This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors.
| Rock River Raptors | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| League | UIF 2005-2007 CIFL 2008-2009 |
| Team history | Tennessee Valley Raptors 2005 Rock River Raptors 2006-present |
| Arena | Rockford MetroCentre |
| Based in | Rockford, Illinois |
| Team colors | Green, Black, & White |
| President | Bob Lowe |
| Head coach | Dave Jones |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 2 (2006 UIF Central, 2007 UIF East) |
| Dancers | Dynomites |
| Mascot | Vinnie |
The Rock River Raptors are a professional indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League, USA. The Raptors play at the Rockford MetroCentre. The franchise was established in 2000 as the Tennessee Valley Vipers, a charter member of af2. The franchise was based at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2005, the franchise moved to United Indoor Football as the Tennessee Valley Raptors. To accommodate the Vipers' af2 return to Huntsville, team owner Art Clarkson announced in August 2005 that the franchise would relocate to Rockford, Illinois. Coincidentally, Rockford was the site of the first-ever Arena Football game in 1986.
On October 1, 2007, the Raptors announced they will not play in the UIF in 2008. Eighteen days later, they announced they would move to the CIFL to begin play there for the 2008 season. [1]
The team is not to be confused with the Rockford Raptors, a soccer team also based in Rockford, which is a member of the National Premier Soccer League.
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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Valley Raptors (UIF) | |||||
| 2005 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3rd South | Won Round 1 (Fort Wayne) Lost Semifinals (Sioux City) |
| Rock River Raptors (UIF) | |||||
| 2006 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1st Central | Won Round 1 (Sioux City) Lost Semifinals (Lexington) |
| 2007 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1st East | Lost Round 1 (Bloomington) |
| Rock River Raptors (CIFL) | |||||
| 2008 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2nd Great Lakes West | Won GLD West Finals (Chicago) Lost GLD Championship (Kalamazoo) |
| 2009 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3rd Western | -- |
| Totals | 41 | 28 | (including playoffs) | ||
| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 14 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Away | Lost 26-33 (OT)[2][3] |
| March 21 | Muskegon Thunder | Away | Lost 36-44 |
| March 29 | Chicago Slaughter | Home | Won 55-45 |
| April 4 | Fort Wayne Freedom | Home | Won 64-29 |
| April 19 | Fort Wayne Freedom | Away | Lost 54-55 |
| April 26 | Saginaw Sting | Home | Won 51-50[4] |
| May 3 | Chicago Slaughter | Away | Lost 59-67 |
| May 10 | Kalamazoo Xplosion | Home | Lost 28-36[5] |
| May 17 | Flint Phantoms | Home | Won 69-38[6] |
| May 23 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Away | Won 56-3 |
| May 31 | Flint Phantoms | Away | Won 49-6[7] |
| June 7 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Home | Won 53-29 |
| June 13 | Chicago Slaughter (Playoffs) | Away | Won 54-39 |
| June 21 | Kalamazoo Xplosion (Playoffs) | Away | Lost 42-56 |
| Team | Overall | Division | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
| Great Lakes Conference | |||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||
| Kalamazoo Xplosion-y | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |||
| Muskegon Thunder-x | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |||
| Fort Wayne Freedom | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | |||
| Miami Valley Silverbacks | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | |||
| West Division | |||||||||||
| Chicago Slaughter-y | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
| Rock River Raptors-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Atlantic Conference | |||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||
| New England Surge-y | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |||
| Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |||
| New Jersey Revolution | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |||
| Chesapeake Tide | 2 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |||
| West Division | |||||||||||
| Rochester Raiders-z | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| Saginaw Sting-y | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | |||
| Marion Mayhem-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Flint Phantoms | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 7 | Wisconsin Wolfpack | Home | Lost 38 - 40 |
| March 20 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Home | Lost 40 - 53 |
| March 27 | Chicago Slaughter | Away | Lost 38 - 69 |
| April 4 | Wisconsin Wolfpack | Away | Lost 23 - 50 |
| April 11 | Miami Valley Silverbacks | Home | Won 41 - 14 |
| April 18 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Away | Won 41 - 31 |
| April 25 | Wisconsin Wolfpack | Home | Won 25 - 21 |
| May 1 | Fort Wayne Freedom | Away | Won 48 - 46 |
| May 9 | Chicago Slaughter | Home | Lost 47 - 77 |
| May 16 | Milwaukee Bonecrushers | Home | Won 32 - 12 |
| May 23 | Wheeling Wildcats | Away | Won 46-34 |
| June 6 | Marion Mayhem | Away | Won 43-40 |
| Team | Overall | Division | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||
| East Division | |||||||||||
| Marion Mayhem-y | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | |||
| Fort Wayne Freedom-x | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .294 | |||
| Wheeling Wildcats | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |||
| Miami Valley Silverbacks | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | |||
| West Division | |||||||||||
| Chicago Slaughter-y | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| Wisconsin Wolfpack-x | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | |||
| Rock River Raptors | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .167 | |||
| Milwaukee Bonecrushers | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .167 | |||