Peoria Pirates
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| Conference | American |
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| Division | Midwest |
| Year founded | 1999 |
| Home arena | Carver Arena |
| City, State | Peoria, Illinois |
| Indoor football championships | 2 (2000, 2002) |
The Peoria Pirates are a professional arena football team. They are a member of af2. They play their home games at Carver Arena. The Pirates began play as a charter member of the Indoor Football League in 1999. They were IFL runner-ups in 1999 and won the IFL championship in 2000 before their original league folded and the franchise moved over to af2. After the move, the Pirates managed to win Arena Cup III over the Florida Firecats, but couldn't repeat their performance the following year. After losing ArenaCup V to the Firecats, the franchise moved to United Indoor Football (UIF) and became the Peoria Rough Riders (Before changing team name (along with their move to the UIF), their operating name was appropriately the Mutineers). However, their IFL and af2 success did not translate with their move to United Indoor Football, as they finished 6-9, then 0-15.
On September 15, 2006, the Rough Riders officially folded.[1]
However, on August 22, 2007, it was announced that a new team was coming to the Carver Arena, which would play in the af2, assume the old Peoria Pirates name, logo, colors, and history, and have longtime head coach Bruce Cowdrey be head coach again. The Pirates will return to play in the 2008 af2 season.[2]
[edit] Season records
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results | |
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| Peoria Pirates (IFL) | ||||||
| 1999 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st EC Northern | Won Semifinal (Dayton) Lost Gold Cup I (Green Bay) |
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| 2000 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1st EC Northern | Won Round 1 (Madison) Won Semifinal (Steel Valley) Won Gold Cup II (Bismarck) |
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| Peoria Pirates (af2) | ||||||
| 2001 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4th NC Midwestern | -- | |
| 2002 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1st NC Midwestern | Won NC Round 1 (Wichita) Won NC Semifinal (San Diego) Won NC Championship (Birmingham) Won ArenaCup III (Florida) |
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| 2003 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4th NC Midwestern | -- | |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd NC Midwestern | Won NC Round 1 (Oklahoma City) Won NC Semifinal (Bakersfield) Won NC Championship (Tulsa) Lost ArenaCup V (Florida) |
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| Peoria Rough Riders (UIF) | ||||||
| 2005 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3rd Midwest | -- | |
| 2006 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3rd Central | -- | |
| 2007 | Did Not Play | |||||
| Peoria Pirates (af2) | ||||||
| *2008 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th AC Midwest | -- | |
| Totals | 77 | 65 | 0 | (including playoffs) | ||
* = Current Standing
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| American Conference | Eastern Division | Albany Conquest · Mahoning Valley Thunder · Manchester Wolves · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers |
| Midwestern Division | Green Bay Blizzard · Iowa Barnstormers · Lexington Horsemen · Louisville Fire · Quad City Steamwheelers · Peoria Pirates | |
| Southern Division | Daytona Beach ThunderBirds · Florida Firecats · South Georgia Wildcats · Tennessee Valley Vipers | |
| National Conference | Central Division | Amarillo Dusters · Arkansas Twisters · Lubbock Renegades · Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz · Tulsa Talons |
| Southwestern Division | Austin Wranglers · Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings · Corpus Christi Sharks · Rio Grande Valley Dorados · Texas Copperheads | |
| Western Division | Boise Burn · Central Valley Coyotes · Spokane Shock · Stockton Lightning · Tri-Cities Fever | |
| Related articles: Arena Football League · af2 · Arena football · Indoor football | ||
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