Rochester Raiders

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Rochester Raiders
Rochester Raiders logo
Founded 2006
League Formerly of the Continental Indoor Football League
Team History Rochester Raiders 2006-present
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Based in Rochester, New York
Team Colors silver & black
Owner Dave McCarthy
President Matt DiManno
Head Coach Eddie Long
Championships 1 (2007)
Division Titles 2 (2007, 2008)
Cheerleaders Rochester Raiderettes
Dancers Raider Treasure Dancers

The Rochester Raiders are a former member of the Continental Indoor Football League. They played their inaugural season home games at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, New York, then moved to the Main Street Armory for the 2007 season, and will play the 2008 season at the Blue Cross Arena. [1] Currently, they are the defending CIFL Champions.

2006 was the inaugural season for The Rochester Raiders in the newly created Great Lakes Indoor Football League. Dennis Greco, on loan from local East Rochester High School, is their head coach. The team's roster features Syracuse University standout Wide Receiver Maurice Jackson (who won the inaugural GLIFL Wide Receiver of the Year Award), QB Matt Cottengim (the league's inaugural MVP), Darius Smith (the league's inaugural Return Man of the Year), and in January 2006, they signed 2-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XXVI MVP Mark Rypien to a one-game contract.

On July 28, 2007, the Raiders won the CIFL Indoor Championship Game, defeating the previously-unbeaten Michigan Pirates by a score of 37-27 at Rochester's Blue Cross Arena. Mike Condello was named Game MVP.

On June 8, 2008, the Raiders withdrew from the CIFL playoffs after the Flint Phantoms failed to show up for a Sunday afternoon game.[2] Speculation among fans and league personnel on CIFL message boards is that some Raiders players will play with the new af2 team in Buffalo, NY - which shares an owner with the Raiders - starting in 2009. During the 2008 season, the Raiders plan to finish the season in the AIFA. Rochester's all-time record, including the forfeit win to Flint, is 33-6.

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[edit] Trivia

  • The Raiders got their name from a flag football team from the same area. There have been a small number of fans concerned with copyright between the team's logo and the Oakland Raiders. Because the Rochester team never plays in California, this is not believed to be of real concern.
  • The Raiders are one of two 2006 teams in the GLIFL that held a television contract, with WBGT-CA, a low-power network. Games have since been moved to Time Warner SportsNet 26.

Current coaching staff consits of Eddie Long, Raheem Miller, Ed Moody, and Larry Long.

Rebuilding for another run

Recently the Raiders announced the re-signing of key personnel from their championship run in 2007.

QB’s- Mike Mikolaichik, Matt Cottingem, Omar Baker ; RB’s- Jamil Porter, Dee Glanton ; WR's- Maurice Jackson, Chris Carter, Noah Fahrenbauch, Derrick Dyer ; OL- Mike Kallfeltz, Eric Jendryaszek ; LB’s- Jason Coley, James Vann ; DL- Terrence Dawson, Tom Parks ; DB- Chris Shaw, Darius Smith, Makis Whitaker, Jeff Richardson ; K- Adam Lanctot ;

With all these key players coming back, the Raiders have also added in free agency…

TE/DE- TJ Cottrell (son of Ted Cottrell, defensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers); WR- Darryl Fragger (Port Huron); RB- Felix Joyner (Port Huron); DL- Steve Flemming (Port Huron); RB/WR- Mark Bly (Miami Valley); LB- Brenton Brady (Miami Valley);

Returning essentially the entire starting line up of the 2007 CIFL championship team, and adding some key free agents, it looks like the Raiders are making another run at a CIFL championship. In the 2 year history of the CIFL the Raiders have played in both championship games, losing the first, and winning the second.

[edit] Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season W L T Finish Playoff results
Rochester Raiders (GLIFL)
2006 8 4 0 2nd League Won Semifinal (Lehigh Valley)
Lost Great Lakes Bowl I (Port Huron)
Rochester Raiders (CIFL)
2007 10 2 0 1st Atlantic Won AD Semifinal (Chesapeake)
Won AD Championship (New England)
Won CIFL Indoor Championship Game (Michigan)
*2008 12 0 0 1st Atlantic West Suspended/Missed Playoffs
Totals 34 7 0 (including playoffs)

* = Current Standing

[edit] 2007 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 17 Port Huron Pirates Home Lost 30-62
March 24 New England Surge Home Won 77-40
March 30 Port Huron Pirates Away Lost 13-60
April 14 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Won 63-25
April 21 Chesapeake Tide Away Won 89-49
April 28 Chesapeake Tide Home Won 52-16
May 5 Chicago Slaughter Away Won 49-40
May 19 New York/New Jersey Revolution Home Won 62-0
May 26 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home Won 77-49
June 2 Steubenville Stampede Home Won 81-6
June 9 New York/New Jersey Revolution Away Won 56-21
June 16 New England Surge Away Won 49-40
July 7 Chesapeake Tide (Playoffs) Home Won 76-43
July 14 New England Surge (Playoffs) Home Won 80-45
July 28 Michigan Pirates (CIFL Indoor Championship Game) Home (BCA) Won 37-27

[edit] 2008 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 21 Chesapeake Tide Away Won 43-36[3]
March 29 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home Won 49-27[4]
April 5 Marion Mayhem Away Won 52-19[5]
April 12 New Jersey Revolution Home Won 49-3[6]
April 19 Saginaw Sting Home Won 59-43[7]
April 26 New Jersey Revolution Away Won 59-16[8]
May 3 New England Surge Home Won 62-20
May 10 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Won 45-26
May 17 Chesapeake Tide Home Won 58-13
May 24 Flint Phantoms Away Won 35-12[9]
May 31 New England Surge Away Won 52-25
June 8 Flint Phantoms Home Won Forfeit[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Indoor football Raiders win opener" (html), Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York: Gannett Company, March 21, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
  4. ^ Weinstein, Matt. "Indoor football Raiders win opener" (html), Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York: Gannett Company, March 29, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
  5. ^ Putman, Bob. "Champ Raiders maul Mayhem" (html), The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio: Gannett Company. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. Archived from [ the original] on 2008-04-23. 
  6. ^ Weinstein, Matt. "Rochester Raiders rout New Jersey" (html), Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York: Gannett Company, April 12, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
  7. ^ "Sting suffer first loss" (xml), Saginaw News, Saginaw, Michigan]]: Booth Newspapers, 2008-04-20. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 
  8. ^ "Raiders rout Revolution again" (xml), Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York]]: Gannett Company, 2008-04-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 
  9. ^ Savage, Brendan. "Phantoms' upset bid fades in second half" (html), Flint Journal, Booth Newspapers, 2008-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-06-06. 
  10. ^ Nilsen, Dan. "Flint Phantoms forfeit CIFL finale; opponent quits league", Flint Journal, Booth Newspapers, 2008-06-08. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 

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