Quad City Steamwheelers
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| Conference | American |
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| Division | Midwest |
| Year founded | 1999 |
| Home arena | i wireless Center |
| City, State | Moline, Illinois |
| Indoor football championships | 2 (2000, 2001) |
The Quad City Steamwheelers are a professional arena football team. They are a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois.
The team was founded on September 1, 1999 when the Quad Cities was awarded an Arena Football Franchise. Managing Owner (and inventor of arena football) Jim Foster coined the team's nickname.
The Steamwheelers played its inaugural season in 2000 and dominated the league for its first two seasons. They went a perfect 19-0 in 2000 behind coach Frank Haege, even winning one game by a score of 103-3, en route to capturing the first-ever ArenaCup Championship. In 2001, the Steamwheelers nearly repeated that accomplishment by finishing 18-1 and winning a second-straight league title.
Allegations of rules violations plagued the 'Wheelers during the second season and the Steamwheelers were eventually banned from the 2002 playoffs for salary cap violations under Haege.
Coached by af2 legend Rich Ingold during the 2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons, the Steamwheelers were still successful as they clinched two more division titles. However, the team failed to win any additional league championships and lost 14 games over that three-year span. Ingold left the 'Wheelers after the 2004 season and was replaced by Rick Frazier, former coach for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the AFL.
The 2006 season, under the direction of coach Frazier, was the first losing season for the franchise in its history.
In October of 2006, the league awarded the right to operate the franchise to a new ownership group. The resulting change in ownership oversaw the change in team leadership from Frazier to new head coach Sean Ponder. Ponder was the team's offensive coordinator during the 2006 season.
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| 2000 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1st NC | Won Round 1 (Pensacola) Won Semifinal (Norfolk) Won ArenaCup I (Tennessee Valley) |
| 2001 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1st NC Midwest | Won Round 1 (Macon) Won Semifinal (Carolina) Won ArenaCup II (Richmond) |
| 2002 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2nd NC Midwest | Banned from playoffs |
| 2003 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1st NC Midwest | Lost NC Semifinal (Arkansas) |
| 2004 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1st NC Midwest | Lost NC Round 1 (Louisville) |
| 2005 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd NC Midwest | Lost NC Round 1 (Rio Grande Valley) |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5th AC East | -- |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1st AC Midwest | Lost AC Round 1 (Green Bay) |
| *2008 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th AC Midwest | -- |
| Totals | 101 | 46 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
[edit] External links
- Quad City Steamwheelers' Main Web-Site
- Quad City Steamwheelers on ArenaFan.com
- Quad City Steamwheelers' Fan Club Website
- Steamwheelin' Blog
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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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