The Peoria Pirates
are a professional arena football team currently playing in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They play their home games at Carver Arena and are coached by Mike Hohensee. The Pirates originally began play as a charter member of the Indoor Football League in 1999.
In their existence, the Pirates have played in the Indoor Football League (IFL), af2 (twice), and United Indoor Football (UIF). They also won the 2000 IFL Championship. They were also, while in the UIF, known as the Peoria Rough Riders
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Team history
Indoor Football League (IFL) / af2
The Peoria Pirates were charter members of the Indoor Football League (IFL) and were also the IFL runners-up in 1999 and won the IFL championship in 2000 before their original league folded and the franchise moved over to af2. After the move, the Pirates managed to win
ArenaCup III over the
Florida Firecats, but couldn't repeat their performance the following year.
United Indoor Football (UIF)
After losing
ArenaCup V to the Firecats, the franchise moved to
United Indoor Football (UIF) and became the
Peoria Rough Riders
(Before changing team name (along with their move to the UIF), their name was the Mutineers). However, their IFL and af2 success did not translate with their move to
United Indoor Football, as they finished 6-9, then 0-15.
Closure and return
On
September 15,
2006, the Rough Riders officially ceased operations.
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However, on
August 22,
2007, it was announced that a new team would begin playing at
Carver Arena, which would; play in af2, assume the old Peoria Pirates name, logo, colors, and history, and have longtime head coach Bruce Cowdrey become head coach once again. The Pirates returned to play in the
2008 af2 season.
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Season-by-season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| Peoria Pirates (IFL)
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| 1999
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1st EC Northern
| Won Semifinal (Dayton)
Lost Gold Cup I (Green Bay)
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| 2000
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1st EC Northern
| Won Round 1 (Madison)
Won Semifinal (Steel Valley)
Won Gold Cup II (Bismarck)
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| Peoria Pirates (af2)
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| 2001
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 4th NC Midwestern
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| 2002
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 1st NC Midwestern
| Won NC Round 1 (Wichita)
Won NC Semifinal (San Diego)
Won NC Championship (Birmingham)
Won ArenaCup III (Florida)
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| 2003
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 4th NC Midwestern
| --
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| 2004
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 3rd NC Midwestern
| Won NC Round 1 (Oklahoma City)
Won NC Semifinal (Bakersfield)
Won NC Championship (Tulsa)
Lost ArenaCup V (Florida)
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| Peoria Rough Riders (UIF)
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| 2005
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 3rd Midwest
| --
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| 2006
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 3rd Central
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| 2007
| Did Not Play
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| Peoria Pirates (af2)
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| 2008
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 6th AC Midwest
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| 2009
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 5th AC Midwest
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| Totals
| 79
| 76
| 0
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Current Roster
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Quarterbacks
- 10 Donald Carrie
- 11 Justin Rascati
Running Backs
- 1 Odell Willis FB/LB
- 5 Doc Gooden FB/LB
- 33 Eugene Lockett FB/LB
- 44 Ezra Clayton FB/LB
Wide Receivers
- 2 Lewis Barr WR/DB
- 4 Randy Chappell WR/DB
- 16 Jacob Schooner WR/DB
- 29 Philip Brock WR/DB
- 81 Roger Sippio WR
- 82 De'Tario Frederick WR
Linemen
- 41 Timothy Hunt DL
- 59 Jason Kressen OL/DL
- 62 Chad Walker OL
- 72 Adam Tadisch OL
- 75 Azubike Alaribe OL/DL
- 85 Rich Bellina OL/DL
- 90 Charles Edwards OL/DL
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Linebackers
- 1 Odell Willis FB/LB
- 5 Doc Gooden FB/LB
- 33 Eugene Lockett FB/LB
- 44 Ezra Clayton FB/LB
Defensive Backs
- 2 Lewis Barr WR/DB
- 4 Randy Chappell WR/DB
- 16 Jacob Schooner WR/DB
- 29 Philip Brock WR/DB
- 7 Kofi Amoa WR/DB
- 8 Josh Taylor WR/DB
- 29 Blake Farris WR/DB
Special Teams
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Injured players
Exempt List
Practice Squad
Last Updated: 7-26-08
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Notes
- http://www.pjstar.com/stories/091606/ROU_BAVLU2DQ.W02.shtml{{Dead link |date=March 2008}}
- http://pjstar.com/stories/082207/SPO_BE52L8ME.077.php