This is a list of seasons completed by the Chicago Rush. The Rush are a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Chicago, Illinois and play their home games at Allstate Arena. The team was established in 2001. From 2001 to 2011, the Rush made the playoffs in every season of their existence, including winning four division championships. The height of the franchise's history came in the 2006 season, when the Rush won ArenaBowl XX, which is their only ArenaBowl appearance to date. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. Later in 2009, it was announced that the Rush would return for the 2010 season, when the league relaunched. [1]
| ArenaBowl Champions | ArenaBowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Chicago Rush | ||||||||
| 2001 | AFL | American | Central | 4th | 7 | 7 | Won Wild Card Round (Orlando) 41–26 Lost Quarterfinals (Grand Rapids) 21–53 | |
| 2002 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Dallas) 60–47 Lost Semifinals (Arizona) 35–46 | |
| 2003 | AFL | American | Central | 3rd | 8 | 8 | Lost Wild Card Round (New York) 45–48 | |
| 2004 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Orlando) 59–49 Lost Semifinals (San Jose) 35–49 | |
| 2005 | AFL | American | Central | 2nd | 9 | 7 | Won Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles) 52–45 Lost Conference Championship (Colorado) 43–49 (OT) | |
| 2006 | AFL | American | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | Won Wild Card Round (Nashville) 55–47 Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 63–46 Won Conference Championship (San Jose) 59–56 Won ArenaBowl XX (Orlando) 69–61 | |
| 2007 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 12 | 4 | Won Divisional Round (Los Angeles) 52–20 Lost Conference Championship (San Jose) 49–61 | |
| 2008 | AFL | American | Central | 1st | 11 | 5 | Lost Divisional Round (Grand Rapids) 41–58 | |
| 2009 | The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season. [2] | |||||||
| 2010 | AFL | National | Midwest | 2nd | 10 | 6 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Milwaukee) 54–64 | |
| 2011 | AFL | National | Central | 1st | 13 | 5 | Won Conference Semifinals (Dallas) 54–51 Lost Conference Championship (Arizona) 48–54 | |
| 2012 | AFL | National | Central | 2nd | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2013 | AFL | National | Central | 1st | 10 | 8 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Spokane) 47–69 | |
| Total | 117 | 77 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 10 | 10 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 127 | 87 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||