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Rock River Raptors Wiki Information
This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors
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The Rock River Raptors
are a professional indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League, USA. The Raptors play at the Rockford MetroCentre. The franchise was established in 2000 as the Tennessee Valley Vipers, a charter member of af2. The franchise was based at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2005, the franchise moved to United Indoor Football as the Tennessee Valley Raptors
. To accommodate the Vipers' af2 return to Huntsville, team owner Art Clarkson announced in August 2005 that the franchise would relocate to Rockford, Illinois. Coincidentally, Rockford was the site of the first-ever Arena Football game in 1986.
On October 1, 2007, the Raptors announced they will not play in the UIF in 2008. Eighteen days later, they announced they would move to the CIFL to begin play there for the 2008 season. [1]
The team is not to be confused with the Rockford Raptors, a soccer team also based in Rockford which is a member of the National Premier Soccer League.
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ROCK RIVER RAPTORS TICKETS
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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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| Tennessee Valley Raptors (UIF)
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| 2005
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 3rd South
| Won Round 1 (Fort Wayne)
Lost Semifinals (Sioux City)
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| Rock River Raptors (UIF)
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| 2006
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 1st Central
| Won Round 1 (Sioux City)
Lost Semifinals (Lexington)
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| 2007
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 1st East
| Lost Round 1 (Bloomington)
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| Rock River Raptors (CIFL)
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| 2008
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 2nd Great Lakes West
| Won GLD West Finals (Chicago)
Lost GLD Championship (Kalamazoo)
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| 2009
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 3rd Western
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| Totals
| 41
| 28
| 0
| (including playoffs)
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2008 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 14
| Kalamazoo Xplosion
| Away
| Lost 26-33 (OT) [2] [3]
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| March 21
| Muskegon Thunder
| Away
| Lost 36-44
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| March 29
| Chicago Slaughter
| Home
| Won 55-45
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| April 4
| Fort Wayne Freedom
| Home
| Won 64-29
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| April 19
| Fort Wayne Freedom
| Away
| Lost 54-55
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| April 26
| Saginaw Sting
| Home
| Won 51-50 [4]
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| May 3
| Chicago Slaughter
| Away
| Lost 59-67
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| May 10
| Kalamazoo Xplosion
| Home
| Lost 28-36 [5]
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| May 17
| Flint Phantoms
| Home
| Won 69-38 [6]
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| May 23
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Away
| Won 56-3
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| May 31
| Flint Phantoms
| Away
| Won 49-6 [7]
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| June 7
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Home
| Won 53-29
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| June 13
| Chicago Slaughter (Playoffs)
| Away
| Won 54-39
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| June 21
| Kalamazoo Xplosion (Playoffs)
| Away
| Lost 42-56
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2009 Season Schedule
| Date
| Opponent
| Home/Away
| Result
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| March 7
| Wisconsin Wolfpack
| Home
| Lost 38 - 40
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| March 20
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Home
| Lost 40 - 53
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| March 27
| Chicago Slaughter
| Away
| Lost 38 - 69
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| April 4
| Wisconsin Wolfpack
| Away
| Lost 23 - 50
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| April 11
| Miami Valley Silverbacks
| Home
| Won 41 - 14
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| April 18
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Away
| Won 41 - 31
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| April 25
| Wisconsin Wolfpack
| Home
| Won 25 - 21
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| May 1
| Fort Wayne Freedom
| Away
| Won 48 - 46
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| May 9
| Chicago Slaughter
| Home
| Lost 47 - 77
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| May 16
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers
| Home
| Won 32 - 12
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| May 23
| Wheeling Wildcats
| Away
| Won 46-34
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| June 6
| Marion Mayhem
| Away
| Won 43-40
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References
- News from the Rock River Raptors
- Rockford falls to Xplosion in OT of CIFL opener
- Kalamazoo Xplosion 33, Rock River Raptors 26
- Sting fall in final seconds
- Clutch effort lifts Xplosion
- Raptors beat up on Phantoms, 69-38
- Phantoms fall; players disguntled over non-payments
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