The RiverCity Rage were a professional indoor football team. They played home games at the

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, part of the metropolitan area of

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, in past seasons, played in the

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in downtown

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in the 2006 season, and returned to the

for the 2007 UIF season.

History

The RiverCity Rage began play in 2001 as the St. Louis Renegades of the

Indoor Professional Football League The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998. Two of its teams (the Madison Mad Dogs and the Green Bay Bombers) left the league and their owner, ...

, finishing fourth in the league with a 2-11 record. After the IPFL folded, the team moved to the

National Indoor Football League The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, ...

in 2002 and became the RiverCity 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

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. After the 2006 season, the Rage announced they were joining

United Indoor Football United Indoor Football (UIF) was an indoor football league in the United States that operated from 2005 to 2008. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion (the Dayton Warbirds, which never played a game in UIF) ...

for 2007. The Rage continued their membership in the

for

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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 The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux City, Iowa, and compete as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The team was founded in 1999 as the Sioux City Attack. In 2001, the team assumed their current ...

, but lost the Conference Finals on the road to the Bloomington Extreme, 33-7. In 2009, the Rage played in the

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, a new league created out of the merger between the UIF and the

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. On August 15, 2009, the Rage lost the

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to the

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by the score of 71-62.

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, who also owns IFL team the

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, 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 Omah

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.

Season-by-season

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Won Semifinal (

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Lost AC Championship ( Fayetteville) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , RiverCity Rage (UIF) , - , 2007 , , 9 , , 7 , , 0 , , 2nd East , , Lost Round 1 ( Lexington) , - , 2008 , , 6 , , 8 , , 0 , , 2nd East , , Won Round 1 (

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Lost Divisional Championship ( Bloomington) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , RiverCity Rage (IFL) , - , 2009 , , 8 , , 6 , , 0 , , 3rd United Atlantic , , Won Round 1 (

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Won Divisional Championship (

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Won United Conference Championship ( Wichita)
Lost

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(

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) , - !Totals , , 68 , , 71 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

2009 roster

RiverCity Rage coaching staff

* Michael Pimmel – Head Coach * Steve Sigmund – Offensive Coordinator * 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 * Robert Associate * Gary Baute – Radio/Sales Associate * Jeff Vernetti – Radio/Sales Associate * Michell Jefferson – Director of Cheerleaders * Ragey The Bull – Mascot * Shawn Balint-Public Address Announcer * Jeremy Clements – On Field Announcer * Jayson Ameer Rasheed – GameDay Press Director

References

External links

Official site

{{Indoor Professional Football League 2005 establishments in Missouri 2009 disestablishments in Missouri