website the River City Rage could return in 2011, if new owners are found.
| colspan="6" align="center" | St. Louis Renegades (IPFL)
|-
|2001 || 2 || 11 || 0 || 4th League || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Renegades (NIFL)
|-
|2002 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th Atlantic Northern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Show-Me Believers (NIFL)
|-
|2003 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 5th Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2004 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 2nd Atlantic North || Lost Round 1 (Fort Wayne
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (NIFL)
|-
|2005 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 1st Atlantic East || Lost Round 1 (Cincinnati)
|-
|2006 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1st Atlantic North || Won Round 1 (Wyoming
)
Won Semifinal (Cincinnati)
Lost AC Championship (Fayetteville
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (UIF)
|-
|2007 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd East || Lost Round 1 (Lexington)
|-
|2008 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 2nd East || Won Round 1 (Sioux City
)
Lost Divisional Championship (Bloomington
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (IFL)
|-
|2009 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd United Atlantic || Won Round 1 (Rochester
)
Won Divisonal Championship (Maryland)
Won United Conference Championship (Wichita
)
Lost 2009 United Bowl (Billings
)
|-
!Totals || 68 || 71 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
. They played home games at the Family Arena
Family Arena
The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts...
in Saint Charles, Missouri
Saint Charles, Missouri
St. Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 65,794, making St. Charles the 2nd largest city in St. Charles County. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri on the Missouri River, and, for a time,...
, part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, in past seasons, played in the Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center is a 19,150 seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1994. It is the home of the St...
in downtown St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
in the 2006 season, and returned to the Family Arena
Family Arena
The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts...
for the 2007 UIF season.
History
The RiverCity Rage began play in 2001 as the St. Louis Renegades of the Indoor Professional Football LeagueIndoor Professional Football League
The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...
, finishing fourth in the league with a 2-11 record. After the IPFL folded, the team moved to the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
in 2002 and became the River City Renegades. The team finished its first season in the NIFL with a 1-13 record. For 2003-2004, the team was renamed the Show-Me Believers. In the first season under the new name, the team finished with a 4-10 record that showed improvement, despite being a losing record. In 2004, the team's skill increased vastly, and completed the season with a winning record for the first time at 9-5. In 2005, the team was renamed and is currently the RiverCity Rage. The Rage won the 2005 East Atlantic Conference Division with a record of 10-4. With this record, the team was locked in a three-way tie for the best regular-season record; however, the team lost its Conference Quarter Finals game 67 to 64 to the Cincinnati Marshals.
The next season, the team finished in a four-way tie for the regular season record at 13-1, and advanced to the Atlantic Conference championship game, losing to the Fayetteville Guard
Fayetteville Guard
The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....
.
After the 2006 season, the Rage announced they were joining United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
for 2007. The Rage continue their membership in the United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
for 2008.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3380263
In 2008, the RiverCity Rage struggled through a seven game losing streak before winning three of their last four games to make the playoffs. They won by a last-minute touchdown in a home playoff game against the Sioux City Bandits
Sioux City Bandits
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team, currently a member of the American Professional Football League. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center....
, but lost the Conference Finals on the road to the Bloomington Extreme
Bloomington Extreme
The Bloomington Extreme are a professional indoor football team and a member of the Indoor Football League. The team's name is derived from a naming rights deal with local auto dealer Extreme Motors. The Extreme play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington,...
, 33-7.
Starting in 2009, the Rage played in the Indoor Football League
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
, a new league created out of the merger between the UIF and the Intense Football League. On August 15, 2009, the Rage lost the Indoor Football League
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
championship to the Billings Outlaws
Billings Outlaws
The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...
by the score of 71-62.
Jeff Sprowls, who also owns IFL team the Omaha Beef
Omaha Beef
The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...
, announced about a month after the Rage's loss in the IFL Championship game that the River City Rage would be ceasing operations and will not play in the 2010 season, due to financial issues in Omaha http://billingsgazette.com/sports/football/professional/arena/article_321968be-baf2-11de-abac-001cc4c03286.html. According to the Indoor Football League website the River City Rage could return in 2011, if new owners are found.
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | St. Louis Renegades (IPFL)
|-
|2001 || 2 || 11 || 0 || 4th League || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Renegades (NIFL)
|-
|2002 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th Atlantic Northern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Show-Me Believers (NIFL)
|-
|2003 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 5th Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2004 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 2nd Atlantic North || Lost Round 1 (Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Freedom
The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum....
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (NIFL)
|-
|2005 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 1st Atlantic East || Lost Round 1 (Cincinnati)
|-
|2006 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1st Atlantic North || Won Round 1 (Wyoming
Wyoming Cavalry
The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games in Casper, Wyoming at Casper Events Center....
)
Won Semifinal (Cincinnati)
Lost AC Championship (Fayetteville
Fayetteville Guard
The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (UIF)
|-
|2007 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd East || Lost Round 1 (Lexington)
|-
|2008 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 2nd East || Won Round 1 (Sioux City
Sioux City Bandits
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team, currently a member of the American Professional Football League. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center....
)
Lost Divisional Championship (Bloomington
Bloomington Extreme
The Bloomington Extreme are a professional indoor football team and a member of the Indoor Football League. The team's name is derived from a naming rights deal with local auto dealer Extreme Motors. The Extreme play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington,...
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | River City Rage (IFL)
|-
|2009 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd United Atlantic || Won Round 1 (Rochester
Rochester Raiders
The Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta...
)
Won Divisonal Championship (Maryland)
Won United Conference Championship (Wichita
Wichita Wild
The Wichita Wild is a professional indoor football team located in Wichita, Kansas. The wild plays in the Indoor Football League the second biggest football league in the United States only after the NFL. The IFL was formed in 2008 through a merger between the Intense Football League and the...
)
Lost 2009 United Bowl (Billings
Billings Outlaws
The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...
)
|-
!Totals || 68 || 71 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
2009 RiverCity Rage Roster
- John Dutton - QB - Colorado - AFL Colorado & San Jose
- Cornelius "Pig" Brown - S - Mizzou - NFL KC Chiefs
- Darnell TerrellDarnell TerrellDarnell Terrell is a professional American and Canadian football cornerback who is currently a member of the Nebraska Danger of the Indoor Football League....
- CB - Mizzou - NFL Cleveland Browns - Donald Thomas - LB - Eastern Illinois
- Jim Doherty - WR - St. Xavier
- Joe Bevis - LB - University of Illinois - RiverCity Rage
- Kurt Kutscher - OL - Henderson State
- Paul Simpson - CB - Mizzou
- Robert Franklin - DL - University of Illinois - RiverCity Rage
- Shawn Piper - WR - Louisiana Tech - AFL Dallas Desperados - IFL Louisiana Swashbucklers
- Terrell Washington - LB - University of Illinois - NFL - RiverCity Rage
- Vincent Webb Jr.- RB- Eastern Illinois
- Zach Lamphere - OL - Hastings College
- Vernon (The Flyin Hawaiian) Thomas - RB - Lindenwood University
- Thaddeus ColemanThaddeus ColemanThaddeus Coleman is an American football offensive lineman for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2008...
- OL - Mississippi Valley State - NFL Arizona Cardinals - NFL New York Jets - Tyrone TimmonsTyrone TimmonsTyrone Timmons is a professional American football wide receiver who is a member of the Tampa Bay Storm. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
- WR - Mississippi Valley State - NFL KC Chiefs - AFL - Tampa Bay Storm - Wil Rodriguez - K - Lindenwood University - RiverCity Rage
- Xzavie JacksonXzavie JacksonXzavie Jackson [ex-ZAY-vee] is a professional gridiron football defensive end for the La Crosse Spartans of the Indoor Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
- DL - Mizzou - NFL Philiadelphia Eagles - NFL Cincinnati Bengals
RiverCity Rage Coaching Staff
- Michael Pimmel - Head Coach
- Bennie Anderson - Assistant Head Coach/Line Coach
- Roger Farrar - Offensive Coordinator
- Billy Sanders - Defensive Coordinator
- Greg Moore - Defensive Quality Control Coach
- Anthony Franz - Football Operations Assistant
RiverCity Rage Front Office
- Jeff Sprowls - Owner
- Robert Associate
- Gary Baute - Radio/Sales Associate
- Jeff Vernetti - Radio/Sales Associate
- Michell Jefferson - Director of Cheerleaders
- Ragey The Bull - Mascot
- Shawn Balint-Public Address Announcer
- Jeremy Clements - On Field Announcer
- Jayson Ameer Rasheed - GameDay Press Director/Statistian