The RiverCity Rage
are 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 are returning to the Family Arena for the 2007 UIF season. The River City Rage's current head coach is Rik Richards.
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History
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
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.
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 will play 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.
Season-By-Season
Note:
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''
| Season
| W
| L
| T
| Finish
| Playoff results
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| St. Louis Renegades (IPFL)
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| 2001
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 4th League
| --
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| River City Renegades (NIFL)
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| 2002
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 4th Atlantic Northern
| --
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| Show-Me Believers (NIFL)
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| 2003
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 5th Pacific Northern
| --
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| 2004
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 2nd Atlantic North
| Lost Round 1 (Fort Wayne)
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| River City Rage (NIFL)
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| 2005
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 1st Atlantic East
| Lost Round 1 (Cincinnati)
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| 2006
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 1st Atlantic North
| Won Round 1 (Wyoming
Won Semifinal (Cincinnati)
Lost AC Championship (Fayetteville)
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| River City Rage (UIF)
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| 2007
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 2nd East
| Lost Round 1 (Lexington)
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| 2008
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 2nd East
| Won Round 1 (Sioux City)
Lost Divisional Championship (Bloomington)
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| River City Rage (IFL)
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| 8
| 6
| 0
| 3rd United Atlantic
| Won Round 1 (Rochester Raiders)
Won Divisonal Championship (Maryland Maniacs)
Won United Conference Championship (Wichita Wild)
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| Totals
| 64
| 67
| 0
| (including playoffs)
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* = Current Standing
2009 RiverCity Rage Roster
- Cornelius "Pig" Brown - S - Mizzou - NFL KC Chiefs
- Darnell Terrell - 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
- Thaddeus Coleman - OL - Mississippi Valley State - NFL Arizona Cardinals - NFL New York Jets
- Tyrone Timmons - WR - Mississippi Valley State - NFL KC Chiefs - AFL - Tampa Bay Storm
- Wil Rodriguez - K - Lindenwood University - RiverCity Rage
- Xzavie Jackson - DL - Mizzou - NFL Philiadelphia Eagles - NFL Cincinnati Bengals
RiverCity Rage Coaching Staff
- Rik Richards - 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
- John Aebischer - General Manager
- Rena Prohaska - Director of Ticket Operations/Office Manager
- Robert Detz - Director of Group Sales
- Kathy Shipley - Sales Associate
- Gary Baute - Radio/Sales Associate
- Jeff Vernetti - Radio/Sales Associate
- Michell Jefferson - Director of Cheerleaders
- Ragey The Bull - Mascot