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The Rochester Raiders are a charter member of the Continental Indoor Football League. They played their inaugural season home games at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, New York but will move to the Main Street Armory for the 2007 season.
2006 was the inaugural season for The Rochester Raiders in the newly created Great Lakes Indoor Football League. Dennis Greco, on loan from local East Rochester High School, is their head coach. The team's roster features Syracuse University standout Wide Receiver Maurice Jackson (who won the inaugural GLIFL Wide Receiver of the Year Award), QB Matt Cottengim (the league's inaugural MVP), Darius Smith (the league's inaugural Return Man of the Year), and in January 2006, they signed 2-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XXVI MVP Mark Rypien to a one-game contract.
[edit] Trivia
- The Raiders got their name from a flag football team from the same area. There have been a small number of fans concerned with copyright between the team's logo and the Oakland Raiders. Because the Rochester team never plays in California, this is not believed to be of real concern.
- The Raiders are one of two 2006 teams in the GLIFL that held a television contract, with WBGT-CA, a low-power network.
The first year Raider coaching staff included former college coaches Dave Lanning and Ron Kurimsky, high school coaches Ed Moody and Brian Greco along with support from Mark Thurston.
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season |
W |
L |
T |
Finish |
Playoff Results |
| Rochester Raiders (GLIFL) |
| 2006 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
2nd League |
Lost Great Lakes Bowl I (Port Huron) |
| Rochester Raiders (CIFL) |
| 2007* |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2nd Atlantic |
-- |
| Totals |
10 |
7 |
0 |
(including playoffs) |
* = Current Standing
[edit] 2007 Season Schedule
[edit] External links
