Coralville Chaos

The Coralville Chaos are a professional indoor football team based in Coralville, Iowa, and are currently members of American Indoor Football. They will play their home games at the Xtream Arena in Coralville starting in 2025.

Coralville Chaos
Established 2001 Play in Coralville, Iowa at the Xtream Arena CoralvilleChaos.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Professional Football League (2001) National Indoor Football League (2002–2006) Atlantic Conference (2002, 2004–2006) Northern Division (2002, 2004, 2006) Eastern Division (2005) Pacific Conference (2003) Northern Division (2003) United Indoor Football (2007–2008) Eastern Division (2007–2008) Indoor Football League (2009) United Conference (2009) Atlantic Division (2009) American Indoor Football (2025-)
Current uniform
Team colors	Black, Gold, White
Personnel
Owner(s)	Dominic Montero
Team history
St. Louis Renegades (2001) RiverCity Renegades (2002) Show-Me Believers (2003–2004) RiverCity Rage (2005–2009, 2024) Coralville Chaos (2025-future)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1) IFL: 2009
Division championships (2) NIFL: 2005, 2006
Playoff appearances (6)
NIFL: 2004, 2005, 2006 UIF: 2007, 2008 IFL: 2009
Home arena(s)
Family Arena (2001–2005, 2007–2009) Scottrade Center (2006) Xtream Arena (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 played at the Mid-America Center for 2024. However, they relocated to Coralville and decided to rebrand as the Chaos.

History

Origins of the Chaos

 

Original Logo (2001–2023)

 

RiverCity Rage logo (2024)

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.[1]

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 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, the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.^[3] The Rage will be replaced at the Mid-America Center by the Iowa Rampage of the newly revived Arena Football League. On March 26, 2024, the Rage were rebranded at the Coralville Chaos. ^[4]

Season-by-season

League champions

Conference champions

Division champions

Playoff berth

League leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season			Postseason results
					Finish	Wins	Losses
2001	2001	IPFL			4th	2	11	Did not qualify
2002	2002	NIFL	Atlantic	Northern	4th	1	13	Did not qualify
2003	2003	NIFL	Pacific	Northern	5th	4	10	Did not qualify
2004	2004	NIFL	Atlantic	Northern	2nd	9	5	Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Fort Wayne) 28–45
2005	2005	NIFL	Atlantic	Eastern	1st	10	4	Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Cincinnati) 64–67
2006	2006	NIFL	Atlantic	Northern	1st	13	1	Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Cincinnati) 48–30 Lost Atlantic Conference Championship (Fayetteville) 70–72
2007	2007	UIF		Eastern	2nd	9	6	Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (Lexington) 33–48
2008	2008	UIF		Eastern	2nd	6	8	Won Quarterfinals (Sioux City) 37–33 Lost Semifinals (Bloomington) 7–33
2009	2009	IFL	United	Atlantic	3rd	8	6	Won 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
2010	Dormant year
2011	Dormant year
2012	Dormant year
2013	Dormant year
2014	Dormant year
2015	Dormant year
2016	Dormant year
2017	Dormant year
2018	Dormant year
2019	Dormant year
2020	Dormant year
2021	Dormant year
2022	Dormant year
2023	Dormant year
2024	Dormant year
2025	2025	AIF				0	0
Totals						62	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 Rookies in italics updated December 10, 2023 0 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff

RiverCity Rage staff

Front office Owner – Dominic Montero General manager – TBD Head coaches TBD Offensive coaches TBD

Defensive coaches TBD

References

1. "Renegades jump to the NIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 20, 2001. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
2. "Owner shuts down IFL's River City". 17 October 2009.
3. River City Rage Announces Relocation to Coralville IA for 2025 Indoor Football Season, AIF website, October 3, 2023
4. Coralville Chaos to join the American Indoor Football League in 2025, Ryan Hansen, Iowa City Press-Citizen, March 26, 2024

External links

• Official site
• Rage's 2007 stats
• Rage's 2008 stats