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词条 Quad City Steamwheelers
释义

  1. Team history

     Back-to-back ArenaCup wins  Banned from 2002 playoffs  Second coach  New ownership and the search for a new league 

  2. Season-by-season

  3. References

  4. External links

{{About|the af2 team which played from 2000 until 2009|the team of the same name that began play in 2018|Quad City Steamwheelers (2018–)}}{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Quad City Steamwheelers
| logo = Quad City Steamwheelers Main Logo.PNG
| helmet = Quad City Steamwheelers Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 1999
| folded = 2009
| city = iWireless Center
in Moline, Illinois
| misc =
| uniform =
| colors = Navy blue, gold and scarlet red
{{color box|navy}} {{color box|#E4D96F}} {{color box|#B22222}}
| coach = Frank Haege (2000–2001)
Rich Ingold (2002–2004)
Rick Frazier (2004–2006)
Sean Ponder (2007)
Troy Biladeau (2008–2009)
| owner = Jim Foster
| chairman =
| president =
| general manager =
| mascot = Steamwheeler Willie
| cheerleaders =
| nicknames =
| league =

af2 ({{af2 Year|2000}}–{{af2 Year|2009}})

  • National Conference (2000–2005)
  • American Conference (2006–2009)
    • Midwestern Division (2001–2005)
    • Eastern Division (2006)
    • Midwest Division (2007–2009)

| team_history =
  • Quad City Steamwheelers (2000–2009)

| no_league_champs = 2
| no_conf_champs = 2
| no_div_champs = 3
| league_champs = 2000, 2001
| conf_champs = {{af2 Year|2000}}, {{af2 Year|2001}}
| div_champs = {{af2 Year|2001}}, {{af2 Year|2003}}, {{af2 Year|2004}}
| playoff_appearances = {{af2 Year|2000}}, {{af2 Year|2001}}, {{af2 Year|2002}}, {{af2 Year|2003}}, {{af2 Year|2004}}, {{af2 Year|2005}}, {{af2 Year|2007}}, {{af2 Year|2008}}
| no_playoff_appearances = 8
| arena_years =
  • iWireless Center (2000–2009)

}}

The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team. They were a charter member of the AF2 and played their home games at iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois.

The team was founded on September 1, 1999 when the Quad Cities was awarded an arena football franchise. Managing owner (and inventor of arena football) Jim Foster coined the team's nickname.

In December 2009, it was confirmed that the Steamwheelers had ceased operations, opting not to join the new Arena Football League after the bankruptcy of the Arena Football League and subsequent disbanding of af2.[1]

Team history

Back-to-back ArenaCup wins

The Steamwheelers played their inaugural season in 2000 and dominated the league for its first two seasons. They went undefeated in 2000 behind coach Frank Haege, even winning one game by a score of 103-3 over Greensboro in Greensboro, en route to capturing the first-ever ArenaCup Championship. In 2001, the Steamwheelers nearly repeated that accomplishment by finishing 18-1 and winning a second-straight league title.[2] During this two season span, the Steamwheelers set a record for the longest winning streak in the af2 at 24 consecutive wins.

Banned from 2002 playoffs

Allegations of rules violations plagued the Steamwheelers during the second season and they were eventually banned from the 2002 playoffs for salary cap violations under Haege.

Second coach

Coached by Rich Ingold from 2002–2004, the Steamwheelers were still successful as they clinched two more division titles. However, the team failed to win any additional league championships and lost 14 games over that three-year span. Ingold left the Steamwheelers after the 2004 season and was replaced by Rick Frazier, former coach for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League.

The 2006 season, under coach Frazier, was the first losing season for the franchise in its history.

New ownership and the search for a new league

In October 2006, the league awarded the right to operate the franchise to a new ownership group. The resulting change in ownership oversaw the change in team leadership from Frazier to new head coach Sean Ponder. Ponder was the team's offensive coordinator during the 2006 season. In 2009, the tenth and final af2 season, the Steamwheelers had their second losing season in franchise history.

With the folding of af2 in 2009, the Steamwheelers considered joining Indoor Football League and the newly re-formed Arena Football League.[3] They opted to cease operations instead.[1]

In 2018, a new Steamwheelers' team returned, but were not under the same operations as the previous team.[4]

Season-by-season

{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
|2000 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 1st NC || Won Round 1 (Pensacola 55–19)
Won Semifinal (Norfolk 75–27)
Won ArenaCup I (Tennessee Valley 68–59)
|-
|2001 || 15 || 1 || 0 || 1st NC Midwest || Won Round 1 (Macon 80–55)
Won Semifinal (Carolina 35–16)
Won ArenaCup II (Richmond 55–51)
|-
|2002 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 2nd NC Midwest || Banned from playoffs
|-
|2003 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 1st NC Midwest || Lost NC Semifinal (Arkansas 63–61)
|-
|2004 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 1st NC Midwest || Lost NC Round 1 (Louisville 53–48)
|-
|2005 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 3rd NC Midwest || Lost NC Round 1 (Rio Grande Valley 56–38)
|-
|2006 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 5th AC East || Did not qualify
|-
|2007 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 1st AC Midwest || Lost AC Round 1 (Green Bay 39–34)
|-
|2008 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 3rd AC Midwest || Lost AC Round 1 (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 57–29)
|-
|2009 || 5|| 11 || 0 || 3rd AC Midwest || Did not qualify
|-
Totals 108 53 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
|}

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.qctimes.com/sports/football/professional/arena/article_9c6e86e8-ef74-11de-8b91-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Wheelers officially sidelined |work=Quad-City Times |date=December 22, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/an-arena-cup-nailbiter-55-51/n-2707917 |title=An Arena Cup Nailbiter, 55–51 |author=Mike Vergane |date=August 11, 2001 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=July 19, 2017}}
3. ^New league could aid Wheelers return
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://qctimes.com/sports/football/professional/arena/steamwheelers-indoor-football-returning-to-q-c/article_c3275fdd-b222-5c85-a62d-2f23aaee2269.html |title=Steamwheelers indoor football returning to Q-C |last=Doxsie |first=Don |date=August 15, 2017 |work=Quad-City Times |access-date=August 17, 2017}}

External links

  • Quad City Steamwheelers on ArenaFan
{{af2}}{{Af2 Defunct}}

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