List of Chicago Rush seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Chicago Rush. The Rush are a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Chicago, Illinois and play their home games at Allstate Arena. The team was established in 2001. The Rush have made the playoffs in every season of their existence, including winning four division championships. The height of the franchise's history came in the 2006 season, when the Rush won ArenaBowl XX, which is their only ArenaBowl appearance to date. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. Later in 2009, it was announced that the Rush would be back for the 2010 season, when the league relaunched.^[1]

ArenaBowl Champions

ArenaBowl Appearance

Division Champions

Playoff Berth

Season	League	Conference	Division	Regular season			Postseason results
				Finish	Wins	Losses
Chicago Rush
2001	AFL	American	Central	4th	7	7	Won Wild Card Round (Orlando) 41–26 Lost Quarterfinals (Grand Rapids) 21–53
2002	AFL	American	Central	1st	9	5	Won Quarterfinals (Dallas) 60–47 Lost Semifinals (Arizona) 35–46
2003	AFL	American	Central	3rd	8	8	Lost Wild Card Round (New York) 45–48
2004	AFL	American	Central	1st	11	5	Won Quarterfinals (Orlando) 59–49 Lost Semifinals (San Jose) 35–49
2005	AFL	American	Central	2nd	9	7	Won Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles) 52–45 Lost Conference Championship (Colorado) 43–49 (OT)
2006	AFL	American	Central	3rd	7	9	Won Wild Card Round (Nashville) 55–47 Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 63–46 Won Conference Championship (San Jose) 59–56 Won ArenaBowl XX (Orlando) 69–61
2007	AFL	American	Central	1st	12	4	Won Divisional Round (Los Angeles) 52–20 Lost Conference Championship (San Jose) 49–61
2008	AFL	American	Central	1st	11	5	Lost Divisional Round (Grand Rapids) 41–58
2009	The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season.[2]
2010	AFL	National	Midwest	2nd	10	6	Lost Conference Semifinals (Milwaukee) 54–64
2011	AFL	National	Central	1st	13	5	Won Conference Semifinals (Dallas) 54–51 Lost Conference Championship (Arizona) 48–54
Total					97	61	(includes only regular season)
					10	9	(includes only the postseason)
					107	70	(includes both regular season and postseason)

References

General

• "Chicago Rush — Team History". Arena Fan. http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=64. Retrieved January 14, 2010. 

Specific

1. ^ Arena Football Returning to Chicago
2. ^ "AFL suspends 2009 season". Arena Football League. http://www.arenafootball.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=3633481&DB_OEM_ID=3500. Retrieved November 18, 2009. ^{[dead link]}