Coralville Chaos Explained

Coralville Chaos
Founded:2001
Relocated:2025
City:Coralville, Iowa
at the Xtream Arena
Misc:CoralvilleChaos.com
Colors:Black, Gold, White
Coach:TBA
Owner:Dominic Montero
Dancers:Megan Kay Evans-Povis(Megan Kay Evans)
League:
Team History:
  • St. Louis Renegades (2001)
  • RiverCity Renegades (2002)
  • Show-Me Believers (2003–2004)
  • RiverCity Rage (2005–2009, 2024)
  • Coralville Chaos (2025-future)
No League Champs:0
No Conf Champs:1
No Div Champs:2
Conf Champs:
Div Champs:
No Playoff Appearances:6
Playoff Appearances:
Arena Years:

The Coralville Chaos are a professional indoor football team based in Coralville, Iowa. They will play their home games at the Xtream Arena in Coralville starting in 2025.

They previously played home games as the St. Louis Renegades, then the RiverCity Rage at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri, in past seasons, played in the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis in the 2006 season, and returned to the Family Arena for the 2007 UIF season.

They were set to move to Council Bluffs and play at the Mid-America Center for 2024. However, they relocated to Coralville and decided to rebrand as the Chaos.

History

Origins of the Chaos

Started as the Renegades and Rage

The Chaos began play in 2001 as the St. Louis Renegades of the Indoor Professional Football League, finishing fourth in the league with a 2–11 record. After the IPFL folded, the team moved to the National Indoor Football League in 2002 and became the RiverCity Renegades.[1] The team finished its first season in the NIFL with a 1–13 record. For 2003–2004, the team was renamed the Show-Me Believers. In the first season under the new name, the team finished with a 4–10 record that showed improvement, despite being a losing record. In 2004, the team's skill increased vastly, and completed the season with a winning record for the first time at 9–5. In 2005, the team was renamed the RiverCity Rage. The Rage won the 2005 East Atlantic Conference Division with a record of 10–4. With this record, the team was locked in a three-way tie for the best regular-season record; however, the team lost its Conference Quarter Finals game 67 to 64 to the Cincinnati Marshals.

The next season, the team finished in a four-way tie for the regular season record at 13–1, and advanced to the Atlantic Conference championship game, losing to the Fayetteville Guard.

After the 2006 season, the Rage announced they were joining United Indoor Football for 2007. The Rage continued their membership in the United Indoor Football for 2008.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3380263

In 2008, the RiverCity Rage struggled through a seven-game losing streak before winning three of their last four games to make the playoffs. They won (37–33) by a last minute touchdown in a home playoff game against the Sioux City Bandits, but lost the Conference Finals on the road to the Bloomington Extreme, 33–7.

In 2009, the Rage played in the Indoor Football League, a new league created out of the merger between the UIF and the Intense Football League. On August 15, 2009, the Rage lost the United Bowl to the Billings Outlaws by the score of 71–62.

Jeff Sprowls, who also owned the IFL team Omaha Beef, announced about a month after the Rage's loss in the IFL Championship game that the RiverCity Rage would be ceasing operations and will not play in the 2010 season, due to financial issues in Omaha.[2]

According to the Indoor Football League website the RiverCity Rage could return in 2011, if new owners are found. In the team's final season, leading the way at quarterback was former two-time ArenaBowl champion John Dutton.

Return of the Rage, then rebranding as the Chaos (2024)

The Rage will return to the field in 2025 under new ownership of Dominic Montero (also owner of the Cedar Rapids River Kings) and were announced as one of the newest members of the relaunched American Indoor Football league. They initially announced that they would be playing at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs for 2024. However, due to careful analysis of the financial outlook of the team—and the Arena Football League's laying stake to Council Bluffs by establishing the Iowa Rampage there (a team that would ultimately never play there[3])—the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.[4], rebranding themselves the Coralville Chaos on March 26, 2024.[5] The AIF severed ties with Montero in 2024[6] and itself dissolved into the National Arena League before this could happen.

Season-by-season

League championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason results
Finish Wins Losses
2001IPFL4th 211Did not qualify
2002NIFLAtlanticNorthern4th 113Did not qualify
2003NIFLPacificNorthern5th 410Did not qualify
20042004NIFLAtlanticNorthernbgcolor=#96cdcd 2nd 95Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Fort Wayne) 28–45
2005NIFLAtlanticbgcolor=#d0e7ff Easternbgcolor=#96cdcd 1st 104Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Cincinnati) 64–67
2006NIFLAtlanticbgcolor=#d0e7ff Northernbgcolor=#96cdcd 1st 131Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Cincinnati) 48–30
Lost Atlantic Conference Championship (Fayetteville) 70–72
2007UIFEasternbgcolor=#96cdcd 2nd 96Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (Lexington) 33–48
2008UIFEasternbgcolor=#96cdcd 2nd 68Won Quarterfinals (Sioux City) 37–33
Lost Semifinals (Bloomington) 7–33
2009IFLbgcolor=#dfd UnitedAtlanticbgcolor=#96cdcd 3rd 86Won Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Rochester) 45–42
Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Maryland) 55–31
Won Atlantic Conference Championship (Wichita) 43–30
Lost 2009 United Bowl (Billings Outlaws) 62–71
2010Dormant year
2011Dormant year
2012Dormant year
2013Dormant year
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2020Dormant year
2021Dormant year
2022Dormant year
2023Dormant year
2024Dormant year
Totals62 64 All-time regular season record
5 6 All-time postseason record
67 70 All-time regular season and postseason record

Current roster

RiverCity Rage roster
Quarterbacks
  • Currently vacant

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • Currently vacant
Offensive linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • Currently vacant
Linebackers
  • Currently vacant

Defensive backs

  • Currently vacant

Special teams

  • Currently vacant
Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renegades jump to the NIFL . November 20, 2001 . OurSports Central . www.oursportscentral.com . July 20, 2017.
  2. Web site: Owner shuts down IFL's River City . 17 October 2009 .
  3. Web site: Glover . Maury . 2024-05-06 . Arena Football League questions arise after Iowa team leaves league . 2024-05-09 . FOX 9 . en-US.
  4. http://billingsgazette.com/sports/football/professional/arena/article_321968be-baf2-11de-abac-001cc4c03286.html River City Rage Announces Relocation to Coralville IA for 2025 Indoor Football Season
  5. https://coralvillechaos.com/news-h/1184-coralville-chaos-to-join-the-american-indoor-football-league-in-2025.html Coralville Chaos to join the American Indoor Football League in 2025
  6. Web site: Feder . Curtis . 2024-06-27 . Cedar Rapids River Kings dropped from the AIF league after one season . 2024-06-28 . KGAN . en.