River City Raiders

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River City Raiders
Established 2012
Folded 2017
Played in St. Charles, Missouri
at the Family Arena
River City Raiders Logo.png
League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsPurple, black, white
   
MascotMak
Personnel
Owner(s)Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC
PresidentKenny Nowling
Head coachJohn Parker (2013)
Martino Theus (2013)
Chris McKinney (2014–2015)
Pat Pimmel (2015)
Corey Bethany (2016)
Greg Moore (2017)
Team history
  • Kentucky Monsters (2012)
  • Missouri Monsters (2013)
  • St. Louis Attack (2014–2015)
  • River City Raiders (2016–2017)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (2)
  • 2014, 2016
Home arena(s)

The River City Raiders (formerly known as the Missouri Monsters and the St. Louis Attack) [1] were a professional indoor football team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They play their home games at Family Arena. As of February 2018 the River City Raiders website and social media pages have been removed. No formal announcement has ever been publicly made by the Raiders or their ownership after their final 2017 regular season game regarding their future or folding.

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The Raiders are the second indoor football team to be based in St. Charles, the other being the River City Rage who last played in 2009. [2]

Franchise history

2012

The Monsters, originally known as the Kentucky Monsters, were created due to a dispute with the Northern Kentucky River Monsters, who played the Ultimate Indoor Football League's (UIFL) inaugural season in Highland Heights until the team and the UIFL agreed to part ways. The latter Monsters were created in an attempt to retain the UIFL's rights on the Bank of Kentucky Center and to prevent the original tenants from using the arena. The new Monsters organization had stated they would maintain the River Monsters' prior records.[ citation needed ] The objective of forcing the River Monsters out of the Northern Kentucky market succeeded and the team went dormant. However, once the River Monsters went dormant, the Kentucky Monsters also quietly folded prior to the 2012 season without playing any games in the UIFL and never getting further than naming a head coach.

2013

Its intellectual property rights were transferred to a proposed 2013 expansion team set to play in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [3] John Parker, was named head coach. On March 8, 2013, the Missouri Monsters opened their season with a game against the Corpus Christi Fury, losing 74–37 in front of a crowd of 4,092 [4]

On March 26, 2013, head coach John Parker was fired, and Martino Theus was named head coach effective immediately. The Missouri Monsters completed the 2013 season with a 5–5 record.

2014

For the 2014 season, the Monsters changed their name to the St. Louis Attack and played in the X-League Indoor Football. [5] Chris McKinney was named head coach.

After an undefeated regular season, Attack head coach Chris McKinney was named X-League Coach of the Year, and owner Andrew Haines was named Team Owner of the Year. Despite their regular season success, the Attack was defeated in the inaugural championship game 60–48 to the Marine Raiders.

2015

Despite finishing with a 5–3 regular season record and in third place in the X-League, the Attack decided to forgo their X-League playoff berth for the X-Bowl to be played between the Florida Tarpons and the Florida Marine Raiders. [6]

2016

On October 14, it was announced that the Attack had been purchased by Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC and would play the 2016 season as a member of American Indoor Football. [7] On October 29, 2015, the franchise officially changed their name to the River City Raiders. Following the season, the AIF announced that it was ceasing operations, leaving the Raiders without a league to play in.

2017

On October 11, 2016, the River City Raiders were listed as members of Champions Indoor Football (CIF) on the 2017 league schedule. [8] In late November 2016, the Raiders were removed from the CIF apparently due to non-payment of league fees. However, their regional opponent, the Chicago Eagles, ceased operations in mid-November after the league schedules had already been made and Raiders claimed they actually left the league due to the adverse effects on their schedule caused by the Eagles departure. [9] On December 29, they announced they had joined the newly created Arena Pro Football for the 2017 season.

After playing all five home games to open the season, the Raiders declined to travel to play the Richmond Roughriders for their scheduled May 20 game. The only other away games the Raiders had originally been scheduled for was a cancelled Alabama Outlawz home game (a team that cancelled all their home games) and against the Myrtle Beach Sharks (a team that originally left the APF and then rejoined as a travel-only team). The Raiders final home game was delayed almost one hour after halftime due to the Raiders failure to pay the games referees according to their radio broadcast.

The Raiders were not included when APF merged into the American Arena League. The team made no formal announcements after the final 2017 game about the team's future and in February 2018, their website and social media pages were removed.

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2017 Arena Pro Football season.

NameTermRegular SeasonPlayoffsAwards
WLTWin%WL
John Parker 2013 020.00000
Martino Theus 2013 530.62500
Chris McKinney2014–20151020.83301
Pat Pimmel2015310.75000
Corey Bethany2016610.85701
Greg Moore2017320.60000

Season-by-season results

League ChampionsConference ChampionsDivision ChampionsWild Card BerthLeague Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2013 2013 UIFL 4th550
2014 2014 X-League 1st900Lost X-Bowl I (Florida) 48–60 [10]
2015 2015 X-League 3rd530
2016 2016 AIF Northern2nd610Lost Divisional Semifinal (Lehigh Valley) 52–54
20172017 APF 3rd320
Totals28110All-time regular season record (2013–2017)
02—All-time postseason record (2013–2017)
28130All-time regular season and postseason record (2013–2017)

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