The Kansas City Renegades were a charter member of the

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based in

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. They played their home games at

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. The Renegades were the second arena/indoor team based in Kansas City, following the

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(previously known as the Kansas City Brigade) which played in the

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from

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until

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and then again from

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until

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. The franchise abruptly folded in 2013 with no explanation.

Franchise history

2012

The Renegades came about when the team purchased the physical assets of the Command. The Renegades are owned by Jeremy Ploeger; founder of sports management firm J&M Management, vice chairman of the Jackson County Board of Planning & Zoning Adjustments, and a former candidate for the

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in the 51st District. In addition, general manager Reggie Harris was the Brigade's general manager for their inaugural season. On September 20, 2012, the franchise announced that it would be nicknamed the "Renegades," with spokesman, Darron Story stating, "The Renegades name comes from going against the grain and represents our effort to separate ourselves from the past unsuccessful franchises. You have to have a renegade attitude to come behind that and be excited and have energy."

Final roster

2013

The Renegades opened the season poorly with losses to

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and

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to drop to 0-2, but bounced back in the following three weeks with wins over

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, Wichita and Kansas (Topeka). The first two wins over Oklahoma and Wichita came largely to the credit of both kick returner O. J. Simpson (unrelated to the NFL running back) who earned CPIFL Special Teams player of the week honors after scoring two touchdowns on kick returns against Wichita, and wide receiver

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who scored 4 touchdowns against Oklahoma and was named CPIFL Offensive player of the week on that day. Solomon raised his season total to 6 against Wichita the following week. Xavier Lee also led the team to victory against Wichita despite setting foot in Kansas City for the first time only a few days before the game. The Renegades defeated the Kansas Koyotes in week 6 to jump to their first time over .500 in franchise history. They finished the season 8-4. The team is not playing in the 2014 season, the team has chosen to take the season off to "reorganize". No announcements about future play have been made.

Season schedule

References

External links

Kansas City Renegades official website

CPIFL official website
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