RiverCity Rage
Established 2001
Play in Coralville, Iowa
at the Xtream Arena
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League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, Red, White
     
MascotRagey
CheerleadersRiverCity Rage Cheerleaders
Personnel
Owner(s)Dominic Montero
Team history
  • St. Louis Renegades (2001)
  • RiverCity Renegades (2002)
  • Show-Me Believers (2003–2004)
  • RiverCity Rage (2005–2009, 2025–future)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1)
Division championships (2)
Playoff appearances (6)
Home arena(s)

The RiverCity Rage are a professional indoor football team. 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 returned to the Family Arena for the 2007 UIF season. The Rage were set to move to Council Bluffs and play at the Mid-America Center for 2024, but will now play in Coralville at the Xtream Arena for the 2025 season and are to be new members of the relaunched American Indoor Football.

History

Origins of the Rage

Original Logo (2001-2023)

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 RiverCity Renegades.[1] 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 continued 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 (37–33) 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.

In 2009, the Rage played 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 United Bowl to the Billings Outlaws by the score of 71–62.

Jeff Sprowls, who also owned the IFL team Omaha Beef, 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 Omaha.[2] 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.

Return of the Rage (2024–present)

The Rage will return to the field in 2025 under new ownership of Dominic Montero and were announced as one of the newest members of the relaunched American Indoor Football league. They initially announced that they would be playing at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs for 2024. However, due to careful analysis of the financial outlook of the team, the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.[3] The Rage will be replaced at the Mid-America Center by the Iowa Rampage of the newly revived Arena Football League.

Season-by-season

League champions Conference champions Division champions Playoff berth League leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLosses
2001 2001 IPFL 4th 2 11 Did not qualify
2002 2002 NIFL Atlantic Northern 4th 1 13 Did not qualify
2003 2003 NIFL Pacific Northern 5th 4 10 Did not qualify
2004 2004 NIFL Atlantic Northern 2nd 9 5 Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Fort Wayne) 28–45
2005 2005 NIFL Atlantic Eastern 1st 10 4 Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Cincinnati) 64–67
2006 2006 NIFL Atlantic Northern 1st 13 1 Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Cincinnati) 48–30
Lost Atlantic Conference Championship (Fayetteville) 70–72
2007 2007 UIF Eastern 2nd 9 6 Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (Lexington) 33–48
2008 2008 UIF Eastern 2nd 6 8 Won Quarterfinals (Sioux City) 37–33
Lost Semifinals (Bloomington) 7–33
2009 2009 IFL United Atlantic 3rd 8 6 Won Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Rochester) 45–42
Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Maryland) 55–31
Won Atlantic Conference Championship (Wichita) 43–30
Lost 2009 United Bowl (Billings Outlaws) 62–71
2010 Dormant year
2011 Dormant year
2012 Dormant year
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2023 Dormant year
2024 Dormant year
2025 2025 AIF 0 0
Totals 6264All-time regular season record
56All-time postseason record
6770All-time regular season and postseason record

Current roster

RiverCity Rage roster
Quarterbacks
  • Currently vacant

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • Currently vacant
Offensive linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • Currently vacant
Linebackers
  • Currently vacant

Defensive backs

  • Currently vacant

Special teams

  • Currently vacant
Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • updated December 10, 2023
  • 0 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff

RiverCity Rage staff

Front office

  • Owner – Dominic Montero
  • General manager – TBD

Head coaches

  • TBD

Offensive coaches

  • TBD
Defensive coaches
  • TBD



References

  1. "Renegades jump to the NIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 20, 2001. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. River City Rage Announces Relocation to Coralville IA for 2025 Indoor Football Season, AIF website, October 3, 2023
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