Rock River Raptors

"This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors".

USFootball team
color1 = black
color2 = #397D02

pixels = 150px
founded = 2005
league = UIF 2005-2007
CIFL 2008-present
history = Tennessee Valley Raptors 2005
Rock River Raptors 2006-present
arena = Rockford MetroCentre
city = Rockford, Illinois
colors = Green, Black, & White
president = Bob Lowe
coach = Dave Jones
championships = 0
titles = 2 (2006 UIF Central, 2007 UIF East)
cheerleaders =
dancers = Dynomites
mascot = Vinnie

The Rock River Raptors are a professional indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League. 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. [ [http://www.raptorsuif.com/news.php?function=details&id=144 News from the Rock River Raptors ] ]

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.

Season-By-Season

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colspan="6" align="center" | Tennessee Valley Raptors (UIF)
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2005 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 3rd South || Won Round 1 (Fort Wayne)
Lost Semifinals (Sioux City)
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colspan="6" align="center" | Rock River Raptors (UIF)
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2006 || 11 || 4 || 0 || 1st Central || Won Round 1 (Sioux City)
Lost Semifinals (Lexington)
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2007 || 10 || 5 || 0 || 1st East || Lost Round 1 (Bloomington)
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colspan="6" align="center" | Rock River Raptors (CIFL)
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*2008 || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2nd Great Lakes West || Won GLD West Finals (Chicago)
Lost GLD Championship (Kalamazoo)
-!Totals || 37 || 27 || 0
colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
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* = Current Standing

2008 Season Schedule

References

External links

* [http://www.raptorsindoorfootball.com Raptors website]
* [http://www.qkstats.net/UIF/2005stats/TNV.HTM Raptors' 2005 Stats]
* [http://www.qkstats.net/UIF/2006stats/RRR.HTM Raptors' 2006 Stats]
* [http://www.qkstats.net/UIF/2007/rrr.htm Raptors' 2007 Stats]
* [http://www.rockriverfootball.com Raptors' Photos]