River City Raiders
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| League |
UIFL (2013) XLIF (2014–2015) AIF (2016–present) |
| Team history |
Missouri Monsters (2013) St. Louis Attack (2014–2015) River City Raiders (2016–present) |
| Based in | St. Charles, Missouri (2013–present) |
| Arena | Family Arena (2013–present) |
| Colors |
Purple, Black, White |
| Owner(s) | Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC |
| President | Kenny Nowling |
| Head coach | Corey Bethany |
| General Manager | Lin Hart, Jr. |
| Playoff berths |
(1) 2014 |
| Mascot | Mak |
| Website | River City Raiders |
The River City Raiders (formerly known as the Missouri Monsters and the St. Louis Attack)[1] are a professional indoor football team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They are a member of the Northern Division of American Indoor Football (AIF). The Raiders play their home games at Family Arena.
The Raiders are the second indoor football team to be based in St. Charles, the other being the River City Rage who last played in 2009.[2]
Franchise history
2012
The Monsters, originally known as the Kentucky Monsters, were created due to a dispute with the Northern Kentucky River Monsters, who played the Ultimate Indoor Football League's (UIFL) inaugural season in Highland Heights until the team and the UIFL agreed to part ways. The latter Monsters were created in an attempt to retain the UIFL's rights on the Bank of Kentucky Center and to prevent the original tenants from using the arena. (The UIFL also secured the rights to the Cincinnati market, via the Cincinnati Commandos, to keep the River Monsters from taking root there as well.) The Monsters said they would maintain the River Monsters' prior records. With the objective of forcing the River Monsters out of the Northern Kentucky market having succeeded, the team never made it beyond the naming of a head coach; the Kentucky Monsters quietly folded prior to the 2012 season without playing any games in the UIFL.
2013
Its intellectual property rights were transferred to a proposed 2013 expansion team set to play in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.[3] John Parker, was named head coach. On March 8, 2013, the Missouri Monsters opened their season with a game against the Corpus Christi Fury, losing 74-37 in front of a crowd of 4,092 [4]
On March 26, 2013, head coach John Parker was fired, and Martino Theus was named head coach effective immediately. The Missouri Monsters completed the 2013 season with a 5-5 record.
2014
For the 2014 season, the Monsters changed their name to the St. Louis Attack and played in the X-League Indoor Football.[5] Chris McKinney was named Head Coach.
After an undefeated regular season, Attack head coach Chris McKinney was named X-League Coach of the Year, and owner Andrew Haines was named Team Owner of the Year. Despite their regular season success, the Attack was defeated in the inaugural championship game 60-48 to the Marine Raiders.
2015
Despite finishing with a 5-3 regular season record and in third place in the X-League, the Attack decided to forego their X-League playoff berth for the X-Bowl to be played between the Florida Tarpons and the Florida Marine Raiders.[6]
2016
On October 14, it was announced that the Attack had been purchased by Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC and would play the 2016 season as a member of American Indoor Football.[7] On October 29, 2015, the franchise officially changed their name to the River City Raiders.
Current roster
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Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
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Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Kickers
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Injured Reserve
Exempt List
Rookies in italics | |||
Coaches of note
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through Week 9 of the 2016 American Indoor Football season.
| Name | Term | Regular Season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||
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| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
| John Parker | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martino Theus | 2013 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris McKinney | 2014–2015 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pat Pimmel | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Bethany | 2016–present | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0 | 0 | |
Coaching staff
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Front Office
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Statistics and records
Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | League Leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason Results | |||||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | UIFL | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | 2014 | X-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | Lost X-Bowl I (Florida) 48-60[8] | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | X-League | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2016* | 2016 | AIF | Northern | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 23 | 9 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2013–2016) | |||||||
| 0 | 1 | — | All-time postseason record (2013–2016) | ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2013–2016) | ||||||||
* Season currently in progress
References
- ↑ Unknown (23 July 2013). "St. Louis Attack replace Missouri Monsters". Suburban Journals. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ Russell Korando (May 25, 2012). "Pro football returning to St. Charles County's Family Arena". St. Louis Journal. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ↑ "UIFL & NKY River Monsters Agree to Part Ways". www.theuifl.com. UIFL.
- ↑ "Monster Attendance for Monsters Home Opener".
- ↑ Golden, Devin (2013-05-25). "Going Xtreme: Rampage will help form new indoor league". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- ↑ "Edge season over as X-League skips to title game". The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL: Lee Enterprises). June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC Acquires the St. Louis Attack; Joins AIF". American Indoor Football. October 14, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ↑ Brady Fredericksen (June 15, 2014). "Marine Raiders Top St. Louis, Win X-Bowl". ww.theledger.com. Ledger Media Group. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
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