RiverCity Rage

RiverCity Rage
Established 2001 Folded 2024 Played in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the Mid-America Center GoRageFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Professional Football League (2001) National Indoor Football League (2002–2006) Atlantic Conference (2002, 2004–2006) Northern Division (2002, 2004, 2006) Eastern Division (2005) Pacific Conference (2003) Northern Division (2003) United Indoor Football (2007–2008) Eastern Division (2007–2008) Indoor Football League (2009) United Conference (2009) Atlantic Division (2009)'
Current uniform
Team colors	Black, Red, White
Mascot	Ragey
Cheerleaders	RiverCity Rage Cheerleaders
Personnel
Owner(s)	Dominic Montero
Team history
St. Louis Renegades (2001) RiverCity Renegades (2002) Show-Me Believers (2003–2004) RiverCity Rage (2005–2009)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1) IFL: 2009
Division championships (2) NIFL: 2005, 2006
Playoff appearances (6)
NIFL: 2004, 2005, 2006 UIF: 2007, 2008 IFL: 2009
Home arena(s)
Family Arena (2001–2005, 2007–2009) Scottrade Center (2006)

The RiverCity Rage were a professional indoor football team. 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. The Rage were set to move to Council Bluffs and played at the Mid-America Center for 2024. However, The Dedcided To Rebrand To The Iowa Rampage.

History

Origins of the Rage

The RiverCity Rage began play in 2001 as the St. Louis Renegades of the Indoor Professional Football League, 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 RiverCity Renegades.^[1] 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 continued their membership in the United Indoor Football for 2008.[1]

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 (37–33) 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.

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 United Bowl to the Billings Outlaws by the score of 71–62.

Jeff Sprowls, who also owned the IFL team Omaha Beef, announced about a month after the Rage's loss in the IFL Championship game that the RiverCity Rage would be ceasing operations and will not play in the 2010 season, due to financial issues in Omaha.^[2] According to the Indoor Football League website the RiverCity Rage could return in 2011, if new owners are found. In the team's final season, leading the way at quarterback was former two-time ArenaBowl champion John Dutton.

Return of the Rage (2024–present)

The Rage will return to the field in 2025 under new ownership of Dominic Montero and were announced as one of the newest members of the relaunched American Indoor Football league. They initially announced that they would be playing at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs for 2024. However, due to careful analysis of the financial outlook of the team, the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.^[3] The Rage will be replaced at the Mid-America Center by the Iowa Rampage of the newly revived Arena Football League.

Season-by-season

Current roster

Staff

References

External links

• Official site
• Rage's 2007 stats
• Rage's 2008 stats

This page was last edited on 24 March 2024, at 18:29