Coralville Chaos

Last updated
Coralville Chaos
Established 2001
Play in Coralville, Iowa
at the Xtream Arena
CoralvilleChaos.com
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League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, Gold, White
   
Personnel
Owner(s)Dominic Montero
President Drake Roach
General manager Frank Haege
Head coachJim Cox
Team history
  • St. Louis Renegades (2001)
  • RiverCity Renegades (2002)
  • Show-Me Believers (2003–2004)
  • RiverCity Rage (2005–2009, 2024)
  • Coralville Chaos (2025-future)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1)
Division championships (2)
Playoff appearances (6)
Home arena(s)

The Coralville Chaos are a professional indoor football team based in Coralville, Iowa. They will play their home games at the Xtream Arena in Coralville starting in 2025.

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They previously played home games as the St. Louis Renegades, then the RiverCity Rage 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. They were set to move to Council Bluffs and play at the Mid-America Center for 2024. They relocated to Coralville and decided to rebrand as the Chaos.

History

Origins of the Chaos

Original Logo (2001-2023) RCRage.png
Original Logo (2001–2023)
RiverCity Rage logo (2024) RiverCity Rage 2024.png
RiverCity Rage logo (2024)

Started as the Renegades and Rage

The Chaos 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 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, then rebranding as the Chaos (2024)

The Rage will return to the field in 2025 under new ownership of Dominic Montero (also owner of the Cedar Rapids River Kings) 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—and the Arena Football League's laying stake to Council Bluffs by establishing the Iowa Rampage there (a team that would ultimately never play there [3] )—the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, [4] rebranding themselves the Coralville Chaos on March 26, 2024. [5] On March 28, the Chaos hired arena football veteran Frank Haege, two-time af2 champion with the original Quad City Steamwheelers, as the team's general manager. [6]

Season-by-season

League championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLosses
2001 2001 IPFL 4th211Did not qualify
2002 2002 NIFL AtlanticNorthern4th113Did not qualify
2003 2003 NIFLPacificNorthern5th410Did not qualify
2004 2004 NIFLAtlanticNorthern2nd95Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Fort Wayne) 28–45
2005 2005 NIFLAtlanticEastern1st104Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Cincinnati) 64–67
2006 2006 NIFLAtlanticNorthern1st131Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Cincinnati) 48–30
Lost Atlantic Conference Championship (Fayetteville) 70–72
2007 2007 UIF Eastern2nd96Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (Lexington) 33–48
2008 2008 UIFEastern2nd68Won Quarterfinals (Sioux City) 37–33
Lost Semifinals (Bloomington) 7–33
2009 2009 IFL UnitedAtlantic3rd86Won 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
2010Dormant year
2011Dormant year
2012Dormant year
2013Dormant year
2014Dormant year
2015Dormant year
2016Dormant year
2017Dormant year
2018Dormant year
2019Dormant year
2020Dormant year
2021Dormant year
2022Dormant year
2023Dormant year
2024Dormant year
Totals6264All-time regular season record
56All-time postseason record
6770All-time regular season and postseason record

Current roster

Coralville Chaos 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

Coralville Chaos staff

Front office

  • Owner – Dominic Montero
  • President - Drake Roach
  • General manager – Frank Haege

Head coaches

  • TBD

Offensive coaches

  • TBD
Defensive coaches
  • TBD




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References

  1. ↑ "Renegades jump to the NIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 20, 2001. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Owner shuts down IFL's River City". 17 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Glover, Maury (2024-05-06). "Arena Football League questions arise after Iowa team leaves league". FOX 9. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  4. ↑ River City Rage Announces Relocation to Coralville IA for 2025 Indoor Football Season Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine , AIF website, October 3, 2023
  5. ↑ https://www.press-citizen.com/story/entertainment/2024/03/25/coralville-chaos-to-join-american-indoor-football-league-in-2025-aif/73094905007 Coralville Chaos to join the American Indoor Football League in 2025], Ryan Hansen, Iowa City Press-Citizen , March 26, 2024
  6. ↑ Hansen, Ryan (2024-03-28). "'A complete entertainment event': Coralville Chaos to debut at Xtream Arena in 2025". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
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